12 Sainik School Kunjpura Cadets Make NDA-157 and TES-56 Merit Lists — Best Rank AIR 136
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📅 Nov 10, 2026
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⏱️ 5 min read
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📅 Nov 10, 2026
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⏱️ 5 min read
Last verified: 10 November 2026. The Kunjpura names and ranks are CONFIRMED from The Tribune’s report of 9 November 2026. The UPSC final result figures — 617 candidates recommended, 157th NDA course and 119th Indian Naval Academy course, courses commencing 1 January 2027, medical results not counted — are CONFIRMED from the UPSC press note of 5 November 2026 via PIB. The AISSEE 2027 dates are CONFIRMED from the NTA public notice of 3 November 2026.
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Sainik School Kunjpura has done it again. Twelve of its cadets have made the final merit lists of the NDA-157 course and the Technical Entry Scheme (TES-56), the results for which the Union Public Service Commission declared on 5 November 2026.
Ten cadets secured places in NDA-157. Cadet Vijay led the school’s list with All India Rank 136, followed by Arpit Siwach (168), Jagrat Gangwar (194), Moksh (220), Ansh Bishnoi (232), Dikshit (347), Yash Chahal (364), Balvinder (403), Shiv Narayan (439) and Parvesh (537). Two more cadets — Bhavishya (AIR 40) and Mukul (AIR 87) — made the TES-56 merit list.
The school’s Principal, Captain (IN) Gurbir Singh, Vice-Principal Lt Col Sheilza Dogra and Administrative Officer Lt Col Sandeep Rathee congratulated the successful cadets and their parents, and praised the faculty and training staff behind the result.
Look, a single school putting twelve cadets on the final NDA and TES merit lists in one year is not luck. It is the whole point of the Sainik School system working as designed: a boy joins in Class 6, spends six or seven years in a disciplined residential routine, and walks out with a merit-list rank that takes him straight to Khadakwasla or the technical arms.
And this is the second Kunjpura headline in three weeks. In October, 45 cadets from the school had cleared the NDA written examination — 32 from the current Class XII batch and 13 from the previous batch. The written result was the promise; the final merit list is the delivery.
For scale: the UPSC’s final result for NDA and Naval Academy Examination (I), 2026 recommended 617 candidates in total — 551 men and 66 women — for the 157th NDA course and the 119th Indian Naval Academy course. The courses commence on 1 January 2027. Twelve of those 617 names coming from one school tells you everything about what a Sainik School education compounds into over six years.
One honest note, though. The merit list is provisional. The UPSC has said clearly that medical examination results were not taken into account while preparing these lists, so each cadet’s place still depends on being declared medically fit and on verification of certificates. That is routine — it applies to every name on the list, not just Kunjpura’s — but it is worth saying plainly rather than letting a celebration headline hide it.
If you are a parent filling the AISSEE 2027 form right now — the window is open until 2 December 2026, with the exam on 31 January 2027 — this is the story to keep in mind on the days the preparation feels thankless. The boys on this list were once Class 6 aspirants sitting the same paper your child is about to sit, in the same 2 PM slot, with the same 25% per-section qualifying rule.
Kunjpura is not the only school producing these results either. Just last week, two cadets of Sainik School Punglwa cracked the NDA exam with AIR 61 and 125. The pattern repeats across the 33 schools, year after year. That is what you are actually applying for — not a boarding school, but a six-year runway to a merit list like this one.
How many Sainik School Kunjpura cadets made the NDA-157 merit list?
Ten cadets made the NDA-157 final merit list. The best rank among them is Cadet Vijay at AIR 136, followed by Arpit Siwach (168), Jagrat Gangwar (194), Moksh (220), Ansh Bishnoi (232), Dikshit (347), Yash Chahal (364), Balvinder (403), Shiv Narayan (439) and Parvesh (537).
What is TES-56, and how did Kunjpura cadets do in it?
TES is the Technical Entry Scheme, the Army’s 10+2 entry for technical arms. Two Kunjpura cadets made the TES-56 merit list: Cadet Bhavishya at AIR 40 and Cadet Mukul at AIR 87.
Is the NDA-157 merit list final?
Not quite. The UPSC has said the results of the medical examination were not taken into account while preparing the lists, so every candidature is provisional until medical fitness and document verification are complete. The 157th NDA course and the 119th Indian Naval Academy course commence on 1 January 2027.
What does this mean for parents applying for AISSEE 2027?
It is the clearest proof of what the Sainik School route leads to: the school’s cadets go from the AISSEE classroom to the NDA merit list. The AISSEE 2027 application window is open until 2 December 2026, and the exam is on 31 January 2027.
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