Gaya OTA to admit 1st batch this year

The Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) at Gaya is nearing completion and the first batch of 200 is expected to join by mid 2011-said Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal,adjutant general,Integrated HQ of MoD (Army). He was addressing the annual recruiting seminar of the Indian Army at the College of Military Engineering (CME) in Pune. “The final orders have been received from the government. Raising of the staff,support staff and other infrastructural requirements are met and the first batch of 200 for this academy training for Short Service Commission (SSC) would join by mid 2011. Next year,the number will be increased to 750 which would further take up the intake of officers,” he said adding,“Last year,the net intake of officers in the country was increased by 400,while this year it is expected to go up by 800.”

In order to meet the officer shortage that the Indian Army has been facing,the second academy,on the lines of OTA,Chennai was proposed by the government about two years ago.