UPSC is
going to hold the Engineering services (ESE) for various posts in different branches of
engineering. ESE is conducted every year for ‘A’ and 'B' grade posts and the selected
candidates are appointed in various organizations of government of India where grade is generally equivalent to Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE):
LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS :
The Online Applications can be filled upto 26th October, 2016 (25.03.2016) till 18:00 Hours after which the link will be disabled
Total Vacancy: 440 including 17 PH (LDCP‐12 & HI‐05)
The number of vacancies is liable to alteration. Reservations will be made for candidates belonging to
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically
Disabled Category in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government of
India.
Exam Date: Preliminary/ Stage‐I Examination of the Engineering Services Examination for recruitment to the services/ posts mentioned in para 2 below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 8th January, 2017 in accordance with the Rules published by Ministry of Railways in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 28th September,2016.
Application Fee: Candidates (excepting Female/SC/ST/ PH who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay a fee of Rs.200/‐ (Rupees Two hundred only) either by depositing the money in any Branch of SBI by cash or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India/State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/State Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala/State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/ Master Credit/ Debit card.
Name of the Posts: Recruitment
on the results of this examination will be made to the Services/ Posts under
the following categories:‐
Category
I‐Civil Engineering.
Category
II‐Mecahnical Engineering.
Category
III‐Electrical Engineering.
Category
IV‐Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.
I—CIVIL
ENGINEERING
Group-A
Services/Posts
(i) Indian Railway Service of
Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(Civil Engineering Posts).
(iii) Central Engineering Service.
(iv) Indian Ordnance Factories Service
AWM/JTS (Civil Engineering Post)
(v) Central Engineering Service
(Roads), Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts).
(vi) Central Water Engineering Service
Gr ‘A’ (Civil Engineering Posts)
(vii) Survey of India Group ‘A’
Service.
(viii) AEE(Civil Engg Posts) in Border
Roads Engineering Service Gr ‘A’.
(ix) AEE(Civil) of P&T Building
Works Gr ‘A’ Service.
(x) Indian Defence Service of
Engineers.
(xi) AEE(QS&C) in Military
Engineer Service(MES) Surveyor Cadre
CATEGORY
II—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Group-Services/Posts
(i) Indian Railway Service of
Mechanical Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(iii) Indian Ordnance Factories
Service AWM/JTS (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(iv) Central Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(v) AEE in Geological Survey of India
Gr ‘A’ Engineering Service.
(vi) Central Water Engineering Service
Gr ‘A’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(vii) AEE (Mech Engineering Posts) in
Border Roads Engineering Service Gr ‘A’.
(viii) Indian Naval Armament Service
(Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(ix) Indian Defence Service of
Engineers (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
(x) Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I
(Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.
CATEGORY
III—ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Group-A/B
Services/Posts
(i) Indian Railway Service of
Electrical Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(Electrical Engineering Posts).
(iii) Central Electrical and
Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
(iv) Indian Ordnance Factories Service
AWM/JTS (Electrical Engineering Posts).
(v) Indian Naval Armament Service
(Electrical Engineering Posts).
(vi) Indian Defence Service of
Engineers.
(vii) Asstt. Naval Store Officer
Grade-I(Electrical Engg. Posts) in Indian Navy.
(viii) AEE Gr ‘A’ (Electrical Engg. Posts) in Corps of EME, Min of
Defence.
CATEGORY
IV—ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Group-Services/Posts
(i) Indian Railway Service of Signal
Engineers.
(ii) Indian Railway Stores Service
(Telecommunication/Electronics Engineering Posts).
(iii) Indian Inspection Service (Asst.
Dir. Grade-I).
(iv) Indian Radio Regulatory Service
Gr ‘A’
(v) Indian Ordnance Factories Service
AWM/JTS (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts).
(vi) Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics
and Telecom Engineering Posts).
(vii)Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I(Electronics and Telecom
Engg. Posts) in Indian Navy.
Note:‐
Recruitment to the Services/Posts mentioned above will be made on
the basis of the scheme(s) of examination prescribed in Appendix‐I to the
Notice. Candidates who are declared qualified on the result of Preliminary/ Stage‐I
Examination will be required to indicate their preference for Services/ Posts
at the appropriate time in the Detailed Application Form.
HOW TO APPLY:
CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY ONLY THROUGH ONLINE MODE
Candidates are required to apply Online using the link www.upsconline.nic.in. Detailed instructions for filling up online applications are available on the above mentioned website. The eligible candidates shall be issued an e‐Admission Certificate three weeks before the commencement of the examination. The e‐Admission Certificate will be made available in the UPSC website [www.upsc.gov.in] for downloading by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post. All the applicants are requested to provide valid & active e‐mail i.d. while filling up online application form as the Commission may use electronic mode for contacting them.
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:
(I) Nationality:
A candidate must be either:
(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 the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling
in India, or
(e) a person of Indian origin who has
migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya,
Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania,
Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of
permanently setting in India.
(II) Age Limits:
(a)A candidate for this examination must
have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30
years on the 1st January,
2017 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1987 and
not later than 1st January, 1996.
(b) The upper age‐limit of 30 years will
be relaxable upto 35 years in the case of Government servants of the following categories,
if they are employed in a Department/ Office under the control of any of the authorities
mentioned in column 1 below and apply for admission to the examination for all
or any of the Service(s) / Post(s) mentioned in column 2, for which they are
otherwise eligible.
(i) A candidate who holds substantively a
permanent post in the particular Department/Office concerned. This relaxation will
not be admissible to a probationer appointed against a permanent post in the
Department/Office during the period of his probation. However, this relaxation
will be admissible to a probationer so appointed provided he/she already
retains a lien on a permanent post in a Department/Office under the control of
any of the authorities mentioned in column 1 below.
(ii) A candidate who has been
continuously in a temporary service on a regular basis in the particular
Department/ Office for at least 3 years on the 1st January, 2017.
Minimum
Educational Qualification:
For admission to the examination, a
candidate must have –
(a) obtained a degree in Engineering 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 deemed as Universities under Section 3 of the University Grants
Commission Act, 1956; or
(b) passed Sections A and B of the
Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India); or
(c) obtained 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
(d) passed Graduate Membership
Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
(India);
or
(e) passed Associate Membership
Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of
India; or
(f) passed Graduate Membership
Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London held
after November, 1959
Provided that a candidate for the post of
Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts) and Indian Radio Regulatory
Service Gr ‘A’ may possess any of the above qualifications or the qualification
mentioned below namely:‐
M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with
Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a
special subject.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Candidates are advised to read carefully “Special
Instructions to the candidates for Conventional Type Tests and Objective Type
Tests” (Appendix III Part A and Part B). For both writing and marking answers
in the OMR sheet [Answer Sheet] in objective type papers, candidates must use
black ball pen only. Pens with any other colours are prohibited. Do not use
Pencil or ink pen.
Candidates should note that any omission/ mistake/ discrepancy
in encoding/ filling of details in the OMR answer sheet, especially with regard
to Roll Number and Test Booklet Series code, will render the answer sheet
liable for rejection.
Candidates in the Category of visually impaired are
advised not to apply for this examination as no vacancies are earmarked/ identified
for them for the Services/Posts included in Engineering Services Examination,
2017.
For details, download notification for Engineering services Examination (ESE) 2017
