Recruitment
of Commissioned Officers in the Armed Forces is mainly through the
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). For Technical Branches, women
special entry scheme, NCC special entry scheme and service entries is
made directly through the respective Recruiting Directorates for the
Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
Recruitment
through the UPSC
The UPSC holds an
all-India competitive examination, known as the Combined Defence
Services Examination (CDSE), twice a year. University graduates are
eligible to appear in the examination. Successful
candidates join the respective training academies, viz., the Indian
Military Academy (IMA) for the Army, the Naval
Academy
for the Navy and the
Air
Force
Academy
for the Air Force.
The UPSC also holds, twice a year, an examination for entry into the National Defence
Academy (NDA). Candidates on completion of the 10+2
Examination or while in the 12th standard, are eligible to
compete in this examination. Successful candidates thereafter join the
NDA. On completion of the NDA course, they are sent to the respective
service academies for their pre-commission training.
Recruitment
through Selection Boards
Recruitment
through Service Selection Boards/Air Force Selection Board is made for
the following branches of the Army, Navy and Air Force:-
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ARMY : All
Arms and Services.
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NAVY :
Electrical Engineering, Engineering (Naval Architects), Logistics,
Law, Education, Air Traffic Control.
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AIR FORCE :
Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics), Aeronautical Engineering
(Mechanical), Education, Administration, Logistics, Accounts and
Meteorology.
University
Entry Scheme
Final/pre-final
year students in engineering disciplines are eligible for induction
into the technical branches/services of the Army, as Commissioned
Officers under the University Entry Scheme.
Short
Service Commission (Technical) Entry Scheme
The Short Service Commission (Technical)
Entry Scheme envisages recruitment of
qualified
technical graduates through the SSBs, to attend the Officers Training
Academy (OTA),
Chennai, after medical tests,
for a 10 months course. On completion of training at the OTA, successful
candidates are inducted as Short Service Commissioned Officers in the
technical branches of the Army.
Recruitment
of Medical Officers
Medical graduates from
the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune are directly inducted as permanent
Commissioned Medical Officers in the Armed Forces. For recruitment of
Regular Commissioned/Short Service Commissioned Medical Officers from the
graduates/Post graduates of Civil Medical Colleges, the Director General
of the Armed Forces Medical Services conducts an all
India
competitive examination.
Recruitment
of Women Officers
Eligible women are
recruited as officers on Short Service Commission basis in the following Branches of the Armed Forces.
ARMY
: EME, Signals, Engineers, Army Education Corps, Army Ordnance Corps, Army
Service Corps, Intelligence and Judge Advocate General�s Branch.
NAVY
: All Branches of the Indian Navy
AIR FORCE:
Flying, Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics),
Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical) Education, Administration,
Logistics, Accounts and Meteorology.
Recruitment
through NCC
University graduates
possessing NCC �C� Certificate with minimum �B� grading and 50%
marks in graduation are inducted in the Navy and Air Force as Regular
Commissioned Officers and as Short Service Commission Officers in the
Army. These graduates are exempted from appearing in the CDSE conducted by
the UPSC and are selected through the SSBs.
Induction
under Special Commissioned Officers Scheme
Government has
approved the creation of a 6,000 strong Support Cadre of Special
Commissioned Officers. These posts will be filled up by eligible JCOs and
OR. Under this entry, serving JCOs/ NCOs/OR in the age group of 30-35
years, with an Army
Senior
School
Certificate
Pass
(Class XI CBSE Pattern)
qualification, will be eligible for commission after screening/selection
through Service Selection Board and a Medical Board. They have to undergo a
pre-commission training of six months duration. The officers so
commissioned earn promotion upto the rank of Colonel. The rules for
substantive promotion and acting promotion are the same as for regular
officers. These officers are employed in units as sub unit Cadres/QM
job/ERE appointments etc. upto the rank of Major. They retire at the
age of 57 years after serving about 20-25 years as officers. The scheme
not only improve the career prospects of the existing JCOs/NCOs/OR
but also help in making up the deficiency of officers in the Army to
a considerable extent.
10 +
2 Technical Entry Scheme
Under
this scheme, candidates with 10+2
qualification, after selection through SSB, is sent for military and
engineering training at IMA and the
College
of
Military Engineering
,
Pune. Initial six months military training is followed by Degree
Engineering training of 4 years. The objective of this scheme is to help in bringing down
the deficiency of officers in technical Arms/Services.
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