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(c) Short Service Commission (Technical) Entry: The Short Service Commission
(Technical) Entry Scheme provides avenue for recruitment to eligible technical
graduates/post graduates into Technical Arms. After SSB and medical Board,
the selected candidates are required to undergo approximately 49 weeks precommission
training at OTA, Chennai. On completion of training, they are
inducted as Short Service Commissioned Officers. Cadets through this entry
are also entitled to one year's ante-date seniority on commissioning.
(d) 10+2 Technical Entry Scheme (TES): Candidates who have qualified 10+2
CBSE/ICSE/State Board Examination with minimum aggregate of 70 per cent
marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are eligible to apply for
commission under the 10+2(TES). On being successful in the SSB and being
declared fit by the medical board, they undergo one year basic military training
at the Officers Training Academy, Gaya and thereafter undergo three years
engineering degree course in respective streams before getting Permanent
Commission. On being commissioned, they are further put through one year
of post commissioning training for the Arm/Service into which they are
commissioned.
(e) Short Service Commission (Women): Eligible women candidates are recruited
in the Army as Short Service Commission Officers. Commission is granted in
Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers, Corps of Engineers, Signals,
Army Educational Corps, Military Intelligence Corps, Judge Advocate General's
Branch, Army Supply Corps, Army Ordnance Corps and Army Air Defence.
Women are offered Short Service Commission in three streams viz. Non-
Technical Graduate, Technical and Post Graduate/Specialist for a period of ten
years, extendable by additional four years purely on voluntary basis. Recently,
Government of India had granted option for permanent commission for officers
in Army Education Corps and Judge Advocate General Branch after completion
of 10 years of service. The duration of training is 49 weeks at Officers Training
Academy, Chennai. For Short Service Commission Women (Technical) Entry,
passed or final year/semester students of B.E/B.Tech in notified streams are
eligible to apply. Eligible candidates appear for direct SSB interview and Medical
Test, thereafter. The applicants for Non-Technical Graduate, however, is required
to apply through UPSC and after written examination, come up for SSB
interview as is being done for Short Service Commissioned male officers. A
total of 20 per cent allotted seats from Non-Technical stream have been reserved
for NCC 'C' certificate holders women candidates with minimum 'B' grade and
50 per cent aggregate marks in graduation examination. The applications will
be routed through NCC Directorate, Integrated Headquarters of Ministry of
Defence (Army), as applicable for male officers. For Judge Advocate General
Branch, applications are invited from Law Graduates with minimum 55 per
cent, for direct SSB interviews. Widows of Defence Personnel who meet the
laid down eligibility criteria are granted four years age relaxation and 5 per
cent seats of each course (2.5 each in Tech and Non-Tech) are reserved for them.