Ever thought about a career that is not just simply a job, but a responsibility?
If you want to serve the patriotic fervour within you then the Indian Armed forces are most likely to be your calling. Managed by the Ministry of Defence, a career in the armed forces ensures phenomenal growth and an opportunity to constantly upgrade your skills. The armed forces promise you the most respected careers of all, filled with pride and the feeling of self-contentment that in fact you are serving your country.
The correct persona:
This glorious career requires grit and the correct attitude to survive the armed forces environment. One needs to have a greatly disciplined lifestyle and the temperament of strategising, leading and managing in all sorts of situations. Armed forces need a very different kind of personality in the recruits since life as an armed officer involves combat and the harsh realities of it, there are only a few who can handle such mental and physical pressure.
The armed forces have four wings than run according to their own set of principles-
Indian Army
Indian Air Force
Indian Navyand
Indian Coast Guards
ELIGIBILITY:
There are a number of ways of joining the armed forces.
Each method requires different sets of eligibility criterions.
- Students passing out of school can apply for armed forces by taking up the NDA exam followed by UPSC and SSB interviews.
- Graduates can apply after they had completed a recognised bachelor's degree by appearing for the Combined Defence Exam (CDSE) and then appearing for the UPSC and SSB interview.
- Apart from that, there is a university appearance scheme for engineering students as well. This scheme is applicable for final year and pre-final year engineering students. A written test is not required under this scheme.
- Even students at their school level could join the IMA (Indian Military Academy). This is only applicable for those students who have Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in class 12 and needs at least a 70% aggregate to apply.
For further specifications regarding the eligibility details one can simply check out the government website:
http://india.gov.in/spotlight/career-defence-and-paramilitary-forces
Life in the Armed Forces gears you to rise above individual aspirations, forget differences and work as a team towards a common aim. It calls for great leadership skills and fosters the spirit of camaraderie which shall stand in good stead in any walk of life.
If you aim to be a part of the armed forces, it is good to have an early start. Or even if you get the calling in a latter part of your life, still you have options to choose this career. The armed officers are the cream of the society, and they have an unmistakably enhanced quality of life. Joining the IMA gives a very good start to make up a thriving career in the armed forces. The environment in the academy is the best that one can get to brush up themselves at an early age.
Becoming a potential officer needs persistence and labour, both physical and mental. The tests that the Services Selection Board conducts are not physically very gruelling but are meant to assess the candidate's mental character more than anything else. So, if you are determined enough, go for it!
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