Dear aspirant!

Hope you are doing great! If you are in 6th sem of your btech and want to apply for afcat then it will be difficult for you.You can apply for it after finishing your btech completely then you can apply for flying branch but right now it will not be possible.

Best wishes for your future!

Thanking you!

Hello,

Yes, you can apply for AFCAT even if there is one year gap in education. But you need to fulfill the age criteria. The minimum age limit for flying branch is 20 years and the upper age limit is 24 years. For Commercial Pilot License holders issued by DGCA the upper age limit is 26 years. For ground duty technical and non technical the lower age limit is 20 years and the upper age limit is 26 years. You must also fulfil the education eligibility criteria for the post  you are applying. Here is the link where you can check the education requirement and the eligibility to join in Indian Airforce

https://afcat.cdac.in/AFCAT/CareerAsPerBranches.html#groundDutyTechDiv

Hello,

The lower age limit to appear for CDS for Officers Training Academy (Non-Technical) is 19 years and the upper age limit is 25 years at the time of commencement of the course.

The lower age limit to appear for AFCAT for ground duty Non-Technical is 20 years and the upper age limit is 26 years at the time of commencement of the course.

Your age as of today is 22 years 9 months 1 days. You can appear for CDS 2 2021, CDS 1 2022, CDS 2 2022, CDS 1 2023 and CDS 2 2023. And you can appear for AFCAT 2, 2021. AFCAT 1 2022, AFCAT 2 2022, AFCAT 1 2023, AFCAT 2 2023, AFCAT 1 2024 and AFCAT 2 2024.

Hello Aspirant,

See if you are applying for AFCAT then you must satisfy it's eligibility criteria. For Flying branch there is different eligibility criteria and for Ground Duty it is different. So according to the data mentioned by you you are only eligible for flying branch if you have secured 60% marks in Mathematics and Physics and you must have a bachelor's degree which you already own otherwise you are not eligible for Flying Branch.

For Ground duty, you are only eligible for Administration and Logistics department on the basis of your graduation degree.

For more info :-

https://competition.careers360.com/exams/iaf-afcat

Feel free to ask doubts in the Comment Section.

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!

Hello Aditya,

To begin with, it must be noted that educational qualifications required are different for different branches of AFCAT.

Mainly there are 3 branches for AFCAT:

1. Flying Branch
2. Ground Duty (Technical): Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics) & Aeronautical Engineer (Mechanical).
3. Ground Duty (Non-Technical): Administration and logistics & Logistics.

In Ground Duty(Non-Technical) branch, 12th score is NOT required. Whereas, in rest of the branches, 12th score is required with a minimum of 60% each in Physics and Mathematics.

So, the student who didn't appear for 12th examination, is eligible for AFCAT, only in Ground Duty (Non-Technical) branch.

To know more information about the detailed educational qualification of each branch, click on the link below:

https://competition.careers360.com/articles/afcat-eligibility-criteria#AFCAT-Eligibility-Criteria-2021-Educational-Qualifications

Good wishes!