Hello Aspirant,

Right now you are approx. 18 years old and according to your age you are not eligible for any of the CDS 2021 courses but you will be eligible from CDS 2022 when you will complete your 19 years and for your reference the age criteria for different courses is mentioned below :-

>> Indian Military Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Indian Naval Academy - 19 to 24 years

>> Air Force Academy - 20 to 24 years

>> Officers' Training Academy (Men) - 19 to 25 years

>> Officers Training Academy (Women, Non-Technical) - 19 to 25 years

Apart from the age criteria there are some other parameters upon which your eligibility will be determined like your educational qualification which goes like :-

**Indian Military Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognized University or equivalent institute

**Indian Naval Academy - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from a recognized University/ College

**Air Force Academy - Bachelor's Degree from a recognized University (with Physics and Mathematics at 10+2 level) or Bachelor degree in engineering

**OTA (Men) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognized University or equivalent institute

**OTA (Women - Non-Technical) - Bachelor's Degree from a recognized University or equivalent institute

For detailed eligibility criteria kindly check out the link given below :-

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

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!