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Stepping Stone SSB Academy , Pune
SSb Guidance for army, navy & air force
At Stepping Stone SSB Academy, our aim is to provide every student a very good understanding of the SSB process and help him / her give the best effort at the SSB. We believe that the motto for success for every SSB aspirant should be to
To this end, our aim is to help students to present their personal best while being original / natural in their approach to all the SSB Tests. We believe that success at the SSB can be achieved through a combination of our guidance, not coaching, and more importantly the efforts of the students.
YEAR 2024 (38 students selected so far)
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Sanjay Kumar Bhakar
Mumbai
NDA 153
Jul 2024
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Aryan Puri
New Delhi
SSC Navy
Jul 2024
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Tanaya Barabde
VIT, Pune
SSC NAVY NAOO
Jul 2024
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Yash Shirke
Chiplun
153 NDA
Jul 2024
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Archit Kothavade
NDA 153
Jul 2024
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Prem Jagtap
Ex-SPI, Aurangabad
NDA 153
Jul 2024
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Adwait Bhave
PVG COET
SSC-Tech-GS/X Navy
July 2024
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Tejas Pandey
Deogiri Institute of Engg., Aurangabad
TGC 139 and SSC TECH 63
Feb 2024 & May 2024
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Shreyas Patil
PDEA’s College of Engineering
AFCAT Entry
Jun 2024
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Shubhankar Naidu
NCC SPL Army
Pune
Jun 2024
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Akshay Thorat
Ex- SPI, Aurangabad
SSC TECH 63
Jun 2024
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Shruti Amrite
NCC SPL (W)
Nashik
Jun 2024
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Sarvesh More
NCC SPL 56 ARMY
Garware College, Pune
Jun 2024
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Kashish Methwani
CDS OTA (W)
Pune
May 2024
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Omkar Padwal
Fergusson College, Pune
AFCAT (Pilot)
May 2024
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Unmesh Zaware
S P College
AFCAT & NCC (Pilot)
May 2024
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Anuj More
SSC TECH 63
AISSMS, Pune
May 2024
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Atul Lokhande
MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune
SSC Tech-63
May 2024
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Tanmay Kalekar
SSC TECH 63 Army
KIT, Kolhapur
Apr 2024
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Tanaya Parab
CDS OTA (W)
DJ Sanghvi College, Mumbai
Apr 2024
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Aalhad Khardenavis
Ex SPI, Aurangabad
10+2 TES NAVY
Apr 2024
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Manasi Mote
Cadet at INA / Pune AFCAT (Flying)
Mar 2024
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Janhavi Shinde
AFCAT (Flying)
Thakur College of Engg., Mumbai
Mar 2024
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Akhilesh Vidhate
Ex- SPI, Aurangabad
CDS ( Air Force)
Mar 2024
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Kunal Pawar
D Y Patil College of Engg, Akurdi
TGC 139
Mar 2024
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Hrishikesh Borah
Jorhat Engg College, Assam
AFCAT (Flying)
Mar 2024
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Ishan Jaiswal
TGC 139 ARMY
Feb 2024
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Utsav Rohilla
MMCOE, Pune
TGC 139 ARMY
Feb 2024
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Vedant Kale
VIT Pune
TGC 139 ARMY
Feb 2024
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Harshita Patil
MIT ADT, Loni
SSC PILOT NAVY (W)
Feb 2024
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Aditya Waghmare
VIT, Pune
SSC TECH NAVY
Feb 2024
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Saket Belsare
VIIT College, Pune
10+2 TES 51 Army
Feb 2024
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Uttkarsh Singh
AIT, Pune
SSC NAVY PILOT
Feb 2024
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Sarthak Athavale
Ex- SPI, Aurangabad
NDA 152 / NA 114
Jan 2024
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Aniket Singh Mahar
Fergusson College, Pune
CDS IMA 157
Jan 2024
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Srushti Kirpekar
SP College, Pune
NDA 152 (W)
Jan 2024
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Tanu Bhan
Akshara School, Pune
NDA 152 (W)
Jan 2024
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Shardul Tavse
VIT, Vellore
NDA 152
Jan 2024
Our Guidance
Your Efforts
Success at SSB
About Us
YOUR DREAM... OUR GUIDANCE
Stepping Stone Academy is the brainchild of Commander Sachin Jog (Ex- Indian Navy) and Lt Col Sameer Bhoraskar (Ex- Indian Army).
Both officers have 22+ years of a distinguished career in uniform having held varied prestigious appointments during their service careers.
Cdr Sachin Jog has served two tenures as a Psychologist at NSB, Coimbatore (2007-2010) and Selection Centre South, Bangalore (2010-2012).
Lt Col Sameer Bhoraskar has also served two tenures as a GTO at Selection Centre Central (Bhopal) (2006-2009) and Selection Centre South, Bangalore (2009-2012).
Both are qualified assessors from Defence Institute of Psychological research (DIPR), Delhi.
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Since 2016-17, Lt Col Sameer and Cdr Sachin have been closely involved in guiding students to achieve success at the SSB. As mentors, they have worked very closely (and continue to work) with students from many schools considered as “Feeder Institutes” for the prestigious National Defence Academy (NDA). They take pride in the fact that students mentored by them from such Institutes have seen huge success at the SSB and have successfully taken the first steps towards an Officers’ Commission in Indian Armed forces. Few of these are:
- Sainik School – Satara
- Sainik School – Chittorgarh
- Services Preparatory Institute – Aurangabad
- Army Institute Of Technology – Pune
- Kolhapur Institute of Technology – Kolhapur
As founding faculty of one of the academies at Pune, in 2018-19, they have achieved the unique distinction of having mentored close to 400 students, over 60 of whom achieved success at the SSB. All this was achieved in a span of less than 18 months. This is perhaps the best success ratio for any institute in this field.
In Feb 2020, Cdr Sachin and Lt Col Sameer decided to set off independently and started “Stepping Stone SSB Academy” so as to continue to guide Armed Forces aspirants to achieve their career goals.
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Why Us
we ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS
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we do not coach... we "guide"
The uniqueness of Stepping Stone SSB Academy is its specialized and result oriented approach to SSB guidance. We are conscious of the big difference between "coaching" and "guidance". Since the SSB aims at evaluating personality, our efforts are always towards guiding candidates to understand themselves better and give their best. Our experience has shown us that coaching students to respond / answer in a particular way (as practised in certain institutes) actually causes more harm and prevents candidates from giving their best. However, guidance helps them to be natural while being at their best.
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we follow a Systematic, result-oriented Approach
All sessions at Stepping Stone SSB Academy follow a very systematic approach, which includes complete familiarisation with the “two-stage” SSB Selection System and detailed discussions about the correct approach to the tests, followed by personalised evaluation and feedback.
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we have Highly Qualified & Experienced Assessors
Both Lt Col Sameer and Cdr Sachin are DIPR trained and qualified assessors who have served as SSB panel members. They have over 22+ years of uniformed service and over 12+ years of combined SSB panel experience. During their tenure at the SSBs they have been involved in assessing thousands of students. Many candidates selected by them are proud commissioned officers today. They continue to work very closely with feeder institutes like Sainik schools at Satara & Chittorgarh and SPI, Aurangabad to mentor students to achieve success at the SSB.
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we have Excellent Infrastructure
Our guidance centre is equipped with all the necessary infrastructure needed to impart guidance for the SSB, giving the candidates a real feel of the entire process. We have a well-equipped classroom for conducting all tests and discussion sessions. Further, our guidance centre is one of the few institutes that has full size GTO tasks for PGT / HGT / etc. Our GTO Area helps the candidates to get a real time experience of group discussions and such other group activities, almost akin to what they would face at the SSB.
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we provide Personalised evaluation & feedback
This is the most unique feature at stepping stone our assessors take pride in discussing with each candidate their strengths and weaknesses. And help to create a "way ahead plan" by highlighting Areas where the candidate needs to work on himself / herself.
in the past 5 years
Photo Gallery
a glimpse of our activities & sessions
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In the Classroom
an interactive classroom session
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Group Discussions
A GD in progress at SPI Aurangabad
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GTO Tasks
Students engaged in GTO Tasks
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Interview
learning to face an interview
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Sainik School, Satara
classroom instructions for cadets
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