Indian Army Plus Two Technical Entry Scheme

Applications have been invited from unmarried males for the grant of Permanent Commission in the Army after four years of Basic Military Training and Technical Training thereafter, under the 10+2 Technical Entry Scheme Course-38, commencing in January, 2018.

Eligibility
(a) Nationality: A candidate must either be : (i) A citizen of India, or (ii) A subject of Bhutan, or (iii) A subject of Nepal, or (iv) A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st of January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or (v) 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, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) 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. 

(b) Age Limit: A candidate must not be below 16½ years and above 19½ years on the first day of the month in which the course is commencing i.e. the caandidate should not be born before 01 Jul 1998 and not after 01 Jul 2001 (both days inclusive) 

(c) Educational Qualification: Only those candidates who have passed 10+2 Examination or its equivalent with a minimum aggregate of 70% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from a recognized education boards are eligible to apply for this entry. Eligibility condition for calculating PCM % of various state /central boards will be based on marks obtained in Class XII only 


VACANCIES: 90

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 5 years. Details are as under:
 (a) Basic Military Training: 1 year (Officer Training Academy Gaya). 
(b) Technical Training: 
(i) Phase-I (Pre Commission Training): 3 Years (CME Pune or MCTE Mhow or MCEME Secunderabad), 
(ii) Phase-II (Post Commission Training): 1 year at CME Pune or MCTE Mhow or MCEME Secunderabad. 
(c) Award of Degree: The candidates will be awarded Engineering degree after successful completion of training as given out in Para 6 (a) and (b) above. INDIAN ARMY (PERMANENT COMMISSION) 10+2 TECHNICAL ENTRY SCHEME COURSE - 38 COMMENCING FROM JAN 2018 
No ante date seniority will be admissible to candidates on account of this Engineering degree. In case they fail to qualify in the following year examination, the same will result in loss of seniority to them and they will forfeit seniority to the extent of delay in passing Engineering degree examination. If they fail to qualify even within three years of their commissioning, their commission will be terminated. 

HOW TO APPLY: Application will only be accepted on line. To do so the candidate needs to click on the ‘online application’ button on website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in
After submitting online application, candidates are required to obtain two copies of the application printout and the Roll Number generated by the system. One copy of the print out application duly Signed by the candidate will be carried to the selection centre for the SSB interview. Following documents will be carried along with the Application Form:-

 (i) Class 10th certificate / mark sheet showing DOB in original
 (ii) Class 12th certificate / mark sheet in original
 (iii) ID proof in original

There is no need to send any hard copy to Directorate General of Recruiting.

ONLINE APPLICATION WILL OPEN ON 16 MAY 2017 AT 1000 HRS AND WILL BE CLOSED ON 14 JUN 2017 AT 1000 HRS.

The candidates will be shortlisted based on the marks/grade in the qualifying examination.  After shortlisting of candidates, the Centre allotment will be intimated to the candidate via their email. After allotment of Selection Centre, candidates will have to log in to the website and select their SSB dates on a first come first serve basis, through the link forwarded via email. 

Shortlisted candidates will be detailed to undergo SSB interview from Aug 2017 onwards.  SSB interview will be held at Selection Centres, Allahabad (UP), Bhopal (MP), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Kapurthala (PB) by Psychologist, Group Testing Officer and Interviewing Officer. Call Up letter for SSB interview will be issued by respective Selection Centres on candidate’s registered e-mail ID and SMS only. 

Candidates will be put through two stage selection procedure. Those who clear Stage I will go to Stage II. Those who fail in Stage I 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 www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. This will be followed by a medical examination for the candidates who get recommended after Stage II.