The Officers Training Academy (OTA) is a training establishments of the Indian Army that train officers for the Short Service Commission (SSC). The 49-week course at the OTA prepares graduates for all branches of the Army, except for the Army Medical Corps. Established in 1963, the first academy is located in Alandur, a southern neighbourhood of Chennai. A new academy was set up at Gaya in 2011; but was given the go-ahead in December 2019 to be disbanded.
