AIR FORCE ACADEMY

AIR FORCE ACADEMY

The Air Force Academy was established in 1969 and started in 1971. It is located at Dundigal, about 25 km away from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, spread over 7,000 acres of land.

The academy was set up to train cadets from all streams at one location. It imparts training to the Flying, Technical and Ground Duty Branches as well as officers of the Army and Navy. This is a home for the officer trainees who learn their specialisation and are nurtured to become capable leaders. After one year's training, officer cadets are commissioned into branches of the IAF.

It is here that they are trained to learn flying through successive stages. Those who pass out as fighter pilots serve in front-line combat squadrons equipped with SU-30, MiG-29, MiG-27, MiG-23, MiG-21, Mirage-2000,Tejas and Jaguar aircraft. For those interested in flying transport aircraft, the IAF offers heavy multi engined IL-76 aircraft,C-17 and the twin engined multi role AN-32 transport aircraft, besides HS-748 and the Dornier light utility transport aircraft.

TRAINING:

         The academy provides training in flying and ground subjects for flight cadets and officers of the Indian Navy and Army as well as the Coast Guard. Officers from friendly foreign countries are also occasionally trained at the Air Force Academy.

The following are the types of training conducted at the academy:

Flying training If a cadet has joined the Flying Branch, training is divided into Stage I, II and III. Each stage takes the trainee pilots from fundamental to more complex levels of aviation. It is during Stage III that the cadets are sent for specialisation on fighter, helicopter or transport aircraft.

Air Traffic Control Officers' training The training at the Air Force Academy for Air Traffic Control is designed on the basis of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) procedures, altered to suit the military aviation requirements.

Ground Duty Officers' training Ground Duty Officers' training is for all non-technical branches of the Indian Air Force. If the cadet has joined the Administrative, Logistics, Accounts, Education or Meteorology division, they will be trained at the Air Force Academy before joining the Air Force as Ground Duty Officer.

Joint Services training Cadets of the Flying, Technical and the Ground Duty Branches are imparted Joint Services Training here for six weeks. Thereafter, cadets selected for entry into the Aeronautical Engineering Branches are sent to the Air Force Technical College at Jalahalli, Bangalore. Training includes common service subjects like administration and service knowledge.

ADMISSION:  Through CDSE conducted twice every year & through SSB.

INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY

INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY

The Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (also known as IMA) is the officer training Academy of the Indian Army. IMA was established in 1932.

HISTORY:

       During the Indian independence struggle, Indian leaders recognized the need for a local military institution to meet the needs of an armed force loyal to sovereign India. The British Raj was reluctant to commission Indian officers or to permit local officer training. Until World War I Indians were not eligible for commission as officers in the Indian Army.

Following the experiences in World War I, where Indian soldiers proved their mettle but British officers had difficulty leading the soldiers in the field, the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms facilitated ten Indians per year to undergo officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1922 the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College (now known as the Rashtriya Indian Military College) was set up in Dehradun to prepare Indian boys for admission to Sandhurst. The Indianisation of the Army started with the commissioning of 31 Indian officers. Among this first batch of officers to be commissioned was Kodandera Madappa Cariappa, who later became the 1st Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army and 2nd Indian Field Marshal.

Despite demands, the British resisted expansion of the Indian officer cadre. Indian leaders then pressed for the issue at the 1st Round Table Conference in 1930. Eventually, the establishment of an Indian officer training college was one of the few concessions made at the conference.so The Indian Military College Committee, set up under the chairmanship of Field Marshal Philip Chetwode, recommended in 1931 the establishment of an Indian Military Academy in Dehradun to produce 40 commissioned officers twice a year following two and a half years of training.

          In 1934, before the first batch had passed out, then Viceroy Lord Willingdon presented colours to the academy on behalf of George V of the United Kingdom. The alumni of the first batch to pass out of the academy in December 1934, now known as the Pioneers, included Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, General Muhammad Musa and Lieutenant General Smith Dun, who became the Army Chiefs of India, Pakistan and Burma, respectively.

Through the first 16 regular courses that passed out of the academy, until May 1941, 524 officers were commissioned. But the outbreak of World War II resulted in an unprecedented increase in the number of entrants, a temporary reduction in the training period to six months and an expansion of the campus. 3887 officers were commissioned between August 1941 and January 1946, including 710 British officers for the British Army. The academy reverted to its original two and a half year course of training at the end of the war.

         The academy was renamed as the National Defence Academy (NDA) on 1 January 1950, ahead of India becoming a Republic. In December 1954, when the new Joint Services training academy was established in Khadakwasla, near Pune, the NDA name along with the Joint Services Wing was transferred to Khadakwasla. The academy in Dehradun was then rechristened as Military College.

Brigadier M.M. Khanna, MVC was the first IMA alumni to be appointed Commandant of the IMA at the end of 1956.

In 1960, the academy was renamed back to its founding name, as the Indian Military Academy. On 10 December 1962, on the 30th anniversary of the academy's inauguration, the second President of India, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, presented new colours to the academy.

CAMPUS:

         The academy is located in the foothills of the Himalayas, about 8 km west of Dehradun in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The campus is on National Highway 72, which separates the North and South Campus. The campus of the academy originally spanned 206 acres which was transferred to the academy along with existing buildings from the Railway Staff College. The academy area is 1,400 acres (5.7 km2).

Built in 1930, the Chetwode Hall on the Drill Square houses the administrative headquarters of the IMA and is also the hub of academic training. It has lecture halls, computer labs and a cafe. On the opposite side of the Drill Square is the Khetarpal Auditorium. Inaugurated in 1982, it has a seating capacity of over 2000.

A newer wing of the Chetwode Hall, added in 1938, houses the Central Library. It has over 100,000 volumes and subscriptions to hundreds of periodicals from across the world, besides multimedia sections. In addition, there are two branch libraries closer to the cadet barracks across the campus.

The IMA Museum on the campus displays artifacts of historic importance. Among other war relics, it displays the pistol of Lieutenant General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi of the Pakistan Army which he surrendered to Lieutenant General Jagjit Singh Aurora after signing the Instrument of Surrender to end the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.

The Commandant's residence is a handsome colonial structure with a landscaped 6 acre garden. It offers a panoramic view of the Tons River silhouetted by the Himalayas.

In the earlier years, cadets were accommodated in GC Quarters, consisting of the Kingsley and Collins Blocks. With the growth of the IMA to five battalions of cadets, some battalions are accommodated in barracks in the South and East Campus.

The IMA helipad is located in the Tons Valley in the northwest of the campus.

ADMISSIONS:

INDIAN MILITARY ACADEMY DIRECT ENTRY ( NON TECHNICAL MEN )

Vacancies Per Course 250 (Twice a year) Notify in Employment News and leading Daily news Paper Notified by UPSC under the aegis of CDSE in May/Jun and Nov/Dec Eligibility Criteria Age between 19 and 24 yrs as of first day of month in which course is due to commence Qualification Graduation from Recognised University. Marital Status Un Married Likely SSB Date Jul to Aug and Mar / Apr Date Commencement of Trg Jan and Jul Training Academy IMA Dehradun Duration of Trg 18 months

NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY

NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY

The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force train together before they go on to pre-commissioning training in their respective service academies. The NDA is located in Khadakwasla near Pune, Maharashtra. It is the first tri-service academy in the world and is rated amongst the best in the world.

NDA alumni have led and fought in every major conflict in which the Indian Armed Forces has been called to action since the academy was established. The alumni include 3 Param Vir Chakra recipients and 9 Ashoka Chakra recipients.

HISTORY:

         After the independence of India in Aug. 1947, the Chiefs of Staff Committee immediately implemented the recommendations of the Auchinleck report. The committee initiated an action plan in late 1947 to commission a permanent defence academy and began the search for a suitable site. It also decided to set up an interim training academy, known as the Joint Services Wing (JSW), which was commissioned on 1 Jan. 1949 at the Armed Forces Academy (now known as the Indian Military Academy) in Dehradun. Initially, after two years of training at the JSW, Army cadets went on to the Military wing of the AFA for two years of further pre-commission training, while the Navy and Air Force cadets were sent to Dartmouth and Cranwell in the United Kingdom for further training.
Following partition, India's share of the monetary gift received from Sudan, amounted to £70,000 (the remaining £30,000 went to Pakistan). The Indian Army decided to use these funds to partly cover the cost of construction of the NDA. The foundation stone for the academy was laid by then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru on 6 Oct. 1949. The National Defence Academy was formally commissioned on 7 Dec. 1954, with an inauguration ceremony held on 16 Jan. 1955. The JSW program was transferred from the AFA to the NDA.

CAMPUS:

         The NDA campus is located about 17 km south-west of Pune city, north-west of Khadakwasla Lake. It spans 7,015 acres (28.39 km2) of the 8,022 acres (32.46 km2) donated by the Government of the former Bombay State. The site was chosen for being on a lake shore, the suitability of the neighboring hilly terrain, proximity to the Arabian Sea and other military establishments, an operational air base nearby at Lohegaon as well as the salubrious climate. The existence of an old combined-forces training center and a disused mock landing ship, HMS Angostura, on the north bank of the Khadakwasla lake which had been used to train troops for amphibious landings, lent additional leverage for the selection of the site.[2] Aptly, NDA is also located in the hunting grounds of the legendary Shivaji, with the Sinhagad Fort as a panoramic backdrop.
The administrative headquarters of the NDA was named the Sudan Block, in honour of the sacrifices of Indian soldiers in the Sudan theatre during the East African Campaign. It was inaugurated by then Ambassador of Sudan to India, Rahmatullah Abdulla, on 30 May 1959. The building is a 3-storey basalt and granite structure constructed with Jodhpur red sandstone. Its architecture features an exterior design comprising a blend of arches, pillars and verandahs, topped by a dome. The foyer has white Italian marble flooring and panelling on the interior walls. On the walls of the foyer hang the portraits of NDA graduates who have been honored with the highest gallantry awards, the Param Vir Chakra or the Ashoka Chakra.
A number of war relics adorn the NDA campus, including legendary captured tanks and aircraft. The Vyas Library offers an extensive collection of over 100,000 printed volumes, in addition to numerous electronic subscriptions and a number of periodicals and journals from around the world in at least 10 languages.

ADMISSIONS:

          Applicants to the NDA are selected via a written exam conducted by the UPSC, followed by extensive interviews covering general aptitude, psychological testing, team skills as well as physical and social skills, along with medical tests. Incoming classes are accepted twice a year for semesters starting in July and January. About 320,000 applicants sit for each written exam. Typically, about 9,000 of these are invited to interview. Applicants to join the Air Force also go through a Pilot Aptitude Battery Test. About 300-350 cadets are accepted to the academy each semester. About 66 cadets are accepted for the Air Force, 39 for the Navy and 195 for the Army.
Cadets who are accepted and successfully complete the program are sent to their respective training academies for one year of training before granting of commission: army cadets go to IMA at Dehradun, Air Force cadets to AFA at Dundigal, Hyderabad, and naval cadets to INA, Ezhimala, Kerala. A cadet can only decline a commission in case of a serious permanent medical condition caused during the program.

INDIAN NAVAL ACADEMY, EZHIMALA

INDIAN NAVAL ACADEMY, EZHIMALA.

The Indian Naval Academy (NAVAC, also known as INA or Ezhimala) is the initial officer training establishment of the Indian Navy, located in Ezhimala, Kerala. Situated between Mount Dilli and the Kavvayi backwaters, NAVAC has a 7 km beach front on the Arabian Sea. It conducts basic training for all officers inducted into the Indian Navy. It also currently trains Indian Coast Guard personnel .

NAVAC was established in May 1969, while its Ezhimala campus was inaugurated on 8 January 2009. It shares the 2,452 acres (9.92 km2) site with the naval base depot, INS Zamorin, and the naval hospital, INHS Navjivani.

HISTORY:

                 Ezhimala was chosen by Indian Navy to locate the Naval Academy due to its picturesque surroundings, seafaring traditions of the region and rich historical past. In 1982, the Government of India approved the Navy's proposal after the Government of Kerala agreed to provide the proposed 2500 acres of land and basic infrastructure for area development, free of cost. The predominant hill feature of Ezhimala, the Mount Dilli,  is 260 m  high. Mt Dilli Light house is situated in the southern part of the base and to the north lies the Kavvayi backwaters. The foundation stone of NAVAC at Ezhimala, was laid by the Late Prime Minister Mr. Rajiv Gandhi on 17 Jan 1987.

     The academy estate is a vast area broadly divisible into the coastal strip facing the Arabian Sea in the West, followed by the low undulating hills forming the middle strip, and the uplands forming a part of the Western Ghats in the East. All the three segments merge into each other to form a compact landmark of diverse ecological setting within a limited area of about 2500 acres. Among the landmarks of the area, Mount Dilli and the Lighthouse, which bears its name, are the most dominating.

CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS:

Mar 79 Acceptance of necessity for setting up of a permanent Naval Academy. May 82 Govt approves acquisition of Ezhimala site. Jun 84 979 hectares of land with 532 building (pmt/ty structures) acquired. State Govt agrees to provide land and infrastructure facilities free of cost. Jan 87 Sh Rajiv Gandhi laid foundation stone at site. Scheme part of 7th Defence Plan and linked with the Kerala aid package for development of North Kerala. Dec 88 Design competition conducted and M/s Satnam Namita & Associates declared winning architects. Feb 90 Govt approves appointment of a PSU management consultant. Mar 91 E-in-C proposed to associate MES with the Project and work with external consultant.  NHQ & PMB agrees to associate MES with  the Project but under PMA & PMB control. Oct 92 Master Plan approved. Jul 95 Govt letter issued on establishment of Naval Academy at Ezhimala. Dec 95 PMA constituted and empowered with adequate financial and administrative powers. Sep 96 Govt clearance obtained on Agreement with Environmental Research Resource Centre (ERRC). Jan 99 Topographical survey completed. Apr 99 Soil test and material Survey completed. Oct 99 Revision of Accommodation Statement finalised. AICTE norms for B.Tech met within existing sanction. Nov 99 Preliminary design for Roads, External Services, cadets Mess and Cadets Accommodation approved. 25 Feb 01 Bhumi Puja held under the aegis of the RM to commence construction activity of the Project. 30 Mar 02 Foundation stone for Cadets Mess & Cadets Accommodation laid by Hon’ble RM. 17 Dec 02 Revised CCS paper submitted to MOD. 06 Jan 03 Manpower Committee report submitted to MOD. 17 Apr 03 Manpower Committee report approved by the Defence secretary. 29 Nov 04 Additional Manpower case sanctioned by the MoF. 06 Apr 05 INS Zamorin got Commissioned, Depot Ship of the Naval Academy Ezhimala. 29 Apr 07 Foundation stone laying  for Hospital Complex by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony. 08 Jan 09 Inauguration of Naval Academy by Hon’ble Prime Minister  Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Role

     The principal role of the Naval Academy is to impart basic and orientation training to all officer entrants of the Navy and Coast Guard, other than Special Duties List  officers. The aim is to develop the trainees morally, mentally and physically and to imbibe in them the high ideals of loyalty, valour and patriotism in order to provide the service with officers who are dedicated to a career of Naval Service and have potential for future development to assume the highest responsibility of leadership.

Vision 

     The Naval Academy has been developed as a national prestigious project and is the ‘Cradle for Leadership’ in the Indian Navy.  It is unique in concept and design and stands out as an outstanding monument.

     The ab-initio training imparted at the academy wil ensure that every officer who pass out through its portals will be leaders  worthy of trust and confidence that the nation has reposed in them. It will also establish bridges of friendship across the ocean by training personnel from friendly foreign countries.

Aim

     The aim of the academy is to prepare young men and women to be a professional   officer   in the navy  by providing them sound education supplemented with the  required professional naval training.  It  is intended that all officers joining the Navy will pass through this academy so that the entire officer cadre is suitably initiated into the naval way of life starting with a common controlled foundation.

       The academic curriculum is tailored to keep pace with the demands of modern technology. In addition, the academy will condition the young men and women who have chosen the navy as a career with the mental and physical attributes to be able to exercise self discipline, perform efficiently under stress, think and react quickly and above all be good leaders of men.

JOINING:

 Officers into the Navy are recruited by the Directorate of Naval Manpower and Recruitment, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Navy) under various schemes.  The details are available on the website HERE

      The Academy conducts three types of courses:-

      Four Year Indian Naval Academy Course.    The four year INAC programme is conducted for the 10 + 2 Integrated Cadets and on graduation the cadets are awarded a BTech degree.

      22 Week Naval Orientation Course.   The graduate entries who are inducted into various branches of the Navy under different schemes undergo a 22 week Naval Orientation Course at the Academy prior to their training in the respective professional institutions.

      Four Week Short Naval Orientation Course.  The four week Short Naval Orientation Course is conducted for Medical Officers of the Navy on their induction.

FOR MORE DETAILS : VISIT HERE