3rd OTA (Offficers Training Academy) Inaugurated in Gaya

Army Chief General V.K Singh formally declared the opening of the Officers Training Academy (OTA) which has already begun training its first batch of cadets.

The Gaya OTA is the third military academy of the country that trains officers of the army for short service commissioned officers, the other one being in Chennai.

The first Indian Military Academy is at Dehradun that exclusively trains permanent commissioned officers.

The academy in Gaya  began its first training course July 18 this year. The first course of inauguration was done by Army Training Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lt. Gen. K. Surendra Nath.

Functioning under the Shimla-headquartered Army Training Command (ARTRAC), the OTA was raised in record time after approval last year for construction of modern and state-of-the-art infrastructure and world-class training facilities.

With "Shaurya, Gyan aur Sankalp" (valour, knowledge, resolution) as it motto, the Gaya OTA has 149 cadets in its first batch. But the strength will be increased gradually to its full capacity of 750 cadets in a few years.

The OTA was started to help reduce the shortage in the officer's strength of the Indian Army that now is managing with just about 35,000 officers compared to its sanctioned strength of 47,864.

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