Exam notification for NDA-I Exam 2012 has been published by UPSC just yesterday for admission to NDA (National Defence Academy) & NA (Naval Academy). Online submission of form has also began and the last date for submission of NDA 2012 application form is 30th January 2012.You can click here to download the NDA-I Exam 2012 Notification.Through this defence entrance exam, you can get admission to two defence institutes:1.0 NDA: In the Army/Air Force/ Navy wings.
2.0 NA: In the executive branch of Navy.
While this blog post focuses on Eligibility & application form processes of NDA, in another blog article titled NDA exam prep material I would provide you all the study materials required to prepare for this exam - the sample papers, books, SSB Interview prep material etc.
Why this exam is called NDA
(I)? Because NDA exam is held twice every year by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) - Exam (
I) in mid-April and Exam (
II) in mid-August. My previous blog post titled:
NDA Exam – what & why? introduces you to NDA exam and why you should appear in it.
With above primer, let us find what are the important dates/schedule of NDA exam –I 2012.
Important dates for NDA-I 2012:
Date of notification: 31st December, 2012.Last date of submission of NDA-I 2012 application form: 30th January 2012
Date of NDA-I 2012 exam: 15th April, 2012.
Likely date of publication of NDA-I 2012 result: July, 2012.
Date of SSB interview subsequent to NDA exam: September - October, 2012.
Eligibility for NDA Exam:Age eligibility for NDA exam:
Min.: 16½, M - 19 years. (born not earlier than 2nd January, 1994 and not later than 1st July, 1996)
Also only MALE, UNMARRIED candidates are allowed to appear in NDA exam.
Academic eligibility for NDA exam:
You need to pass Class-XII or equivalent examination for Army wings of NDA (Physics & Maths in Class-XII is not a must.)
However for applying to the Air Force/Navy wings of NDA and for applying to Naval Academy, you must have studied Physics & Maths in your Class-XII.
If you are currently studying in Class-XII, you can also appear in the exam, provided you can provide the proof passing the exam by 5th December, 2012.
On top of above age and academic eligibility, you also need to have the minimum physical standard as required by UPSC.
NDA Form 2012:You can apply only online for NDA 2012 exam. There is no offline application form.
How to apply online for NDA 2012 exam has been given very clearly and in detail in
this page with instruction for filling the NDA -I 2012 online form.
In short, NDA 2012 Online form has two parts - Part-I & Part-II.
Part-I Registration process has 5 (FIVE) pages:Page-1: Personal Information including Name , DOB , Father s name etc.
Page-2: Choose Examination Centre.
Page-3: Give preferences for Army Navy Air Force and Naval Academy.
Page-4: Displays all the data entered by you. It has option for you to edit these data.
Page-5: Displays the system generated unique Registration ID.
Part-II Registration Comprises Three Steps:1. Fee Payment.
2. Uploading Of Photograph.
3. Uploading Of Signature.
You can
click here to find the Online form for NDA-I 2012.This form would be displayed only till 30th January 2012..
Admit Card for NDA-I 2012 exam:Post submission of your NDA application form, you may either be sent the admit card for written exam in your postal address or it may be made available on the internet - to download it with your registration number or it may also be sent to your e-mail id. UPSC has kept all these 3 options open for issuing NDA-I 2012 written exam admit card/ call letter.
But point here to note is that the Admit Card would be made available 3 weeks before the exam date - say in the last week of March (since the exam is on 15th April, 2012). If you have problem finding your admit card/ call letter, please contact UPSC either in person or over phone 011-23385271/011-23381125/011- 23098543 for issuing duplicate Admit Card for NDA-I 2012 exam. You should make this request at least 1 week before the exam date - i.e. last date for request for duplicate Admit Card is 8th April, 2012.
Some of you may be appearing in next NDA exam in 2012. Following information is therefore given to you.
NDA-II 2012 Exam dates & Schedule:Date of notification & Form for NDA-II 2012 Exam : 05.05.2012.
Last date of submission of NDA-II 2012 form: 04.06.2012 (MONDAY)
Date of NDA-II 2012 exam: 19.08.2012 (SUNDAY)
