The representation of Muslim students and aspirants might have increased in various courses and exams but when it comes to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy (NDA), there is a lot of progress to be made.

Out of the total 548 selected candidates, only eight Muslim candidates have made their way to National Defence Academy and Naval Academy. The result, which was declared yesterday, sees Affan Hussain as the highest ranked among Muslim candidates with the 91st position.

The selection of Muslim candidates in 2017 stands at 1.45%, which is rather low. In the recent past, the selection percentage of Muslim candidates was highest in 2015 when 16 candidates made to the final list with a success percentage of 3.53.

The UPSC conducts the exam for admissions to NDA twice a year and TwoCircles.net has been tracking the merit list since 2006 results for the second examination. The percentage of successful Muslim candidates has revolved around 1% during these years. Only once has it crossed over 2 percent and that was in 2010 when 17 Muslims were in the list of 742 qualifying candidates, making it 2.29 percent.

The qualified candidates will get admissions to the Army, Navy and Air Force wings of National Defence Academy for the 138th Course and also to the Naval Academy for the 100th Indian Naval Academy Course (INAC) commencing from July, 2017.

List of successful candidates can be found below :

91. 0033158 AFFAN HUSSAIN

105. 0135849 AFZAL ALI

172. 0002810 MEHTAB KAMAL

236. 0248807 ABDUL MANAN

244. 0121430 MOHAMMAD SHADAB

249. 0152591 AALIF

322. 0008336 SANOWAR AHMED

480. 0332695 ABDUL AHAD SHEIKH

source: http://www.twocircles.net / Two Circles.net / Home> Indian Muslim> Lead Story / by TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter / June 16th, 2017