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First of all CDS is conducted for various defence academies such as Indian Military Academy with age limit of 19-24 years and eligibility criteria is passed bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university, Officer's Training Academy(Male/Female with Non-Technical Branch) with age limit of 19-25 years and eligibility criteria is passed bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university, Indian Naval Academy with age limit of 19-24 years and eligibility criteria is bachelor's degree in engineering from a recognized university ,  Air Force Academy with age limit of 20-24 years and eligibility criteria is bachelor's degree from a recognized university with maths and physics at 10+2 level or bachelor's degree in engineering from a recognized university.

Candidates in final year too are eligible for aforementioned courses, but there should not be any backlogs at the time they're applying, if we go through this year notification which came out on 28th October, 2020 following were the prescribed time frame for submitting of documents;

• For admission to IMA, the date is  on or before 1st January, 2022,
• For Indian Naval Academy, the date is  on or before 1st January, 2022
• For Air Force Academy, the date is on or before 13th November, 2021.
• For admission to Officers' Training Academy, the date is Chennai on or before 1st April,2022.

You can also check out the official notification at https://upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/Notif-CDSE-I-21-Engl.pdf