After BE E&T Process to Join Indian Army

Am I eligible to join Indian Army after passing BE engineering degree course through CDS examination

[Kiran Chandar]

Yes you can join Indian Army after passing BE engineering degree course through CDS examination. Combined Defense Services Examination organized by UPSC

Educational Qualifications:
Air Force Academy
You have to passed B.Sc. with Physics and/or Mathematics or Bachelor of Engineering course

Naval Academy
You have to passed B.Sc. with Physics & Mathematics
OR
You have to passed Bachelor of Engineering degree from a well recognized university

IMA & OTA
Degree of a recognized University or equivalent


CDS exam dates :
Date of Notification: 19.07.2014
Start of receipt of applications: 19.07.2014
Last date for receipt of applications: 18.08.2014
Date of Examination: 26.10.2014
Results: First week of April 2015


Age-limits:
19-24 Years Indian Military Academy
19-22 Years Naval Academy
19-23 Years Air Force Academy
19-25 Years Officers’ Training Academy


Exam pattern :
Scheme of Examination:
Written Examination
(a) For Indian Military Academy Naval Academy and Air Force Academy
1. English (Objective type) 100 Marks
2. General Knowledge
(Objective type) 100 Marks
3. Elementary Mathematics (Objective type) 100 Marks
Total 300 Marks

(b) For Officers’ Training Academy
1. English (Objective type) 100 Marks
2. General Knowledge (Objective type) 100 Marks
Total 200 Marks

Marks for SSB Interviews
IMA, NA and AFA 300 marks
OTA 200 Marks


CDS syllabus :
Paper 1: English
Reading Comprehension
Jumbled Sentence
Fill in the blanks
Sentence Correction
Finding errors and omittions etc

Paper 2: General Knowledge
Knowledge of current topics
knowledge of History of India and Geographical issues
Indian Economy
Current happening in the field of business, politics, sports, entertainment etc.
Monuments of India
Books and Authors name etc

Paper 3: Elementary Mathematics
Arithmetic
Algebra
Geometry
Trigonometry
Menstruation
Statistics

I am pursuing BE E&T. After completing B.E, I want to join Indian Army. So I want some suggestions that can I will join Indian Army after BE or not?

[Quick Sam]

You want to join Indian Army after completing BE E&T, so here I want to inform you that you must join Indian Army after BE E&T.

You can apply for following posts in Indian army:

UNIVERSITY ENTRY SCHEME
TGC (ENGINEERS)

DETAILS OF TGC (ENGINEERS)
Age 20 to 27 yrs

Born Between 2nd Jan to 1st Jan for Jan Course.
2nd Jul to 1st Jul for Jul Course

Qualification BE / B Tech in notified streams of Engineers

Marital Status Un Married / Married

Application to be Received by Apr / May and Oct / Nov

Likely SSB Date Mar / Apr and Sep / Oct

Date Commencement of Trg Jan and Jul

Training Academy IMA

Duration of Trg One Year

DETAILS OF UNIVERSITY ENTRY SCHEME
Age 19 to 25 yrs for Final Year, 18 to 24 yrs for Pre Final Year

Born Between 2nd Jul to 1st Jul for Jul Course.

Qualification Final and Pre Final year students of Engineering Degree Course

Marital Status Un Married

Application to be Received by 31 Jul or as specified in the notification.

Likely SSB Date Jan to Mar for final year Aug to Oct for Pre final year

Date Commencement of Trg Jul at IMA Dehradun