RIIMS

WELCOME
TO
SEMINARS
GEETHA
LATHA
 INDIAN ARMY
AS A CAREARER
OPTION
 CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• HISTORY
• STRENGTH
• WELFARE
• CAREARER PROSPECTS
• UN PEACE KEEPING
• BENEFITS
• SUGGESTIONS
 INTRODUCTION

• The indian army is the largest and oldest

branch of the indian armed forces .

• The primary res possibility of the army is to

safeguard the geographical boundaries of the
country.
 HISTORY

• The history of the indian sub content is long

brimming with lessons for the diligent.

• The inability to convert excellent theoretical

knowledge into usable military technology.
 BRITISH ERA

• The main elements of British power was the

indian component of its army in India.

• The army in India would need to be kept at

a state of military preparedness not higher
than necessary to protect the company and
the crowns interest.
 FIRST WORLD WAR

• The indian army combat arms strength at

the beginning of the first world war was
155,423.

• It ended the war with 573,484,accepting like

all major combatant nations, an enormous
percentage of casualties.
 SECOND WORLD WAR

• When the second world war broke out, not

a single unit of the indian army was
mechanized to respectable standards.

• In 1939,the army had 1,89,000 in its ranks

rising to 2,644,323 at peak strength in 1945.
 STRENGTH

• Looking back from the 1990’s when the indian

army projects power and sinew, it becomes
difficult to remember the kind of fledgling it
was in 1947.

• Battle training must tell also on the structuring

of the army.
COMBINED ARMS ACTION

• The individual styles of the arms actually

compliments each other in combat .

• Technology and equipment:

It is in this narrow area
that modernization is usually talked
about.
 WELFARE INTRODUCTION

• Benefits windows battle causalities.

• Benefit widows physical causalities.

• Army placement agency.

• Management of army central welfare fund.

• Resettle ment training and retirement.

• Benefits disable soldiers.

 CAREAR PROSPECTS

• The carear opportunity available with

indian army is enormous .

• The army recruits candidates both for its

technical and non technical branches
operations during natural calamities and
for counter insurgency.
 UN PEACE KEEPING

• All means for the peace settlements of

disputes should be executed before
establishing a peace keeping operation.

• The anticipated duration of a peace keeping

mission should be tied to clear objectives
and realistic criteria to end the mission and
an exit strategy.
 BENEFITS

• SERVICE BENEFITS
• TRAVEL
• EDUCATION
• RECREATION
• ADVENTURE ACTIVITIES
• SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION
 SERVICE BENEFITS

• Conveyance allowance

• Free medical treatment

• Leave:
 60days annual leave
20 days casual leave
 TRAVEL

• Leave travel concession

• Rail reservations through the movement

control office
 EDUCATION

• Carear courses as applicable to all.

• Management courses for senior officers.

• Specialists courses for technical officers.

 RECREATION

• Indoor and out door sports facilities tennis,

hockey, football, basketball.

• mountaineering , river rafting, gliding, hot air

ballooning, trekking and many more.
 SHORT SERVICE
COMMISSION

• The indian army has a wonderful

alternative carear for all those of you who
aspire to serve for a few years.

• It gives you the option of joining the indian

army and serving it as a commissioned
officer for five years.
THANK’U’