What is OTA?

Officers Training Academy - Chennai

"Serve with Honour" is the motto of the Officers Training Academy Chennai, as signified by the Cross Swords, depicting the profession of Arms and the Ashoka Chakra depecting Honour.

The Aim

The training at the OTA aims at inculcating in the Gentlemen and the Lady Cadets9GCS/LCs) moral values, leadership traits, mental and physical powers, a sprit of adventure and a will to win.

History

The Officers Training School was established in September 1962 to train Emergency Commissioned Officers. On 02 Feb 1965, it was started to Short Service Regular Commission. On 01 Jan 1988, Officers Training School was rechristened as Officers Training Academy. (OTA).

For the first time in the History of Indian Army, Women were inducted in the Army as Officers and the onerous task of training the WSES (O) courses commenced at the OTA from 21 Sep 1992. The OTA is located at St. Thomas Mount, a suburb of Chennai. St. Thomas Mount was an important bastion of the Madras Presidency Army of the British. The buildings occupied by OTA were built between 1815 and 1952. The OTA campus sprawls over an area of approximately 650 acres..

Service and General Awareness Training

The aim of service training is to prepare a GC/.LC for command of an infantry platoon in war and peace and that of General Awareness Training is to orient them with present technical advancements in the filed of warfare. Various training given at the OTA are:-

• Tactics
• Map Reading
• Organisation and Administration
• Integrated General Leadership Training
• Weapon Training
• Physical Training
• Drill
• Communication Skills,
• Military Technology
• Computer Applications
• Social Studies
• International Relations etc.,