Applications are invited from unmarried male Candidates who have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (hereinafter referred to as PCM) subjects and appeared in JEE (Mains) 2025 examination and fulfill the eligibility conditions prescribed in the subsequent paragraphs, for the grant of Permanent Commission in the Army for Technical Entry Scheme (TES-54).

CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY

Nationality : A candidate must be unmarried male/female and must be :

1. a citizen of India, or
2. a subject of Nepal, or
3. a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or 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 Govt 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 may be admitted to the examination provisionally subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Govt. before declaration of result by SSB/joining training.

Note 1. Candidates must undertake not to marry until they complete their full training. A candidate, who marries subsequent to the date of his application, though successful, will not be selected for training. A candidate who marries during training shall be discharged and will be liable to refund all expenditure incurred on him by the government.

Age Limits, Sex and Marital Status:

A candidate must not be below 16½ years and above 19½ years on the first day of the month in which the course is due to commence i.e. the candidate should not be born before 02 July 2006 and not after 01 July 2009 both days inclusive).

Note 1. Candidates should note that only the date of birth as recorded in the Matriculation/Secondary School Examination or an equivalent certificate will be accepted. No other document relating to age will be accepted.

Note 2. Candidates should also note that once a date of birth has been claimed by them and entered in the records, no change will be allowed subsequently on any ground whatsoever.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

1. 1. Only those candidates who have passed 10+2 Examination or its equivalent with a minimum aggregate of 60% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from recognized education boards are eligible to apply for this entry. Eligibility condition for calculating PCM percentage of various state /central boards will be based on marks obtained in Class XII only.
   2. Candidate must have appeared in JEE (Mains) 2025.

TOTAL VACANCIES – 90

The Vacancies are provisional and can be changed depending on the training capacity at the Cadets Training Wings for this course. The vacancies are subject to increase/decrease keeping the organizational requirement at that point of time.

Type of Commission : On successful completion of 4 years of the course, cadets will be granted Permanent Commission in the Army in the rank of Lt.

Training : Total training will be of 4 years at under mentioned Pre Commissioned Training Academies (PCTA). Details are as under:-

(a) Phase-I :  Integrated Basic Military Training & Engineering Training at Cadets Training Wings located at CME, Pune/MCTE, Mhow/MCEME, Secunderabad for three years.

(b) Phase-II : Integrated Basic Military Training & Engineering Training for one year at IMA, Dehradun.

Award of Degree : The candidates will be awarded Engineering degree after successful completion of 04 (four) years training. No ante date seniority will be admissible to candidates on account of this Engineering degree. During the entire training duration of four years a maximum of two relegations will be permitted on account of academic grounds in accordance with JNU Ordinance. Any further relegation on academic grounds will lead to withdrawal from training.

Note : Candidates must understand that in case of final selection, their appointment will be provisional subject to satisfactory verification of antecedents by concerned civil/police/education authorities, as applicable.

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