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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Armed Forces Preparatory Institute

Built to close the gap between the written exam and the Academy gate.

Many institutes get students through the NDA written paper but rarely prepare them for the Services Selection Board. CSM AFPI was set up to do both.

Our mission

Written exam and SSB, trained together.

India has many coaching centres for IIT-JEE, but very few that channel students into the National Defence Academy and the 10+2 Technical Entry Scheme. Those that exist often get students through the written test but focus little on the SSB interview, so the final admission into the Academy slips away.

CSM AFPI blends the two. Students prepare for the NDA and TES written exams, and are groomed systematically for the SSB interview. The institute is promoted and managed by management experts, defence experts and retired Armed Forces officers.

The residential campus at Butibori is the full-time form of that idea: the routine, the mentors and the training grounds, in one place.

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The Butibori campus
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Our aim
To train selected young people from Central India for a permanent commission in the Armed Forces, through the National Defence Academy and the Technical Entry Scheme.
Not a job. A calling.
The CSM AFPI crest
Our crest

A sword, a pen and a promise.

The maroon shield carries a sword for service and a pen nib for learning. A cadet here needs both.

Across the blade runs the motto शक्त्याः धैर्यम् आयाति.

The institute takes its name from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, whose leadership and discipline remain a model for every officer.

Patrons

Guided by senior veterans.

Air Vice Marshal Suryakant C. Chafekar (Retd)
Patron · AVSM, Shaurya Chakra

Air Vice Marshal Suryakant C. Chafekar (Retd)

Major General Achyut S. Deo (Retd)
Patron

Major General Achyut S. Deo (Retd)

Brigadier Suhaas M. Kulkarni (Retd)
Patron

Brigadier Suhaas M. Kulkarni (Retd)

Atharva Pandit
Promoter and public relations

Atharva Pandit

Two campuses, one institute

Residential at Butibori. Day scholars in the city.

NDA Vision 60

Day Scholar Campus, Sitabuldi

For students who live in Nagpur and attend classes during the day, near Jhansi Rani Square. Run by the same institute as NDA Vision 60.

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The CSM AFPI crest

Seats fill early. Book the entrance test today.

Register online for the CSM AFPI entrance test, or bring your child to see the Butibori campus and meet the mentors before you decide.