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The selection for admission to ACC is based on a written test and subsequent selection via [[Services Selection Board]]. ACC has been in operation for 80 years now and has graduated some notable alumni. The first course at IMA comprising 40 GCs (Gentleman Cadets, as trainees are called) included 15 from the erstwhile Kitchener College that became the ACC. | The selection for admission to ACC is based on a written test and subsequent selection via [[Services Selection Board]]. ACC has been in operation for 80 years now and has graduated some notable alumni. The first course at IMA comprising 40 GCs (Gentleman Cadets, as trainees are called) included 15 from the erstwhile Kitchener College that became the ACC. | ||
The entry criteria for ACC (which are often changed) means that most officers would retire before ever becoming the [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|COAS]] in India, due to age constraints at promotion to higher ranks, irrespective of performance. Many exceptional officers have graduated from this highly aspirational institution. | |||
The foundation of ACC can be traced to the Kitchener College founded in 1929 at [[Nowgong, Chhatarpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The Kitchener College became the ACC in 1960, and in 1964 it relocated to [[Ghorpuri]], near [[Pune]], to take over the campus of the erstwhile OTI (merged into [[Officers Training Academy|OTA]] [[Madras]]). The institute moved again in July 1977, this time to [[Dehradun]], to become a wing of Indian Military Academy. | The foundation of ACC can be traced to the Kitchener College founded in 1929 at [[Nowgong, Chhatarpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]. The Kitchener College became the ACC in 1960, and in 1964 it relocated to [[Ghorpuri]], near [[Pune]], to take over the campus of the erstwhile OTI (merged into [[Officers Training Academy|OTA]] [[Madras]]). The institute moved again in July 1977, this time to [[Dehradun]], to become a wing of Indian Military Academy. | ||