CAREER IN INDIAN DEFENCE SERVICE
There are different openings available in Indian Defence Services at different educational levels. Briefly we can sort the entries on the basis of Matric(10th), 10 +2 or equivalent, Graduation and Post-Graduation for different streams of Defence.
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On the Basis of Matric or 10th Class Army:
- Permanent Commission Sp. List- (PC (SL))For Men Only (Service men only)
- Special Commissioned Officers-SCOFor Men Only (Service men only)
- Army Medical Corps -AMC (NT)For Men Only
- Army Postal Service- APSFor Men Only Working in Indian Postal Service
- Soldier (General Duty) (All Arms)
- Soldier Tradesmen (All Arms except Syce, Mess Keeper and House Keeper)
- Soldier Tradesmen (Syce, Mess Keeper and House Keeper)
- Soldier (General Duty) Women Military PoliceForWomen Only
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On the Basis of 10+ 2 or equivalent Class Navy
- National Defence Academy (Navy) / (Naval Academy) For Men Only
- 10+2 (B.Tech) For Men Only
- Indian Navy Entrance Test (INET)For Men and Women
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AIR FORCE
- National Defence Academy (Air Force)For Men Onlyy
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ARMY
- National Defence Academy (Army)For Men Only
- 10+2 Technical Entry SchemeFor Men Only
- Army Cadet Corps (ACC)
- Soldier Technical (Technical Arms, Artillery, Army Air Defence)
- Soldier Clerk / Store Keeper Technical (All Arms)
- Soldier Nursing Assistant (Army Medical Corps
- Sepoy Pharma (Army Medical Corps)
- Soldier Nursing Assistant Veterinary (Remount Veterinary Corps)
- Junior Commissioned Officer Catering (Army Service Corps)
- Maths 300 marks 120 Questions | 2 ½ Hrs duration | 10:00am to 12:30pm
- GAT 600 marks 150 Questions | 2 ½ Hrs duration | 2:00pm to 4:30pm
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On the Basis of GRADUATION Or PG Navy
- Combined Defence Services Examination (CDSE)For Men and Women
- NCCFor Men and Women
- DIRECT ENTRY: PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR GRADUATE LEVEL ENTRIES (i) Musician (ii) Sports (iii) Law
- INDIAN NAVY ENTRANCE TEST (INET)For Men and Women
- UNIVERSITY ENTRY SCHEMEFor Men and Women
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AIR FORCE
- CDSE (COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION) (FOR MEN ONLY)
- NCC SPECIAL ENTRY (Through NCC Air Squadrons / DG NCC)FOR MEN AND WOMEN
- SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION ENTRY- AFCAT (FOR MEN AND WOMEN)
- Ground Duty (Technical) Branch FOR MEN AND WOMEN
- Ground Duty (Non-technical) Branch FOR MEN AND WOMEN
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ARMY
- Indian Military Academy Direct (IMA)For Men Only
- Officers Training Academy (Non-Technical)For Men Only
- Short Service Commission- Judge Advocate General(SSC (JAG))For Men Only
- Short Service Commission(NCC) (SPL) Entry For Men Only
- University Entry SchemeFOR MEN AND WOMEN
- Technical Graduate Course (TGC) (Engineers)FOR MEN AND WOMEN
- Short Service Commission Tech (Men)For Men Only
- Army Educational Corps AEC (Men)For Men Only
- Territorial Army (TA)For Men Only
- Remount Veterinary Corps (RVC)For Men Only
- Survey Automated Cartographer (Engineers)
- Junior Commissioned Officer Religious Teacher (All Arms)
- Havildar Education (Army Education Corps)
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Women in Officer Cadre
- Short Service Commission Women (Non-Technical): (SSCW -Non Tech)
- Short Service Commission Women (NCC) (SPL): SSSW (NCC)
- Short Service Commission Women (Judge Advocate General): SSCW (JAG)
- Short Service Commission Women (Technical)
- Short Service Commission Women - Military Nursing Service (MNS) (Permanent Commission Applicable)
