College Admissions & Entrance Exams Updates
Applications Open For Indian Army Technical Entry Scheme 54
The Indian Army has started accepting applications for its Technical Entry Scheme (TES-54, course commencing Jan 2026) from unmarried male candidates who have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics and appeared in JEE (Mains) 2025.
This entry path is different from NDA.
Vacancies: 90. The Vacancies are provisional and can be changed depending on the training capacity at the Cadets Training Wings for this course. The vacancies are subject to increase/decrease keeping the organizational requirement at that point of time.
Type of Commission: On successful completion of 4 years, years of the course, cadets will be granted Permanent Commission in the Army in the rank of Lt.
Application deadline : 12 Jun 2025 (1200 Hrs)
Eligibility
- Must have completed Class 12 with minimum aggregate of 60% in PCM subjects from recognized education boards.
- Must be unmarried male and must either be (i) a citizen of India or (ii) a subject of Nepal or (iii) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka and East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tangayika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii) and (iii) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by Govt of India. Certificate of eligibility will however not be necessary in the case of candidates who are Gorkha subjects of Nepal.
- Must have appeared in JEE-Mains 2025 examination.
- Must not be below 16-1/2 years and above 19-1/2 years on the first day of the month in which the course is due to commence i.e. the candidate should not be born before 02 Jul 2006 and not after 01 Jul 2009 (both days inclusive).
- Medical Examination & Physical Standards: Please visit www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for Medical Standards and Procedure of Medical Examination for Officers Entry into Army as applicable.
Training & Award of Degree
a) Training period shall be 4 years.
Phase-I. Integrated Basic Military Training & Engineering Training at CME, Pune/MCTE, Mhow/MCEME, Secunderabad for three years.
Phase-II. Integrated Basic Military Training & Engineering Training for one year at IMA, Dehradun.
b) The candidates will be awarded an Engineering degree from JNU after successful completion of 4 year training.
Stipend, Salary & Cost of Training
- Cost shall be Rs.13,940/- per week (as on 2021) and as notified from time to time, which will be borne by the Govt. It will be recovered from candidates in case of their withdrawing for personal reasons.
- Starting salary band as Lieutenant - Rs.56,100 - Rs.1,77,500
- Military service pay of Rs. 15,500 per month
- The gentlemen cadets will be given a stipend of ? 56,100/-p.m. as is admissible to NDA cadets on completion of 3 years training. On completion 04 years of trg, they will be commissioned in the rank of Lt and entitled to pay as admissible to the rank.
- Generous allowances under various heads like Flying allowance, Kit maintenance allowance, Dearness allowance, Transport allowance, Field allowance, High altitude allowance etc. And other generous considerations viz. insurance cover, rations in kind, children education allowance etc.
Selection Process
Selection process has 2 stages conducted by SSB (Service Selection Board).
Stage 1 : Only shortlisted eligible candidates depending on the cut off will undergo SSB at one of the Selection Centres i.e, Prayagraj (UP), Bhopal (MP), Bengaluru (Karnataka) or Jalandhar (Punjab) by Psychologist, Group Testing Officer and Interviewing Officer.
Stage 2 : Those who clear Stage I of SSB will go to Stage II. Those who fail in Stage I will be returned on the same day.
Duration of SSB interview is five days.
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.
Apply at https://joinindianarmy.nic.in/ApplicantEligibility.htm
