National Defense Academy, khadagwasla and Naval Academy are the two pioneering academies which trains the candidates for the direct officer rank entry into the prestigious defence sectors of the country viz Army, Air force and Navy.
Every year, UPSC, on the behalf of these two academies conducted the written examination two times in an academic year.

UPSC has released the notification about the NDA Examination 2016, planned to be conducted on 17 April 2016.
The NDA application process has begun on 02 January 2016 and will end on 29 January 2016.
The applications can be filled only through the online mode
The examination is organized for around 375 seats at one time of which the following is the break:
Army – 208 seats
Navy – 42 seats
Air Force – 70 seats
Naval Academy – 55 seats
Total – 375 seats

Important dates:


Events Dates

Release of the notification regarding the NDA & NA (I) 2016 02 January 2016
Commencement of the Application procedure for the examination 02 January 2016
Last date to fill the Online UPSC NDA (I) 2016 Application form 29 January 2016
Last date to pay the Examination fee via any means ( credit card, debit card, net banking or Bank challan) 29 January 2016
Date of release of the UPSC NDA 2016 Admit card Last week of March 2016
Date of examination 17 April 2016
Date of declaration of the NDA (I) Result 2016 September 2016
Call letter for interview and allotment of SSB centers October/November 2016
Declaration of the final Merit list February 2017