What is NDA (National Defence Academy)?

117 Views|Posted 2013-01-16 12:17:15
Asked by Anwar Hussain
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Naveen Kumar
6 years ago
NDA stands for national defense academy. The National Defense Academy is the Joint Services academy of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force train together before they go on to respective service academies for further pre-commissioning tra

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Rudra  Shaurya
7 years ago
NDA means National Defence Academy. It is an institute dedicated to producing the young officers to serve for India. After spending 3 years in NDA and learning Military Education, the cadets then proceed to their respective branch training institutes to train for another 18 months. After that, the c

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7 years ago
NDA stands for National Defence Academy. This is the academy from where the 12th passed students get opportunity to become an army officer and serve the nation after 4 years. You will get a Bachelor's degree after completing training from NDA.

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Sunil Soni
9 years ago
NDA is an entrance examination for selection to Indian Arm Forces as an Officer. It is a 3 year course. You will get either BA or BSc degree after the course from JNU. After the course you will go to IMA, Naval Academy or AFA for specialist training for Army, Navy or Air Force respectively.

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Sir, I would like to clear one thing that NDA is not an exam but it is a Defence Academy. Its full name is National Defence Academy.

NILA
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2013-02-05 17:33:24
Your question is not clear. Please re-frame your query and mention the course details, area of interest etc for better assistance. Waiting for your revert!

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