INDIAN ARMY OTA RECRUITMENT 2020

 INDIAN ARMY RECRUITMENT 2020

  OTA - OFFICIER TRANING ACADEMY

56 TH SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION (TECH) MEN (APR 2021) AND

27 TH SHORT SERVICE COMMISION (TECH) WOMEN COURSE (APR 2021)

INCLUDING WIDOWS OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL FOR TECH AND NON TECH (NON-UPSC)

Applications are invited from eligible unmarried Male and unmarried Female Engineering

Graduates and also from Widows of Defence Personnel who died in harness for grant of Short

Service Commission (SSC) in the Indian Army. Course will commence in Apr 2021 at Officers

Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

 Eligibility

(a) Nationality. A candidate must either be :- (i) a citizen of India, or (ii) a subject of Nepal, or (iii) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii) and (iii) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by Government of India. Certificate of eligibility will however not be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, will attach such certificate along with the application.

 Age Limit;

(i) For SSC(Tech)- 56 Men and SSCW(Tech)- 27 Women. 20 to 27 years as

on 01 Apr 2021 (Candidates born between 02 Apr 94 and 01 Apr 2001, both days inclusive).

(ii) For widows of Defence Personnel who Died in Harness Only.

SSCW (Non Tech) [Non UPSC] and SSCW(Tech) - A maximum of 35 years of age

as on 01 Apr 2021.

Note. The date of birth recorded in the Matriculation/ Secondary School Examination

Certificate or an equivalent examination certificate on the date of submission of

application will only be accepted. No other document relating to age will be accepted

and no subsequent request for its change will be considered or granted.

 Educational Qualification for SSC(Tech) (Men and Women).

Candidates who have passed the requisite Engineering Degree course or are in the final year of Engineering Degree course are eligible to apply. Candidates studying in the final year of Engineering degree course should be able to submit proof of passing by 01 Apr 2021 and produce the Engineering Degree Certificate within 12 weeks from the date of commencement of training at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Such candidates will be inducted on Additional Bond Basis for recovery of the cost of training at Officers Training Academy (OTA) as notified from time to time as well as stipend and pay & allowances paid, in case they fail to produce the requisite degree certificate.

Educational Qualification for Widows of Defence Personnel who Died in

Harness

(i) SSCW (Non Tech) (Non UPSC). Graduation in any Discipline.

(ii) SSCW (Tech). B.E./ B. Tech in any Engineering stream.

Note. Candidate studying in final year of Degree must ensure that she submits the

proof of passing Degree exam by 01 Apr 2021 to Directorate General of Recruiting,

failing which her candidature will be cancelled.

How to Apply

(a) Applications will only be accepted online on website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in.

Click on ‘Officer Entry Apply/Login’ and then click ‘Registration’ (Registration is not required, if already registered on www.joinindianarmy.nic.in). Fill the online registration form after reading the instructions carefully. After getting registered, click on ‘Apply Online’ under Dashboard. A page „Officers Selection – ‘Eligibility’ will open. Then click ‘Apply’ shown against Short Service Commission Technical Course. A page ‘Application Form’ will

open. Read the instructions carefully and click ‘Continue’ to fill details as required under various segments - Personal information, Communication details, Education details and details of previous SSB. ‘Save & Continue’ each time before you go to the next segment. After filling details on the last segment, you will move to a page ‘Summary of your information’ where in you can check and edit the entries already made. Only after ascertaining the correctness of all your details, click on ‘Submit Now’. Candidates must click on ‘Submit Now’ each time they open the application for editing any details. The candidates are required to take out two copies of their application having Roll Number, 30 minutes after final closure of online application on last day.

Selection Procedure. The selection procedure is as follows:-

(a) Shortlisting of Applications. Integrated HQ of MoD (Army) reserves the right to shortlist applications and to fix cutoff percentage of marks for each Engineering discipline/stream (cumulatively obtained upto 6th semester for Engg Degree course/ 2nd semester for M Sc. Computer Science/ 8th semester for Architecture) without assigning any reason. After shortlisting of applications, the centre allotment will be intimated to the candidate via their email. After allotment of Selection Centre, candidates will have to login to the website and select their SSB dates which are available on a first come first serve basis initially. Thereafter, it will be allotted by the Selection Centres. The option to select the dates for SSB by candidates may be forfeited due to occurrence of any exceptional circumstance/events.

(b) Only shortlisted eligible candidates depending on the cut off percentage will be

interviewed at one of the Selection Centres viz. Allahabad (UP), Bhopal (MP), Bengaluru

(Karnataka) and Kapurthala (Punjab) by Psychologist, Group Testing Officer and

Interviewing Officer. Call Up letter for SSB interview will be issued by respective Selection

Centres through candidate‟s registered e-mail id and SMS only. Allotment of Selection

Centre is at the discretion of Directorate General of Recruiting, IHQ of MoD (Army)

and NO request for changes are entertained in this regard

(c) Candidates will be put through two stage selection procedure. Those who clear

Stage-1 will go to Stage-2. Those who fail in Stage-1 will be returned on the same day.

Duration of SSB interviews is five days, and details of the same are available at official

website of Directorate General of Recruiting ie. www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. This will be

followed by a medical examination for the candidates who get recommended after Stage-2.

(d) Candidates recommended by the SSB and declared medically fit, will be issued

Joining Letter for training in the order of merit, depending on the number of vacancies

available, subject to meeting all eligibility criteria.

Medical Examination;

Please visit www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for Medical Standards and Procedures of Medical Examination for Officers Entry into Army as applicable.

Note 1. The proceedings of the Medical Board are confidential and will not be divulged to anyone. Directorate General of Recruiting has no role to play in any Medical Boards and procedure advised by the Competent Medical Authorities will be strictly adhered.

 Entitlement for Travelling Allowance;

Candidates appearing for SSB interview for the first time for a particular type of commission shall be entitled for AC-3 Tier to and from Railway fare or Bus fare including reservation cum sleeper charges within Indian limits. Candidates who apply again for the same type of commission will NOT be entitled to travelling allowance on any subsequent occasion. For any query/ clarification regarding admissibility or payment of Travelling Allowance, the candidates may directly approach the concerned Selection Centres.

Merit List;

 It is to be noted that mere qualifying at the SSB interview does not confirm final selection. Merit list will be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidate at SSB interview. In case equal SSB marks are obtained by more than one candidate, the older candidate(s) in age will be ranked higher in the merit. In case both SSB marks and age of more than one candidate are same, the candidate(s) with higher percentage of marks in qualifying examination will be placed higher in the merit. Higher educational qualifications, previous performances, etc have no role to play. Those in the merit list and who come within the stipulated vacancies and are medically fit will be issued joining letters for pre-commission training at OTA, Chennai, subject to meeting all eligibility criteria.

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