Eligibility Criteria
Description
(I) Nationality:
A candidate must be either:
- (a) A citizen of India or
- (b) A subject of Nepal or A
subject of Bhutan or
- (c) A Tibetan refugee who came
over to Indian before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of
permanently settling in India or
- (d) 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 settling in
India.
Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c)
and (d) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has
been issued by the Government of India.
(II) Age Limits:
- 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, of the exam
year.
- The
upper age-limit of 30 years will be relaxable up to 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)/Posts mentioned in column 2, for which they
are otherwise eligible.
- The upper age-limit prescribed above will be
further relax able:
o
Up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a
scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe.
o
Up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates
belonging to OBC category.
o
Up to a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily
been domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st
January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.
o
Upto a maximum of three years in the case of defence service
personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or
in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof.
o
Upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen
including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five
years Military Service as on 1st January, and have been released
i. on completion of assignment (including those whose
assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st January) otherwise
than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency,
or
ii. on account of physical disability attributable to Military
Service or
iii. on invalidment;
o
Upto a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who
have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military
Services as on 1st January, and whose assignment has been extended beyond five
years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they
can apply for civil employment and they will be released on three months notice
on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
o
Upto a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute
and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.
- Minimum
Educational Qualifications:
- 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
- Passed Section A and B of the Institution Examinations
of the Institution of Engineers (India) or
- 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
- Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the
Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India) or
- Passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and
III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of India or
- 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 Engineer Group 'A' in
Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring Organization) 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.