INDIAN ARMY UES-24 Entry APPLICATION
The Indian Army is
looking for a few good men. For the best and the brightest
amongst you. For men
with intellect, idealism and courage. Men who can lead and
inspire others.
1. Applications are
invited from UNMARRIED male Engineering Degree students studying
in Pre-Final Year (III year) in
academic session 2013-14 for Grant of Permanent
Commission in the Army.
2. VACANCIES - 60 Pre-Final Year (PFY)
BE/ B.Tech (PFY) candidates of the following
Engineering branch/stream should
apply.
3. CONDITIONS OF
ELIGIBILITY
(a) Nationality: A candidate
must either be (i) a citizen of India or (ii) a subject of
Nepal or (iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) Tibetan origin but of Indian domicile, whose
parents entered India as refugees
prior to 1st January 1962 with intention of
Permanently settling in India. (v) a
person of Indian origin who migrated from
Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and East
African countries like Kenya, Uganda, United
Republic of Tanzania, Zambi, Malawai,
Zaire, Ethopia and Vietnam with the intention
of Permanently settling in India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories
(ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall
be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility
has been issued by the Government of
India. Certificate of eligibility will however
not be necessary in the case of
candidate who are Gorkhas subject of Nepal.
(b) Age Limit:
Born between 02 Jul 90 and 01 Jul 96 -
Not below 18 Yrs and not over 24 Yrs.
Note : Age limit mentioned
above will be applicable at the time of commencement of
course. Matricualation Certificate
issued by the Board concerned (CBSE/State Boards/
CSCE) in which date of birth is
recflected will be accepted and no subsequent request for
change in Date of Birth will be
considered or granted. (Admit Card/Marksheet/Transfer/
Leaving Certificate
etc are not acceptable).
(c) Educational
Qualification: Candidates
studying in the Pre-Final of the Engineering
Course in recognised
Universities/Institutions/Colleges in the subjects mentioned in
para 2 above will be eligible to apply
but must possess the educational qualification at
the time of joining training or should
be able to produce the proof of having obtained
the educational qualification within
12 weeks from the date of commencement of
training for the grant of Permanent
Commission in the Army. The candidates who are
unable to produce the
Degree/Provisional Degree certificate at the time of joining the
training will be inducted on
Additional Bond Basis for recovery of the cost of training at
IMA / OTA as notified from time to time
as well as stipend and pay and allowances paid,
in case they fail to produce the
requisite Degree/Provisional Degree Certificate within
12 weeks from the date of commencement
of training.
(d) Army HQ reserves the right to
short list applications and to fix cut of percentage of
marks for the SSB interview based on
aggregate percentage marks scored by the
candidates in the first two years of
the engineering degree course.
(e) PHYSICAL
STANDARDS:
Height & Weight: The minimum
acceptable height and weight for men is 157.5 cms
with correlated weight. In case of
candidates belonging to the North East and hilly
areas like Gorkhas, Nepalese, Assamese
and Garhwalis, the height will be relaxed
by 5 cms and weight commensurate with
reduced height. In case of candidates from
Lakshadweep, the minimum acceptable
height can be reduced by 2cms.
(ii) Visual Standards: The minimum
acceptable visual acuity are: Distant vision
(corrected) better eye 6/6, worse
6/18, Myopia of not more than minus 3.5 including
Astigmation. Candidates who have
undergone or have evidence for having undergone
Radial Karatotomy to improve the
visual acuity will be permanently rejected.
Candidates who have undergone Lasik
Surgery for Correction of reflective error are
NOT acceptable.
(iii) Permanent Body
Tattoos: Permanent
body tattoos are only permitted on inner
face of forearm i.e, from inside of
elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of
palm/back (dorsal) side of hand.
Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the
body are not acceptable and candidates
will be barred f rom further selection.
Tribes with tattoos mark on the face
or body as per their existing custom and
traditions will be permitted on a case
to case basis.
(iv) To be passed fit, a
candidate must be in good physical and mental health
free from any disability likely to
interfere with the efficient performance of duty
(v) Prospective
candidates are advised to exercise and keep themselves physically
fit, in order to avoid any injury due
to the rigorous physical training at Indian Military
Acadamy. In order to be able to adjust
to the regime there candidates are advised
to achieve following standards before
joining the IMA, if f inally selected:- (a)
Running 2.4Km in 15 minutes (b) Push
ups - 13 Nos (c) Sit ups - 25 Nos
(d) Chin ups - 6 Nos (e) Rope climbing
- 3-4 metres.
4. METHOD OF
SELECTION:
The Selection process to be followed
is indicated below:
(a) All applications as per
format of Application Form given in
the website are to be forwarded to respective
Command Headquarters.
(b) Preliminary selection of
prospective candidates studying
in the Pre-Final Year ( Engineering)
will be made by selection team detailed by
Command HQ for holding preliminary
interviews at University / Collage.
(c) Candidates
are required to be under graduates
during the selection process and must be gradutes
at the time of commencement of the
course. Candidates whose University examanation
pattern does not permit applying for
the UES are advised to apply for TGC/SSC (T)
commencing at IMA Dehradun/ OTA
Chennai in Jan/Apr and Jul/Oct every year. TGC/
SSC (T) courses are being notif ied in
Employment News and other prominent
Newspapers in April and Oct i.e.
approximately nine months before commencement
of TGC course at IMA Dehradun and 12
months before commencement SSC(T)course
at OTA Chennai. The decision of DG
Recruiting, Army HQ in the matter of shortlisting
and forwarding of applications to
Selection Centre for SSB interview will be final.
(d) Duration of SSB interviews is five
days excluding day of arrival. During their stay
at SSB, candidates are put through
Psychological Tests, Group Test and Interviews.
(e) Candidates will be put through
stage I of the selection process on the first day.
Only successful candidates shall be
retained for balance of the testing. Candidates
who fail to qualify in stage I will be
returned on the first day itself. Stage I are
Pshychologically oriented tests
including intelligence tests. (f) Candidats who qualify
at the SSB and are found medically fit
by a Medica Board will be placed in order
of merit. The final selection will be
made in the order upto the number of vacancies
available at that time.
(g) Pre-Final year candidates will be
called in the year of
their completion of Degree, subject to
their being medically fit at that time depending
on availability of vacancies and their
position in the merit. (h) Selected Pre-final
year students would be granted Short
Service Commission on probation from the date
of their joining the final year class.
(j) After successful completion of degree
course
the candidates finally selected will
be admited for Pre-Commission training at Indian
Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun for a
period of 12 months.
5. MERIT LIST:
IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT MERE QUALIFYING
AT THE SSB
INTERVIEW DOES NOT CONFIRM FINAL
SELECTION. A MERIT LIST IS PREPARED
FOR EVERY BRANCH / STREAM SEPARATELY
PURELY ON THE BASIS OFMARKS OBTAINED BY THE CANDIDATES AT SSB INTERVIEW AND AS
SUCH
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION,
PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE, NCC
BACKGROUND ETC HAVE NO ROLE TO PLAY.
MERIT LIST WILL BE PREPARED
FOR 24 UES PRE FINAL YEAR COURSE
COMMENCING FROM JULY 2015. JOINING
INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE ISSUED FOR
PRE-COMMISSIONING TRAINING SUBJECT
TO APPEARING IN MERIT LIST, MEDICAL
FITNESS AND AS PER VACANCIES
NOTIFIED FOR THE SUBJECT COURSE.
6. MEDICAL
EXAMINATION:
A candidate recommended by the Service
Selection
Board will undergo a medical
examination by a Board of Service Medical Officers.
The proceedings of the Medical Board
are confidential and will not be divulged to
anyone. However, candidates declared
unfit by the Special Medical Board (SMB) will
be intimated by the President of the
Medical Board the procedure for request for
Appeal Medical Board (AMB). Unfit
candidates should report for AMB within a
maximum period of 42 days. Candidates
are advised in their own interest to appear
for AMB well in time and should not
wait for the last date given by the SMB.
Candidates are advised to note that Recruiting
Directorate has no role to play in
Appeal Medical Boards and procedure
advised by the medical authorities is strictly
to be adhered to. Candidates declared
unfit by AMB will be intimated by the
President, AMB about procedure to
challenging the finding of AMB Candidates will
also be intimated that Review Medical
Board (RMB) will be granted at the discretion
of DGAFMS based on the merits of the
case and that RMB is not a matter of right.
Candidates will be considered
medically fit only on receipt of the approved Medical
documents from Directorate General
Medical Services.
Note : Candidates are
advised in their own interest to undergo a preliminary
medical check up for wax in ears, DNS,
defective colour vision, over weight/under
weight, piles, gynaecomasties,
tonsilitis and visicocle before reporting for the SSB
interview.
7. ENTITLEMENT OF
TRAVELLING ALLOWANCE:
Candidates appearing for SSB
interview for the first time for a
particular type of commission, shall be entitled for
AC III tier to and fro Railway fare or
Bus fare including reservation cum sleeper
charges within the Indian limits.
Candidates who apply again for the same type of
commission will not be entiled to
travelling allowance on any subsequent occasion.
8. TRAINING AND
PROSPECTS :
(a) Selected candidates for UES 24
Course will
be detailed for training at Indian
Military Academy, Dehradun according to their
position in the final order of merit,
discipline wise upto the number of vacancies
available at the time. (b) Duration of
training is one year. (c) Engineering
graduates will be granted Short
Service Commission (on Probation) and will be
entitled to draw full pay and
allowances admissible to Lt during training period. Pay
and allowances will be paid after
successful completion of training. (d) Candidates
will neither be allowed to marry
during the period of training nor will be allowed
to live with parents guardians.
Candidates must not marry untill they complete the
full training at the Indian Military
Academy. A candidate, who married subsequent
to the date of his application though
successful at the Service Selection Board
interview or Medical Examination, will
not be inducted for training. A candidate if
he marries, while under training,
shall be discharged and will be liable to refund
all expenditure incurred on him by the
government.
(e) Training at IMA at Govt
expanse.
9. TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF SERVICES : (a) Candidates during the period of
SSC will be given stipend at the rate
of minimum basic pay of Lt. However the
entire stipend will be paid in lumpsum
only on reporting for training at IMA. They
will not be entitled to any other
previledge or allowances or expences in connection
with tution fee, text books, acoommodation,
messing and other allied services.
(b) From the date of joining IMA they
will be entitled to full pay and allowances
and other benefits as admissible to
regular officers. (c) Engineering graduates who
possess the prescribed qualification
will be granted one year ante-date for purpose
of seniority, promotion and increments
of pay.
10. LIABILITY OF
SERVICE:
Officers may be granted commission in
any arms/
services and will be liable for
service in any part of the world on selected
appointments as decided by Army
Headquarters from time to time.
THE ARMY OFFERS YOU
11. (a) Pay Scale.
The promotion from Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel is on
time
THE ARMY OFFERS YOU
11. (a) Pay Scale. The promotion from
Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel is on time
scale basis and thereafter on
selection basis subject to fulfillment of requisite
service conditions. The Pay Scale and promotion criteria
is as follows:-
12. Cost to company
(CTC).
The CTC for a Lieutenant would be
approximately
Rs.65000/- per month. This includes
Basic Pay, DA, Grade Pay, Military Service
Pay, Tech Pay, House Rent Allowance
and Transport allowance. These rates are not
statutory and are subject to change.
13. Privileges.
In addition to the CTC mentioned
above, Army provides f ree
Medical Facilities for Self &
dependents, Canteen facilities, Entitled Ration, Mess/
Club/Sports Facilities, Furnished Govt
Accommodation, Car/Housing Loan at subsidised
rate.
14. GROUP INSURANCE
AND GRATUITY.
The Gentleman cadets
of University Entry
Scheme (UES) while undergoing training
at IMA, Dehradun are insured for Rs.40 lac
w.e.f. 01 Apr 2011. Those who get
medically boarded out of Academy on account
of disability, the disability cover
provided for 100% disability will be Rs. 20 lac which
is proportionately reduced upto Rs. 4
lac for 20% disability. However, for less than
20% disability, only an ex gratia
grant of Rs. 50,000/- will be paid. Disability due
to alcohalism, drug addiction and due
to the diseases of pre enrolment origin will
not qualify for disability benefits
and ex gratia grant. In addition, Gentleman cadet
withdrawn on disciplinary ground,
expelled as an undesirable or voluntarily leaving
the Academy will also not be eligible
for disablity benefits and ex gratia Grant.
Subscription at the rate of Rs.
4,000/- will have to be paid in advance on monthly
basis by the Gentleman cadets in
receipt of stipend and will become members of
the main Army Group Insurance Scheme
as applicable to regular Army Officers.
Gratuity will be granted to the officers
as per the latest rules in force
15. Leave
Entitlements.
On Commission, officers are entitled to 60
days annual
and 20 days causal leave every year
(subject to service exigencies). They are also
entitled for 40% rail concession to
any place and free travel (as per extant rules)
for self and family. Leave during
training period will be as per the Training Policy
in force.
16. Sports &
Adventure.
The Army provides facilities to pursue any
sport of your
liking. In addition, one can learn and
participate in adventure sports, such as river
raf ting, mountaineering, hot air
ballooning, hang gliding, Horse Riding etc.
17. Physical Fitness.
In Indian Military Academy curriculum,
a lot of emphasis is
laid on Physical fitness. You are
therefore, advised to remain fit through physical
exercises, sports, running, swimming,
etc. so that you meet the training goals
successfully.
18. STIPEND / PAY
DURING TRAINING AT IMA:
During the period of training the
candidates will be given a stipend of
Rs. 21,000/- p.m. (Rs. 15,600/- as pay in Pay
Band Plus Grade Pay Rs 5,400/-). On
completion of training Officers are commissioned
as Lt and entitled to the pay scale as
given in para 11 above.
19. The final allotment
of Arms/Service/Corps, at the time of passing out will be
the sole discretion of Integrated HQ,
Min of Defence (Army) keeping in view the
existing policy. No representation is
tenable on this account.
20. HOW TO APPLY :
(a) Apply on plain paper (size 30 x 20
cms) as per (UES 24 Application Form) format,
given in the website :
www.joinindianarmy.nic.in (b) The envelop (white) containing
the application should be SUPERSCRIBED
IN RED INK indicating clearly the branch
of Engineering applied for. For
example ‘ APPLICATIONS FOR 24 UES ENTRY -
ENGINEERING’.S (c) Send your
application so as to reach respective Command HQ
at the following address on or before 28
Oct 2013.
(i) HO Northern Command (A Branch),
C/o 56 APO- For students studying in the
State of J&K.
(ii) HO Western command (A Branch),
Chandimandir, Pin-134107. For students
studying in states of Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Part of Haryana, (Distt-Ambaia,
Kurushestra, Karnal, Jind. Sonipat,
Panipat, Faridabad, Palwal, Gurgaon
Kaithal Yamunanagar, Panchkula,
Fatehbad, Jhajhar, Mewat), Delhi and
Chandigarh.
(iii) HQ South Western Command (A
Branch), Jaipur (Rajasthan), PIN302012. For
students studying in the state of
Rajasthan and part of Haryana (Rohtak, Hissar,
Bhiwani, Mohendra Garh, Rewari,
Sirsa).
(iv) HQ Southern Command (A
Branch), Pune (Maharashtra) PIN-411001. For students
studying in states of Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Goa, Tamil
Nadu, Daman, Diu, Dadra, Nagar Haveli,
Pondicherry, Lakshadweep and Kerala.
(v) HQ Eastern Command ( A Branch),
Kolkata (West Bengal) Pin- 700021.
Forstudents studying in the states of
West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya,
Mizoram and Andaman & Nicobar.
(vi) HQ Central Command (A Branch),
Lucknow (UP) PIN-226002. For studentstudying
in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand
and Chhatisgarh.
21. COMMON MISTAKES
RESULTING IN REJECTION OF APPLICATION:
(a)
Photographs
are not affixed/attested by Govt. Gazetted Officer
(b) Matric/equivalent certificate for
verification of date of birth is not attached and
attested by Govt. Gazetted Officer.
(c) Para 12 of the application is not completed
(d)
Application is not signed by the
candidate.
(e) Name of the candidate is not
mentioned
In the certificate issued by the
Principal.
(f) Specified branch is not mentioned.
(g)
Any ambiguity/ erasure/
attested/cuttings/false information/ concealment of
information detected in the above
certificates/application will result in the cancellation
of the candidature of the candidates
at any stage of selection. or afterwards also.
22. CHANGE OF
INTERVIEW DATES:
Request for change of SSB interview
dates
will not be accepted. However under
most unavoidable circumstances, such a change
may be considered based on the
circumstances of the case. This will be an exception
rather than the rule. Requests for
such change duly supported by a certificate from a
Government Gazetted Off icer alongwith
one unstamped self addressed envelop
should be sent to Selection Centre
from where the callup letter
for SSB interview has been received
and NOT to Additional Directorate General of
Recruiting well in time.
23. NOTES:
(a) Application must be sent in the format
given in Army website
www.joinindianarmy.nic.in (b)
Application must be accompanied by attested (By a
Gazetted Officer of the Central /
State Govt,/First Class Magistrate etc.). Photocopies
of the 10th class Certificate issued
by the Board concerned (CBSE/ State Board /
CSCE) in which the date of birth is
reflected for proof of date of birth (Admit Card/
Marksheet / Transfer / Leaving
Certificate etc are not acceptable for proof of date of
birth. (c) Application incomplete in
any respect and/or without copies of mandatory
certificate(s) will be rejected
summarily (d) Selection of candidates at Service Selection
Board is no indicator of their final
Selection. Joining Instruction to undergo Precommission
training at IMA, Dehradun would be
issued to the candidates as per
overall order of merit disciplinewise,
medical f itness and the number of vacancies
available in each discipline. (e)
Terms and conditions given in the advertisement are
subject to change and should therefore
be treated as guidelines only. (f ) Before
applying, candidates must satisfy
themselves in their own interest that they will be
able to submit certificates in support
of completion of the final semester examination
of Engineering degree to Directorate
General of Recruiting, West Block-III, RK Puram,
New Delhi- 110066 by 01 July 2015. (g)
Candidates not in receipt of a Call-up letter
from any of the Selection Centre for
SSB interview should presume that either their
applications could not come in short
list or found ineligible. No correspondence in
this regard will be entertained. (h)
Candidates withdrawn on disciplinary grounds
from NDA, IMA and OTA are NOT eligible
to apply for commission into Army.
24. The merit list will
be displayed at the reception of Recruiting Directorate, Integrated
HQ of MoD (Army), West Block-III, RK
Puram, New Delhi-110066 in the last week of
May 2015. For general/ merit list
queries contact Recruiting Directorate Telephone
No. (011) 26173215. website:www.joinindianarmy.nic.in
and dir-recruiting6-
mod@nic.in for email.
25. Format for
application form for UES-24 Course
- Format application form can be
downloaded from the Army websites:
www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. No other format will
be acceptable.
NOTE : For all queries
regarding allotments of centres, date of interview, merit list,
joining instructions and any other
relevant infomation regarding selction process,
please visit Army Website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in
IMPORTANT NOTE:
A candidate is permitted to apply to one
discipline of above
course. Request for change of
qualification choice will not entertained. Forwarding
of double applications will result in
outright rejection of applications and sthe
candidature of such candidatess will
be cancelled.
LAST DATE FOR THE RECEIPT OF
APPLICATION BY HQ COMMAND IS 28 Oct 2013
