Indian Army NCC Special Entry Recruitment

Applications are invited from unmarried male (including Wards of Battle Casualties of Indian Army Personnel), for grant of Short Service Commission (Non Tech) as NCC Special Entry in the Indian Army

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✔️ SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION NCC

IMPORTANT DATES

Application Starting : 11 AUG 2025

Application Closing : 10 SEP 2025

SALARY

Pay in ₹56,100 - 1,77,500

VACANCY

70 (63 for General Category and 07 for Wards of Battle Casualties of Indian Army personnel only).

AGE LIMIT

19 to 25 years as on 01 Jan 2026 (born not earlier than 02 Jan 2001 and not later than 01 Jan 2007 both dates inclusive).

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Graduate Degree from a recognized University. Applicants studying in final year are also allowed to apply provided they complete and obtain Graduation Degree before commencement of course. For such candidates the aggregate % scored in first two/three years of three/four year degree course respectively will be considered for shortlisting. It is to be noted that possession of graduate degree is a qualification to apply for the entry and not necessary a qualification to be shortlisted for SSB. The Indian Army reserves the right to shortlist candidates for SSB by applying vacancy to call up ratio based on various filters, as deemed necessary.

Should have served for minimum two/three years (as applicable) in Senior Division/Wg of NCC.

Should have obtained minimum of ‘B' Grade in ‘C’ Certificate Exam of NCC. Applicants who are not holding NCC ‘C’ Cert or Provisional NCC ‘C’ Certificate on date of application, are not eligible to apply for the course. Candidates holding Provisional NCC Certificate on dt of application are required to obtain NCC ‘C’ Certificate before appearing in SSB. PROVISIONAL NCC ‘C CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT SSB.

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SELECTION PROCEDURE

(a) Shortlisting of Applications

Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army) reserves the right for shortlisting of applications, without assigning any reason. After shortlisting of applications, the Centre allotment will be intimated to candidates via their email. After allotment of Selection Centre, candidates will have to log in 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) SSB Interview

Only shortlisted eligible candidates will undergo SSB at Selection Centres, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Kapurthala (Punjab). Call up letter for SSB interview will be issued by respective Selection Centre on candidates’ registered e-mail id and SMS only. Allotment of Selection Centre is at the discretion of Directorate General of Recruiting, Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of Defence (Army) and no request for changes will be entertained in this regard.

(c) Medical Test

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.

(d) 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.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply Mode : Online

Address : www.joinindianarmy.nic.in

Applications will only be accepted online on website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. Click on ‘Officer Entry Application/Login’ and then click ‘Registration’ (Registrations 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 NCC Special Entry 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.

Last Date : 10 SEP 2025