“If you want to achieve success then don’t doubt your dreams, just chase and go for it” is the mantra that holds the grounding base for Team Centurion, and proving its mettle is the plethora of success records simultaneously and intermittently showering the feats of its students. Nonetheless, another Centurion, Mridul Pandey has with his persistent, sincere, dedication and hard work aced out his NDA and has proved his worth and mettle under the able and diligent guidance of Team Centurion and added another feather in the success chart basking the glory of this institution in his very first attempt. In the words of Mridul,” I, am a proud Centurion and immensely privileged to share my success story with everyone which includes all aspects of my journey from my journey of a small village with a rural background to NDA”. Let’s have a glimpse at his successful journey, strategy, tips, and experience of the meticulous triumph of him in his writings as well as Interviews.

Hello, and greetings to my dear friends,

My name is Lt. Mridul Pandey hailing from a small town in Pratapgarh I am currently an inmate of NDA. My father is a teacher and my mother a housewife. I have also been an alma mater of Centurion Defence Academy which helped immensely in reaching to NDA. I cannot express in words the amount of happiness and confidence that has let me secure my ambition and my goal that would have been a farfetched dream if it had not been Team Centurion’s dedication and persistent efforts with individual guidance that led me to this victorious path and made me a proud child of their proud parents. Today I would like to share my success story and experience gained at Centurion Defence Academy.

Preparation Journey- Well I was able to successfully clear out the NDA written exam after Class- XII but then came the difficult phase of clearing the SSB Interview. Due to the unparalleled guidance provided by Centurion Defence Academy for SSB, I was confident to clear it. I gave numerous mock interviews, worked on my presentation skills, and practiced numerous sets of PPDT, SRT, TAT, and WAT because practice is the golden key to clear SSB, and went headstrong to achieve my dream of joining the Armed Forces.

Lastly came the GTO session for which I was quite confident, thanks to the training provided in the personal GTO ground of Centurion Defence Academy. I practiced until I turned perfect. Add to that I worked upon developing my own strategies and use my presence of mind to tackle different tests. I am happy to see how Centurion Defence Academy has upgraded itself with provision of online labs, mock tests, classroom infrastructure, great study material and well-developed research and development team and producing countless selections.

Definitely giving this exam and the regular screening and weekly mock tests organized by Team Centurion made me exam-ready and gave me an idea of the previous examination pattern, recent exam pattern, its changes and how to prep up for the interviews, how to assess my strong and weak areas and how to overcome the same. It is also important to keep in mind certain tips and tricks to ace in your SSB by doing selective preparation, prioritizing your preparation strategy, understanding the previous year’s question paper, following a timetable and pattern of study by doing smart preparation especially for Maths and G.S. It is advised to focus more on your stronger areas and be clear in expressing your thoughts and conveying them clearly because it is very important to be confident. Practicing is the key to success and self-analyzation and self-study will take you to your goal, be more and more extrovert as it increases confidence. Lastly keep in mind that it is important to be a simple, honest human being without being proud, fancy or doing show-off because this is what SSB is a test of which is your OLQ and that is the real personality depiction of what you are not what you pretend or fake.

Following the efficient and able guidance of the dedicated and elite panel of Team Centurion and keeping the prep pointers in mind, the rigorous screening, weekly tests, mock tests, solving of previous year papers, study material, guides, notes, literatures, blogs, articles, posts, E-learning material, online lectures, etc. I was able to clear out my SSB Interview and accordingly the results were out and Interview dates were accordingly aligned and owing to the same I was assisted and guided by Shishir Sir Sir who really helped me prepare for the Interview. I am really grateful to Team Centurion for their consistent dedication and hard work with such personal and individual guidance that any aspirant can really get from anywhere and I faced no difficulty because of the able guidance that I got from each of the counselors.

A big round of applause definitely is the Centurion Defence strategy that is really student-friendly with an individual and personalized methodology driven and is definitely a boon for students. The provision of weekly mock tests/revision sets, previous year question papers updated with all the required solutions, and E-books were as well provided along with notes with ease of video access and everything is updated so as to keep track with all the ongoing recent examination patterns and trends. One very good feature of the Centurion’s question bank is that the students can rewind at any point of time and check for how and what they had answered in their tests, what are the answers, what were the answers they gave, and what and where they went wrong at any point of time whenever they want. So all in all this is the best institute for the preparation of students and the best aid that students can get in clearing their SSB.

Last but not least my success would be incomplete without mentioning my gratitude and gratefulness to Team Centurion who provided wings to my dreams and made me fulfill my long-term dream of being a Defence Officer. “I would like to stress that it requires combined effort to achieve your dream. The Academy will provide you a golden plate full of resources but you need to raise your hand to grab it. Opening your mind, indulging in hard work and giving your best to reach to achieve the dream of entering the Indian Armed Forces”. All the Team Panel of elite counselors, guidance by the teachers has made this victory possible and no doubt this institute has no parallel and stands as such a big name in the Defence Educational arena.

Watch the Success Story of Mridul’s