Indian Navy Agniveer (Apprentice) — 01/2027 and 02/2027 Batches

Basic eligibility paths

• ✓Only unmarried male Indian candidates are eligible, and the advertisement bars marriage during the entire four-year tenure.
• ✓Matriculation with at least 50% aggregate plus a three-year AICTE-recognised polytechnic diploma with at least 50% aggregate in a notified Engineering or Electrical stream.
• ✓Shortlisting after Stage-I is carried out state-wise for each batch separately, so the cut-off varies from state to state.
• ✓Qualifying the Physical Fitness Test is mandatory: for male candidates a 1.6 km run in 6 minutes 30 seconds, 20 squats, 15 push-ups and 15 bent-knee sit-ups.
• ✓Minimum height is 157 cm; visual standards are 6/12 in each eye uncorrected, correctable to 6/6 in each eye, with colour perception pass, and permanent tattoos are allowed only on the inner forearm and the back of the hand.
• ✓Sponsor candidates and NCC 'C' certificate holders, verified through CABS and DG NCC respectively, are exempted from the Stage-I INET exam and are issued Stage-II call-ups directly.
• ✓On completion of four years, up to 25% of each batch may be considered for permanent enrolment to become Artificers; the advertisement states Agniveers have no right to further enrolment.

Relaxations & certificates

• SC/ST, OBC-NCL, PwBD and ex-servicemen relaxations follow the applicable notification.
• Always check the certificate format and cut-off date in the official notice.

Selection stages

1. 1Stage-I INET 2/2026 — computer-based, 100 objective questions of one mark, bilingual, one hour, with 0.25 negative marking
2. 2State-wise shortlisting for the 01/2027 and 02/2027 batches separately on Stage-I marks
3. 3Stage-II Physical Fitness Test, which is mandatory to qualify
4. 4Stage-II written examination for candidates who clear the Physical Fitness Test
5. 5Recruitment medical examination, with one appeal permitted at a designated military hospital within five days
6. 6State-wise provisional select list, pre-enrolment medicals at INS Chilka and induction

Syllabus snapshot

• Both the Stage-I INET and the Stage-II written examination carry 100 questions of one mark each in one hour, bilingual and objective, across four sections — English & General Awareness, Science, Mathematics and Diploma (trade-specific).
• Separate papers are set for the Engineering and Electrical diploma streams, and a candidate must pass in every section as well as in aggregate.