Indian Army TES 57 Recruitment 2026: 90 Posts, Apply by 12 Nov

Indian Army TES 57 Recruitment 2026 has 90 provisional seats open for the course starting in July 2027, and the form closes on 12 November 2026 at noon. You apply online only, at joinindianarmy.nic.in. The entry is open to unmarried male candidates who passed Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and appeared in JEE Main 2026.

There is no written exam run by the Army. Shortlisting runs on your JEE Main 2026 Common Rank List, then comes the SSB interview, then a medical, then a merit list that uses only SSB marks. Four years of training follow, three at a Cadet Training Wing and one at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, and you come out a Lieutenant with a Permanent Commission.

One warning belongs in the opening, because it decides more applications than the marks do. The 60 percent in PCM is only the floor. It does not rank you. If you did not sit JEE Main 2026, you are not eligible at all, whatever your board percentage is.

Indian Army TES 57 Recruitment 2026 at a glance

JEE Main 2026 does the shortlisting, not your board marks

This is the part most summaries get backwards. Your PCM percentage only opens the door. The TES 57 notification says the Army shortlists on the JEE Main 2026 Common Rank List and fixes a cut off without giving reasons. The cut off for shortlisting is expected in November 2026.

Enter your real PCM percentage to two decimal places. Do not round it off. A false entry leads to outright rejection at any stage of selection, and the Army calculates the percentage only on Class XII marks. You also have to enter your JEE Main 2026 application number in the form.

There is no separate Army exam to rescue a weak JEE rank. If your JEE Main 2026 rank is poor, TES 57 is not your route this year, even with 95 percent in PCM. That sounds harsh, and it is the point of the scheme. TES picks engineering students through an exam the country already ran.

Who can apply

The age band is narrow, so check it first. You must be between 16½ and 19½ years old on 1 July 2027, which means born between 1 January 2008 and 1 January 2011, both dates inclusive. Only the date of birth on your Class 10 certificate counts, and it cannot be changed once entered.

You must be an unmarried male candidate. The notification also carries a condition people skip: you undertake not to marry until training is complete. Marrying after the date of application means no selection even if you clear everything, and marrying during training means discharge plus recovery of the training cost.

On nationality, an Indian citizen qualifies, as does a subject of Nepal or a person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, the East African countries named in the notification, or Vietnam with the intention of settling in India permanently. The second and third categories need a Certificate of Eligibility from the Government of India, except for Gorkha subjects of Nepal.

Three bars close the door outright. You must carry no UPSC debarment from any examination, no arrest or conviction by a criminal court, and no involvement in a court case. And no service training academy must have withdrawn you on disciplinary grounds.

Four years of training, then Lieutenant

Training runs four years in two phases. Phase one is three years at one of three Cadet Training Wings: CME Pune for Civil and Mechanical Engineering, MCTE Mhow for Telecom and IT Engineering with a dual degree, and MCEME Secunderabad for Electronics and Mechanical Engineering. Phase two is one year at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. You finish with an engineering degree, and the parent arms are mostly the Corps of Engineers, the Corps of Signals, and the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers.

Money is where readers usually misread this entry. There is no stipend for the first three years. The Rs 56,100 a month starts only in the IMA year, after three years of training. On commissioning you join as a Lieutenant in Level 10, Rs 56,100 to Rs 1,77,500, plus Military Service Pay of Rs 15,500 a month. The notification puts the approximate cost to company on commissioning at Rs 17 to 18 lakh a year, excluding free medical cover and one home town trip a year.

Two numbers sit in the fine print and both matter. The Government bears the cost of training, Rs 13,940 a week as on 2021, but recovers it if you leave for personal reasons. And the Army Group Insurance Fund gives Rs 30 lakh cover during the first three years without stipend, on a one time non refundable premium of Rs 14,000.

How selection works

Selection runs in five steps. Application, shortlisting on the JEE Main 2026 Common Rank List, the SSB interview, medical examination, then the merit list and joining letter.

The SSB lasts up to five days at Prayagraj, Bhopal, Bengaluru, or Jalandhar, and it runs in two stages. Fail Stage I and you go home the same day. Call up letters come only through your registered email and SMS, so a wrong email address in the form can cost you the interview. SSB interviews are scheduled between February and March 2027.

The Army builds the merit list solely on the marks you get in the SSB. Higher educational qualifications, past performance, and NCC background play no role in it. Joining letters go out in merit order, subject to vacancies and medical fitness. Recommended candidates fill three distinct choices of Cadet Training Wing, and the Army makes the final allotment.

On arrival for training you must meet minimum physical standards: a 2.4 km run in 10 minutes 30 seconds, 40 push ups, 6 pull ups, 30 sit ups, two sets of 30 squats, two sets of 10 lunges, and knowledge of swimming fundamentals.

How to apply

Go to joinindianarmy.nic.in and click the online application button. Fill the form, read the terms attached to it before submitting, and submit only one application. More than one application from the same candidate means cancellation.

You can edit the form until the closing date, but you must submit it again after every edit. The portal takes no changes after the window closes at noon on 12 November 2026.

Thirty minutes after the window closes, your printout with roll number becomes available. Print two copies. Carry one self attested copy to the SSB centre, along with the original Class 10 certificate and mark sheet showing date of birth, the original Class 12 certificate and mark sheet, original ID proof, and a copy of your JEE Main 2026 result. You also need 20 self attested passport size photographs and two sets of self attested photocopies of the certificates. Digilocker certificates do not count in place of original hard copies, and revised mark sheets issued after the last date do not count either. The form needs a photo in the right size, and the site's exam photo resizer sizes it to a portal's requirements in a minute.

If you are employed, tell your employer in writing and give an undertaking. If your postal address changes after submission, inform the Directorate General of Recruiting by post, quoting your roll number, name, and course.

If you are a graduate rather than a Class 12 student, TES 57 is not for you. The Air Force entry for graduates, AFCAT 01/2027, opens on 12 November, the same day TES 57 closes, and the AFCAT 01/2027 notification post here covers it. For everyone else who is eligible, the deadline is noon on 12 November. File the form today, because the JEE rank list will not wait for a late application.

Sources & verification: Indian Army, 10+2 Technical Entry Scheme 57 notification for the July 2027 course (NOTIFICATION_OF_TES-57.pdf), read 7 November 2026. The notification states the version published on joinindianarmy.nic.in is the only official notification. Applications run through joinindianarmy.nic.in.