National Defence Academy

Subject – Security

Context – In interim measure, SC allows women to take NDA exam

Concept –

The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the joint defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services i.e. the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force train together before they go on to respective service academy for further pre-commission training.
The NDA is located in Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra.
It is the first tri-service academy in the world.
The motto has been inspired and extracted from the Bhagavat Gita –
- Karmanevadhikaraste ma phaleshukadachina (Your duty is action with no eye on the fruits it will bring)
In the fifties it was decided to do away with an English motto and have a corresponding Sanskrit version, keeping in line with the Indian culture. Thus, ‘Service Before Self’ was translated into ‘SevaParmoDharm’.
All the cadets joining the NDA after their 10+2 Examination are trained in the Academy for three years culminating in graduation with BA(or)BSc or BCs (Computer Science) degree of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Apart from academic training they are also trained in outdoor skills, like Drill, PT and games; apart from one of the foreign languages up to the lower B1 level (according to the international standards).