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(e) Women Officers: Women are being inducted into the Navy, as Short Service
Commission (SSC) officers in the Executive (Observer, ATC, Law and Logistic),
Education Branch and the Naval Architecture cadre of the Engineering Branch.
(f) Permanent Commission to SSC Officers: The Government has introduced grant
of Permanent Commission prospectively to the Short Service Commission
officers, for both men and women, of the Executive Branch (Law Cadre),
Education Branch and Engineering Branch (Naval Architecture) w.e.f. 2008.
(g) Recruitment through NCC: University graduates possessing Naval Wing NCC
'C' certificate with minimum 'B' grading and 50 per cent marks in the graduation
degree examination are inducted in the Navy as regular commissioned officers.
These graduates are exempted from appearing in the CDSE conducted by the
UPSC and are selected through the SSB interview only. They join the Indian
Naval Academy for Naval Orientation Course (NOC) along with the CDSE
cadets.
(h) Special Naval Architecture Entry Scheme: The Government has approved the
induction of Naval Architect officers into the Engineering Branch of the Indian
Navy, as Short Service Commissioned Officers, under a 'Special Naval Architects
Entry Scheme' (SNAES). An empowered Naval team visits IIT Kharagpur, IIT
Chennai, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) and Andhra
University, where B Tech (Naval Architecture) courses are conducted, to select
candidates through campus interviews. The selected candidates undergo
medical examination at the nearest Military Hospital and if found fit, are selected
for training.
(i) Recruitment of Sailors: Recruitment into the Navy is carried out on all India
basis on state-wise merit of the eligible recruitable male population, as per the
number of vacancies available. The number of personnel recruited from a
particular state depends on the number of eligible applicants who are able to
qualify in the written examination, physical fitness test, and medical
examination and their relative position in the merit. There is no quota of
vacancies based on caste/creed or religion. Advertisements in all leading
National and Regional newspapers and Employment News are published
inviting applications from eligible volunteers. Publicity material is also
dispatched to a large number of schools/ colleges and all Zilla Sainik Boards.
The local administration carries out the publicity drive in rural/ backward areas
through local media.
Types of Entries: The various entries, for recruitment of sailors, are as follows
(with educational qualifications indicated against each):
(a)
(b)
(c)
Artificer Apprentices (AAs) - 10+2 (PCM).
Senior Secondary Recruits (SSR) - 10+2 (Sc.).
Matric Entry Recruits (MER), for recruitment of Cooks,
Stewards and Musicians - Matriculation.