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Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari New Vice Chief of Indian Air Force

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Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari PVSM AVSM VM took over as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff on 01 Jul 21. The Air Marshal was commissioned in the Fighter stream of the IAF on 29 Dec 82. The Air Officer has a flying experience of more than 3800 hrs on a wide variety of fighter and trainer aircraft, including missions flown during Op-Meghdoot and Op-Safed Sagar. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. 

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During his illustrious career in the IAF, the Air Officer has commanded a frontline Fighter Sqn and a Fighter base. As an Air Vice Marshal, he has been Deputy Commandant, Air Force Academy, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Air Defence) and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Personnel Officers). He has also held the coveted appointments of Deputy Chief of the Air Staff at Air HQ and Senior Air Staff Officer at Eastern Air Command. Prior to assuming the present appointment, he was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Air Command.

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He has succeeded Air Marshal HS Arora PVSM AVSM, who retired after more than 39 years of illustrious service on 30 Jun 21. During his tenure as VCAS, he was instrumental in ensuring prompt and optimum operational deployment of assets in proportionate response to the developing situation in Eastern Ladakh. Under his guidance, IAF also effectively contributed towards various HADR and COVID related tasks, both within India and abroad. 

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On the occasion, the Air Marshals were presented the ceremonial Guard of Honour at Air Headquarters.  They also took part in the wreath laying ceremony at the National War Memorial.

Airmen Training School Belagavi

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24 weeks Joint Basic Phase Training at Basic Training Institute in Sambra. Sambra is a small village situated at a distance of 17 Kms from Belgaum Railway Station and is connected with Belgaum City by a State Highway. The training at this Institute aims to produce a confident, well-disciplined, self-reliant, physically tough & mentally robust and highly motivated Air Warrior.

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Training Curriculum (Academics &GST) and Physical Stamina: Joint Basic Phase Training has been planned to inculcate Militarism, Jointmanship and prepare you for Trade Training. The training curriculum includes General Service Training (GST), Education [English & General Service Knowledge (GSK)], Basic Computer Training and Hindi. General Service Training consists of training in Drill, Endurance Training, PT & Games, Field Craft, Small Arms and other related topics. English and Hindi languages are taught to bring up all the trainees to the required standard of proficiency in these languages. In General Service Knowledge (GSK) the trainees are taught about the following: – (a) Relevant information regarding IAF, (b)History of IAF, (c) Air Force Law and Air Force Regulations. (d) General aspects of Health and Hygiene. (e) Airman Like Qualities (ALQ).

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Apart from the education knowledge, Joint Basic Phase training is also focused on physical training so as to make you a robust Air Warrior. Your training schedule is quite hectic and includes physical activities to toughen your physique. You are expected to perform various physical activities during training such as running, sit-ups, push-ups, chin-ups, rope climbing etc. so that you achieve the desired physical standards required for the Service. If you would keep yourself in touch with running minimum 5-6 Kms and doing enough sit-ups, pull-ups & push-ups for at least a month continuously before arriving at BTI, you would find it easier to go through the training syllabus.

30 Religious Teachers Commissioned as JCOs at Institute of National Integration

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A batch of 30 Recruit Religious Teachers (RRTs) were commissioned as Junior Commissioned Officers on 30 June 2021 after a colorful Passing Out Parade held at Institute of National Integration (INI), Pune.  Brigadier Hardeep Singh Dhodi, Commandant of Institute, reviewed the parade and awarded General Officer Commanding in Chief, Army Training Command Gold Medal and INI Commandant’s Silver Medals to Nb Sub Vikram Sharma of Punjab Regt and Nb Sub Gurpreet Singh of Armd Corps & Nb Sub Mohd Talha of Rajput Regt respectively who distinguished themselves in varied facets of 11 weeks of intense training.

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The Commandant congratulated the commissioned JCOs for successful completion of pre commissioning training incorporating subjects related to National Integration, Behaviour & Social Science including Spiritualism, Yoga, Psychological Counselling and Stress Management. The Religious Teachers passing out from INI are ready to perform assigned duties of ‘Dharam Guru’ as also shoulder additional responsibilities of a Psychological Counsellor and Mental Health Mentor in times of stress related environmental dynamics, across varied and harsh terrains along Northern and Eastern Borders. The Commandant further reiterated that these RTs indeed play a very important role towards building up of Morale & Motivation amongst troops and their families, to serve as a catalyst to ensure Unit’s Cohesion, thus contributing to Battle Winning Ethos prevailing in Units.

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INI as a premier and unique training institution established in 1985, remains committed in its resolve to serve as Nodal Centre for Behaviour and Social Science, while wholly contributing towards it’s primary mandate of Nation Building through National Integration, as depicted by its logo of ‘Unity in Diversity’.

How a Jawan can become an Officer in Indian Army

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Like any other entry to become an officer in Indian army, we have few special entries for the Indian army, navy, and air force soldiers (also known as service entries) who have the passion to step up and become officers in the Indian Army. Indian army provides ample opportunities for its soldiers and also to airmen and sailors to become an army officer. These service entries are known and ACC entry, PC(SL) entry and SCO entr. Watch the video for detailed explanation.

Recommended For National Defence Academy NDA-146 Course

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For all the doors that shut on me, I came back to buy the building. Hold on till pain ends, “I never lose, I either win or learn.” –Nelson Mandela. These were the lines that kept me going till my last attempt. I would like to thank everybody who supported me and helped me get this far. Good day, everyone! My name is Enoch Daniel, I was recommended for NDA-146 from 33 SSB Bhopal (Indian Navy) on 18th of February, 2021.  After two failures, the happiness after hearing the officer calling out my chest number had me stumped and I stood as still as a statue!

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Ever since I joined the NCC in middle school, I dreamt of joining the Armed Forces, in fact my inclination towards the Indian Navy takes its roots in INS Vikramaditya. I was fortunate to get a chance to visit the vessel and learn about her. It was during this visit when I got to know about the National Defence Academy, and that was the day I decided that I will join NDA. “Whatever it takes!”, was what I told myself that day.

After I failed to clear the written exam for NDA-144, I made the best use of the time I had in the lockdown of 2020 and prepared for the NDA 145 and 146 exams and managed to get a decent 400+ marks. I got my call for the SSB and I over-prepared for NDA-145 and was not able to express my true self. I managed to get till the conference. I learnt a lot from my first attempt and I made perseverance and resilience as my best mates, since I had only one attempt left.

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For my second attempt, I took each stage and each task, one at a time. I did a lot of self-introspection.  Also, I met some officers who told me the Do’s and Don’ts that I was not aware of.  They guided and nurtured me and boosted my confidence. I also practiced writing TATWATSRT and SDT. I learnt a lot from my first attempt and improved each time I wrote.

My advice to the aspirants, never forget why each one of you has come this far. Break the whole procedure into small parts and take everything, one at a time. Even if some tasks goes bad, don’t make the same mistakes again, stay calm and always focus on the next task. Think before acting /answering. Never feel intimidated, always be confident. Stop obsessing about the technical details and start feeling the procedure of SSB and be your true self.

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NDA 1 2021 Result Published By UPSC

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On the basis of the result of the written part of the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination, (I) 2021 held by the Union Public Service Commission on 18th April, 2021, candidates with the under mentioned Roll Nos. have qualified for interview by the Services Selection Board (SSB) of the Ministry of Defence for Admission to Army, Navy and Air Force Wings of the National Defence Academy for the 147th Course and for the 109th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from 2nd January, 2022. The result is also available at Commission’s website www.upsc.gov.in.

The candidature of all the candidates, whose Roll Nos. are shown in the list is provisional. In accordance with the conditions of their admission to the examination, “candidates are requested to register themselves online on the Indian Army Recruiting website joinindianarmy.nic.in within two weeks of announcement of written result. The successful candidates would then be allotted Selection Centres and dates, of SSB interview which shall be communicated on registered e-mail ID. Any candidate who has already registered earlier on the site will not be required to do so. In case of any query/ Login problem, e-mail be forwarded to [email protected].”

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“Candidates are also requested to submit original certificates of Age and Educational Qualification to respective Service Selection Boards (SSBs) during the SSB interview.” The candidates must not send the Original Certificates to the Union Public Service Commission. For any further information, the candidates may contact Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of the Commission, either in person or on telephone Nos. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543 between 10:00 hours and 17:00 hours on any working day.

The mark-sheets of the candidates, will be put on the Commission’s website within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of final result. (After concluding SSB Interviews) and will remain available on the website for a period of thirty (30) days.

Meet Captain Deepshikha Chettri, 2nd Woman Officer From Sikkim To Serve The Indian Army

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Deepsikha Chettri, 2nd woman officer from Sikkim to serve the Indian Army

“There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.”
― André Gide,

Deepsikha Chettri has been making the people of her State proud. She is only the second women officer from Sikkim to ever serve the Indian Army. However, she is not just an army officer, but a doctor too. She has marched in an arena, where only men are seen more frequently. She is slowly becoming an inspiration for young girls.

Chief Minister of Sikkim, Prem Singh Tamang also congratulated Deepsikha Chettri on successfully joining the Indian Army. He took to his social media account to congratulate Dr. Deepsikha Chettri on accomplishing the captain rank in the Indian Army and becoming the second female officer from Sikkim to ever serve in the Indian Armed Forces.

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Topper in studies

Deepsikha has always been a meritorious student. She secured the sixth rank in the All-India ranking and second among female candidates in the army medical exams. She also topped the MBBS examination from Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences.

“She stood 6th in All-India ranking and 2nd among female candidates in the army medical exams,” shared CM Tamang. It is indeed a proud moment for her and her parents and the entire state. I wish her more milestones and success in all her endeavours and hope she inspires others to follow suit, he further added.

Deepsikha Chettri is performing her duties from the front line. Similarly, 24-year-old Mawya Sudan recently, became the first woman fighter pilot from Jammu & Kashmir to join the Indian Army. She is also the 12th woman fighter pilot in the country.

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Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria Attended The Passing-Out Ceremony At Bangladesh Air Force Academy

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CAS was invited by his counterpart Chief of Air Staff, Bangladesh Air Force to review the Passing Out Parade and Commissioning Ceremony at Bangladesh Air Force Academy (BAFA) in Jashore on 28 June 2021, on the occasion of ‘President Parade 2021’.

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Indian AirForce Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria attended the passing-out ceremony of 78 BAFA course as Chief Guest, reviewed the smartly turned-out parade & handed over trophies, certificates, & flying badges among the cadets at Bangladesh Air Force Academy.

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The two-day visit was significant in view of the Golden Jubilee of the 1971 Liberation War & marked the first instance when any foreign Chief was invited to review the Parade at BAFA. During the visit, CAS held meetings with COAS BAF, CAS, Bangladesh Army, PSO AFD & HC of India in Dhaka.

Salary of an Indian Army Officer Cadet

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Once you join the military training academy i.e. IMA and OTA as an officer cadet, you will get a fixed stipend per month during the entire period of your training as a gentleman cadet and lady cadet. Below are more details on the stipend and salary drawn by the officer cadets of the Indian army.

All GC are required to open a defence salary bank account preferably with SBI, IMA Branch on joining Academy. IMA has a branch of SBI with ATM facility within the Academy premises which provides banking facility to all GCs. For OTA Cadets, they are required to open a salary account in the SBI bank available in the OTA premises.

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PAY AND ALLOWANCES

  • Direct Entry GCs will be given a fixed stipend of Rupees 56100/- per month during their entire training period at IMA.
  • All cadets at OTA Chennai also get a fixed stipend of Rupees 56100/- per month during their training at OTA Chennai.
  • Service GCs (ACC Cadets) will continue to draw pay of their Rank while at the IMA.
  • Technical GCs are entitled to a provisional issue of pay and allowances of Rupees 56100/- per month during their entire training period at IMA which will be later adjusted by CDA(O) Pune while releasing their pay and allowances for the rank of Lieutenant. For all other purposes, they will be designated as GCs and treated as such. The Short Service Commission (on probation) will cease automatically on self withdrawal/resignation or on successful completion of training at the Academy. They will be required to pay charges incurred on their messing, accommodation and allied services. Currently, it is at the rate of Rupees 486/- per month and will vary from time to time. In addition, they will also be required to meet their pocket expenses at the IMA.
  • University Entry Scheme GCs will be given a stipend of Rupees 56100/- per month for the last one year of their final year of Engineering. They will be given Pay and Allowance of the rank of Lieutenant at Rupees 71600/- per month plus Dearness Allowance for their training period at IMA.

Incentive Schemes: Various State Governments grant incentives to GCs with domicile of their State who join Academy for pre-commission training. Some of them are

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Compensation

  • Parents/Guardians of GCs or GCs will not be entitled to claim compensation for any injury sustained by them during the course of their training at the IMA. Certificates to this effect as per Appendices F and G will be rendered at the time of joining for training duly executed on Non-Judicial Stamp Paper with Stamp Fee as in vogue in the State where the affidavit is executed by the father/guardian and the candidate. They will hand over the certificates duly signed to their Battalion Adjutant at IMA.
  • All GCs undergoing training at IMA will be insured for Rupees 75 lakhs for death and Rupees 25 lakhs for 100% disability reduced upto Rupees 5 lakhs for 20% disability, as per eligibility conditions with AGIF, New Delhi under arrangements of the Academy for their duration of training. A premium of Rupees 5000/- per month will be deducted on monthly basis from the stipend admissible to GCs of Direct Entry & Technical Graduates/University Entry Scheme Courses during training period.
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RESIGNATION

GCs wishing to resign after joining the Academy will forward their application in writing to the Commandant, IMA along with written consent of his parent/guardian. Such GCs will be allowed to resign after necessary recovery in Cash/Draft on account of cost of training, stipend paid, expenditure incurred to purchase any kit/equipment/garment or expenditure made to procure any other item and messing and allied services. At present the cost of training is Rupees 11952/- per week upto 30 Jun 2021, thereafter a yearly escalation of 8% p.a will be calculated on the per capita cost of training for each ensuing year. Cost of training will be calculated from the day of joining to the day he is struck off strength of this Academy.

What is ADC Aide-de-Camp

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An ADC aka aide-de-camp is an official position in the Indian Armed forces whose primary role is to look after the day-to-day task and protocol of the official he/she attached to. ADCs are officers who serve as the personal assistant of top officers including the Army Chief, Army Commanders, governors, and President of India.

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  • The President of India has five aides-de-camp three from the Army, and one each from the Navy and the Air Force.
  • State governor has two aides-de-camp one comes from either the Army/Navy/Air Force, and the other one from the state’s police force.
  • 16 aides-de-camp are provided by the Army to the governors, while the rest come from the Navy and the Indian Air Force.
  • An ADC should have five to seven years of experience in the armed forces. He is selected on the basis of his professional performance and an interview.