Indian Army TGC-145 Recruitment 2026: 30 Posts for Engineering Graduates, Apply by 29 October

You can apply while in the final year of your engineering degree, on these conditions:

• Your final result must be declared by 1 July 2027. If it comes later, you are not eligible for this course.
• Your cumulative percentage must not be below your stream's cut-off up to the 6th semester/3rd year of BE/B.Tech, the 8th semester/4th year of B.Arch, or the 2nd semester/1st year of M.Sc. On that basis you are allowed to appear at the SSB provisionally.
• After the final result, your cumulative percentage up to the last semester must also be at or above the cut-off. If it isn't, your candidature is cancelled.
• Send proof of passing the degree, with marksheets of all semesters/years, by 1 July 2027 to TGC Entry, West Block III, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066. You must produce the degree certificate within 12 weeks of the start of training at IMA.
• Final-year candidates join on an Additional Bond Basis: if you fail to produce the degree certificate, the cost of training, the stipend and pay and allowances paid to you are recovered.

Also not eligible: candidates with an engineering degree from a foreign country, and candidates withdrawn, dismissed, removed or invalided out of any defence training academy on disciplinary, administrative or medical grounds that make them ineligible for further military service.

• Shortlisting: applications are shortlisted stream-wise on a vacancy-to-call-up ratio, with a cut-off on your cumulative percentage. The notification does not give the cut-off. If your percentage falls below the cut-off after your university's CGPA conversion, don't report for the SSB even if you were shortlisted.

• Choosing your SSB date: after shortlisting, log in to the website and pick your SSB date and centre. Slots go on a first come, first served basis. Once chosen, the date and centre are not changed on request, though the Army can change them.

• SSB centres: Prayagraj (UP), Bhopal (MP), Bengaluru (Karnataka) and Jalandhar (Punjab). The call-up letter comes only by e-mail and SMS from the selection centre.

• Two stages: those who fail Stage-1 are sent back the same day. The SSB lasts up to five days, followed by a medical examination for recommended candidates. Medical standards are on joinindianarmy.nic.in.

• Medical validity: an SSB medical (SMB/AMB/RMB) for the Army is valid for 270 days. If you were declared fit at such a medical and the gap between it and 1 July 2027 is less than 270 days, you don't need another one.

• Merit list: made stream-wise on SSB marks. On equal marks, the older candidate ranks higher; if age is also equal, the higher degree percentage ranks higher. Joining letters go to candidates within the stream vacancies who are medically fit, subject to meeting all eligibility criteria.

• Joining: if you don't report within 7 days of the reporting date in your joining letter without the Adjutant's permission, the seat goes to the next candidate.

• Travel: if this is your first SSB for this type of commission, you get AC-III train fare or bus fare both ways. There is no travel allowance for later attempts.

Carry the originals and one self-attested copy of each to the selection centre. If any of these is missing, your candidature is cancelled and you are sent back. DigiLocker certificates are not accepted in place of originals.

• Printout of your online application, signed, with a self-attested photograph
• Class 10 (Matriculation) certificate and marksheet. Only this is accepted as proof of date of birth and names. If your parents' names are not on it, bring a government ID such as PAN card, Aadhaar, passport or driving licence that shows them. Your name and parents' names in the online form must match that document exactly.
• Class 12 marksheet and certificate, or diploma marksheet and certificate
• Engineering degree or provisional degree. A provisional degree must not be more than six months old when you join the academy.
• Marksheets of all semesters/years
• Certificate from the Controller of Examinations or Registrar giving your university's CGPA-to-marks formula
• Final-year candidates: a certificate of your cumulative percentage (up to 6th semester for BE/B.Tech), a certificate from your Principal that your result will be declared by 1 July 2027, and your declaration that you will send proof of passing by 1 July 2027
• Documents for civil (police) verification

If your name or your parents' names differ across your educational documents, the notification says you must submit an affidavit stating the variations.

If your school or college issues certificates only through DigiLocker, get a certificate from the Principal or Registrar saying so, and bring a colour printout of the e-certificate authenticated by them. Serving armed forces personnel must inform their Commanding Officer in writing and bring the application countersigned by the CO.

You must reach these minimum standards before joining the training academy:

During training at IMA you get a fixed stipend of ₹56,100 a month. On commissioning, your pay is fixed in the first cell of Level 10. The training period does not count as commissioned service, but arrears of admissible allowances for that period are paid.

• Colonel (TS): after 26 years of reckonable commissioned service. Ranks above Colonel are by selection.
• Military Service Pay: ₹15,500 a month, fixed, from Lieutenant to Brigadier.
• Seniority: TGC engineering graduates get one year of ante-date seniority as Lieutenant, for seniority, promotion and pay increments.
• Allowances (only where you meet the conditions): Dearness Allowance at civilian rates; Technical Allowance ₹3,000 (Tier-I) or ₹4,500 (Tier-II) a month; Para Reserve Allowance ₹2,625 a month; Dress Allowance ₹20,000 a year; Transport Allowance (Pay Level 10 and above) ₹7,200 + DA a month in the higher-transport cities listed in the notification, ₹3,600 + DA elsewhere; field area allowances depending on rank and posting; ration in kind.
• Insurance: officer cadets on stipend are insured for ₹1.25 crore under the Army Group Insurance Fund, as applicable to regular Army officers.

Pay and allowances can be revised from time to time. Full tables, including higher ranks and field area allowances: pages 34 to 37 of the notification.

• Where and how long: about 12 months at the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. Selected candidates are granted Short Service Commission on probation as Lieutenant from the start of the course (or the date of reporting, if later), and Permanent Commission as Lieutenant on completing training.
• Marriage: you must not marry during training. If you marry after the date of your application, you won't be inducted even after clearing the SSB and medical. If you marry during training, you are discharged and must refund all expenditure incurred on you.
• Leaving training: training is at government cost. If you are withdrawn for reasons other than medical grounds or reasons beyond your control, you must refund the cost of training at ₹20,481.96 a week (tentative; the actual cost is worked out at the time of withdrawal).
• Arm or service: allotted before passing out from IMA, at the Army's discretion. No representation is accepted.

• Indian Army TGC-145 (Jul 2027) notification – Hindi and English (PDF) · official source of this PDF on joinindianarmy.nic.in
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