Capt. Dhaliwal is the Director of New Careers Academy (NCA), Chandigarh — India’s oldest defence coaching institute, founded in 1967 by Lt Col H.S. Dhaliwal. An ex-Indian Army officer, he has coached SSB aspirants at NCA since the 1980s as an SSB mentor and psychology-test specialist, personally preparing thousands of candidates for the Army, Navy and Air Force on the Officer Like Qualities (OLQ) framework used by the Services Selection Boards.
| Role | Director, New Careers Academy (NCA), Chandigarh & Mohali |
| Background | Ex-Indian Army (Captain) |
| Specialisation | SSB Interview — Psychology tests (TAT, WAT, SRT, SD), Personal Interview, GTO; NDA, CDS, AFCAT, CAPF guidance |
| Institute | NCA Academy, est. 1967 · 39,000+ selections · 4.7/5 Google rating |
| Contact | +91-95010-70051 · admissions@ncaacademy.com |
About Capt. Dhaliwal
Capt. Dhaliwal leads the SSB wing at New Careers Academy, where he has trained three generations of officer aspirants — cadets who joined the Forces in the 1980s, their children in the 2000s, and today’s NDA, CDS and AFCAT candidates. His method follows the board itself: psychology tests written and marked daily, group tasks on NCA’s own GTO ground in Mohali, and personal interviews conducted the way an Interviewing Officer conducts them, with OLQ-wise feedback after each round.
He personally evaluates NCA’s free mock SRT submissions and leads the SSB coaching batches in Chandigarh and the online SSB coaching programme, alongside the mentor team listed on the faculty page.
What he writes about
Articles published under his name on ncaacademy.com cover official notifications and eligibility for the NDA, CDS, AFCAT, CAPF, Territorial Army and Indian Army direct entries (TGC, SSC Tech, JAG, NCC Special Entry), answer keys and cut-offs, salary and career guides, and the SSB interview process. Every guide is written from the official notification or result and carries a “last updated” date; facts are checked against the issuing authority (UPSC, joinindianarmy.nic.in, afcat.cdac.in) before publication.
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