National Defence Academy Location

I want to visit National Defence Academy NDA, Pune so can you please tell me the location of Academy?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The National Defence Academy NDA is located at Khadakwasla near Pune, Maharashtra.

It is the first tri-service academy in the world.

The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force train together.

Contact –

National Defence Academy
NDA Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra 411023

The Telephone No of NDA office are as under:-

1. Telephone No – 020-25290333
2. Telephone No – 020-25291700

Academics-

The NDA offers only a full-time, residential undergraduate programme.

Cadets are awarded a Baccalaureate degree (a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science after 3 years of study.

Cadets have a choice of two streams of study.

The Science stream offers studies in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science.

The Humanities (Liberal Arts) stream offers studies in History, Economics, Political Science, Geography and Languages.

In both streams, academic studies are split into three categories.

In the Compulsory Course, cadets study English, Foreign Languages (Arabic, Chinese, French or Russian), Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, History, Political Science, Economics and Geography.

All cadets must take basic classes in all these subjects except Foreign Languages.

Cadets then take advanced classes depending on their chosen stream.

The Foundation Course is mandatory and comprises Military Studies and General Studies. Subjects such as Military History, Military Geography, Weapons systems and Armaments, etc. are covered in Military Studies. Subjects such as Geopolitics, Human Rights, Laws of Armed Conflict and Environmental Sciences are covered in General Studies.
The Optional Course focuses on subjects specific to the cadet's chosen Service.

Cadets spend the first four semesters on the Compulsory Course and the Foundation Course.

They take the Optional Course during the fifth and sixth semesters.