NDA specification

hii sir, My brother wants to join the National Defence Academy will you please provide me the Physical Specification for joining the MBA course ?

[Pathak]

The National Defence Academy is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force

These are some of the physical standards requirement for NDA:

1)The candidates should not be colour/night blind & must be physically fit according to
following physical standards:-

(a) Height and Weight. Minimum height-157cms for men & 152 cms for women with
correlated weight.

(b)Eye Sight. 6/24, 6/24 correctable to 6/6 in each eye with glasses for tech branch & Submarine Cadre and 6/60, 6/60 correctable to 6/6, 6/12 with glasses for the Naval Architecture Cadre.

2) Your chest should be well developed. The minimum range of expansion after full inspiration should be 5 cm.

3)There should be no disease of bones and joints of the body.

4)You should be free of any past history of mental breakdown or fits.

5)Your hearing should be normal without any evidence of present or past disease of the ear, nose and throat.

6)There should be no sign of functional or organic disease of the heart and blood vessels. Your blood pressure should also be normal.

7)The muscles of the abdomen should be well developed without any enlargement of the liver or spleen. Any evidence of disease of internal organs of the abdomen can be a cause for rejection.

8)An un-operated hernia can make you unfit for selection. If operated, this should have been done at least six months prior to the present examination and healing should be complete without any potential for recurrence.

9)There should be no hydrocele, varicocele or piles. If operated for hydrocele and/or varicocele, this should have been done at least six months prior to the present examination and healing should be complete without any recurrence.

10)Urine examination will be done and any abnormality, if detected, can be a cause for rejection.

11)Any disease of the skin, which is likely to cause disability or disfigurement, will also be a cause for rejection.

12)Vision will be tested. You must have good binocular vision. In case you have undergone or are detected to have undergone Radial Keratotomy, or any other procedure to improve the visual acuity, you will be permanently rejected in case of indian airforce.

13)You should have sufficient number of natural and sound teeth. A minimum of 14 dental points will be acceptable. When 32 teeth are present, the total dental points are 22. You should not be suffering from severe pyorrhoea.


for more details you may contact to the National Defence Academy the contact details are given below :

Contact details :
National Defence Academy
Address: Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra 411023
Phone: 020 2529 3105