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The National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination is an entrance examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) twice a year for admissions into the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Indian Naval Academy (INA). [1] The NDA Exam serves as a gateway for candidates seeking a career in the Indian Army, Navy, and Air ...
A 1999 stamp dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the National Defence Academy, featuring its Sudan Block. At the end of World War II, Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, then Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army, drawing on experiences of the army during the war, led a committee around the world and submitted a report to the Government of India in December 1946.
The academy was renamed the Armed Forces Academy and a new Joint Services Wing (JSW) was commissioned on 1 January 1949, while training of Army officers continued in the Military Wing. [26] [27] The academy was renamed as the National Defence Academy (NDA) on 1 January 1950, ahead of India becoming a Republic.
National Defence Academy: The National Defence Academy (NDA), Khadakwasla is a premier Inter-Service training institution where future officers of Armed Forces are trained. The training involves an exacting schedule of three years before the cadets join their respective Service Academics, viz., Indian Military Academy, Naval Academy and Air ...
The Rashtriya Indian Military College (abbreviated RIMC; formerly known as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College; abbreviated PWRIMC) is a military school for boys situated in Doon Valley, Dehradun in India. [1] The RIMC is a feeder institution for the National Defence Academy, Indian Naval Academy and subsequently the Indian Armed Forces.
Indian Military Academy – Dehradun; Rashtriya Indian Military College – Dehradun; National Defence Academy – Khadakwasla; Defence Services Staff College – Wellington; Air Force Academy – Dundigal; Indian Naval Academy – Ezhimala; Indian Coast Guard Academy – Mangalore; Officers Training Academy – Chennai
The Army Cadet College Wing trains defence service personnel of Personnel Below Officers Rank (PBOR) from the regular army, navy and air force for commissioning as officers in the Indian Army. The selection for admission to ACC is based on a written test comprising four papers and subsequent selection via Services Selection Board and medical ...
The inspiration for setting up the Sainik Schools came from the Royal Indian Military College and Royal Indian Military Schools (now called Rashtriya Military School or RMS) which have given India many service chiefs. 1 RIMC and 5 RMS were established by the government after the World War I to Indianise the British Colonial Military in India by providing western style education with the aim to ...