INDIAN ARMY - 10+2 TECHNICAL ENTRY SCHEME - 52 - COURSE COMMENCING FROM JAN 2025

Eligibility

(a) Nationality. A candidate must be an unmarried male and must either be:-
(i) A citizen of India, or
(ii) A subject of Bhutan, or
(iii) A subject of Nepal, or
(iv) A Tibetan refugee who came to India before 1st Jan 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or
(v) A person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by Govt of India. Certificate of eligibility will, however, not be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination provisionally subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Govt. before declaration of result by SSB/joining training.

Note 1. Candidates must undertake not to marry until they complete their full training. A candidate, who marries subsequent to the date of his application, though successful, will not be selected for training. A candidate who marries during training shall be discharged and will be liable to refund all expenditure incurred on him by the government. 

Age Limit.

A candidate must not be below 16½ years and above 19½years on the first day of the month in which the course is due to commence i.e. the candidate should not be born before 02 Jul 2005 and not after 01 Jul 2008 (both days inclusive). 

Educational Qualification.

(i) Only those candidates who have passed 10+2 Examination or its equivalent with a minimum aggregate of 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from recognized education boards are eligible to apply for this entry. Eligibility condition for calculating PCM percentage of various state /central boards will be based on marks obtained in Class XII only.

(ii) Candidate must have appeared in JEE (Mains) 2024. 

Medical Examination & Physical Standards.

Please visit www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for Medical Standards and Procedure of Medical Examination for Officers Entry into Army as applicable.

Note : The proceedings of the Medical Board are confidential and will not be divulged to anyone. Directorate General of Recruiting has no role to play in any Medical Boards. Procedure advised by the competent medical authorities will be strictly adhered to. 

Vacancies. 

Total 90 vacancies. The Vacancies are provisional and can be changed depending on the training capacity at the Cadets Training Wings for this course. The vacancies are subject to increase/decrease keeping the organizational requirement at that point of time.

Type of Commission.

On successful completion of 4 years of the course, cadets will be granted Permanent Commission in the Army in the rank of Lt. 

Training.

Total training will be of 4 years. Details are as under:-
(a) Phase-I. Integrated Basic Military Training & Engineering Training at CME, Pune/MCTE, Mhow/MCEME, Secunderabad for three years.

(b) Phase-II. Integrated Basic Military Training & Engineering Training for one year at IMA, Dehradun or designated PCTA (Pre Commission Training Academy).

(c) Award of Degree. The candidates will be awarded Engineering degree after successful completion of 04 (four) years training. No ante date seniority will be admissible to candidates on account of this Engineering degree. During the entire training duration of four years a maximum of two relegations will be permitted on account of academic grounds in accordance with JNU Ordinance. Any further relegation on academic grounds will lead to
withdrawal from training. 

Cost of Training.

₹13,940/- (as on 2021) and as notified from time to time per week (for the period of candidate’s stay at Cadet Training Wings/Indian Military Academy
Dehradun.) The cost of training is borne by State; will be recovered from candidates withdrawing for personal reasons. 

Promotion Criteria and Salary Structure. 

(a) Promotion Criteria. 

b) Pay. 

(c) Military Service Pay (MSP).

MSP to the officers from the rank of Lt to Brig ₹ 15,500/- p.m fixed. 

(d) Fixed Stipend for Cadet Trainng.

The gentlemen cadets will be given a stipend of ₹ 56,100/-p.m.* as is admissible to NDA cadets on completion of 3 years training. On
completion 04 years of trg, they will be commissioned in the rank of Lt and entitled to pay as admissible to the rank. 

On successful commissioning, the pay in the pay matrix of the officer commissioned shall be fixed in first Cell of Level 10 and the period of training shall not be treated as commissioned service and arrears on account of admissible allowances, as applicable, for the training period shall be paid to cadets. 

Note: Eligible candidates, please read the detailed advertisement before applying.