Hello Aspirant,

Yes of course they can apply but not for all course. For Indian Naval Academy and Air Force Academy only engineering candidates or candidates who have passed their 10+2 with Physics and Mathematics are accepted. But for other courses like OTA Men and Indian Military Academy.

Apart from the above educational criteria there are some other eligibility criteria which one needs to satisfy n order to appear for CDS :-

** Applying candidates must be either

• an Indian citizen, or
• a Tibetan refugee (before January 1962), or
• a subject to Nepal or Bhutan, or
• Migrants from Pakistan, Burma, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or Vietnam Sri Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, with the intention of permanently settling in India

** Applying candidates must be 20 to 24 years.

For complete details about eligibility criteria for CDSE kindly check out the link given below :-

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/cds-eligibility-criteria

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!