Indian Army invites applications from unmarried Male and Female Indian citizens (including  Wards of Battle Casualties of Army Personnel), for grant of Short Service Commission in Indian Army.  Eligible candidates who wish to join Indian Army as Short Service Commission Officer can apply  on or before 15 Jul 2021.

Important Dates

Activities Dates
Opening Date of Application
16 Jun 2021
Closing Date of Application
15 Jul 2021
Date of SSB Interview
To be Notified later

Vacancy Details and Eligibility

Posts No of Posts Education Qualifications
For NCC 'C' Certificate Holder
Man-45 & Women-04
Bachelor's Degree in any stream with minimum 50% marks from recognized University, minimum 'B' grade in NCC 'C' Certificate Exam and should have served minimum 2/3 years as applicable in Senior Division/Wing of NCC .
For Wards of Battle Casualties of Army Personnel
Man--05 & Women-01
Bachelor's Degree in any stream with minimum 50% marks from recognized University and documents of Battle casualties as issue by appropriate authority.

IMPORTANT NOTE. Candidates must note that they can appear for ONLY one of the Services Selection Board (SSB) interview, either SSC (NT)-114 Course (Oct 2021) /SSC (NT) (Women)-28 Course (Oct 2021) as CDSE candidate OR NCC (Spl) Entry-50 Course (Oct 2021). Candidates are required to give undertaking to this effect under the declaration part of the online application.

Age Limit

Posts Age as on last date of submission of application Pay Matrix
NCC 'C' Certificate Holder (including Wards of Battle Casualties)
19-25 Years as on 01 Jul 2021 (born not earlier than 02 Jul 1996 and not later than 01 Jul 2002; both dates inclusive)
Level-10 (56100-177500)

Application Fee

Catogery Fees
NCC 'C' Certificate Holder
Nil
Wards of Battle Casualties of Army
Nil

Note : No application fee required to pay for any categories of candidates.

How to Apply

1.    Applications will only be accepted online on website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. Click on ‘Officer Entry Appln/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.

Note : Candidates are advised to download and through the  Notifications carefully before apply online to avoid mistakes and thereby rejection of application.

Important and Useful Links

Activities Links
Apply Online
Download Notifications
Visit Official Website
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Important and Latest Notifications

Candidates are advised to download and read the original Notifications before apply.