Lieutenant Rishi Kumar, 23, passed out from the Indian Military Academy to commission in Dec 2020. Attached to the 17 Sikhli, Lieutenant Rishi, who was posted to the Kashmir valley two months ago, and Sepoy Manjit Singh were martyred in a mysterious blast in the Naushera sector, Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday, October 29, 2021.
The Passing Out Parade of 141st Course was conducted at Khetarpal Parade Ground, NDA, Khadakwasla on 29 Oct 21. General MM Naravane, PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM, ADC, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) reviewed the parade.
The conduct of Parade was suitably modified so as to ensure COVID-19 related precautions. Parents of the cadets of Passing out course were invited to attend the parade. The event was also covered LIVE on Television and social media.
Over 1000 cadets participated in the parade of which 305 cadets were from the passing out couse. This included 220 Army cadets, 41 Naval cadets and 44 Air Force cadets including 19 cadets from Friendly Foreign Countries (Bhutan, Tajik, Maldives, Vietnam, Tanzania, Kyrgyztan, Afghanistan, Srilanka, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Sudan, Uzbekistan). The cadets will proceed for eight weeks of term break and thereafter join their respective Pre-Commisioning Training Academies. Cadets of the junior courses will report back to the NDA on 27 Dec 2021.
The meritorious cadets were awarded by the Reviewing Officer. Academy Cadet Captain Vamshi Krishna won the President’s Gold Medal for standing first in the overall order of merit. Battallion Cadet Captain SiripurapuLikhit won the President’s Silver Medal for standing second in the overall order of merit and Battalion Cadet Captain Harshvardhan Singh won the President’s Bronze Medal for standing third in the overall order of merit. Oscar Squadron bagged the prestigious ‘Chiefs of Staff Banner’, for being the Champion Squadron which was presented during the parade.
The Reviewing Officer congratulated all the passing out course cadets, the medal winners and the Champion Squadron. He emphasized on the need for continued learning to keep abreast with evolving technological advances and modern warfare. He exhorted the cadets that antimpag of training at NDA is only the ‘pahlakadam’ towards service to the nation. He also conveyed his gratitude to the parents of the passing out cadets for supporting their sons to choose and pursue career in the Armed Forces of India and also being their strength during these three years of their training at NDA. He complimented the staff of NDA for successfully completing the curriculum despite numerous constraints under the pandemic situation. In his address to the media, he affirmed that the training of women in NDA will be at par with training of men.
NDA 141 Passing Out Parade was held on 29th Oct 2021, many cadets of NDA passed out from the prestigious academy with flying colors. In this article, we will find out the toppers of NDA 141 courses who were awarded medals at the POP.
President Gold Medal ACC Vamshi Krishna Nimmagadda
Silver Medal BCC Siripurapu Likhit
Bronze Medal Harshvardhan Singh
Cheif of Staff Banner Oscar Squadron
Army Chief General MM Naravane has reached the academy to review the passing out parade of 141st Course cadet at the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune on Friday. The event is being conducted under the strict Covid-19 guidelines. The academy has not invited the parents or guests in the parade to follow the Covid protocols.
The NDA is the joint services academy of the armed forces where cadets receive training together before they proceed to their respective service academies for further pre-commissioning training.
Earlier on Wednesday, Army Chief Naravane laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in the national capital with Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat on the occasion of 75th Infantry Day.
Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane on Friday said as the National Defence Academy (NDA) opens its doors for women cadets, it is expected that they are welcomed with the same sense of fair play and professionalism.
While addressing the cadets after reviewing the passing out parade of the 141st course of the NDA in Pune, General Naravane said: “As we open gates of NDA for women cadets, I expect you all to welcome them with the same sense of fair play and professionalism as Indian armed forces are known for the world over.”
Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane on Friday said as the National Defence Academy (NDA) opens its doors for women cadets, it is expected that they are welcomed with the same sense of fair play and professionalism.
“A little over 42 years back, when I stood as a cadet at the same drill square as you stand today, little I could have imagined that I would be reviewing this parade,” he said.
“From here on, you will step into the respective career service academies for more focused military training. You will don different uniforms, but always remember that no single service by itself can fight and win modern wars,” he added.
Earlier, Army Chief General MM Naravane reviewed the passing out parade of 141st Course cadet at the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune.
The event was conducted under the strict COVID-19 guidelines. The academy has not invited the parents or guests in the parade to follow the COVID-19 protocols.
The NDA is the joint services academy of the armed forces where cadets receive training together before they proceed to their respective service academies for further pre-commissioning training.
Last month, the Defence Ministry had informed the Supreme Court that a notification allowing women candidates to appear for the entrance exam to the NDA will be out by May next year. But observing that induction of women to the NDA cannot be postponed by one year, the apex court had allowed female candidates to take the exam in November this year and not wait till May 2022 as requested by the government.
The Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane will review the passing out parade of NDA 141th course of the National Defence Academy on October 29 at Khadakwasla. The chief, who is alumni of the NDA and belongs to the 56th course, as a reviewing officer of the parade will address the cadets and give awards to the meritorious passing out cadets on the occasion.
This will be the fourth passing out parade which will be conducted under strict Covid – 19 norms. The academy had not invited parents, guests, and media for the last three parades due to the pandemic restrictions. The parade marks the completion of the three years rigorous training at the academy for the passing out cadets.
The passed out army cadets join the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, Air Force Academy in Dundigal and Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala in Kerala for completion of one more year of military training before commissioning into the respective forces.
Two batches /courses of the cadets pass out from the NDA every year. Each batch contains over 300 cadets including foreign national cadets.
During the 3rd and 4th day of the SSB interview, there will be a test called GTO Tasks going on. It is conducted to check the candidate’s performance as an individual, commander, and team player. It consists of nine tasks:
Many candidates may feel that they have performed exceptionally well in the GTO because it is the most direct assessment of their personality. But what many fail to realise is that there is a hidden meaning even in every action you perform in the GTO Tasks.
To tackle this, you need to know certain tricks to tackle the GTO tasks. Here we bring you 8 such tricks to help you in GTO:
Instructions given by GTO are very very important. Pay special emphasis while the GTO is briefing for the tests. Normally repeaters think that they know everything and they might miss something important. For example, the GTO might interchange the colour codes of Red, Blue and White. If you still go on with the thought that you are a repeater and you know everything, you are making a huge mistake. So, trick number 1 is – Listen Carefully.
Candidates try to push their ideas to the group in any task and keep on repeating them for the group to accept it. This gives the GTO a signal that you fail at convincing the group. Instead of this, if you tell your idea to the group loud enough such that GTO listens to it, you need not bother repeating it because if that idea is workable, the group will come back to accept it.
After the discussion on the story and making a common conclusion, try to be the one who delivers the group story. Do not nominate anyone to deliver the group story as it makes you look less self-confident. For the speaking part, you do not need any permission from the group to get up and speak, because the GTO briefs this very well in his instructions – “… no matter who, stand up and deliver the group story.” Hence, point 1. Just get up and speak.
During Command Task, you are made a commander which means that you are given a responsibility to lead them, not start working on your own. You have to express your idea there, convey it to your subordinates and make them work on it.
In the command task, it is only you that gives the ideas and your subordinates who implement them. The more you see, the more you can analyse the obstacle. Instead of grabbing the helping material, running, and trying to fix the plank at improbable places, come up with concrete ideas and explain it to your subordinates and make them work. This is the essence of the command task.
Sometimes candidates are so full of pre-conceived ideas that they do not even bother noticing the minute details present in the structures. For them, they have to make use of all the materials irrespective of its necessity. Just look, apply the technique, not the ideas.
Cheer the group at every point in the GTO tasks. The snake race is not the only place where you need to cheer the group by shouting slogans. You can cheer the group by accepting their workable ideas, appreciating them, denying them respectfully, and helping them with their ideas.
During the progressive group task, the obstacles are designed in such a way that the entry in the first task is wide so that many can get in and it narrows down till you reach the fourth obstacle. This is designed in such a way that the candidates who take initiative, generally go ahead with the first obstacle.
Never shout while giving your ideas to your group but make sure you are loud enough that the GTO hears you clearly. There is a fine line between shouting and being loud and that is the difference between being nervous and confident. Shouting shows that you are aggressive and tend to lose your calm when things are not going your way. So avoid it.
The best method to prepare for GTO tasks is to go out and do them. The second best way is to look and learn. There are ample videos available on SSBCrackExams SSB Interview Course. Just watch them, apply your ideas and try to remember the technique, not the idea.
GTO is the most straightforward and most tricky test to clear as the tests are simple but the assessment is complex. So, perform well in every test and give your best shot.
Recently Indian Army has published the TGC 134 Cut off marks, candidates who have made it are being called for the TGC 134 SSB Interviews. The TGC 134 SSB Interview date selection is open on the official website of the Indian Army. Candidates who have cleared the TGC 134 cut-off are required to select their SSB interview date.
TGC-134 (JAN 2022) COURSE : DATE SELECTION LINK FOR SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES OF TGC-134 (JAN 2022) COURSE IS OPEN. THE CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED TO SELECT DATE FROM DATE SELECTION LINK FROM THEIR PROFILE. DATE SELECTION LINK WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL 1600 HRS ON 01 NOV 2021
TGC 134 SSB Interview Date
On 26th Oct 2021 Indian Army’s official website has published the cutoff marks for TGC 134 Technical Graduate Course – 134 Cut Off Marks. Engineering Defence aspirants who have applied for TGC 134 can check the cut off for their respective branches. Only candidates who have cleared the TGC 134 cut off will be called for the TGC 134 SSB Interview. TGC 134 Vacancies and Cut off – Technical Graduate Course 2022. Applications are invited from unmarried Male Engineering Graduates for 134th Technical Graduates Course (commencing in Jan 2022 at Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun) for permanent commission in the Indian Army.
TGC 133 Cut Off Marks
TGC-134 (JAN 2022) COURSE : CUT OFF PERCENTAGE FOR SSB SHORTLISTING (UPTO FINAL SEM/YEAR CUMULATIVE FOR PASSED CANDIDATE AND UPTO 8TH SEM CUMULATIVE FOR ARCHITECTURE/ UPTO 6TH SEM CUMULATIVE FOR ENGG DEGREE COURSE/ 2ND SEM CUMULATIVE FOR M.Sc IN NOTIFIED STREAM FOR FINAL YEAR/SEM APPEARING CANDIDATE)
TGC 134 SSB Interview Date
Garud Commandos, the special forces unit of the Indian Air Force, was established in September 2004. They are trained to protect key air force bases and salvage assets in the event of a terrorist attack, evacuate people, and work for disaster relief. During the 2016 Pathankot attack, Garud commandos demonstrated their capability by thwarting the attempt to destroy crucial IAF installations. During their 72 week training, the commandos are trained to use the best weaponry and ammunition. These are some of the weapons reportedly used by Garud Commandos:
IWI NEGEV
The Negev is an Israeli light machine gun created by Israel Weapon Industries, to replace the Galil LMG, which suffered from barrel overheat during continuous fire. It utilises universal NATO ammunition. Negev light machine guns were developed in the early 1990s in response to Israel Defence Forces’ mission requirements, and were intended to replace a variety of their weapon platforms, including a light machine gun that can be used by foot soldiers, vehicles, and aircraft, as well as a general purpose machine gun, in place of Israel Defence Forces’ FN MAG58.
The Negev machine gun was completed in 1995 and tested in the field by the Israeli Defense Forces in 1996. Negev was adopted as a new standard weapon in 1997, and troops began to be armed with it. Negev has a better chance than the hefty Galil assault rifle, partially because the performance is extremely comparable to the Minimi, with good accuracy and light weight. Furthermore, the IDF deemed the Negev to be more dependable than the Minimi in a desert setting; also, the Negev’s folding stock is a substantial advantage.
IWI Tavor
IMI created the Tavor TAR-21 assault weapon to replace the Galil, M16A1, and CAR-15 assault rifles. The Tavor was designed to be a highly dependable assault rifle that could be used in urban settings. It was given the moniker TAR-21, which stands for “Tavor Assault rifle for the Twenty-First Century.” The Tavor is a next-generation Infantry Weapons system that combines the finest of contemporary firearm technical achievements into a single device. The Tavor is a bullpup polymer weapon with all of the weight against the shoulder enabling speedier movement in urban situations, which troops encounter more frequently.
While maintaining full barrel length, the Tavor is significantly shorter than prior assault rifles. The TAR-21 is available in 5.56mm NATO and 9mm calibres. The Micro Tavor model comes with a silencer and may be chambered in 9mm. The Tavor features a 30-round magazine and is NATO Stanag compatible. The Tavor may be equipped with the same accessories as other assault rifles. The rifle comes with a built-in MARS reflex sight on the barrel, however it can be replaced with any sight. The addition of a night sight or magnification without re-zeroing the sight is possible with this integrated sight.The Tavor is also incredibly dependable, featuring over-the-beach capabilities that let it to fire without exploding even while immersed in water.
IMI Galil
Israel Military Industries (IMI) created the Galil, an assault rifle. The Galil weapon is based on the Finnish Rk 62 rifle, which is a derivation of the Kalashnikov rifle, and has many characteristics of it. The fundamental concept for the Galil design came from a primitive early prototype known as the “Balashnikov.”
The receiver is made of thick machined steel and is designed to handle the high pressures of NATO cartridges. To avoid corrosion, all exterior metal surfaces are parkerized. Unlike the AK-47, the charging handle is located at the top of the receiver cover (pointing upward), making it simpler to charge the weapon with your left hand. The Galil has the same operational mechanism as the Kalashnikov: the actuator rod is permanently linked to the bolt carrier, and when a bullet is fired, the gas impinges on it, forcing the bolt carrier back and rotating the bolt to free it. The bolt conducts a main extraction movement on the spent casing after unlocking, assuring positive extraction and ejection.
IMI Galils are shoulder-fired, gas-operated select-fire guns. They feed from 35-round box magazines. The magazine is put into the magazine well using a “rocking” action, with the lug on the front of the magazine engaging with its recess in the magazine well. It should be yanked backwards until it clicks into place. The selector must be turned off safely in order to activate the charging handle. To chamber a round, the charging handle is drawn all the way to the back and then released. The bolt will remove a cartridge from the magazine and feed it into the chamber as the bolt carrier group moves forward.
Beretta 92
The Beretta 92 is a semi-automatic pistol made by Beretta of Italy. It was developed in 1972, and several variations in various calibres are still being produced today. The Model 92 handguns were originally built for the Italian army and police, but they gained much of their reputation (both good and bad) as the US army’s basic sidearm. It was created between 1970 and 1975 as a possible successor for the Beretta M951 handgun, and it went into production in 1976 in Italy.
The original Model 92 handguns featured a frame-mounted safety that was only activated when the hammer was cocked; all later pistols had a slide-mounted safety lever or no safety lever at all. An automated firing pin block safety is standard on all current manufactured handguns. On all 92-series handguns manufactured after 1981, the magazine release button is positioned in the base of the trigger guard.Beretta has made a variety of compact versions of its standard Model 92 variants. Compact Type M models featured single-stack magazines with properly thinner grips, as well as shorter grips, slides, and barrels.
Glock
Glock is a brand of semi-automatic, striker-fired pistols with a polymer frame. They come in a variety of calibres and are developed and manufactured in Austria as well as on a limited scale in the United States.
The Glock 17 first appeared in Austrian Army weapons evaluations in the early 1980s. It was given the designation P80 when it entered service. It was assigned the designation Pistol 88 by the Swedish Army in 1988. The name 17 is derived from the pistol being Gaston Glock’s 17th patent, rather than its magazine capacity. It is also used by the Norwegian Army and police. Glock handguns have been changed multiple times throughout the course of its existence and have proven to be incredibly dependable.
All Glock pistols are striker-fired, short-recoil operated, and have a locked breech. The Glocks include a set of safeties incorporated into the firearm to prevent accidental discharges, which Glock calls to as “safe action.” A trigger safety (a lever built into the trigger that prevents the trigger from being depressed unless the lever is depressed first), a striker safety (a spring-loaded pin attached to the trigger assembly by an extension bar that prevents the striker from striking the primer of the cartridge until the trigger is pulled), and a drop safety are examples of these. The striker is held in position by the far end of the extension bar until the trigger is pushed.
Indian military academy is a training institute designed to train the officers of the Indian army. As it was established in 1932 under the leadership of Sir Philip Chetwode. The Indian military academy is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
The officer who goes for training on admission is known as A Gentleman Cadet. The reason why they are called with Gentleman designation is that IMA expects its cadets to have the highest moral and ethical values. The army officers should have the values of Sacrifice, honesty, braveness, calmness and other such values embedded into them.
Indian Military Academy provides educational, physical and mental training to its cadets. Physical training consists of drills, weapon training, strength exercises. As for the phycological training, they are put under immense mental pressure. They are trained in different warfares, proxy war, low-intensity war, counter-insurgency and much more. The officers who train the Gentlemen cadets are known as Ustaads.
Overall, the candidates complete their IMA training in 1 year and those candidates belonging to non-military colleges complete it in one and a half years. This candid is majorly about Inidna military academy and its working. Now, we will look at the stages of the selection procedure and the ways through which candidates can go into IMA.
SELECTION PROCEDURE FOR INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY
There is a precise and compact procedure decided by the Indian army authority. The candidates have to go through certain stages to get into IMA. Look at the stages below in detail.
The above are the stages for the selection process in IMA. also. The candidates must complete a degree in any discipline from any recognised university. The entrance exam of IMA is likewise other exams.
THE WAYS TO JOIN INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY
National Defence Academy (NDA) is a national level exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) twice a year. Through the NDA exam, UPSC selects candidates for Army, Navy and Air Force wings of NDA and Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC).
The full form of NDA is National Defence Academy. After clearing this exam, the candidates are called for an SSB interview. the candidate should have passed 12th from any recognised board with Physics, chemistry, maths as subjects in 12th class.
The candidate should be unmarried and somewhere between 16-19 years to apply for the NDA exam. The candidate should be from an Indian national. Read more about the NDA exam by clicking here.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) holds the Combined Defence Services Examination (CDS Exam) twice a year for admission to the Indian Military Academy (IMA), Officer Training Academy (OTA), Indian Naval Academy (INA), and Indian Air Force Academy (AFA).
It allows entry for both men and women of Indian nationality. The minimum age limit to enrol on the CDS exam is 19 years. As for educational criteria, the candidate must be a graduate with any discipline from a recognised university. The final year students can also give the exam. Read more about the CDS exam by clicking here.
The engineering students pursuing their degree in the final or pre-final year can enrol themselves for this exam. Those candidates pursuing BE/Btech degree or have completed it can opt for this exam to get entry into IMA. the candidates should be between 19-27 of age and unmarried. The selection procedure is based on Psychological Aptitude Test, SSB Interview and Medical Examination. You can check more details regarding the TGC exam from here.
This is another chance for the candidates to get into the Indian Military Academy. The students pursuing an Engineering degree and are in final and pre-final years can apply for this scheme. The candidate should be unmarried and somewhere between the age of 19-25 years. You can read about it in detail from here.
| WAYS TO JOIN IMA | ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA | |||
| Age limit | Educational qualification | Gender | Martial status | |
| NDA exam | 16.6-19 years | 12the pass from any recognised boardPhysics, chemistry, maths as subjects in 12th | Male and female | Unmarried |
| CDS | 19-24 years | Pass CDSE writtenPass SSSB | Male and Female | Unmarried |
| TGC[technical Graduate Course] | 19-27 years | Those candidates who are in the final year of BE/Btech or completed | Male | Unmarried |
| University entry schemes | 20-25 years | Final year or pre-final year engineering students The minimum mark required is 60% | Male and Female | Unmarried |
CONCLUSION
So far, we have discussed different ways through which the candidates can make their way into the Indian Military Academy. Candidates can opt for any medium most suitable to them and then get into the prestigious IMA. Although, every candidate will have to go through the SSB interview and medical examination. The journey to IMA will be one of the toughest for every defence candidate but it is worthy.
After all, army life is all about valour, struggle and victory.
