VACANCY

For Course Commencing on January and April 2009, the approximate number of vacancies are:

           

Academy	Total Vacancy
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (Reserved for NCC 'C' Certificate Holders: 32)	250
Naval Academy, Goa (Reserved for NCC 'C' Certificate Holders: 10)	40
Air Force Academy, Hyderabad	32
Officers' Training Academy, Chennai (Men)	175
Officers' Training Academy, Chennai (Women)	15
Total	512

• The course commencement date for IMA, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy is January 2009.
• The course commencement date for OTA (men and women) is April 2009.

For Course Commencing on July and October 2008, the approximate number of vacancies are:

           

Academy	Total Vacancy
Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (Reserved for NCC 'C' Certificate Holders: 32)	250
Naval Academy, Goa (Reserved for NCC 'C' Certificate Holders: 10)	40
Air Force Academy, Hyderabad	47
Officers' Training Academy, Chennai (Men)	175
Officers' Training Academy, Chennai (Women)	15
Total	527

• The course commencement date for IMA, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy is July 2008.
• The course commencement date for OTA (men and women) is October 2008.
• Vacancies are provisional and may be changed at any stage by Service Head Quarter.
• Admission to the above courses will be made on the results of the written examination to be conducted by the Commission followed by intelligence and personality test by the Services Selection Board of candidates who qualify in the written examination.
• Candidate should clearly specify in col. 17(I) of the Application Form, the Services for which he wishes to be considered in the order of his preference.

IMPORTANT: How to indicate preference for services in the application form.

• Women Candidates are eligible for OTA only, so they should give OTA as their first and only preference.
• If a male candidate is competing for Short Service Commission (Army) only, he should indicate OTA as the one and only choice.
• If a male candidate competing for Short Service Commission course at OTA as well as permanent commission course at IMA, Naval Academy and Air Force Academy, he should indicate OTA as his last preference, otherwise OTA will be deemed to be the last choice even if it is given a higher preference.
• Male candidates who desire to join Air Force Academy must indicate AFA as first choice, as they have to be administered pilot aptitude battery test at one of the AFSB and AF Medical at Central Medical Establishment/Institute of Aviation Medicines. AFA indicated as second or third choice will be treated as invalid.
• Candidates are considered for appointment to those courses only for which they have indicated their preference in the application form.
• No request for addition/alteration in the preferences already indicated by a candidate in his application will be entertained by the Commission.
• Second choice will come for consideration only when the first choice is not offered to the candidate by Services HQ. When first choice is offered and a candidate declines the same, his/her candidature will be cancelled for all other choices for regular commission.

NOTE 1: The left-over selected candidates of IMA/Naval Academy/Air Force Academy courses , but who could not be inducted on these courses for any reason whatsoever may be considered for SSC even if they have not indicated their choice for this course in their applications, If they are subsequently willing to be considered for this course subject to the following conditions:

• There is a shortfall after detailing all the candidates who competed for the SSC Course
• The above mentioned left-over candidates will be placed in the order of Merit List, after the last candidate who had opted for this SSC Course.
• Candidates with Air Force as their first and only choice cannot be considered as left-over for SSC (OTA) if they fail in the Pilot Aptitude Battery Test. 

NOTE 2: NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing/Senior Division Air Wing/Naval Wing) holders may also compete for the vacancies in the Short Service Commission Course but since there is no reservation of vacancies for them in this course, they will be treated as general candidates for the purpose of filling up vacancies in this course.

• In the event of sufficient number of qualified NCC ‘C’ Certificate (Army Wing/Senior Division Air Wing/Naval Wing) holders not becoming available to fill all the vacancies reserved for them, the unfilled reserved vacancies shall be treated as unreserved and filled by general candidates.