Indian Army Religious Teacher Recruitment 2018-2019
Indian Army invites applications for Religious Teacher posts on the official website. The male candidates can apply to the post through the prescribed format by November 3, 2018, at ww.joinindianarmy.nic.in
Posts and the vacancies
Total number of posts: 96
Pandit-78
Pandit (Gorkha)- 3
Granthi- 6
Maulvi (Sunni)- 5
Maulvi (Shia)- 1
Padre- 2
Bodh Monk(Mahayana)- 1
Duties of the selected candidates:
The duties of selected candidates in Indian Army Religious Teacher Recruitment 2018 include attending funerals, ministering to the sick in hospitals, reading prayers with the convalescents, visiting soldiers undergoing sentence.
It also includes giving special religious instructions to the children and enlisted boys besides attending generally to the religious institutions and welfare of the Officers, Soldiers and their families.
Age limit
Not below 25 years of age and not above 34 years of age on Oct 1, 2019
Educational Qualifications
Pandit: Hindu candidates with Acharya in Sanskrit or Shastri in Sanskrit with a one-year diploma in 'Karam Kand
Granthi: Sikh Candidates with Gyani in Punjabi
Maulvi (Sunni andShia): Muslims candidates with Maulvi Alim in Arabic or Adib Alim in Urdu
Padre: Christian Candidates who have been ordained priesthood by the appropriate ecclesiastical authority and is still on the approved list of the local Bishop
Bodh Monk (Mahayaana): Buddhist (Mahayana) candidates have been ordained Monk/Buddhist Priest by the appropriate authority
