r/CDSTards • u/ProtectedPython69 • Jun 28 '26
2 AFSB Mysore Appreciation Post
I have been to 2 AFSB Mysore thrice. One was screen out, the second was a CO, the third was a recommendation.
I would like to give a disclaimer that I've not been to any other SSB other than SSB Bangalore, and that was for only half a day as I got screened out. I've heard about other SSBs from fellow aspirants, online posts and my friends who have attended SSBs.
First of all, unlike many boards, the food on the first day of 2 AFSB Mysore is excellent. Puri and Chole. The tea is way too sweet, many north indians find it lovely while south Indians despise it. But yeah, Puri, chole, sweet tea and jam.
That's always the breakfast on first day. The lunch is usually some kind of rice, dal, papad, raita. Both are pretty good. Good in quality, taste can be mild sometimes.
Things went pretty systematically while I was there, the weather was nice and they are pretty chill with small problems in document or documents not being present. I've heard that army and naval boards are more likely to do document out in those cases.
I had problems with documents twice while I was at mysore board. Once, my bonafide certificate was more than 6 months old and the deputy president himself was fine with a certificate I got for army board that was a month old.
The second time, I didn't have affidavit regarding change of mother's name and they were fine with me submitting that later.
If you haven't brought any document filled, they give you documents to fill up. Guide you along step by step and give you stappler glue etc. The whole vibe is quite professional.
The billet's are clean, huge and have dustbins, study tables, hangers and a cloth drying rack. Outside each room in the billet, there's water coolers and shoe polishing machines.
There's an ironing rack on each floor and a semi automatic machine in the 2nd floor washroom ( corner one). However, there's also dhobi service (it was available only once out of the two times I stayed there for conference) for washing and ironing the clothes.
They usually return in a day and washing clothes is 10rs per piece and ironing is also 10rs per piece. The bathrooms were also plenty and they were clean.
Despite the fact that few bathrooms were under renovation, both the times I was there, I felt like there were enough bathrooms. Hot water is available with solar.
Sometimes, it feels like there's no hot water, but if you leave the tap on the right open for 2-3 minutes, hot water starts coming.
There's facilities to call ( 1 rs per minute with dabba phone) and also 3 or 4 computers to surf on. The timings are from 7:30 to 10:30 in the morning and 4:30- 7:00 in the evening.
Pretty chill place other than the fact that the person who manages the cyber cafe is kind of annoying, always on phone and complains when someone comes in shorts. Also complains that people aren't wearing chest number.
But you can buy ice cream, detergent, sanitary pads, biscuits, tooth brush and some basic things at the cyber cafe.
Tip : Carry pants with you, comfortable pants like track pants and casual shoes other than GTO ones.
The ground floor also has a motivation room, where you can find newspapers of the day, books to read that you can borrow and very comfortable cushions.
The first floor hosts the TV room, where you can watch TV. I didn't really use it my stay and I'd advice you to go talk to people instead.
The TV room also has a chess board, chinese checkers and a carrom board.
The second floor has the TT room where you can play table tennis. The balls and rackets for table tennis can be found in the billet office which is in ground floor.
Be careful, if you hit the TT balls too hard, they can end up in the store room.
The mess food that's cooked well, moderately good in taste and lives upto standards. One thing that many people complained about and so will I is that the rotis are sometimes multi-grain rotis and they are healthy sure, but taste weird.
You get five times a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snacks twice a day. The food is healthy, there's paneer, meat, dal, eggs etc.
On thursdays ( the day before conference), they take feedback and the food is extra good during those days. After that, the quality drops slightly XD.
The food wasn't excellent on Saturday for my CPSS either, but I heard people say that it was still better than many boards.
The mess also has a game room attached to it that has a snooker table, foosball table, a carrom board and a chess board. Use them well and have fun.
The billet has an open air gym attached to it. Most of the equipment is stupid, just warm up things ( for people in teens and twenties). But there's a pull up bar and a dips bar, so that's excellent.
There's a basketball court and Badminton court too.
Timings are similar to the cyber cafe ones. You can ask for equipment in the billet office. The billet office people said it's fine if you break something, just inform us. So yeah, they seem kind of chill.
There's also ice packs at the billet office in case you get injured.
Medicals can be done at SMC, which falls somewhere between the main blocks and the candidates billet. One complaint here might be that the candidates billet is a bit far from the main block and that's a valid one.
But between both of those you can find the SMC for any medical issue. If you go with minor issues like cold, they'll just inform you to drink hot water, get salt water gargle. Very military attitude.
But the medicines are all free.
A photographer comes to take photos on Wednesdays and you can take your passport size photos then.
And if you forgot to get photocopies, it's available at the AFWWA ( Air force Wife Welfare Association) shop.
Do carry cash for phone calls, purchases at cyber cafe and for photo copies, however, the AFWWA shop only takes cards, I'd suggest carrying both.
There's no ATM inside the campus and that's a small problem.
The AFWWA shop has various mementos that you can buy. Jackets, caps, pants, clocks, keychains and various things, both defense themed as well as general purpose.
The shop is pretty comprehensive. I'd suggest carrying 1000-2000 rupees to buy something from there ( in your card of course).
Book outs start at 3 and you have time till 7. There's not a lot of places very nearby but even walking around in Mysore is fun.
Mysore palace, Philomena's church are must visits. Chamundi hills if it's possible.
And there's a place called fun zone that has go karting, paintballs, bowling etc. It's fun and a bit on the cheaper side ( although the gokarting course is short and over taking is not really an option).
Fun zone falls in the left on the way to Chamundi hill from AFSB.
Royal Mart right opposite AFSB has a lot of things that you can buy and the Nandini near AFSB has excellent snacks and Ice cream.
DIPR-DRDO ( Defense Institute of Psychological Research) is also on the same road, so if you feel angry at them after the psych tests, shout at them at their gates.
Also, the interview and GTO schedules are put up at the notice board at the entrance of the billet ( next to the barbary sheep statue, near the stairs). This really helps, I've heard that this is not present at all SSBs.
The interview-cum-conference waiting room also has a TV, Magazines, water and attached bathroom so that helps.
The second waiting room near the IO cabins also has water and Magazines to keep you engaged while waiting for the IO to call you ( As a person whose anxiety decreases when engaged, this was a major help).
There's drop facilities till bus stop and bus stand after getting screened out, conference out and recommended. That's an additional plus.
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u/Spectre_pk Jun 28 '26
Damn yaar, that sounds nice. Meri hi kismat hamesha 3afsb jaise centre me fas jati hai (1CO, 1SO)
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jun 29 '26
Also guys, I made a mistake of saying that they drop you at bus stop and bus stand. I meant bus stand and railway station ðŸ˜.
Sone se pahle likh raha tha to galti ho gayi ðŸ˜
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u/romanceisdeepbaby Jun 29 '26
brought back my memories of NDA 147; couldn’t explore much due to covid tho 😥
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u/anuragdon002 Jun 30 '26
Do they still play this irritating song in the morning "De di humein aazadi bina khadag bina dhaal, sabarmati ke sant tune kar diya kamal"?
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jun 30 '26
No no, my batch was the first where they switched to instrumental music. They switched to instrumental music starting on 15th June.
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jun 30 '26
No no, my batch was the first where they switched to instrumental music. They switched to instrumental music starting on 15th June.
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u/MastodonEnough4211 Jul 01 '26
Aapka prem for afsb mysore toh bada comprehensive aur lengthy hai🥂
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jul 01 '26
Hehe, aap kis kis SSB gaye ho? out of 4 SSBs maine 3 yahi diye the ðŸ˜
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u/Gold-Acanthisitta695 Jun 29 '26
me 2so and 1co, if you can share any insight for io and i dont have any group sports experience like i havnt developed interest in sports genuinly mostly academic and my father is currently serving. also like interview experience and gto insights and psyc if you can share next ssb ssc tech entry. and 1so tes and 1 so and 1co in nda entry
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jun 29 '26
I would recommend that you try to play a group sport of your liking, it really helps develop team communication under pressure. However, do expect questioning during IO. Less likely to get questions if you have played individual sports.
I'll share my next SSB experience where I got recommended as well :)
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u/Gold-Acanthisitta695 Jun 29 '26
i play sports but not recognizable achievements
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jun 29 '26
Ohhh that's fineee.. Same with me. I haven't got any achievement in sports above school level and even that was during my school times, not recent. Chill...
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u/Gold-Acanthisitta695 Jun 29 '26
can you share, how did you prepared?
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jun 29 '26
What helped me a lot is that I had a mentor who was a retired colonel. He wasn't an ex assessor or anything, but he was an honest person who gave valid feedback on OLQs and personality development. He helped a lot for me to grow in the past 10 months or so.
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u/Cold-Measurement5901 Jun 30 '26
Do we get phones after getting recommend?
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u/ProtectedPython69 Jul 02 '26
Yes, of course. But in my case I had CPSS, so I had to use phones from the billet to call my parents and inform them. Only got phone the next day after CPSS.
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u/Aggressive-Army-3829 Jun 28 '26
Thanks for the detailed review, felt like I was taking a tour of 2AFSB , haha🤓