NDA 2023 Eligibility Criteria: Age Limit, Qualifications, Marital Status, Height/Weight/Visual

NDA 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates are recruited for the Air Force, Navy, and Army through the NDA.

Interested applicants can apply for NDA 2023 starting December 22, 2021 (for NDA I) and May 18, 2023 (for NDA II) (for NDA II).

NDA 2023 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality

1. The aspirant must be an Indian, Nepalese, or Bhutanese citizen.
2. Candidates who are not Indian citizens or Nepalese Gorkha subjects need a certificate of eligibility from the Indian government.

Age Limits, Gender, and Marital Status

1. For NDA (1) 2023: candidates with a DOB between July 2, 2003, and July 1, 2006 are eligible to take the exam. If you were born between July 2, 2003, and July 1, 2006, you are not eligible to take the NDA (1) 2023 exam.
2. For NDA (2) 2023: Those whose DOB falls between the 2nd January 2004 and the 1st January 2007 are eligible to take the exam for NDA (2) 2023. Candidates who were born between the 2nd of January 2004 and the 1st of January 2007 are not eligible to take the exam.
3. The NDA examination will only be open to unmarried male candidates.

Note-1: The commission will consider the DOB listed on the Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examination Certificate or an equivalent certificate.

Criteria for selection –

For Indian Army

1. Candidates interested in joining the Indian Army must have finished their 12th (10+2 pattern) or comparable test from a well-recognized board.

Eligibility for the Indian Navy and Air Force

1. Applicants must have completed their 12th/appearing (10+2 pattern) from a recognized board or university, with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.

Note: Students who have been forbidden from holding any form of commission in the Defence Services by the Ministry of Defence are not eligible to apply.

Physical Standards –

• Candidates must be physically and mentally fit according to the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination 2023 physical standards.

• Wax (Ears).
• Deviated Nasal Septum.
• Hydrocele/Phimosis.
• Overweight/Underweight.
• Under Sized Chest
• Piles
• Tonsillitis
• Gynaecomastia
• Varicocele

Body Tattoos –

1. Permanent body tattoos are only permitted on the inner face of the forearm. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body are not permitted on the inside of the elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of the palm/back (dorsal) side of the hand.
2. For such circumstances, the Comdt Selection Centre shall be the appropriate authority.

Height and Weight Requirements

1. A minimum height of 157 cms is required (162.5 cms. for Air Force).
2. The minimum height requirement for candidates from Lakshadweep can be decreased by 2 cm.

Army/Air Force Height/Weight Standards

Navy Height/Weight Requirements –

Note-1: “If an individual’s weight is within 10% of the average given weight, it is deemed normal.”

As a pilot in the Air Force, you’ll have to meet some additional physical criteria.

Other Physical Requirements –

1. Board of Service Medical Officers will conduct a medical assessment on candidates recommended by the Services Selection Board. Candidates will be admitted to the academy if the Medical Board finds them fit.
2. The candidate must be in good bodily and mental condition, and free of any disease or impairment that would make it difficult to fulfil military responsibilities effectively.
3. There should be no signs of a weak constitution, physical deformities, or an underweight condition.
4. Chest muscles are well developed. After full inspiration, the minimum range of expansion should be 5 cms. A chest X-ray is required to rule out any chest illnesses.
5. There are no abnormalities in the growth or function of the bones or joints.
6. There is no history of mental illness or fits.
7. It is expected that your hearing will be normal. In a silent setting, a candidate should be able to hear a forced whisper with each ear at a distance of 610 cms. For AF, an audiometric test will be performed. In the range of 250 to 8000 Hz, audiometric hearing loss should not exceed 20 decibels. There is no speaking impairment.
8. There should be no spleen or liver enlargement. There will be no signs of sickness in the abdomen’s interior organs.
9. Candidates with untreated hernias will be ruled ineligible.
10. There are no piles, hydrocele, or varicocele.
11. A urine examination will be performed, and any abnormalities found will result in disqualification.
12. Any congenital structural defect or sickness of the abdominal organs will be a reason for rejection in the Armed Forces.
13. Candidates must have enough healthy natural teeth. A total of 14 dental points is required. A candidate should not have a severe case of pyorrhoea.
14. For Air Force recruits, routine ECGs must be within normal parameters.

Condition of the Spine –

Past medical history of disorders or injuries to the spine or sacroiliac joints, with or without objective indications, that have hindered the candidate from leading a physically active life is grounds for rejection for commissioning in the IAF.

1. Spinal granulomatous disease
2. Spondylolisthesis/spondylolysis.
3. Vertebral compression fracture.
4. Scheuerman’s disease (Adolescent kyphosis)
5. Cervical ribs on one side or both sides with a demon strable neurological or circulatory impairment.
6. Degenerative Disc Disease
7. The presence of schmorl’s nodes on multiple levels.
8. Anomalies of the atlanto-occipital and atlantoaxial regions.
9. At all levels, there is unilateral sacralisation or lumbarisation (full or incomplete) and bilateral incomplete sacralisation or lumbarisation.
10. Any other irregularity that the physician deems necessary.

NOTE: Acceptance will not be hampered by mild Kyphosis or Lordosis where the deformity is scarcely evident and there is no pain or restriction of movement.

X-Ray Inspection –

1. Granulomatius disease which is a type of spine illness.
2. Arthritidies/spondylosis
3. Spondylolisthesis/Spondylosis/Spondylolysis
4. Nucleus pulposes herniated.
5. Vertebral compression fracture.
6. Sacaralization disease
7. Cervical ribs that show signs of neurological or circulatory problems.
8. Schmorl’s node found on multiple levels.
9. Atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial anomalies.
10. Incomplete Sacaralisation Unilateral or Bilateral

Visual Requirements –

Distance vision (corrected) in the better eye should be 6/6 (6/9 in the worse eye). Myopia should not exceed 2.5 diopters, and hypermetropia should not exceed 3.5 diopters, including astigmatism. To rule out any eye disease, an opthalmoscope will be used to examine the inside of the eye. Binocular vision should be good in a candidate. For the Army, the colour vision standard will be (CP-III).

A candidate should be able to distinguish between red and green. Candidates who have had or have proof of having had Radial Keratotomy to increase their visual acuity will be permanently disqualified from all services. The detailed eligibility requirements for vision are given below:

Eligibility for Naval Candidates’ Eyesight

Eligibility for candidates for the Air Force in terms of vision

Maddox Rod Test

1. Candidates who wear spectacles on a regular basis are not eligible for AF. All BSV grades can be seen using a hand-held stereoscope. Up to 10 cm of convergence Cover test for distant and near-lateral divergence/convergence recovery, quick and complete Radial Keratotomy, Photo Refractive Keratotomy/laser in Situ, Keratomileusis (PRK/LASIK) procedures for refractive defects correction are not acceptable for any Air Force jobs.
2. Candidates who have had LASIK surgery are not eligible for a permanent commission in the IAF’s flying branch.

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