**Executive Summary**
This report announces the final results of the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2025, declaring 302 candidates as qualified for admission to the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy. While the merit lists are finalized based on written tests and SSB interviews, candidatures remain provisional pending document verification by the respective Service Headquarters. Candidates must now submit original certificates to finalize their admission process for the upcoming training courses.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Candidate Qualification and Merit**
* A total of 302 candidates qualified (190 for IMA, 85 for INA, and 27 for AFA), with some individuals appearing in more than one list.
* Final selection is based on the September 2025 written exam and subsequent SSB interviews; however, medical examination results were not included in preparing these merit lists.
* The Commission originally recommended 2,666 candidates for IMA, 814 for INA, and 636 for AFA based on written test results.
* **Vacancy Breakdown**
* **Indian Military Academy, Dehradun:** 100 vacancies (including 13 reserved for NCC ‘C’ Certificate Army Wing holders).
* **Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala:** 26 vacancies (including 06 for NCC ‘C’ Certificate Naval Wing holders and 02 for hydro).
* **Air Force Academy, Hyderabad:** 32 vacancies (including 03 reserved for NCC ’C’ Certificate Air Wing holders).
* **Provisional Status and Document Verification**
* All candidatures are provisional while Army Headquarters verifies date of birth and educational qualifications.
* Candidates are required to submit original certificates along with attested photocopies to the Service Headquarters of their first choice.
* **Information Accessibility**
* Results are available on the UPSC website, but individual candidate marks will only be posted after the final results for the Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) course are declared.
* A facilitation counter at the Commission’s office is available for candidate inquiries on working days between 10:00 and 17:00 hours.
**Impact Analysis**
**Qualified Candidates**
**Impact**
Candidates listed in the merit order have successfully passed the written and SSB stages but are currently held on a provisional basis. Admission to the 161st (DE) IMA Course, INA, or the 220 F(P) AFA Course depends on successful document verification.
**Action Required**
Candidates must forward original certificates and attested photocopies for age and qualification verification to their respective first-choice Service Headquarters. They must also promptly notify the Headquarters of any change in address.
**Army, Naval, and Air Headquarters**
**Impact**
These bodies are responsible for the final stage of the induction process following the UPSC’s merit declaration.
**Action Required**
Headquarters must process the verification of original documents and manage updated candidate contact information to finalize admissions.
**Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)**
**Impact**
The Commission serves as the primary source of information and results for the examination.
**Action Required**
The UPSC must maintain the Facilitation Counter for candidate queries and ensure the eventual publication of individual candidate marks following the OTA result declaration.
Key Entities Referenced
Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2025: The national-level competitive examination conducted for recruitment into the Indian Military, Naval, and Air Force Academies.
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC): The primary regulatory body responsible for conducting the recruitment examination and announcing the final merit list of qualified candidates.
Services Selection Board (SSB): The entity under the Ministry of Defence responsible for conducting interviews to determine the final qualification of candidates for admission.
Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy: The specific defense training institutions in Dehradun, Ezhimala, and Hyderabad central to the admission and training scope of this result declaration.
UPSC
COMBINED DEFENCE SERVICES EXAMINATION
(II), 2025– DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULT
THEREOF
Posted On: 30 MAR 2026 4:50PM by PIB Delhi
The following are the lists, in order of merit of 302 (190 + 85 + 27) candidates who have qualified on the
basis of the results of the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2025 conducted by the Union
Public Service Commission in September, 2025 and SSB interviews held by the Services Selection Board
of the Ministry of Defence for admission to the 161st (DE) Course of Indian Military Academy, Dehradun;
Indian Naval Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala and Air Force Academy, Hyderabad (Pre-Flying) Training
Course i.e. No. 220 F(P) Course.
2. There are some common candidates in the three lists for various courses.
3. The number of vacancies, as intimated by the Government is 100 for Indian Military Academy
[including 13 vacancies reserved for NCC ‘C’ Certificates (Army Wing) holders], 26 for Indian Naval
Academy, Ezhimala, Kerala Executive Branch (General Service)/Hydro[including 06 vacancies for NCC
‘C’ Certificate (Naval Wing) holders and 02 for hydro] and 32 for Air Force Academy, Hyderabad
[including 03 vacancies are reserved for NCC ’C’ Certificate (Air Wing) holders through NCC Special
Entry].
4. The Commission had recommended 2666, 814, and 636 as qualified in the written test for admission to
the Indian Military Academy, Indian Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy, respectively. The number
of candidates finally qualified are those after SSB test conducted by Army Head Quarters.
5. The results of Medical examination have not been taken into account in preparing these lists.
6. Verification of date of birth and educational qualifications of these candidates is still under process by
the Army Headquarters. The candidature of all these candidates is, therefore, provisional on this score.
Candidates are requested to forward their certificates, in original, in support of Date of Birth/Educational
qualification etc. claimed by them, along with Photostat attested copies thereof to Army Headquarters
/Naval Headquarters /Air Headquarters, as per their first choice.
7. In case, there is any change of address, the candidates are advised to promptly intimate directly to the
Army Headquarters /Naval Headquarters /Air Headquarters.8. These results will also be available on the UPSC website at http://www.upsc.gov.in. However, marks
of the candidates will be available on the website after declaration of final result of Officers’
Training Academy (OTA) Course for Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2025.
9. For any further information, the candidates may contact Facilitation Counter near Gate ‘C’ of the
Commission’s Office, either in person or on telephone Nos. 011-23385271/011-23381125/011-23098543
between 10:00 hours and 17:00 hours on any working day.
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