DEFENCE
Territorial Army officer (part-time)
Serve as an Army officer part-time while keeping your civilian job.
Facts checked 17/10/2026
- Class 11–12 subjects
- Any.
- First degree
- Any degree — and you must already be employed (government, private or self-employed).
- Entrance exams
- Territorial Army officer exam (online test), usually once a year.
- Licence or registration
- None.
What the work is like
Part of the Regular Army; you train every year and can be called up when needed. It is not a full-time job or a source of employment.
The path, step by step
- FirstFinish a degree and be in a steady job or business.
- ApplyWatch for the yearly notice (it came out in April in 2026).
- SelectionOnline test, SSB and medical.
- ServeAnnual training alongside your career.
Ways in
- Territorial Army officer
- Who
- Indian men and women, any degree, gainfully employed. Serving soldiers, police and paramilitary can't apply.
- Age
- 18–42.
- Selection
- Online test (reasoning, GK, English; 100 questions, 2 hours) → SSB → medical.
- Training
- Pre-commission training, then post-commission training and annual camps.
- You get
- Commission as Lieutenant in the Territorial Army. The 2026 notice (April–May) had 12 places.
Good to know
- Very few places each year, so treat it as a calling, not a plan B.
- Every officer entry ends in the same 5-day SSB interview: screening (intelligence test and a picture-story discussion) on day 1, psychology tests, group tasks, a personal interview, and a final board on day 5. Then a medical (pass/fail).
About pay: it varies a lot by city, employer and skill, and changes year to year, so we don't print salary numbers. Ask us in a session and we'll show you current, sourced figures for your case.
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