A typical day for an Officer Trainee (OT) at the YASHADA starts at 6 am with Jogging of 4 kms and morning exercise for 30 mins at the Ground. The OTs have about an hour to get ready, have breakfast from 8 am and report for classroom sessions, which commence at 9:15 am.

There are 4 academic sessions of 60 minutes in Morning session. And two hours other methodology of training like Leading Discussion, Case study, Guest lecture, Group Exercise, Group Presentation etc. on all working days as per a predetermined session plan. Evening hours from 5:30 pm till 6:30 pm are alotted for sports. The OTs use the post-dinner time to interact with each other and also to review the day's learning and prepare for the sessions for the next day. Notified holidays and weekends are usually reserved for extra-curricular activities such as community services, shorts treks etc. A course usually demands 8-10 hours of activity per day.