National Defence Academy is a Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force are trained together before they go on to pre-commissioning training to their respective service academies.

It is located in Khadakwasla near Pune, Maharashtra.

As you want here I am telling National Defence Academy Motto is “Service Before Self”

Notable Alumni/candidates

Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, Posthumous, 1 Gorkha Rifles, Congo, 1961

2nd Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal, Posthumous, 17 Poona Horse, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Captain Manoj Kumar Pandey, Posthumous, 11 Gorkha Rifles, Kargil War, 1999

Nine alumni of the academy have been awarded the Ashoka Chakra, as of 2010.

31 alumni have been awarded the Maha Vir Chakra. 152 have been awarded the Vir Chakra.

33 alumni have been awarded the Kirti Chakra. 122 have been awarded the Shaurya Chakra.

8 Chiefs of Army Staff, 7 Chiefs of Naval Staff and 4 Chiefs of Air Staff of the Indian Armed Forces have been NDA alumni.