Hello aspirant,

Yes you can surely apply for National Defence Academy as it comes under NDA criteria. According to NDA eligibility criteria 2024 UPSC has released statement that female and male candidates are eligible to apply for NDA 1 2024 exam. Candidates must have been born not earlier than July 2, 2005 and not later than July 1, 2008.

For further details and query you can go through the following: https://competition.careers360.com/articles/nda-eligibility-criteria

Hope it helped you

Thank you

Dear Rajkumar,

Thank you for your query. I feel this should be you choice. But I will try to give the advantages of both the Air force and engineering options and you can choose which is beneficial for you to join:

Engineering: Engineering is of many difference types such as Civil, Aviation, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics and so on. Engineering has the following benefits:

• Lot of Job opportunities
• Salaries from 4 Lakhs per Annum to 12 Lakhs per month
• 4 Year of study
• Prospects of getting a teaching job higher

Air Force:

• Pension
• Opportunity to serve the country
• High salary
• Prospect of growth in the position higher

All the best