OfficersTrainingAcademy

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TheOfficersTrainingAcademy,Chennai(OTA)isa
trainingestablishmentoftheIndianArmythattrainsofficers
fortheShortServiceCommission.The49weekcourseat
theOTApreparesgraduatesforallbranchesoftheArmy,
exceptfortheArmyMedicalCorps.[1]Establishedon15
January1963,theacademyisspreadover750acres
(3.0km2)about15kilometres(9.3mi)southofChennai,
India.AnewacademyhasbeensetupatGaya.[2][3]

Contents
1 History
1.1 OTAChennai
1.2 OTAGaya
2 Notablealumni
2.1 ParamVirChakra
2.2 AshokaChakra
2.3 MahavirChakra
3 References

OfficersTrainingAcademy

Motto

ServewithHonour(OTAChennai)
Shaurya,Gyan,Sankalp(OTAGaya)

Type

Militaryacademy

Established 15January1963(OTAChennai)
14November2011(OTAGaya)
Location

Chennai
Gaya,India

Campus

750acres(3.0km2)(OTAChennai)
800acres(3.2km2)(OTAGaya)

History

Affiliations JawaharlalNehruUniversity

OTAChennai
SevenOfficersTrainingSchoolswereestablishedinIndiabetween194245tomeetthehugedemandfor
officerstoserveintheIndianandCommonwealthArmiesduringWorldWarII.However,theseschoolswere
closeddownattheendofthewar.
In1962,followingtheSinoIndianWar,Indiaidentifiedtheneedtoexpandthenumberofofficersforeffective
operations.TwoOfficersTrainingSchools(OTS)wereestablishedinPuneandMadras(nowknownas
Chennai)totrainofficersforEmergencyCommissionintotheArmy.Theprocessofestablishingtheschools
wasbeguninSeptember1962.TheChennaischoolwasinauguratedon15January1963,withBrigadierRam
SinghasitsfirstCommandant.[4]ThePuneschoolhadashortrunandwasclosedin1964.However,theschool
inChennaicontinuedtooperateandon2February1965,itobtainedthesanctiontoshiftfocustotrainofficers
fortheShortServiceRegularCommission.
TheShortServiceRegularCommissionhasevolvedintotheShortServiceCommission,andtheOTShas
continuedtotrainofficersforthesecommissions.Theschoolwasgrantedpermanentstatusin1985.On1
January1988,theschoolwasrenamedastheOfficersTrainingAcademy(OTA),onaparwiththeNDAand
IMA.
Thefirstbatchof25womentobecommissionedasofficersintotheArmyweretrainedattheOTA,with
trainingcommencingon21September1992.[5]

OTAGaya

OTAGaya,raisedinJuly2011,isthethirdprecommissiontraining(PCT)academyoftheIndianArmywitha
plannedtrainingcapacityof750cadets.
CadetsbecomepartofaprofessionallycompetentcommissionedofficercorpsoftheIndianArmy.The
academyislocatedamidanestateofapproximately870acresinahillyterrainofPaharpuratGaya.The
academyislocatedenroutefromGayatoBodhgaya,approx7kmfromGayarailwaystation.Theinternational
airportofGayaisadjacenttotheacademy.InitsvicinityisBodhgaya,aninternationaltourismdestination.
GayaCantonmentdatesbacktoWorldWarII,asoneoftheheadquartersoftheBritishArmy.
Tomarkthecommencementoftheacademy,aflaghoistingceremonywassolemnisedandtheconsecrationof
theraisingoftheacademywascarriedoutintrueseculartraditionoftheIndianArmy,withrecitalofscriptures
fromholybooksofdifferentreligions.
Theacademyhasbeenequippedwithstateofthearttrainingfacilities,atparwithotherprecommissioning
traininginstitutions.
TheinsigniaofOfficersTrainingAcademy,Gayahasatwocolourbackground,withupperhalfasgreyandthe
lowerhalfbloodred,havingtwocrossswordssuperimposedwiththeDharmchakra.Ascrollbelowbearsthe
mottooftheacademy'Shaurya,Gyan,Sankalp'indevnagri.
Thefirstbatchof149traineeofficersunderwenttrainingintheacademyduringtheperiodJuly2011toJun
2012andthefirstpassingoutparadewasconductedon8Jun2012.Thesecondbatchaftersuccessful
completionoftheirtraining(January2012December2012)passedouton8December2012.Atotalof176
cadetsfromTES26andSCO29coursespassedouton8December2012.Theacademycurrentlyhasthe
capacitytotrain350cadets.LtGenVinodVashishtisthecurrentcommandantoftheacademy,havingtaken
chargein2015.[2][3]

Notablealumni
Theacademyhasproducedmanywarheroesanddistinguishedofficers.Manyhavegoneontoworkfor
corporationsafterleavingtheIndianArmy.TheOTAAlumniAssociation[6]wasregisteredundertheSocieties
Act1860atChandigarhwithallIndiajurisdiction.

ParamVirChakra
MajRamaswamyParameshwaran8thbattalionMaharRegiment

AshokaChakra
MajD.SreeramKumarondeputationto39AssamRifles
Lt.NavdeepSingh(posthumous)15thbattalionMarathaLightInfantry
Capt(nowLtCol)JasRamSingh6thbattalionRajputRegiment
CaptJasbirSinghRaina10thbattalionBrigadeoftheGuards
2Lt(nowMajGen)(Retd)CyrusA.Pithawalla17thbattalionJammu&KashmirRifles
LtColHarshUdaySinghGaur10thbattalionBiharRegiment
MajorMukundVaradarajan(posthumous)44RashtriyaRifles
ColonelJojanThomas(posthumous)45RashtriyaRifles[7]

MahavirChakra
MajKuldipSinghChandpuri23rdbattalionPunjabRegiment
2LtSSSamra(posthumous)BrigadeofTheGuards
MajPSGanapathi8thbattalionMaharRegiment
MajKrishnaGopalChatterjee3rdbattalion4GorkhaRifles
2LtRajeevSandhu7thbattalionAssamRegiment

MajPadmapaniAcharya(posthumous)2ndbattalionRajputanaRifles
MajSonamWangchukLadakhScouts
Lt(nowCol)BalwanSingh18thbattalionTheGrenadiers
LtKeishingCliffordNongrum(posthumous)12thbattalionJammuandKashmirLightInfantry

References
1."RecruitmentandTraining".MinistryofDefence,GovernmentofIndia.Retrieved20111126.
2."GayaOfficersTrainingAcademypoisedtoconductmaidenpassingoutparade".YahooNews.6June2012.
Retrieved10July2012.
3."GayatogetArmy'ssecondOfficersTrainingAcademy".TimesofIndia.10Feb2010.Retrieved10July2012.
4."PranabMukherjeetoreviewpassingoutparadeatChennaiOTA".TheHindu.Chennai.27August2016.Retrieved
28August2016.
5."OTA:GroomingLeaders".SainikSamachar,MinistryofDefence.20010515.Retrieved20111127.
6.OTAAlumniAssociation(http://otaalumniassociation.com/about_us.html)
7."Adeterminedofficer'sultimatesacrificeintheserviceofnation".TheHindu.Retrieved1October2014.

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