Indian Army Technical Graduate Course- Apply Online

Technical Graduate Course: Applications are invited from eligible unmarried Male Engineering Graduates for 137th Technical Graduate Course (TGC-137) commencing in Jul 2023 at Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun for Permanent Commission in the Indian Army.

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Indian Army Technical Graduate Course (TGC) Eligibility

You can check all eligibility for TG Course

Nationality

A candidate must either be: –

A citizen of India, or
a subject of
Nepal
For full detail about this please read the official notification pdf. you can download the form below link.

Technical Graduate Course (TGC) Age Limit

20 to 27 years as on 01 Jul 2023. (Candidates born between 02 Jul 1996 and 01 Jul 2003, both dates inclusive).

Educational Qualification

Candidates who have passed the requisite Engineering Degree course or are in the final year of the Engineering Degree course are eligible to apply.

For full detail about this please read the official notification pdf. you can download the form below link.

Technical Graduate Course (TGC) Vacancies

Candidates must note that only the Engineering streams and their acceptable equivalent streams, strictly as notified in the table below, will be accepted. Candidates with degrees in any other Engineering stream(s) are not eligible to apply.

Technical Graduate Course (TGC) Vacancies are 40

Note 1. These vacancies are tentative and may be changed depending on organizational requirements.

Type of Commission

Grant of Commission. Selected candidates will be granted Short Service Commission on probation in the rank of Lieutenant from the date of commencement of the course or the date of reporting at Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, whichever is later and will be entitled to full pay and allowances admissible to Lieutenant during the training period. Pay & allowances will be paid after the successful completion of training.
Permanent Commission. On successful completion of training, cadets will be granted Permanent Commission in the Army in the rank of Lieutenant.
Ante Date Seniority. One year ante date seniority from the date of commission will be granted to Engineering Graduates of TGC Entry in the rank of Lieutenant.

Technical Graduate Course Training

Selected candidates will be detailed for training at Indian Military Academy, Dehradun according to their position in the final order of merit (engineering stream-wise) up to the number of available vacancies and subject to meeting all eligibility criteria.
Duration of training – 49 weeks.
Please read the official notification for full details.

Technical Graduate Course (TGC) Pay

The pay for Technical Graduate Course (TGC)

Technical Graduate Course (TGC) Allowances

Technical Graduate Course Selection Procedure

The Selection procedure for technical graduate courses is:

(a). Short listing of Applications. Integrated HQ of MoD (Army) reserves the right to shortlist applications and to fix the cutoff percentage of marks for each Engineering discipline/stream without assigning any reason. The cut-off will be applied in each stream on the cumulative percentage of marks obtained by the candidates up to the final semester/year. Final semester/year studying candidates will be provisionally allowed to appear in SSB; subject to the following conditions:-

Their cumulative percentage of marks up to the 6th semester/3rd year of Engg degree, up to 8th semester/4th year of B. Architecture (B.Arch) and 2nd semester/1st year of M.Sc in notified equivalent stream/ discipline is not below the approved cut off percentage in their respective streams.
After the declaration of final results, the cumulative percentage of marks up to the final semester/ year of the degree course will also be not less than the approved cut-off percentage, failing which the candidature will be cancelled.

(b). Centre Allotment. After shortlisting of applications, the centre allotment will be intimated to the candidate via their email. After allotment of the Selection Centre, candidates will have to log in to the website and select their SSB dates which are available on a first come first serve basis initially. Thereafter, it will be allotted by the Selection Centres. The option to select the dates for SSB by candidates may be forfeited due to the occurrence of any exceptional circumstance/events.

(c). Only shortlisted eligible candidates depending on the cutoff percentage will be interviewed at one of the Selection Centres viz. Allahabad (UP), Bhopal (MP), Bangalore (Karnataka) and Kapurthala (Punjab) by Psychologist, Group Testing Officer and Interviewing Officer. Call Up letters for SSB interviews will be issued by respective Selection Centres through the candidate’s registered e-mail id and SMS only. Allotment of the Selection Centre is at the discretion of the Directorate General of Recruiting, IHQ MoD (Army) and NO request for changes are entertained in this regard.

(d). Candidates will be put through two stage selection procedure. Those who clear Stage 1 will go to Stage 2. Those who fail in Stage 1 will be returned on the same day. The duration of SSB interviews is five days, and details of the same are available at the official website of the Directorate General of Recruiting www.joinindianarmy.nic.in. This will be followed by a medical examination for the candidates who get recommended after Stage 2.

(e). Candidates recommended by the SSB and declared medically fit, will be issued a Joining Letter for training in the order of merit, Short listing of Applications. Centre Allotment.

Technical Graduate Course Medical Examination

Please visit www.joinindianarmy.nic.in for Medical Standards and Procedures of Medical Examination for Officers Entry into Army as applicable.

Note 1. The proceedings of the Medical Board are confidential and will not be divulged to anyone. Directorate General of Recruiting has no role to play in any Medical Boards and procedures advised by the Competent Medical Authorities will be strictly adhered to.

Technical Graduate Course Merit List

It is to be noted that mere qualifying at the SSB Interview does not confirm final selection. The merit list will be prepared engineering stream/subject-wise based on the marks obtained by the candidate at the SSB interview. In case equal SSB marks are obtained by more than one candidate, the older candidate(s) in age will be ranked higher in merit. In case both SSB marks and the age of more than one candidate are the same, the candidate(s) with a higher percentage of marks in the qualifying examination will be placed higher in the merit. Higher educational qualifications, previous performances, etc have no role to play. Those on the merit list and who come within the stipulated 13 streamwise vacancies, and are medically fit will be issued joining letters for pre-commissioning training at IMA Dehradun subject to meeting all eligibility criteria.

How to Apply for Technical Graduate Course (TGC)

Applications will only be accepted online on the website www.joinindianarmy.nic.in.
Click on ‘Officer Entry Apply/Login’ and then click ‘Registration’ (Registration is not required
If already registered on www.joinindianarmy.nic.in). Fill out the online registration form after reading the instructions carefully.
After getting registered, click on ‘Apply Online under Dashboard. A page of Officers Selection ‘Eligibility’ will open.
Then click ‘Apply’ shown against Technical Graduate Course.
A page ‘Application Form’ will open. Read the instructions carefully.
Click ‘Continue’ to fill in details as required under various segments – Personal information, Communication details, Education details and details of previous SSB.
‘Save & Continue’ each time before you go to the next segment.
After filling in details on the last segment, you will move to the page ‘Summary of your information wherein you can check and
edit the entries already made.
Only after ascertaining the correctness of your details, click on ‘Submit’.
Candidates must click on ‘Submit’ each time they open the application for editing any details. The candidates are required to take out two copies of their application having Roll Number, 30 minutes after the final closure of the online application on the last day.