UPSC NDA NA I Final Result 2026: 617 Candidates Recommended

The UPSC NDA NA I Final Result 2026 is out. The Union Public Service Commission declared it on 5 November 2026, and 617 candidates are on the final merit list for the 157th Course of the National Defence Academy and the 119th Indian Naval Academy Course. The list is a PDF on upsc.gov.in, with roll numbers and names in merit order, and it opens without any login.

If your name is on it, read the conditions before celebrating. Every candidature is provisional. The medical examination results have not been taken into account in this list, and final admission still depends on vacancies, medical fitness and verification of the certificates you claimed in your application.

UPSC NDA NA I Final Result 2026 at a glance

617 names for 394 seats

The list has more names than there are seats, and that is by design. UPSC recommends candidates in merit order after the written examination and the Services Selection Board interviews, and the services then admit from that list against the vacancies they actually have, after medicals. A name on the merit list is a recommendation for admission, not an appointment letter.

The gap is widest in the Army wing, which holds 208 of the 394 notified seats. The Navy has 42, the Air Force has 120 across flying and ground duties, and the Naval Academy's 10+2 Cadet Entry has 24. So if you are ranked near the bottom of the list, your admission depends on how many candidates ahead of you clear the medicals and complete their paperwork. That is also why the press note repeats the point about medical results twice over. They were simply not part of this list.

Women candidates should note one thing in particular. There are 66 women on the final list, against a much smaller number of notified female seats. Merit order still decides who gets called first, so a woman ranked high on the list is in a strong position even though the count of women on the list is larger than the count of female seats.

Who topped the lists

Ishaan Pachauri tops the male list. Aarsh Kukreja is second, followed by Kaustav Baunthiyal, Ish Phogat and Mithlesh Yadav. Shreya N Gowda tops the female list, followed by Avika Sharma, Rajshree Rai, Pankaj Kumari and Vanshika Choudhary. The full merit order, with roll numbers, is in the official PDF, and that PDF is the only list that counts. Screenshots and forwarded lists in chat groups are easy to alter, so check your own roll number against the file on upsc.gov.in.

What recommended candidates have to do next

The press note gives one clear instruction, and it is easy to get wrong. If you have not already submitted your certificates for date of birth and educational qualifications, send them directly to the Additional Directorate General of Recruiting, Adjutant General's Branch, Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence (Army), West Block III, Wing I, R K Puram, New Delhi 110066. Send them to the Army headquarters, not to UPSC. The Commission says so in plain words.

If you have changed your address since applying, tell the Army headquarters at once, at the same address. Joining instructions and the date of commencement of the courses are published on the service websites: joinindianarmy.nic.in for the Army, joinindiannavy.gov.in for the Navy and Naval Academy, and careerindianairforce.cdac.in for the Air Force. The 157th NDA Course and the 119th INAC commence on 1 January 2027.

For questions, UPSC runs a facilitation counter on its campus, open on working days from 10 AM to 5:30 PM, and a helpdesk on 011 24041001 and 011 40303444 from 9 AM to 8 PM on all days. For SSB and interview related matters, the Army contact is 011 26175473, the Navy is 011 23010097, and the Air Force is 011 23010231 extension 7645, 7646 or 7610.

How to check the UPSC NDA NA I Final Result 2026

Open upsc.gov.in and look under What is New on the homepage, or go to Examination and then Final Results. Find the link titled Final Result: National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2026. The PDF opens in the browser. Press Ctrl and F on a computer, or use find in the PDF on a phone, and type your roll number or your name.

Save a copy of the PDF on your phone and on a computer. You will want it again when the joining instructions come out, and the file is the proof of your merit position until the joining letter arrives.

UPSC also declared the Civil Services Mains result this week, with 2,526 candidates called for interview. If you are tracking more than one exam, the CAT 2026 admit card is also live, with the exam on 29 November, and the latest exam admit cards page lists the other admit cards and city slips that are out right now.

If your name is on the list, send the certificates this week and check the joining instructions on the service websites. The merit list gets you to the gate. The paperwork gets you through it.

Sources & verification: Union Public Service Commission, Final Result press note for the National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2026, dated 5 November 2026, read 6 November 2026 from the Press Information Bureau release and the official merit list PDF. The 617 recommended candidates, the 551 male and 66 female split, the toppers, the provisional status, the certificate address and the 15 day marks rule are from that press note. The 394 vacancies are the notified figure for NDA NA (I) 2026: Army 208, Navy 42, Air Force 120 and Naval Academy 24. Check only upsc.gov.in.