Engineering Services Examination is a combined competitive examination held by the Union Public Service Commission at 39 centers in the month of June of every year. The notification for this examination is published in English dailies and Employment News in the month of January.
Recruitment on the results of this examination is made to the services/posts under the following categories: -

  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

The total number of vacancies to be filled up in 2002 is approximately 360.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (Group A Services/Posts)

  1. Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers.
  2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  3. Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  4. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  5. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  6. Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  7. Military Engineering Service (IDSE) (Electrical and Mechanical Cadre) (Electrical Engineering Posts)
  8. Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Electrical Engineering Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E., Ministry of Defence

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
(Group A Services/Posts)

  1. Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
  2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication/Electronics Engineering Posts)
  3. Engineer in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/monitoring Organisation; Ministry of Communication (Department of Telecommunications)
  4. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electronics Engineering Posts)
  5. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts)
  6. Central Power Engineering Service (Telecommunication Engineering Posts)
  7. Survey of India Service Group ‘A’ (Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Posts)
  8. Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Electronics Engineering Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E., Ministry of Defence

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS :

  1. Nationality: Indian citizen, subject of Nepal and Bhutan, Tibetan refugee, Indian origin who have migrated from selected countries with the intention of permanently settling in India.
  2. Age Limits: On the 1st August the age must be more than 21 years and less than 30 years. The upper age relaxation for SC, ST, Government servants is 5 years, for OBC is 3 years and for orthopedically handicapped, blind, deaf-mute is 10 years.
  3. Minimum Educational Qualification: A degree in Engineering, Final year students can apply who are awaiting their result but their admission will be provisional.
  4. Physical Standards: The candidate must be physically fit as per the guidelines of UPSC.
  5. Fees: Rs. 100/- (may be revised) through a single central recruitment fee stamp for general candidates. There is no fee for SC, ST and physically handicapped candidates.