Defence Services

Headquarters
Defence Academy
Gram : DEF ACADEMY
PO NDA Khadakwasla
Telephone : 020-25206616
Fax : 020-25206828
Website : nda.nic.in Pune - 411023
Email : cdt@ndapune.org

INDIAN ARMY
The Director - Recruiting (Officer Selection)
Addl. Directorate General of Recruiting
West Block III, R.K.Puram
Army Headquarters, New Delhi 110 066
Tel : +91-11-6196220
Fax: +91-11-6196205
Email: recruitingofficers@vsnl.net

INDIAN NAVY
http://indiannavy.nic.in
INDIAN AIR FORCE
Room No 590 Cabin 8 'C'
Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan)
Rafi Marg,
New Delhi – 110011. 
Tele: +91 (011) 23010231 Extn: 7520
Fax: +91 (011) 23012870
E-Mail: webmaster@iaf.nic.in
http://indianairforce.nic.in

Eligibility Criteria  :
XII Class / Equivalent passed certificate conducted by State Board / Universities. Candidate appearing for above examination can also apply.
Unmarried male candidates only
Age between 16 1/2 to 19 years
Nationality - A candidate must be either:

• A citizen of India, or
• A subject of Bhutan, or 
• A subject of Nepal, or
• A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
• A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, the East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia and Vietnam, with the intention of permanently setting in India)

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. Certificate of eligibility will not, however, be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.

Admission Form  :

About a year before the commencement of a Course, a brief notice appears in the leading daily newspapers and a detailed notification in the Government of India Gazette, offering about the entrance examination to be held by the UPSC six months later at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Mumbai, Calcutta, Chandigarh, Cochin, Cuttack, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (Guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kavaratti (Lakshadweep), Kohima, Lucknow, Madras, Madurai, Nagpur, Panji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Tirupati, Trivandrum, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam.

How to Apply  :

A candidate seeking admission to the examination must apply to
The Secretary,
Union Public Service Commission,
Dholpur, House,
New Delhi-110011,
on the application form published in newspapers. The candidates may utilise the original form published in newspapers or in "Employment News" and fill up the columns in their own handwriting with ball-point pen. They may also use the application form and the Attendance Sheet neatly typewritten on white paper (foolscap size) in double space typed on only one side of th,e paper. There is no objection to candidates using printed/Application Form and Attendance Sheet, if available, from private agencies as long as the format is exactly the same as published in the advertisement. Candidates who have appeared for the previous examinations will not be considered. The envelope containing the application should be superscribed in bold letters as "APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL ACADEMY EXAMINATION

Selection Procedure  :

The process of selecting cadets for the National Defence Academy is split into three phases :

• A written examination held by the Union Public Service Commission.
• An interview by the Service Selection Board to assess a candidate's officer potentialities ( Intelligence and personality test ).
• A medical examination by a Service Medical Board.

Scheme of the Examination  :
The subjects of the written examination, the time allowed and the maximum marks allotted to each subject are as follows :

The papers in all the subjects will consist of objective type questions only. the question papers (Test Booklets) will be set in English only.

Syllabus for Entrance Examination

• Paper I - Mathematics : (Maximum Marks 300)
  Arithmetic, Mensuration, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Statistics.
• Paper II - General Ability
  Part A - English (Maximum Marks 200)
  Part B - General Knowledge (Maximum Marks 400)

Section A (Physics) 
Section B (Chemistry) 
Section C (General Science) 
Section D (History, Freedom Movement etc) 
Section E (Geography) 
Section F (Current Event)
Note : Out of the maximum marks assigned to Part B of this paper, questions on Sections A, B, C, D, E and F carry approximately 25%, 15%, 10%, 20%, 20% and 10% weightage respectively.

For more details please refer to Advertisement, along with APPLICATION FORM and detailed subject-wise Prospectus published by the UPSC every six months, i.e. April / May and October / November in all the local newspapers and Employment News.

The National Defence Academy, Pune.

Every year, thousands of youngsters apply for NDA. Only a handful get through. You can take the NDA entrance exam right after class Xl. Clear the written exam. Sail through a 5-day SSB interview. Take your medical. And you're in NDA. Three years in NDA and you will be a different person altogether.
Simply because the NDA is a place like no other. Apart from the finest infrastructure for professional training, you'll find phenomenal opportunities to develop your personality and cultivate new interests.
At NDA, there are 31 extra-curricular activities to choose from. You have aero-modeling, golf, gliding, sailing, wind surfing, astronomy, photography... and many more.

After 10+2 :
It’s time to take off with your dreams. Air Force offers a challenging and satisfying career opportunity to young men after they have finished schooling.
When you in the Air Force, you are in the centre of all the action. Ultra modern aircrafts and state-of-the-art equipment make your staple diet and you breathe adventure 24 hours a day. Apart from having an exhilarating and fulfilling work experience, you and your family enjoy a way of life that is unparalleled.
Your can join the Air Force after 10+2 in Flying Pilot branch. As an officer you lead, manage and strategize.
Intermediate (10+2)
You can literally touch the sky by joining the Air Force, not to mention that you'll be inside a supersonic jet, going at an incredible speed while doing that. Apart from the thrill and adventure, Air Force offers a fulfilling career for life to you.

The Basic Process
Candidates, short-listed for Air Force after the initial selection procedure, go through a rigorous three-year training regimen at the National Defence Academy, followed by specialised training at the Air Force Academy. Thereafter, they are commissioned as officers and posted as pilots at any of the Air Force Stations.
To be in the National Defence Academy