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Online applications are invited from unmarried male candidates (who fulfil eligibility conditions as laid down by the Government of India) for Agniveer (Apprentice) 01/2027 and 02/2027 batch. The eligibility criteria and broad terms and conditions are laid down herein below. The distribution of trade wise vacancies for male and female would be decided based on service requirement.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Candidates must have passed Matriculation Examination with minimum 50% marks in aggregate from the Boards of School Education recognised by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India and completed three years diploma course from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) recognised Polytechnic Institute with 50% marks in aggregate in any of the following diploma courses:-

Engineering : Marine Engineering & Systems, Mechanical, Production/ Automobile, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Repair and Maintenance, Power Plant Engineering, Industrial/Production, Maintenance, Machine, Manufacturing/ Manufacturing Technology, Mechatronics, Metallurgy, Instrumentation, Electronics Instrumentation and Control Engineering.

Electrical : Electrical, Electronics & Communication, Instrumentation Technology, Electronics, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics Instrumentation and Control Engineering.

AGE CRITERIA

1. Agniveer (Apprentice) 01/2027 Batch: Candidate should be born between 01 Dec 2004–31 May 2009 (Both dates inclusive).
2. Agniveer (Apprentice) 02/2027 Batch: Candidate should be born between 01 May 2005–31 Oct 2009 (Both dates inclusive).

Note:- Candidates born between 01 Dec 2004 – 31 Oct 2009 are eligible to apply for INET 2/2026. Further, candidates shall be eligible for the Stage II recruitment process of the respective batch as per the age criteria shown above.

Marital Status : Only unmarried Indian male and female candidates are eligible for enrolment as Agniveer in IN. Candidates will have to give a certificate of being ‘unmarried’ at the time of enrolment. Agniveer shall not be permitted to marry during their entire tenure of four years in the IN. A candidate shall be dismissed from service if he/ she marries during his/her tenure or is found to be already married despite giving certificate of being unmarried.

EXAMINATION FEE

An examination fee of Rs. 550/- (Rupees Five hundred fifty only) plus 18% GST has to be paid by candidate during the Stage I – INET application through online mode by using net banking or by using Visa/ Master/ RuPay Credit/ Debit Card/ UPI. Admit card will be issued for the examination only to those candidates who have successfully paid the examination fee.

Note:

1. Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor can the fee be held in reserve for any other examination or selection.
2. Candidates found to have registered multiple times would be rejected and de barred from the examination. Re-imbursement of exam fee would not be carried out in such cases.
3. In case you have made an online payment of fees and money has been deducted from your account without admit card being generated (ie unsuccessful payment), please wait for 7 working days for automatic refund of money to your account.
4. Fee will be charged only during Stage I-INET application. There will be no separate fee for Stage II process.

Stage – II (Physical Fitness Test, Written Examination and Recruitment Medical)

SELECTION PROCESS

Stage-I INET 2026  exam will be conducted in Aug 26 with SSC as Exam Partner. Based on the marks obtained in Stage I, candidates will be will be shortlisted for the Stage II of Agniveer (Apprentice) 01/2027 and 02/2027 batches separately. The tentative timeline for recruitment is as follows: –

DDA BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR GIRLS CANDIDATES (10% Discount For NDA & AGNIVEER )

10% FEE CONCESSION FOR NDA AND AGNIVEER GIRLS CANDIDATES FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-27.

STAGE-I (INET – INDIAN NAVY ENTRANCE TEST)

Indian Navy Entrance Test:  Separate exams will be conducted for Electrical and Engineering entries.

• The question paper will be computer-based with a total of 100 questions, each carrying 01 mark.
• The question paper will be bilingual (Hindi & English) and objective type (multiple-choice).
• The question paper will comprise of four sections i.e. English, Science, Mathematics and General Awareness and Diploma (Trade Specific).
• Duration of examination will be one hour.
• The candidates are required to pass in all sections as well as in aggregate. The Indian Navy reserves the right to determine the pass marks in each Section and in aggregate.

Penalty for Wrong Answer : Candidates should note that there will be penalty (Negative Marking) for wrong answers given by a candidate. There are four options for the answer to every question with only one correct option. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate, one fourth (0.25) of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty.

Centre Allocation for INET (online examination) will be at the discretion of the Indian Navy.

The Indian Navy reserves the right to conduct shortlisting of the candidates based on marks obtained in qualifying examination (12th / 10th board exams) in case of extraneous circumstances resulting in non -conduct of INET examination and/ or as per service requirement.  

STAGE-II (PFT, WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND RECRUITMENT MEDICAL)

Stage I – INET Results : Results of Stage I – INET 2/2026 (Pass/ Fail) along with marks scored by the candidate shall be uploaded on the candidate’s online dashboard on https://joinindiannavy.gov.in.

Shortlisting : The candidates eligible for the stage II process of Agniveer (Apprentice) 01/2027 and 02/2027 batch (as per age criteria mentioned at Para 3 above) shall be shortlisted for the respective batch, based on the marks obtained in Stage I-INET 2/2026. Shortlisting will be carried out state wise. The cut-off marks for shortlisting for next stage of selection process may vary from state to state as vacancies have been allotted in a state-wise manner.
Note: – In case where candidates having same percentage exceed the required numbers, the shortlisting shall be carried out based on Date of Birth (D.O.B.) i.e. candidates with earlier DOB (thus having lesser No. of chances) would be given priority.

Sponsor Candidates and NCC ‘C’ Certificate Holders : Sponsor candidates and NCC ‘C’ certificate holders shall be required to upload their original certificates during the stage I application process. Verification of Sponsor certificates shall be undertaken through CABS and NCC ‘C’ certificates shall be verified through DG NCC. Verified candidates shall be exempted Stage I – INET exam and shall not be required to appear at the INET exam centre. These candidates shall be directly issued call-up for Stage II recruitment process based on eligibility. Further, the original Sponsorship/ NCC ‘C’ certificate shall be verified at each stage of the recruitment process and in case of any discrepancy found during any stage of recruitment, the candidature shall be cancelled.

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