Training at National Defence Academy (NDA)
The National Defence Academy is a foremost joint training institution for the excellence in the competition for producing junior leaders of Armed forces. Here, cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air force are trained together before they go for pre-commissioning training. The objective of training is to impart academic and technological training of the highest quality in order to equip cadets with appropriate qualification as foundation for their service careers. To join National Defence Academy a candidate must appear in the entrance exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), followed by extensive interviews by