The Armed Forces in India offer a prestigious and professionally satisfying career for doctors as commissioned officers with high status associated with Group ‘A’ gazetted posts of Central Government.

The medical services in the Navy are delivered through a network of hospitals spread throughout the length and breadth of the country.

As a doctor in the Navy, one can have an opportunity to learn and practice military medicine and look after the health of the men in uniform and their families both in peace and war.

Most of the postgraduate courses are conducted at Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune and various other teaching hospitals of the Armed Forces.

Selection Procedure

Recruitment to the medical posts is through Permanent Commission (PC) and Short Service Commission (SSC).

50% graduate passing out from the Armed Forces Medical College Pune is taken directly into Permanent Commission and the rest are offered Short Service Commission.

Doctors from civil medical colleges are offered only SSC entry. SSC officers are required to serve for a minimum period of 5 years.

The SSC may be extended by another two terms of 5 years and then 4 years upto a maximum of 14 years.

AFMC graduates offered SSC are required to serve for a minimum period of 7 years extendable by another 7 years.

Short Service Commission

Notification for the post of doctors (male and female) in Indian Navy through SSC is published in leading newspapers twice a year.

Eligible candidates are called for interview at New Delhi to assess their merit and suitability for grant of Short Service Commission in the Army Medical Corps and subsequent secondment to the Navy.

Based on the results of the interview, candidates who have been short listed are subjected to medical examination at designated Armed Forces hospitals in New Delhi.

Medically fit candidates are granted commission subject to verification procedures as deemed necessary and required for commissioning.

Permanent Commission

SSC officers are allowed three chances to appear in departmental interviews for grant of Permanent Commission at any time after completion of two years SSC service i.e. two chances in first tenure of five years and one chance in second tenure of five years but before completion of nine years and six months of service.

Also, there should be no break in service and they should fulfill the conditions of eligibility laid down. The age limit for granting PC for different professional educational qualification are :

MBBS (Max. 30 years)
Post Graduate Diploma (Max. 31 years)
Post Graduate MD/MS (Max. 35 years)

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