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I am a student of SYBSc-IT can I get into Navy as an Officer If Yes? What are the requirement or the eligibility criteria?
Last four years back I had meet with an operation on my hand would it be the reason of not getting admission in Navy Please help me I am Totally confused......

For recruitment of Officer's in Indian Navy, Union Public Service Commission conducts two entrance examination which are NDA/NA examination and CDS examination. Both the examinations are conducted twice every year in two stages which are known as Written examination and Service Selection Board interview respectively.

--> NDA stands for National Defense Academy and for appearing in this examination for Indian Navy wing you are required to have the qualifications given below :-

* You must be an Indian unmarried male candidate with age lying within 16.5 years to 19 years.

* You must have completed your senior secondary school degree or pursuing the final year of same with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as your main subjects from a recognized board of education. Any equivalent degree holder are also eligible.

--> CDS stands for Combined Defense Services and for appearing in this examination for Naval Academy you must have the qualifications given below:-

* You must have the nationality of India with your age lying in between 19 years to 22 years.

* You must have a bachelor's degree with any of Physics/Chemistry/Engineering course from a recognized university.

For both the examination Physical and mental fitness are required at must. As you do not have mentioned the complete information of your defect so it is hard to exactly predict whether you are eligible or not. So for the exact details about the physical fitness required you must check its requirement norms.

For more details about the syllabus and pattern of examination as well as notifications regarding the upcoming examination you can log on to the official link of UPSC i.e; www.upsc.gov.in.

Originally Posted by Shreelaxmi Nair

I am a student of SYBSc-IT can I get into Navy as an Officer If Yes? What are the requirement or the eligibility criteria?
Last four years back I had meet with an operation on my hand would it be the reason of not getting admission in Navy Please help me I am Totally confused......

You are a student of B.Sc in IT so you are eligible for Indian Navy through CDS exam.

CDS stands for Combined Defence Service exam.

Eligibility criteria:-

Indian naval academy: You should have completed engineering graduation or B.Sc with physics, mathematics subjects from a recognized university.

Indian Air force academy: You should have completed engineering graduation or B.Sc with physics, mathematics from a recognized university.

Indian Military academy: You should have completed graduation in any stream from a recognized university.

Officers Training Academy: You should have completed graduation in any stream from a recognized university.

Age Criteria:-

Indian Military Academy: - 19-24 Years
Air Force Academy: - 19-23 Years
Naval Academy: - 19-22 Years
Officer's Training Academy: - 19-25 Years

CDS exam books:-

Pathfinder CDS: Combined Defence Services Entrance Examination
by Sanjeev Jain, Amit Rastogi, Atul Sharma, Digvijay Singh, Preeti Gupta, Prashant Kumar, Balmukud Singh
Publisher: Arihant Publications

CDS Combined Defence Services Examination: 10 Practice Sets
by Expert Compilations
Publisher: Arihant Publications

CDS Exam Guide: Combined Defence Services Exam
Author: Datason Rp
Publisher: New Light Publishers

Study Package for CDS 1st Edition
Author: Atul Bhardwaj
Publisher: Tata Mcgraw Hill Education

Definitely you can go for the Indian Navy after completing your bachelor degree in science in Information technology branch.For this you have to appear in the CDS examination.This exam is conducted by the UPSC.


The eligibility for this exam for the Naval academy is to have a bachelor degree in science/engineering from a recognized university with good percentage.The age of candidate must lie in between 19 year to 22 years.