Top Defence Academies in India : The following are the top-rated defence academies in India:
- NDA
The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the institute of the Indian Armed Forces where joint defence service training is provided to the cadets of the three services i.e. the Indian Army, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force train together before they go on to their respective service academy for further pre-commission training. It is situated in Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra. It is the first tri-service academy in the world.
The NDA offers only a full-time, residential undergraduate program. Cadets are awarded a Baccalaureate degree (a Bachelor of Arts or a Bachelor of Science) and a B.Tech (Bachelor of Technology) degree for Naval Cadets after 3 years of study. Naval cadets complete their fourth year of BTECH from Indian Naval Academy. Further, the Cadets have a choice of two streams of study. The Science stream offers studies in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science. The Humanities or Liberal Arts stream offers studies in history, economics, political science, geography, and languages.
- AFA
Air Force Academy (AFA) is the premier training centre of the Indian Air Force which is the cradle of training for pilots, ground duty, and technical officers of the Air Force. This academy represents the culmination and amalgamation of a long-felt need to have training for officers of all branches in a single institution. The training at this academy is designed to develop the spirit of camaraderie and promote healthy interaction among officers of every branch. It aims to cultivate honour and integrity in every cadet and strives to graduate Air Warriors worthy of the Indian Air Force.
The mission of AFA is to inspire and transform outstanding young men and women into courageous, dynamic, intellectual, and cultured young Air Warriors.
The training is designed to develop moral values, leadership qualities, a sense of honour and duty, mental and physical prowess, a spirit of adventure, and the will to win, in the Flight Cadets. This is achieved by training in character building, discipline, military and academic subjects, physical exercise, drills, sports, and adventure activities. The curriculum and syllabi keep pace with current doctrines and technological developments, allowing the cadets at the same time to imbibe the basic principles/tenets of the military profession.
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- IMA:
The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is the defence training institute that trains officers for the Indian Army. It is located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and it was established in 1932 following a recommendation by a military committee set up under the chairmanship of General (later Field Marshal) Sir Philip Chetwode. It started from a class of 40 male cadets in 1932 and now it has a sanctioned capacity of 1,650. The cadets undergo a training course varying between 3 and 16 months depending on entry criteria. After completing the course at IMA, cadets get a permanent commission into the army as Lieutenants.
The cadets in IMA are organized into a regiment with four battalions of four companies each. The academy’s mission, to train future military leaders of the Indian Army, goes hand in hand with the character-building enshrined in the IMA honour code, warrior code, and motto. Cadets take part in a variety of sports, adventure activities, physical training, drills, weapons training, and leadership development activities.
The academy’s alumni include six recipients of India’s highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra. Other achievements by alumni include 73 Military Crosses, 17 Ashoka Chakras, 84 Maha Vir Chakras, and 41 Kirti Chakras. In 2017, Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz Parray was the 847th name to be engraved on the IMA War Memorial, which honours alumni of the academy who have fallen in the course of action.
- OTA:
The Officers Training Academy (OTA) is a training establishment of the Indian Army that trains officers for the Short Service Commission or SSC. The 49-week course at the OTA prepares graduates for all branches of the Army, except for the Army Medical Corps. It was established in 1963. The first academy is located in Alandur, a southern neighbourhood of Chennai. Later, another academy was set up at Gaya in 2011 but was given the go-ahead in December 2019 to be disbanded. The Short Service Regular Commission has evolved into the Short Service Commission, and the OTS has continued to train officers for these commissions. The school was granted permanent status in 1985. On 1 January 1988, the school was renamed the Officers Training Academy (OTA), on a par with the NDA and IMA.
The first batch of 25 women to be commissioned as officers into the Army were trained at the OTA, with training commencing on 21 September 1992. The cadets are organised in 2 Battalions namely Ranjith Singh Battalion and Shivaji Battalion. The Ranjith Singh Battalion battalion consists of three companies, namely, Kohima, Jessami, and Phillora. Shivaji Battalion consists of three companies, namely, Meiktila, Naushera, and Zojila.
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