After Civil Engineering Eligible to Join Airforce

I have completed Civil Engineering . Am i eligible to Join Airforce or not ?

[Kiran Chandar]

Both male and female applicants can join Indian Air Force( Technical Branch) after their engineering (Btech and BE).

Mainly there are two branches for which the student can apply for after his Btech or BE. The first one is Aeronautical Engineering Electronics branch and the other one is the Aeronautical Engineering Mechanical branch.

Mechanical branch has to take care of the maintenance, servicing and other engine related tasks.

The Electronics branch deals with signal and communication stuff

Eligibility criteria
Age:

18 to 28 years (At the time of commencement of training)

Branches in Btech / BE: Electronics,Tele-communication, Electrical, Electrical Communication, Electronics & Communication, Instrumentation, Computer Science & Engineering

Salary Range:
approx. 17000 along with benefits and various allowances.

Percentage in Btech / BE:
60% or above

Time for Recruitment Notice: Twice in a year (around March and September).
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Application Procedure:
The detailed information is provided by the Employment News or Rozgar Samachar newspaper.

Steps for Recruitment:

Engineering Knowledge Test also known as EKT
Applicants are able to clear the EKT step, Applicants receive a call letter to report to any one of the Air Force Selection Boards located at Dehradun, Varanasi or Mysore where Applicants have to clear an array of tests specifically crafted for assessing Officer Like Qualities – OLQ of the candidates.

The test lasts for 5 days
Day 1: Intelligence and Psychological Tests

Day 2 and 3: Group tasks involving field events and physical activities.

Day 4: Interview

Day 5: Conference day where all the different assessors sit together and discuss the abilities and performance of candidate in order to check whether he is to be recommended or not.

Applicants who successfully complete these steps have to appear for the medical examination.

Lastly, a merit list is prepared and joining instructions are provided to the successful candidates by the Air force Head-Quarters.