Army Jobs
SSC Tech 58 & SSC Tech 29 Notification Published
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. The course will commence in April 2022 at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
IMPORTANT DATES
Application Starting : 28th September 2021
Application Closing : 27th October 2021
Type of Commission
(a) Grant of Commission : Selected candidates will be granted Short Service
Commission on probation in the rank of Lt from the date of commencement of the course or
the date of reporting at Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
whichever is later and will be entitled to full pay and allowances admissible to Lt during
training period. Pay & allowances will be paid after successful completion of training.
(b) Confirmation of Short Service Commission : On successful completion of Pre
Commission training at OTA, Officer will be confirmed Short Service Commission (Technical)
in the rank of Lt.
(c) Ante Date Seniority : One year ante date seniority from the date of commission will
be granted to Engineering Graduates of Short Service Commission (Technical) in the rank of
Lt.
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(d) No Ante Date Seniority for widows of Defence Personnel for SSC(NT) : Widows
of Defence Personnel selected for SSCW (NT) entry will be granted Short Service
Commission in the rank of Lieutenant but will NOT be entitled to any ante date seniority.
Salary
Level 10 - (56,100 - 1,77,500)
Vacancy
189 (Male - 175, Female - 14)
Age Limit
For SSC(Tech)- 58 Men and SSCW(Tech)- 29 Women. 20 to 27 years as
on 01 Apr 2022 (Candidates born between 02 Apr 95 and 01 Apr 2002, both days
inclusive).
Education Qualification
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 Engg degree course should be able to
submit proof of passing Engg Degree Examination along with marksheets of all
semesters/years by 01 Apr 2022 and produce the Engg 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.
Note : ALL FINAL YEAR APPEARING CANDIDATES WHOSE FINAL YEAR/FINAL
SEMESTER EXAM WILL BE SCHEDULED AFTER 01 APR 2022 ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO
APPLY FOR THIS COURSE.
Selection Procedure
Short listing 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 without assigning any reason. The cut off will be applied in each
stream on the cumulative percentage of marks obtained by the candidates upto the
final semester/year. Final semester/year studying candidates will be provisionally
allowed to appear in SSB; subject to following conditions:- (i) Their cumulative
percentage of marks upto 6th semester/3rd year of Engg degree, upto 8th
semester/4th year of B. Architecture (B.Arch) and upto 2nd semester/1st year of M.Sc
in notified equivalent stream/ discipline is not below the approved cut off percentage
in their respective streams. (ii) After declaration of final results, the cumulative
percentage of marks upto final semester/ year of degree course will also be not less
than the approved cut off percentage, failing which the candidature will be cancelled.
SSB Interview : 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 will be entertained in this regard.
Medical Examination : Please visit www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for Medical Standards and
Procedures of Medical Examination for Officers Entry into Army as applicable.
Merit List : It is to be noted that mere qualifying at the SSB Interview does not confirm final
selection. Merit list will be prepared engineering stream/subject wise 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 stream wise vacancies, and are medically fit will be issued joining letters for precommissioning training at Officers Training Academy (OTA) subject to meeting all eligibility criteria.
How To Apply
Applications will only be accepted online on website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in.
Click on ‘Officer Entry Appln/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’ wherein you can check and edit the entries already made. Only after
ascertaining the correctness of all your details, click on ‘Submit’. Candidates must click on
‘Submit’ 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.
CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED TO READ THE NOTIFICATION CAREFULLY AND THEN FILL UP ONLINE
APPLICATION FORM TO AVOID MISTAKES, AND THEREBY REJECTION OF APPLICATION.
ONLINE APPLICATION WILL BE CLOSED ON 27 Oct 2021 AT 1500 HRS
