A combined competitive examination
is conducted by the UPSC for recruitment to the Indian Engg.
Services (IES).
The test is conducted in June every year at centres across
India, namely: Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Aligarh, Allahabad,
Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack,
Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (Guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad,
Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata,
Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port
Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Simla, Srinagar,
Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakapatnam.
However, the commission may alter this list of centres. Recruitment
to Group - A Services / Posts and Group - B Services / Posts
are made under the following categories of Engineering:
- CATEGORY
I - CIVIL ENGINEERING
- CATEGORY II - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
- CATEGORY
III - ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING CATEGORY
- IV
- ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION
ENGG.
CATEGORY-I
(CIVIL ENGINEERING) Group - A Services / Posts
- Indian Railway
Service of Engineers
- Indian Railway Stores Service (Civil Engineering posts)
- Central Engineering Service
- Military Engineer Service (IDSE - Building and Roads
cadre)
- Military Engineer Service (Surveyor of Works
cadre)
- Survey of India Service, Group - A (Civil
Engineering posts)
- Central Water Engineering Service (Civil
Engineering posts)
- Central Engineering Service (Roads),
Group - A, (Civil Engineering posts)
- Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil)
in Border Roads Engineering Service,
Gr. -
A
- Indian Ordnance Factories Service
(Engineering Branch) (Civil Engg
posts)
CATEGORY-II
(MECHANICAL ENGINEERING) Group - A Services / Posts
- Indian
Railway Service of Mech Engineers
- Indian
Railway Stores Service (Mech. Engg. posts)
- Central
Water Engineering Service (Mech. Engg. posts)
- Central
Power Engineering Service (Mech. Engg. posts)
- Indian
Ordnance Factories Service (Engg. Branch) (Mech.
Engg. posts)
- Indian
Naval Armament Service (Mech. Engg. posts)
- Military
Engg. Service (IDSE - Electrical & Mech.
Cadre) (Mech. Engg. posts)
- Central
Electrical & Mechanical Engg. Service
(Mech. Engg. posts)
- Assistant
Executive Engineer (Electrical and Mech.) (Mech.
Engg. posts)
- Border
Roads Engineering Service, Group - A
- Drilling
Engineer (Junior) Group - A in Geological Survey
of India
- Central
Engineering Service (Roads), Group - A, (Mech.
Engg. posts)
CATEGORY-III
(ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING) Group - A Services / Posts
- Indian
Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
- Indian
Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engg. posts)
- Central
Electrical & Mechanical Engg. Service
(Electrical Engg. posts)
- Indian
Ordnance Factories Service (Engg. Branch) (Electrical
Engg. posts)
- Indian
Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering
posts)
- Central
Power Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering
posts)
- Military
Engg. Service (IDSE - Electrical & Mech.
Cadre) (Electrical Engg. posts)
- Assistant
Executive Engineer Group - A (Electrical Engg.
posts) in the
Corps of
E.M.E., Ministry
of Defence
CATEGORY-IV
(ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS)
Group - A Services / Posts
- Indian
Railway Service of Signal Engineers
- Indian
Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication / Electronics
Engg. posts)
- Engineer
in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing / Monitoring
Organisation; Ministry
of Communication (Department
of Telecommunications)
! Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engg.
branch) (Electronics Engg. posts) ! Indian
Naval Armament
Service
(Electronics
Engineering posts)
- Central
Power Engg. Service (Telecommunications Engg. posts)
- Survey
of India Service, Group - A, (Electronics & Telecom
Engg. posts)
- Assistant
Executive Engineer, Group - A, (Electronics Engineering
posts)
in the
Corps
of E.M.E., Ministry
of Defence
Group-B Services / Posts
- Assistant
Engineer, Group - B (Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering
posts) in the Corps
of E.M.E., Ministry
of Defence
A candidate
may apply for admission to all or any of the Services
/ Posts mentioned. The current
number of vacancies
is approximately 150 and is liable to alteration. Academic
Eligibility
-
An
Engineering graduate from a University incorporated
by an Act
of the Central or State Legislature
in India
or other educational institutions established by
an Act of Parliament or declared to be a Deemed
University
under
section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956; or
-
Passed Sections A and B of the institutional
examinations of the Institution of Engineers
(India); or
-
A Degree / Diploma in Engineering from such
foreign University / College / Institution
and under such conditions as
may be recognised by the Government for
the purpose from time
to time; or
-
Passed the Graduate Membership Examination
of the Institute of Electronics and
Telecommunications Engineers (India);
or
-
Passed Associate Membership Examination
Parts II and III / Sections A and
B of the Aeronautical
Society of
India;
or
-
Passed Associate Membership Examination
(Sections A and B) of the Institution
of Mechanical Engineers
(India);
or
-
Passed the Graduate Membership
Examination of the Institution
of Electronics and
Radio Engineers, London,
held after November, 1959.
-
A candidate for the posts
of Engineer, Group
- A, in Wireless
Planning
and Coordination Wing
/ Monitoring Organisation,
Ministry of Communications
and Indian
Broadcasting (Engineers)
Service
(Electronics Engineering
posts) may possess
any of the above qualifications
or the qualification
of an M.Sc
degree or its equivalent
with Wireless Communications,
Electronics, Radio
Physics or Radio Engineering as
a special
subject.
Candidates
who have appeared for a qualifying examination and
are awaiting results may also apply provided proof
of having passed the said examination is produced
after qualifying in the Written Paper of the IES
test. Till such time, the admission will be considered
provisional.
Candidates
with equivalent qualification other than those given
above or with a degree from a foreign university
may be admitted at the discretion of the commission.
Other
Eligibility Conditions
(i)
Nationality - A candidate must be either of the following: A) a
citizen of India, or
B) a subject of Nepal, or
C)
a subject of Bhutan, or
D) a Tibetan refugee
who came over
to India before January 1, 1962 with the intention
of permanently settling in India, or
E) a person
of
Indian origin who has
migrated from Burma, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania,
Vietnam, Zaire
or Zambia with the intention of permanently settling
in India.
Candidates
belonging to either of the categories of
b., c.,
d., or e., must produce an eligibility certificate
issued by the Government of India. (ii) Age
Limit :
A) The
candidate's age must lie between 21 and
30 years as on August 1 of the year of examination.
The upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years for SC/ST
candidates and by 3 years for OBC candidates.
B)
A Further, the
age limit is relaxed in the case of others, some
of which are:
- By
5 years for candidates ordinarily domiciled
in Jammu & Kashmir
during January 1, 1980 to December
31st, 1989.
- By 3 years for defence personnel disabled during
hostilities with a foreign country or in
a disturbed area and consequently
released.
- By 5 years for ex-servicemen including
Commissioned Officers and ECOs / SSCOs
fulfilling certain
criteria.
- By 10 years for blind, deaf-mute and
orthopaedically handicapped persons.
Details regarding
the extent of relaxation for departmental
candidates and others are specified
by the UPSC
in their notification.
(iii)
Physical Standards - Candidates must ensure that
they satisfy the physical standards that are mentioned
in the
Rules for the Engineering Services Examination published
in the Gazette of India dated 10th January, 2004.
Scheme
of the Examination : The examination is conducted
in two stages :
- Written Test (1000 marks).
- Interview (200 marks).
Written
Test : The entire format can be summarised as follows:
The standard
of the questions is approximately on the level of
an Engineering Degree Examination of an Indian University
with both sections covering the entire syllabus of
the respective Engineering disciplines. The medium
of Conventional Papers is English only.
Interview : This is to assess the personality of those
who obtain minimum qualifying marks in the Written
Examination. Subsequently, successful candidates are
appointed to the services according to merit, based
on their aggregate marks.
Application
Procedure : The Application Form, an Information
Bulletin, the Acknowledgement Card and an Envelope
for sending completed applications can be purchased
for Rs. 20/- from designated Head Post Offices / Post
Offices. The examination fee is Rs. 100/-. It should
be in the form of a Single Central Recruitment Fee
Stamp and affixed to the application. Only SC/ST and
physically handicapped candidates are exempted from
the payment of this fee.
Contact
Information : The UPSC operates a Facilitation Counter
near 'C' gate of its campus.
Any information
regarding the application / candidature can be sought
between 10.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. in person or over
telephone at 011 - 23385271 / 23381125 / 23098543.
In case of difficulty in procuring the application
form or the central recruitment fee stamp,contact
the concerned postmaster or UPSC's Forms Monitoring
Cell
(Ph: 011 - 23389366. Fax: 011 - 23387310).
For more details regarding syllabi and other information,
interested candidates are advised to check the notification
issued during January - February in the 'Employment
News' & in the website http://www.upsc.gov.in
Plan
of Examination: Engineering Services
-
The EXAMINATION shall be conducted according
to the following
plan:-
Part IThe written examination will comprise
two sectionsSection I consisting only of objective
types of questions
and Section II of conventional papers.
Both Sections
will
cover the entire syllabus of the relevant
engineering disciplines viz. Civil Engineering,
Mechanical
Engineering, Electrical Engineering and
Electronics & Telecommunication
Engineering. The standard and syllabi prescribed
for these papers are given in Schedule to the
Appendix.
The details of the written examination
i.e. subject, duration and maximum marks allotted
to each subject
are given in para 2 below.
Part II Personality test carrying a maximum of
200 marks of such of the candidates who qualify
on the
basis of the written examination.
-
The following will be the subjects for the written
examination:-
Note: Candidates are advised to read
carefully special instruction to candidates
for conventional
type tests
and objective type tests given including
the procedure regarding filling in
the Answer Sheet
of objective
type tests in the Examination Hall.
-
In the Personality Test special attention will
be paid to assessing
the candidate's capacity
for
leadership,
initiative and intellectual curiosity,
tact and other social qualities,
mental and physical energy,
powers
of practical application and integrity
of character.
-
Conventional papers must be answered in English.
Question
papers will be
set in English only.
-
Candidates must write the papers in their own
hand.
In no circumstances
will they be allowed
the help of
a scribe to write the answers
for them.
-
The Commission have discretion to fix minimum
qualifying marks
in any
or all the papers of
the examination.
The Objective Type
papers as contained in Section-I
of the
Plan of the
Examination will be
evaluated first and evaluation of
the Conventional Type
papers contained
in Section-II of the
Plan of Examination
will be done only of
those candidates who obtain the
minimum
qualifying
marks in Objective
types papers, as fixed by the
Commission.
-
marks will not be allotted for mere
superficial knowledge.
-
Deduction up to 5 per cent
of the maximum
marks
for the
written
papers
will be made
for illegible
handwriting.
-
Credit will be given
for orderly, effective
and exact
expression
combined
with due
economy
of words in the
conventional
papers
of the examination.
-
In the
question papers,
wherever
required,
SI
units
will be used.
NOTE:
Candidates
will
be
supplied
with
standard
tables/charts
in
SI
units
in
the
Examination
hall
for
reference
purpose,
wherever
considered
necessary.
-
Candidates are
permitted to
bring and
use battery
operated pocket
calculators for
conventional (essay)
type papers
only. Loaning
or inter-changing
of calculators
in the
Examination hall
is not
permitted.
It
is also
important to
note that
candidates are
not permitted
to use
calculators for
answering objective
type paper
(Test book
lets). They
should not,
therefore, bring
the same
inside the
Examination Hall.
-
Candidates should
use only
International form
of Indian
numerals (e.g.
1,2,3,4,5,6 etc.)
while answering
question papers
Standard
and Syllabi : The standard of paper
in General Ability Test will be such as may be expected
of a Engineering/Science
Graduate. The standard of papers in other subjects
will approximately be that of an Engineering Degree
Examination of an Indian University. There will be
no practical examination in any of the subjects.
General Ability Test :
-
Part
A : General
English. The question paper in General English
will be designed
to test the candidate's understanding of English
and workmanlike use of words.
-
Part
B : General Studies : The paper in General
Studies will include knowledge
of current events and of such matters as
of everyday observation and experience in their
scientific
aspects
as may be expected of an educated person.
The paper will also include questions on History
of
India and
Geography of a nature which candidates should
be able to answer without special study.
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