Alternative route(s): Master of Science or equivalent in Chemistry, Applied Chemistry or Industrial Chemistry with at least 55% marks AND 4 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: Master of Science or equivalent in Chemistry, Applied Chemistry or Industrial Chemistry needs 4 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 4

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Chemistry and Chemical Biology — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 1 | Category: UR 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

Master of Science or equivalent in Chemistry, Applied Chemistry or Industrial Chemistry — 4 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

The published subject range is Chemistry, Applied Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry—not a blanket invitation for every science master’s degree. The qualifying MSc must carry at least 55% marks, and four years of relevant experience at Pay Level 7 are indispensable.

For evidence, the degree transcript should make the chemistry specialism clear. An experience certificate should identify the laboratory or chemical-work domain and the Pay Level, not merely an employer name and total service. If the employer follows another pay structure, the equivalence certificate is essential for consideration.

The presence of a Chemistry and Chemical Biology vacancy does not itself establish a particular instrument duty list. A candidate can prepare to explain a documented analytical workflow from personal experience: method selection, sample traceability, quality checks, observation recording and safe interpretation of deviations. Such examples are preparation illustrations, not officially assigned duties.

A coherent presentation could compare an analytical problem, the sample or instrument controls, the observed error or uncertainty and the corrective action supported by records. Avoid claiming expertise in instruments never used; the committee can check whether the four years involved the advertised chemistry area.

Assess your eligibility with an evidence trail, not only a degree name

The four-year period should be easy to reconstruct from employment records: dates of service, position, notified pay grade and the nature of analytical or chemical-science work. The advertised floor of 55% applies to the qualifying Master's degree. If a candidate holds another higher degree, it does not erase the need to demonstrate a degree falling within the stated chemistry fields or an equivalence accepted by the Institute. The original notice does not separately promise preference for a PhD, relax the four-year experience or give a conversion table for CGPA. If marks are in grade-point form, retain the institution's authoritative conversion evidence rather than assigning an assumed percentage.

Discipline-specific questions to resolve before submission

Someone with a general M.Sc. in a neighbouring subject should verify the actual equivalence claim against their curriculum and certificates. An applicant who spent four years in a chemistry laboratory but whose certificate merely says 'employee' faces a different evidentiary problem: the experience must be recognisably relevant and at the required grade. Neither problem is solved by choosing the Chemistry department from the portal menu. The position is one UR seat at the Institute's Dhanbad campus; there is no advertised secondary seat for Applied Chemistry or Industrial Chemistry. Those are qualifying academic subjects, not separately reserved positions.

A presentation should avoid a catalogue of chemicals or instruments and instead demonstrate controlled professional judgment: what the applicant measured, why the method fit the question, how an error or safety issue was investigated, what verification changed, and how the result was recorded. Concrete, attributable records are more credible than a broad claim of 'laboratory management'. This preparation advice does not imply an officially prescribed analytical paper.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

UR 1 of 1 notified Chemistry and Chemical Biology vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): Master of Science or equivalent in Zoology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or Microbiology with at least 55% marks AND 4 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: Master of Science or equivalent in Zoology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or Microbiology needs 4 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 4

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Central Research Facility — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 1 | Category: OBC-NCL 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

Master of Science or equivalent in Zoology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or Microbiology — 4 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

The Central Research Facility vacancy specifically accepts the four stated life-science fields. A general M.Sc. in an unrelated scientific discipline is not expressly included. The original notice requires four years of relevant Pay-Level-7 experience and office-application proficiency.

Candidates should make the relationship between their degree and actual research-facility work demonstrable through certificates and dated duties. It matters whether the record establishes laboratory assistance, biological research operations or another relevant function at an accepted pay level; the final judgment on relevance rests with the Institute.

A shared research facility serves varied users, so examples of reproducibility, safe sample handling, documentation and cross-team coordination can help illustrate the applicant’s own experience. The notice does not list mandatory operating instruments or name a specific research-facility station.

Present one verifiable project: the biological sample/problem, the procedure the applicant actually handled, contamination or quality controls, reporting, incident escalation and improvement measurable from the record. This is a suggested way to organise evidence, not an announced test syllabus.

The difference between a facility vacancy and a general life-science vacancy

This is one OBC-NCL position in the Central Research Facility, not a pooled recruitment for every department. The four academic fields are specifically Zoology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Microbiology. The experience condition refers to relevant work at the specified grade, not merely four academic years after graduation. Candidates whose work combines life sciences with instrumentation should establish the link to a named qualifying life-science subject and provide employer-confirmed experience. The notice does not say that a diploma in laboratory technology, a generic B.Sc., or an unrelated Master's can replace the specified Master's requirement.

For reservation, an OBC certificate under a state-specific list is not automatically the same as the valid Central Government OBC-NCL evidence required here. The Institute invokes central lists and requires OBC-NCL/EWS certificates issued on or after 1 April 2026. The disability reservation is only one horizontal position across the entire Technical Officer recruitment; it must not be added to this OBC seat as an extra vacancy.

A relevant presentation can use the applicant's own record to demonstrate reliable shared-facility practice: requests received, sample conditions, measurement or analysis quality, traceability, turnaround issues, incident handling, and what improved. No particular instrument name, external accreditation or round-the-clock shift roster is mandated in the advertisement, so avoid presenting personal assumptions as recruitment conditions.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

OBC-NCL 1 of 1 notified Central Research Facility vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): M.Tech or equivalent in Civil Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 2 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR Four-year Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or equivalent in Civil Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 5 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: M.Tech or equivalent in Civil Engineering needs 2 years; Four-year Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or equivalent in Civil Engineering needs 5 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 2

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Civil Engineering — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 1 | Category: UR 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

M.Tech or equivalent in Civil Engineering — 2 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; Four-year Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or equivalent in Civil Engineering — 5 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

Civil Engineering has two expressly alternative entry routes. A relevant M.Tech with 55% marks needs two years at Pay Level 7; a four-year Civil Engineering bachelor’s degree with 55% needs five years at the stated level. Do not apply the two-year relaxation to a bachelor’s-only applicant.

The experience proof needs to separate qualifying work by period and demonstrate the connection to Civil Engineering. Non-Central pay scales must be supported by salary-scale equivalence evidence. The notice does not permit replacing the specific Civil Engineering qualification simply with long generic technical employment.

For presentation preparation, evidence-backed examples of a real construction, testing or maintenance challenge may be useful: design or measurement basis, how quality was checked, an encountered deviation and the corrective record. The advertisement, however, does not allocate a named building, lab or project to this post.

Explain one actual civil-engineering case with clear objectives, plans or standards used, materials or site constraints, tests and what the outcome shows. Keep any claim of structural approval, design sign-off or statutory responsibility limited to duties genuinely performed.

Two different timelines for candidates holding different civil degrees

For the M.Tech route, the minimum is two relevant years at the stated level; for the four-year bachelor's route, it is five. A candidate with a four-year degree and three relevant years has not met the advertised five-year route simply because another candidate with M.Tech needs two. Conversely, a civil M.Tech applicant need not manufacture an extra three years to satisfy the bachelor-route duration if the full M.Tech route is valid. These are alternative routes joined by OR, each with a 55% minimum in the qualifying degree. The Institute will still determine the equivalence and relevance of submitted certificates.

The notice asks for one education-evidence PDF and one experience-evidence PDF. For a civil candidate with contracts or project assignments across employers, a single coherent chronology supported by signed experience records is more useful than scattered screenshots. Be particularly careful if past employment used an IDA or another pay scale: the application rules explicitly say that experience without the corresponding equivalence certificate will not be considered. A duty note alone is not a pay-equivalence certificate.

The role's final selection is Presentation and Interview. A project example might be about quality control, construction-stage deviation, tests against design intent, or a documented remediation, as relevant to the candidate's own history. The Institute has not published a Civil Engineering written-paper syllabus, construction code list, number of slides or interview weightage for Advertisement 411002/7/2026-NFR.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

UR 1 of 1 notified Civil Engineering vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): M.Tech in Computer Science or its allied branches or equivalent with at least 55% marks AND 2 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR Four-year engineering Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or allied branches or equivalent with at least 55% marks AND 5 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR M.Sc. Computer Science or Master of Computer Applications or equivalent with at least 55% marks AND 4 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: M.Tech in Computer Science or its allied branches or equivalent needs 2 years; Four-year engineering Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or allied branches or equivalent needs 5 years; M.Sc. Computer Science or Master of Computer Applications or equivalent needs 4 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 2

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Computer Science and Engineering — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 1 | Category: UR 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

M.Tech in Computer Science or its allied branches or equivalent — 2 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; Four-year engineering Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or allied branches or equivalent — 5 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; M.Sc. Computer Science or Master of Computer Applications or equivalent — 4 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

Computer Science is unusual in offering three pathways: relevant M.Tech + two years, four-year engineering bachelor’s + five years, or M.Sc. Computer Science/MCA + four years. Each has a minimum 55% in the qualifying degree and relevant experience in Pay Level 7.

An MCA degree follows the four-year experience route, not the M.Tech two-year route. For allied-branch degrees, retain official course title and supporting equivalence material instead of silently assuming a differently named branch qualifies. Showing the nature and Pay Level of actual technical experience is as important as its duration.

The vacancy is departmental Technical Officer, not an advertised software-developer vacancy. A practical presentation can nevertheless evidence technical problem definition, systems reliability, documentation and measurable outcomes from the applicant’s past work, without claiming that the Institute has announced a particular programming stack or coding test.

Choose a system or service personally maintained; explain requirements, implementation choices, testing, operational failure modes, access/control considerations and measurable recovery or maintenance outcomes. The original notice does not prescribe programming languages, algorithms, exam marks or a coding syllabus.

Why the MCA/M.Sc. route requires special attention

The three published choices are not equivalent in their service duration. M.Tech CS/allied + two years; four-year engineering bachelor’s CS/allied + five; M.Sc. Computer Science or MCA + four. The presence of all three in the same advertisement does not permit selecting the most advantageous experience minimum from a different route. A three-year BCA followed by an MCA is not a four-year engineering bachelor's route, though the applicant may be eligible through the separate MCA-plus-four-years alternative. A master's degree in a differently named computing field requires the Institute's acceptance of equivalence, not a website's unsupported assurance.

Official proof should let the scrutiny panel see the qualification title, percentage, employer, service period, relevant technical functions and level of pay. A designation such as 'Systems Engineer' or 'IT Officer' is not, on its own, definitive proof of Pay Level 7 or a relevant branch. If an employer uses IDA or another pay system, get an actual equivalence certificate; the advertisement says failure to submit it makes such experience unacceptable. Current employees of public institutions should handle the NOC rule even though the portal permits an advance copy.

For Presentation and Interview, a candidate may explain a concrete reliability or data-system challenge with architecture, incident reproduction, testing, access boundaries and measurable improvement. This is professional preparation, not evidence of a confirmed programming or computer-based test. No official language such as Java, Python, SQL, Linux or network-security syllabus is specified by the eight-page notice.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

UR 1 of 1 notified Computer Science and Engineering vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): M.Tech or equivalent in Electrical Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 2 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR Four-year Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or equivalent in Electrical Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 5 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: M.Tech or equivalent in Electrical Engineering needs 2 years; Four-year Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or equivalent in Electrical Engineering needs 5 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 2

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Electrical Engineering — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 1 | Category: EWS 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

M.Tech or equivalent in Electrical Engineering — 2 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; Four-year Bachelor of Engineering/Technology or equivalent in Electrical Engineering — 5 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

This is the only notified EWS seat, in Electrical Engineering. The applicant must possess a 55%-or-better M.Tech with two years of relevant Level-7 experience, OR a four-year relevant bachelor’s degree with five years. The reservation is a vertical EWS category, not an additional unreserved vacancy.

The EWS certificate must be in the Government of India format and issued on or after 1 April 2026, with validity under the notice. Do not attach a state-only EWS document without checking the central format. Relevant service evidence must also prove the correct pay level or formally recognised equivalence.

The notice does not announce a particular electrical substation or distribution-system assignment. Applicants can demonstrate genuine experience involving an electrical system, protection/safety decisions, isolation/testing and documented maintenance or performance analysis, if those were their actual responsibilities.

A strong evidence-led electrical case study distinguishes ratings and design assumptions, observed faults or constraints, safety barriers, measurements, the proposed remedy and its verification. This is a presentation approach; no official Electrical Engineering question bank or trade-test date has been provided.

EWS is attached to this specific departmental seat

There is one EWS vacancy, and the published table contains no additional UR Electrical seat. A candidate applying under EWS should ensure the certificate follows the competent Central Government format and the requirement to be issued on or after 1 April 2026, before the closing date. Whether a particular applicant may compete for any other institute post depends on that post's own subject conditions; this Electrical vacancy does not become a general all-department vacancy. The overall single PwBD horizontal reservation does not create another Electrical opening.

Academic and service requirements still operate independently. A relevant M.Tech Electrical with at least 55% plus two qualifying years meets the stated academic/service pattern; a four-year Electrical bachelor's with 55% requires five qualifying years. Work history needs to be in the relevant advertised area and the required Level-7 grade or an accepted equivalent. An experience certificate giving a designation without a usable salary-scale reference leaves a material gap under the Institute's explicit instructions.

If preparing a technical presentation, use a problem the applicant can actually evidence—electrical-system fault diagnosis, safe maintenance, commissioning analysis or a documented reliability issue. Explain the measured parameters, protection and isolation logic, decision made and verification after the intervention. The advertisement does not declare an electrical licensing exam, a power-systems paper, a fixed test pass mark or a specific equipment posting.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

EWS 1 of 1 notified Electrical Engineering vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): M.Tech/ME or equivalent in Electronics, Electronics & Communication or Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 2 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR Four-year engineering bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the stated Electronics/ECE/ETE fields with at least 55% marks AND 5 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: M.Tech/ME or equivalent in Electronics, Electronics & Communication or Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering needs 2 years; Four-year engineering bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the stated Electronics/ECE/ETE fields needs 5 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 2

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Electronics Engineering — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 2 | Category: UR 1, SC 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

M.Tech/ME or equivalent in Electronics, Electronics & Communication or Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering — 2 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; Four-year engineering bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the stated Electronics/ECE/ETE fields — 5 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

Electronics carries two separate vertical vacancies: one UR and one SC. The stated qualifying branches are Electronics Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering and Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering. The M.Tech/ME route needs two years; the four-year bachelor’s route needs five years of relevant Level-7 experience.

SC reservation changes the seat category, not the requirement for a relevant electronics degree and appropriate experience. The experience-certificate dossier should identify hardware, electronics systems or other activities actually performed rather than relying on a generic job title. Three-month computer-course certification is not made a universal condition for this post; Word/Excel/PowerPoint proficiency is essential.

Candidates may use a real electronics instrumentation, calibration, communication or fault-isolation example to demonstrate their professional judgement, but the notice does not specify a particular instrument inventory or grant a guaranteed laboratory posting.

Tell the technical story of a verifiable system: architecture or signal path, instrument or measurement basis, failure symptoms, diagnostic isolation, safety/quality controls, outcome and what documentation made the fix reproducible. The Committee alone determines the questions and presentation assessment.

Reading the two-seat roster without inventing a subject split

The notice gives Electronics Engineering — two vacancies: UR 1 and SC 1. It does not allocate one seat to ECE and the other to Electronics & Telecommunication. Those are among the three named accepted discipline families, not separate quotas. The postgraduate option is M.Tech/M.E. in Electronics, Electronics & Communication, or Electronics & Telecommunication and requires two relevant years; the four-year bachelor’s option in the same named field families requires five. The 55% qualifying-degree threshold is common to both.

An SC applicant should use the valid Government of India certificate form and must satisfy the same discipline and service-evidence tests. If previous work is in an industrial pay band rather than CDA Level 7, the separate equivalence certificate matters. Do not assume a role whose main activity was generic software support necessarily supplies relevant Electronics or instrumentation experience; explain exactly which electronic systems, testing or technical operations were involved and let IIT (ISM) assess relevance.

One possible presentation structure is to take a real electronic system through a diagnostic lifecycle: original functional requirement; observed signal or measurement discrepancy; test instruments and uncertainty; root-cause isolation; corrective measure and outcome. Describe only personally supported work. The present advertisement makes Presentation and Interview the final method but gives no Electronics practical-test marks or fixed demonstration format.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

UR 1, SC 1 of 2 notified Electronics Engineering vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): M.Tech or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering with listed specialisation with at least 55% marks AND 2 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR Four-year engineering Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 5 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: M.Tech or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering with listed specialisation needs 2 years; Four-year engineering Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering needs 5 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 2

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Mechanical Engineering — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 2 | Category: UR 1, ST 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

M.Tech or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering with listed specialisation — 2 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; Four-year engineering Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering — 5 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

Mechanical offers one UR and one ST seat. The postgraduate pathway specifically includes Machine Design, Thermal Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Robotics and Artificial Intelligence. The bachelor’s pathway is a four-year Mechanical Engineering degree. Both require 55% and Level-7 experience matching the 2-year or 5-year route.

Do not turn the listed M.Tech specialisations into six additional vacancies. An applicant with a different postgraduate programme should preserve exact syllabus/degree documentation for the Institute’s equivalence decision rather than presume acceptance. Demonstrate hands-on relevance and the correct pay-level evidence for every period claimed.

Technical case studies may come from design changes, thermal-system performance, manufacturing reliability, maintenance investigations, automation or robotics, if the applicant genuinely carried out the work. The vacancy description does not allocate each selected officer to any particular mechanical subsystem.

Choose one documented project and distinguish model assumptions, material/process constraints, testing strategy, safety or quality deviations and post-correction performance. For robotics/AI applicants, show where mechanical engineering remains central rather than describing only software work.

Read the specialisation list as degree eligibility, not as six sub-posts

The specific postgraduate wording includes Machine Design, Thermal Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in the broad Mechanical Engineering field. There are only two Mechanical vacancies, UR 1 and ST 1, irrespective of the number of named specialisations. The second route is a relevant four-year bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. For both routes the 55% threshold applies and the experience requirement is two or five years, respectively. An unrelated postgraduate qualification should not be taken as automatically valid merely because a past job title was 'Mechanical Engineer'.

Evidence of experience should fit the actual claimed specialisation. A Manufacturing Engineering applicant might have experience in process capability or equipment operations; a Thermal Engineering applicant might have performance measurement and maintenance; a robotics-oriented Mechanical applicant might document actuator/mechanical integration. These are illustrations of how an applicant could demonstrate relevance, not duties assigned by the Institute or separate recruitment subjects. The Scrutiny Committee decides whether employment was relevant at the required Pay Level.

The one ST seat remains part of the two-seat Mechanical total. Proper category proof and applicable age concessions are governed by Central Government rules; the notification does not provide a universal fixed extra age for all applicants irrespective of whether they claim reservation. For an interview presentation, evidence-based technical judgment and concise discussion of the applicant's own contribution are more important than naming all six specialisation keywords.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

UR 1, ST 1 of 2 notified Mechanical Engineering vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): Master of Science or equivalent in Physics with at least 55% marks AND 4 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: Master of Science or equivalent in Physics needs 4 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 4

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer — Physics — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 1 | Category: OBC-NCL 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

Master of Science or equivalent in Physics — 4 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

The Physics Technical Officer vacancy is one OBC-NCL seat. It expressly requires a Master’s degree in Physics or equivalent with at least 55%, four years of relevant experience in Pay Level 7, and proficiency in common computer-office applications.

Physics postgraduate qualification cannot be substituted with an unrelated engineering graduation merely because it is technically oriented. OBC-NCL documentation must follow the Government of India list and format; for this recruitment the certificate should have been issued on or after 1 April 2026.

A presentation may draw on a genuine measurement, physical instrumentation or laboratory-analysis experience record: experiment purpose, uncertainty, controlled variables, calibration, interpretation and reporting. These are illustrative competency areas rather than an announced IIT (ISM) Physics Officer syllabus.

Use one convincing measurement chain or physical system case and explain how you ruled out alternative explanations for an observed deviation. Provide documents supporting the period and level of relevant service; a degree alone does not satisfy the four-year requirement.

Physics Master's is a positive condition, not merely a preference

Physics is one OBC-NCL vacancy and its core route is a recognised Master's degree in Physics or equivalent, at least 55%, plus four relevant years at Pay Level 7. There is no stand-alone bachelor’s, M.Tech or MCA alternative printed for this department. Being highly experienced with instruments in another field may be professionally valuable, but does not replace the formal Physics degree condition without a valid institute-recognised equivalence. Employment certificates must make the grade and relevance assessable.

The OBC-NCL claimant needs a central-list and prescribed-format certificate issued on or after 1 April 2026 and compliant with the relevant closing-date conditions. A candidate holding a Physics MSc with good marks but only two years in the qualifying grade would not meet the published four-year route. Likewise, accumulated work under a different salary pattern must be supported by proper pay-equivalence evidence, rather than an informal claim that responsibilities 'felt similar' to Level 7.

An applicant can prepare a short, truthful physics case study about controlled measurements, calibration, uncertainty propagation, observed anomalies and checks against model predictions. No experiment, spectrometer, beamline or electronics set-up has been identified as a compulsory demonstration in this advertisement. This separation between evidence-led preparation and an actually announced test protects applicants from spending time on an invented Physics written syllabus.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

OBC-NCL 1 of 1 notified Physics vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.

Alternative route(s): M.Tech/ME in Fire Engineering or Fire & Safety Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 2 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR Four-year bachelor’s degree in Fire Engineering or Fire & Safety Engineering with at least 55% marks AND 5 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7 OR M.Sc. Fire & Safety Management or equivalent with at least 55% marks AND 4 years relevant experience in Pay Level 7. Proficiency with office computer applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent) is expressly mandatory for this post. Additional expressly required fire operations/high-rise safety work applies.

Required: Yes · Description: Minimum relevant experience depends on qualification route: M.Tech/ME in Fire Engineering or Fire & Safety Engineering needs 2 years; Four-year bachelor’s degree in Fire Engineering or Fire & Safety Engineering needs 5 years; M.Sc. Fire & Safety Management or equivalent needs 4 years. Must be in Pay Level 7 or with valid equivalence certificate for a different pay structure. Actual experience relevance is subject to IIT (ISM) scrutiny. · Minimum Years: 2

Description: GoI norms for eligible SC/ST/OBC-NCL/PwBD and other notified groups; up to five years may be allowed after three years regular service in IIT (ISM) or other IIT/NIT/CFTI as the notice specifies, not for private employment.

Technical Officer (Fire Safety) — Department-specific Eligibility and Selection Analysis

Vacancies: 1 | Category: UR 1 | Group-A Level 10: ₹56,100–₹1,77,500 | Upper age 40 years before applicable concessions | Closing date 20 December 2026

Published degree routes, as alternatives

M.Tech/ME in Fire Engineering or Fire & Safety Engineering — 2 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; Four-year bachelor’s degree in Fire Engineering or Fire & Safety Engineering — 5 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7; M.Sc. Fire & Safety Management or equivalent — 4 years relevant experience at Pay Level 7. Each route requires at least 55% marks in its qualifying degree. The equivalent-qualification decision belongs to the Institute; the formal certificate must identify the actual degree and discipline.

Technical Officer (Fire Safety) is a distinct advertised position, not one of the eight academic departmental rows. It allows M.Tech/ME Fire Engineering or Fire & Safety Engineering + two years, a four-year bachelor’s in these branches + five years, or M.Sc. Fire & Safety Management + four years, all with minimum 55% and relevant Pay-Level-7 experience.

This role carries additional expressly stated experience: fire-fighting operations and system maintenance; incident or accident reporting, investigation, safety inspection and job-safety analysis; and fire and safety experience in high-rise buildings. Do not mistake these for optional desirables. Occupational Health and Safety knowledge, construction safety experience and government/industry exposure are separate desirable advantages as described on page 5.

For this post the notice itself identifies practical safety-experience areas, so a strong applicant record can cite fire-system preventive maintenance, high-rise evacuation/safety measures, incident investigation and job-safety analysis actually performed. It does not give a testing schedule or an assessed fire drill for the current recruitment.

Prepare a documented hazard case: initial fire-risk profile, system readiness test, incident chronology, root-cause evidence, corrective-action ownership, high-rise constraints and verification of controls. Explain how you would protect people and records while avoiding a claim that any particular practical test is already scheduled.

Treat the operational-experience paragraphs as part of the eligibility file

This position is especially distinct because the original notice goes beyond degree and years. In addition to the accepted M.Tech/ME + two years, four-year fire-engineering bachelor's + five years, or M.Sc. Fire & Safety Management + four years routes, it separately identifies actual experience in fire-fighting operations and systems maintenance; incident and accident reporting and investigation; safety inspection and job-safety analysis; and fire and safety work in high-rise buildings. The applicant should show these realities through service records or substantive employer certificates, not merely state that they attended a one-off fire drill. The Institute remains responsible for assessing relevance.

The next block of the original advertisement is labelled Desirable Experience. Relevant central/state government or reputable industrial exposure, occupational health and safety qualifications/experience, construction-safety exposure, and certain computer-course/IT knowledge are advantages as printed; they should not be converted into a compulsory third academic degree. At the same time, Word/Excel/PowerPoint or equivalent office proficiency appears as an essential condition for the post. The distinction matters both for people avoiding unnecessary self-exclusion and for those who must substantiate the true mandatory experience.

For a presentation, a candidate could document a full fire-risk reduction case: hazard assessment, available detection/suppression systems, inspection findings, maintenance evidence, high-rise evacuation constraints, the response to a real incident or near miss, root-cause analysis, corrective action and verification of system readiness. Present this as personal experience, not as a syllabus or prediction of the panel's exact questions. No live fire-drill marks, scheduled practical test or negative-marking rule has been issued for this new 2026 advertisement.

Submission priorities for this position

Read the degree route against its own minimum experience; demonstrate relevant service in Pay Level 7 or attach the mandatory pay-equivalence certificate where earlier salary scales differ; provide one PDF for all education evidence and one for experience, including accurate dates and employer-issued papers. All positions also require office-computer proficiency. Candidates who claim a reserved seat must meet the applicable Government of India documentation rules; EWS/OBC-NCL certificates are subject to the 1 April 2026 onward issue-date condition. The selection described by the advertisement is shortlisting, possible separately decided tests, and final Presentation and Interview. No subject-wise written-test scheme has been issued for this specific 2026 recruitment.

UR 1 of 1 notified Fire Safety vacancy/vacancies. One PwBD position across the total eleven is horizontal and is not additional to the vertical roster.