National Defence Academy

‘Border 2’ shooting at NDA: Video shows Sunny Deol, Diljit Dosanjh and other stars in Pune

June 18, 2025 12:40 pm

The third schedule of shooting for the multi-starrer ‘Border 2’, directed by Anurag Singh, is underway at the National Defence Academy in Pune.

Passing Out Parade of 148th course: First women cadets speak of battles fought, injuries that tested limits and bonds that held them through

May 30, 2025 10:33 pm

These cadets will now move to their pre-commissioning training academies.

The course that saw academy changing' graduates with the first batch of 17 female cadets alongside 322 male counterparts

May 29, 2025 10:52 pm

NDA's 148th convocation course: These Naval and Air Force cadets from the BTech stream will be conferred with the degrees after completing a year's training at their respective pre-commissioning training academies, i.e., Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy (AFA) respectively.

26 cadets of MRSAFPI make it to NDA

April 13, 2025 12:06 pm

Notably, of the 34 MRSAFPI candidates who had passed the written exam for the NDA-154 Course, 26 cleared the SSB. Now, these cadets are awaiting their joining letters.

Chief of Air Staff to be Reviewing Officer for Passing Out Parade of 147th course at NDA

November 14, 2024 8:26 pm

The convocation of the course will be held on November 29 and Prof Alok Kumar Rai, Vice Chancellor, Lucknow University, will be the chief guest.

Cadet from Gurdaspur tops all India merit list in NDA exam

October 26, 2024 7:36 am

14 cadets out of the 24 who went for the Services Selection Board (SSB) interview from the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Armed Forces Preparatory Institute based in Mohali have also made it to the merit list.

New book chronicles National Defence Academy's tri-services journey

September 23, 2024 10:04 am

The first copy of the book titled 'The National Defence Academy of India (1949 -- 2024)' was launched by the Chief of Air Staff—Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari —in May this year.

Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh takes charge as Commandant of NDA

May 27, 2024 9:48 am

Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh holds the distinction of being part of the commissioning crew of three Indian constructed warships, INS Brahmaputra as gunnery officer, INS Shivalik as executive officer, and INS Kochi as commanding officer.

A farmer's son, a boy who wanted to drop out of military school among NDA medalists

May 27, 2024 9:55 am

Battalion Cadet Captain (BCC) Shobhit Gupta won the President's Gold Medal for standing first in the overall order of merit, Academy Cadet Adjutant (ACA) Manik Turan won the President's Silver Medal for standing second in the overall order of merit and BCC Anni Nehra won the President's Bronze Medal for standing third in the overall order of merit.

Battle space has become more complex, contested and lethal: Army chief

May 24, 2024 7:30 pm

The POP marks the culmination of rigorous three-year training at the NDA.

NDA cadets pass out of academy after three years of arduous training

November 30, 2022 4:38 pm

UPSC NDA/ NA (I) final results 2019 declared at upsc.gov.in, check direct link

November 05, 2019 9:50 am

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has declared the final results of the National Defence Academy (NDA) and Naval Academy (NA) examination (I) 2019.

President Kovind reviews NDA passing out parade, says armed forces 'a rare breed'

May 30, 2018 5:54 pm

President Ram Nath Kovind expressed confidence that the graduating cadets would prove worthy successors to the "unflinching and fearless officers" who have preceded them. He also advised the cadets to draw courage from the NDA motto of 'Seva Paramo Dharma' as these three words should be their personal code of ethics.

Ahead of NDA Passing Out Parade, cadets demonstrate exemplary display of traditional military pageantry

May 29, 2018 7:38 pm

Here are the photos from the PT and Equestrian Display ahead of the passing out parade of the 134th course at National Defence Academy in Pune.