Is there any departmental exam to become officer from Sepoy in Indian Army?

Yes, they have ACC entry for that.

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Hi Sanil, The first rank they start with is that of a sepoy or rifleman. After serving in that rank for around 5 years, a sepoy is promoted to Lance Naik(one arm strip). After another 4-5 years, he is promoted to Naik (corporal in western armies). A naik wears 2 arm strips. Now comes the next promotion to the rank of Havildar (different from the police havildars in terms of responsibility and pay scale). Havildars are also called NCOs (Non Commissioned Officers) and they have to complete significant amount of courses to get to this rank. It usually takes a soldier around 15 years to become a havildar. After becoming havildar, around 80% of the jawans retire. The rest 20% are further promoted to JCO (Junior Commissioned Officer) depending upon the vacancy and the qualification of the jawan. JCO is a very prestigious appointment and even the officers are supposed to follow protocols while addressing them. JCOs come under Group B officers of the Govt of India and have gazetted status. It comes with lot of other perks and privileges as well. JCOs are usually assigned as platoon commanders (a platoon comprises of around 3-4 sections, I.e around 30-40 soldiers) and they undergo a specific course of platoon commanders for that. The juniormost JCO is a Naib-Subedar, who wears one star on his shoulder with a red and yellow band. Then he becomes Subedar(2 stars) after 2-3 years and finally Subedar-major (some) who wears an Ashoka on his shoulder. Subedar-Major is the highest rank that a soldier who join as a sepoy can attain. Hope this information helps. Please feel free to revert. Wish you luck.

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