Application invites for Indian Engineering Services Examination, 2013

The Engineering Services Examination, 2013 conducted by the Union Public Service commission will be held from 28th June, 2013

at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwad, Dispur, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam.

The Engineering Services Examination is for recruitment to the   Services/posts under the different categories which include Category I -Civil Engineering, Category II -Mechanical Engineering, Category III -Electrical Engineering and Category IV -Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering. There are 9 categories of Posts in the Civil Engineering Category. The number of categories of posts under Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics and Telecommunication categories are 13, 10 and 12 respectively.

The number of vacancies to be filled up based on the results of the examination is approximately 763, including 19 PH vacancies. Reservations are available for SC/ ST/ OBC/PH categories. The details of the Groups and Posts under each Category are given in the detailed Notification available at http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php#

Applicants must generally be citizens of India. Exceptions to this are given in detail in the Notification. Applicant should hold 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 should have 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 recognized 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.

An applicant 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 M.Sc Degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject.

Those who have appeared at any one of the qualifying examinations but the result of which has not been declared, as well as those intending to appear at such a qualifying examination may also apply. Their admission would be deemed to be provisional and subject to production of proof of having passed the requisite qualifying examination along with the detailed applications which will be required to be submitted by the candidates who qualify on the result of written part of the examination which is likely to be declared in December, 2013.

Applicant must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st January, 2013. Applicant must have been born not earlier than 2nd January 1983 and not later than 1st January, 1992. The upper age-limit will be relaxed up to 5 years for SC/ST applicants and up to 3 years in case of OBCs who are eligible for reservation benefits. More details on relaxation including those for service people are given in the Notification.

Applicants must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Engineering Services Examination, 2013, as per guidelines in Appendix-II of Rules for Examination published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 6th April, 2013.

Fee: Females/SC/ST applicants/PH applicants are exempted from payment of fee. For others, the Fee is Rs.200/-, which can be paid by cash at any Branch of SBI or by using Net Banking facility of State Bank of India/ State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/Sate Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/State Bank of Patiala /State Bank of Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card. No fee exemption is available to OBC applicants.

Application: Application (Part I and II) can be submitted only online, at http://upsconline.nic.in/mainmenu2.php#  till 11.59 p.m on 6th May, 2013. Detailed instruction for filling up the online application in two parts is available at the website.

Applicant should decide the choice of the centre and also the engineering discipline for the examination while filling the online application form. A candidate may apply for admission to the Examination in respect of any one of the categories of the services/posts mentioned, namely, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

All the applicants are required to provide valid & active email i.d. while filling up online application form as the Commission may use electronic mode for contacting them. Only one application should be submitted. However, if due to any unavoidable situation, if an applicant submits another/multiple applications, then he must ensure that the application with the higher (Registration ID) RID is complete in all respects like applicants' details, examination centre, photograph, signature, fee etc. In such cases, only the applications with higher RID will be accepted and the fee paid against one RID will not be adjusted against any other RID.

E-admission Certificate: 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 on the UPSC website (www.upsc.gov.in ) for being downloaded by candidates. No Admission Certificate will be sent by post.

Plan of Examination: The Examination will have two parts. Part I, the written Examination will comprise two sections. Section I will consist only of objective types of questions and Section II of conventional papers. Both Sections will cover the entire syllabus of the relevant engineering disciplines - Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.

Section I will have 3 objective type papers each of 2 hours duration and each carrying 200 mars. Of the three objective type papers, one paper will be the General Ability Test and the other two will be based on the Engineering branch chosen. The General ability test will have two parts, Part A being General English and Part B being General Studies.

The standard of paper in General Ability Test will be such as may be expected of an 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.

In Section II, there will be two conventional papers from the Engineering branch selected, each of 3 hours duration and carrying 200 marks each. The standard and syllabi prescribed for these papers are given in Schedule to the Appendix in the Notification.

In objective type question, there will be penalty for wrong answers. Special Instructions for conventional papers is given in Annexure III of the Notification. Part II, is the Personality test carrying a maximum of 200marks of such of the candidates who qualify on the basis of the written examination.

For more details, visit www.upsc.gov.in/  and http://upsconline.nic.in