Indian Army TGC 143 Recruitment 2025

Created by Sayooj NS in News 9 Oct 2025

Feature	Detail
Post Name	Technical Graduate Course (TGC-143)
Course Commencing Date	July 2026
Total Vacancies	30
Target Candidates	Unmarried Male Engineering Graduates
Commission Type	Permanent Commission
Training Location	Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun
Application Start Date	October 8, 2025
Last Date to Apply	November 6, 2025
Application Fee	Nil (No application fees)

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must have passed the requisite Engineering Degree course or be in the final year of the Engineering Degree course.
Final year students must submit proof of passing by July 1, 2026, and produce the engineering degree certificate within 12 weeks from the date of commencement of training.
The application is open to candidates with a B.E./B.Tech in the notified engineering streams (Civil, Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, and Misc. Engg Streams).

Candidates must be between 20 and 27 years of age as of July 1, 2026.
This means the candidate must have been born between July 2, 1999, and July 1, 2006 (both dates inclusive).

The 30 vacancies are distributed across the following engineering streams:

Upon commissioning as a Lieutenant, the pay structure includes:

Pay Level: Level 10 (₹56,100 – ₹1,77,500)
Starting Basic Pay: ₹56,100
Military Service Pay (MSP): A fixed amount of ₹15,500 per month.
Other Allowances: Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), Transport Allowance (TPTA), and other allowances (Field Area, High Altitude, Siachen, Uniform, etc.) depending on the posting.
Additional Benefits: Free medical facilities, CSD facilities, travel concessions, and a robust pension plan (NPS).

The selection involves a multi-stage procedure:

Stage 1: Shortlisting of Applications
- Candidates are shortlisted based on the aggregate marks obtained up to the 6th semester/3rd year of their engineering degree, against a cut-off percentage set for each stream.
Stage 2: Services Selection Board (SSB) Interview
- Venue: Prayagraj, Bhopal, Bengaluru, or Jalandhar.
- Duration: Five days.
- Stage I: Officer Intelligence Rating (OIR) tests and Picture Perception and Description Test (PP&DT).
- Stage II (for cleared candidates): Psychology Tests, Group Testing Officer (GTO) tasks, and a Personal Interview (four days).
Stage 3: Medical Examination
- Recommended candidates undergo a detailed medical examination at a military hospital.
Stage 4: Merit List
- A final merit list is prepared based on the marks obtained in the SSB interview.
- Medically fit candidates on the merit list receive joining letters for training at IMA.

Visit the official Indian Army recruitment website.
Click on the ‘Officer Entry Apply/Login’ link.
Register as a new user or log in with existing credentials.
Fill out the registration form with personal, educational, and contact details.
Find and click the ‘Apply’ link for the ‘Technical Graduate Course (TGC-143)’.
Fill out the application form and upload scanned copies of the required documents (Matriculation/Secondary School Certificate, 12th Class Certificate/Marksheet, Engineering Degree/Provisional Degree and marksheets, and a recent photograph).
Review and submit the application.
Take a printout of the submitted application.

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