NDA 2013 Exam Notification Forms Eligibility

Notification for NDA & NA 2013 exam  has been published by UPSC today through Exam Notice: 03/2013-NDA-I for admission to NDA (National Defence Academy) & NA (Naval Academy). As per the notification, online submission of form has already began and the last date for  submission of NDA-I 2013 form is 21st January 2013. The exam would be conducted on 14th April, 2013 (Sunday). This notification has been published in major national/regional dailies as well as in Employment News dated 22nd December, 2012.
You can also click here to download the NDA-I 2013 Exam Notification.

Through this defence entrance exam, you can get admission to one of the two defence institutes:

1.0 NDA: 3-year course after passing which you get B. Sc./ B.Sc. (Computer) / BA degree from JNU, Delhi and commissioned in Army/Air Force/ Navy forces. 2.0 NA:  4-year B. Tech. course after passing which you get commissioned in the executive or technical branches of the Indian Navy.

While this blog post focuses on Eligibility & application form processes of NDA, in another blog article titled  NDA exam prep material I have provided 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 2013.Important dates for NDA-I 2013:
Date of notification: 22nd December, 2012.
Last date of submission of  NDA-I 2013 form: 21st January 2013.
Date of NDA-I 2013 exam: 14th April, 2013 (Sunday).
Likely date of NDA-I 2013 result: July, 2013.
Date of  SSB interview (after NDA exam): September-October 2013. NDA exam is going to be held in following 41 city/towns all over India:
Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji(Goa), Patna, Portblair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur, Vishakhapatnam.
Branch-wise vacancies for NDA-I 2013 exam:
Total vacancies to be filled through NDA-I 2013 is 355 (NDA: 300, Indian Naval Academy: 55).
Branch-wise vacancies for NDA is as follows:
Army: 195, Air Force: 66, Navy: 39. Eligibility for NDA Exam:
Age eligibility for NDA exam:Min.: 16½, M - 19 years. (born not earlier than 2nd January, 1995 and not later than 1st July, 1997)
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, 2013.On top of above age and academic eligibility, you also need to have the minimum physical standard as required by UPSC.

NDA-I Exam 2013 Online Application Form:
You can apply only online for NDA 2013 exam. There is no offline application form.
How to apply online for NDA 2013 exam has been given very clearly and in detail in this page with instruction for filling the NDA -I 2013 online form.

In short, NDA 2013 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 2013.This form would be displayed only till  21st January 2013.
Admit Card for NDA-I 2013 exam:
You have to download your admit card for NDA-I 2013 Exam from UPSC website, which would be available from 3 weeks before the exam date. 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 on working days between 10.00 hrs. and 17.00 hrs. Most probably e-Admit card for NDA-I 2013 would be available in this webpage.

Some of you may be appearing in next NDA exam ii.e. NDA-II 2013 Exam. Following information is therefore given to you just to help you make preparation for NDA-II, 2013 exam..

NDA-II 2013 Exam dates & Schedule:
Date of notification & Form for NDA-II 2013 Exam : 04.05.2013.
Last date of submission of  NDA-II 2013 form: 03.06.2013   (Monday).Date of NDA-II 2013 exam: 11.08.2013 (Sunday)
These dates are have been already forecasted by UPSC. Nearer these dates, please check the UPSC exam website.With above, I am confident that you would be able to apply confidently for NDA 2013 entrance exam. Please visit my blog post titled: NDA exam prep material to know how to prepare for NDA exam.Labels: Defence Career, NDA Exam, UPSC Exam

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