Indian Army clarifies that Technical Entry scheme to continue in IMA, Dehradun

Indian Army has proposed shifting of training of its Technical Entry schemes course from officer Training Acemy in Gaya to Indian Military Acemy (IMA) in Dehrun.

Indian Army took to twitter and said,

Army officials clarify, "Contrary to some media reports that OTA, Gaya is closing fact remains that only Technical Entry Scheme (TES) training may be shifted to Indian Military Acemy (IMA) Dehrun once proposal is accepted by Defence Ministry." 

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It was said that schemes, which allow selected 10+2 students from science stream to pursue career opportunities in technical branches in Army, shall continue without any disruption.

A senior Army officer said, "Stream to pursue career opportunities in technical branches in Army, shall continue without any disruption." He said, “In emerging techlogy-intensive environment, Technical Entry Scheme is essential and has due primacy. Technical Entry Scheme will remain our focus for better absorption of techlogy in Army. TES entry shall always be re. Talk of TES entry closure is wrong."

In ar proposal, Indian Army is planning to streamline induction of officials by limiting entry to four streams. se four streams are National Defence Acemy (NDA), Army cet college (ACC), Technical Entry schemes (TES) and Short Service scheme. 

At present, re are seven schemes with different tring terms and entry requirements running concurrently, resulting in ministrative issues. Indian Military Acamy (IMA) in Dehrun and Officer Training Chennai, both are underutilized and can take more numbers of cets.

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IMA serves for permanent commissions (PC) officers while OTA Chennai is for short service commission for both men and women.

Gaya OTA which was opened in 2011, has t just trained Indian cets but over officers of 70 countries including Bhutan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Sri Lanka etc. Currently, Gaya OTA has only 250 cets including foreign ones which are supposed to handle 750 cets per year.

vacated by cets at OTA Gaya will be occupied by Sikh light Infantry Regimental Centre which is currently co-located with Rajput Regimental Centre at Fatehgarh, UP

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(With Inputs from ANI)