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Sir what is difference between cds ima and ota in cds and which one is better

Originally Posted by raviyadavimr

Sir what is difference between cds ima and ota in cds and which one is better

Indian Military Academy(IMA) and Officer Training Academy(OTA) both are
the training institutes of the Indian Army training new officers. In both of the
institutes new officers of Indian army are trained.

The IMA is located in Dehradun and OTA in Chennai. The difference in both of the institutes is that in OTA a candidate will get the short service commission where as in IMA a candidate will get the permanent commission. The duration of service through short service commission is of 10 years which can be extent to 4 or 5 years.

As per my suggestion its better to make your first choice IMA because you will get the permanent commission through IMA. Other wise there not any difference in between IMA and OTA.

What rank is awarded after the completion of cds(ota) course

Can an officer of short service commission join the permanent commission?

Hi sir,, im completed my b.tech in 2011 with an aggregate of 63% now thir is no backlocks ,, im intrusted to join in army officer entry ,, may i elijable or not

Can a girl join IMA

What kind of work a girl have to do after passing cds (ota)exam?

can an officer of short service commission join the permanent commission?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can an officer of short service commission join the permanent commission?

hi,
Yes, an officer of Short service commission can join the permanent commission .
For this after 4year of service you have to qualify the entrance exam conducted by armed commission.

If you qualify the exam you have to go for Interview and after passing all your SSC will converted into Permanent Commission.

good luck!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Can a girl join IMA

hi,
yes a girl can join IMA

As girls are only elligible for OTA, chennai.Is there is any way to join IMA, dehradun
??

i have filled the form of ima but i have to give the exam of ota? Can i give the exam of ota,inspiet of fill the form of ima.....

Originally Posted by raviyadavimr

Sir what is difference between cds ima and ota in cds and which one is better

There is no difference only thing is female candidates are eligible for Officer Training Academy and this is short service commission.

C.D.S stands for Combined Defence Service Examination and this examination is conducted twice in a year by Union Public Service Commission.

• Military Academy
• Navy Academy
• Air force Academy
• Officer Training Academy

Military Academy :- The candidate must have a graduate in any discipline from a recognized university or deemed university and age limit for this examination is 19 years and 24 years at the time of appearing for this examination.There is no minimum percentage for this examination and unmarried male candidates are eligible to apply for this examination.Candidates who are appearing in the final year of degree course can also apply for this examination.

Any eligible candidates like B.Sc,B,C.A,B.Com,B,B.M,B.E,B.Tech,M.BBS.....etc.

Officer Training Academy :- Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognized university or equivalent qualification. and age limit for this examination is 19 years and 25 years at the time of appearing for this examination.There is no minimum percentage for this examination and unmarried male/female candidates are eligible to apply for this examination.Candidates who are appearing in the final year of degree course can also apply for this examination.

Any stream like B,B.M,B.E,B.Tech,M.BBS,B.Sc,B,C.A,B.Com.....etc.

Candidates appearing for IMA have to appear for written exam for Maths, English and General Studies,
whereas for OTA only English and General Studies are applicable.
IMA candidates undergo 1½ year and OTA Candidates undergo 11 months of training. at the end of which in both cases they are given the rank of Lt in Army. IMA candidates get permanent commission whereas OTA candidates get Short service Commission (SSC) for 10 years.

in my point of view IMA is the better when compared to ota.

correspondence from madras university in bsc is valid for cdsc

i will turn 22 this march but while filling up the IMA form it showed that i wasnt eligible for IMA although it gave me an option to choose OTA..why so ??

OTA(Officer training Academy) and IMA(Indian military academy)

To join for this you have to apply for CDS(combined defence services) exam which is conducted by UPSC(Union Public Service commission)

* Candidates should be the citizen of India.
* Candidates should be the graduate form a recognized university
* Candidates for OTA should have the age limit within 19-24 years
* Candidates for OTA can be either married or unmarried.
* candidates for IMA should have the age limit within 19-23 years
* candidates for IMA should be unmarried.
* There is no percentage criteria.
* Candidates should be physically fit

Syllabus

* Maths
* English
* General knowledge.

* Both OTA and IMA are better.

Best wishes

CDS is the combine defence exam which is held by UPSC twice in year.
When you are submitted your CDS form then you put your prefrences like
1 IMA
2.NAVY
3.AIR FORCE
4.OTA
IMA stands for indian military acadamy and OTA stands for officer training acadamy.
your cds marks allow you in IMA or OTA.
You should prefered IMA first than OTA

Hello sir,
i have pased out wid commerce wid 80% and now i am doing my 2nd year in BA hons in english.
I want to serve the Indian Army but i have a problem with my eyesight i have power for my eyes still can i join the army?

hello sir,
i am doing my 1st year in Bsc in hospitality and hotel industry.can i join IMA or OTA after completing my graduation from this course?