by AFPA | Aug 3, 2020 | BY COL. RAVI NAIR (Retd.), Social Issues And Current Affairs
A pandemic of this magnitude takes a “huge level of health worker commitment”. Dr. Michael J. RyanWHO2020 will always be remembered for the drastic impact THE COVID 19 pandemic has caused to almost every facet of the world....
by AFPA | Jul 31, 2020 | BY COL. RAVI NAIR (Retd.), Notifications
Many of the motivated and eligible aspirants would have applied for NCC SPECIAL ENTRY COURSE 48 schedule to begin in OCT 2020.Due to the lockdown in the ongoing PANDEMIC all activities were put on hold. The Recruiting Directorate of the Army HQ has recommenced the...
by AFPA | Jul 21, 2020 | By Dr. (CDR) N.K Natarajan (Retd.)
A while ago, I had promised my readers to write a blog on Assertive and Aggressive Behaviour and I have been getting repeated requests ever since for this article. This is an extremely important topic that the candidates must know. I waited for some time to do a...
by AFPA | Jul 21, 2020 | By Dr. (CDR) N.K Natarajan (Retd.)
Dear Aspirants, DR (CDR) NK NATARAJAN here. Recently, I came across several cases where candidates after long years of hard work and intense preparation, clear their SSB but unfortunately end up failing in the SSB Medicals. This is completely heart-breaking.Last year,...
by AFPA | Jul 21, 2020 | By Dr. (CDR) N.K Natarajan (Retd.)
I have often written about how to weave a good story in PP and DT but it seems things have not yet been understood by many. So, this is another attempt where I am explaining what is a synthetic story and why these stories don’t work in the SSB.Recently, a candidate...
by AFPA | Jul 20, 2020 | By Dr. (CDR) N.K Natarajan (Retd.), SSB Related Information
As an assessor at the Services Selection Board (SSB), I often heard candidates asking at the end of all the tests – what it is that we see in them to select. It is unfortunate that they do not even know what they are tested for.This article lists 15 qualities,...
