SSB: Service Selection Board

In Army, SSB stands for Service Selection Board. It is an organization that assesses the candidates for becoming officers into the Indian Armed Forces (i.e. Army, Air Force and Navy). SSB is created by the Defense Ministry of India to conduct the interview for recruiting officers in Indian soldiers. It is designed to test “officer like qualities” in the candidates.

An Service Selection Board (SSB) board comprises assessors who are officials in the Indian Armed Forces and have their specialization as Psychologist, Group Task Officer(GTO) and Interviewing Officer. Altogether, there are thirteen Services Selection Boards across India, out of which four seats are for Indian Army, four seats are for Indian Air Force and five seats for Indian Navy. SSB is a 5 to 6 days assessment process. Successful candidates will remain for an intensive medical examination which takes four to five days at a military hospital.

• For SSB recruitment, candidate age should lie between 18 – 40 years.
• Matriculation (10th Pass) or equivalent from a recognized board or institute.
• Female candidate shouldn’t be married or issueless widow.
• The candidate must clear the Combined Defense Services Examination conducted by UPSC.
• Candidated should clear PST and PET.

Other full forms of SSB