TMC CCE Counselor Walk-in 2026: 2 Project Posts, the Three-Language Requirement and ₹30,000/₹35,000 Pay

Original notice: CCE/Advt/376/2026 · Signed: 23 October 2026 · Post exactly as advertised: Counselor · Vacancies: 02 · Walk-in interview: Monday, 16 November 2026 · Reporting: 10:00–11:00 AM · Venue: Room 205, second floor, Centre for Cancer Epidemiology (CCE), ACTREC, Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai – 410210.

The October notice from Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Centre for Cancer Epidemiology (CCE) is for a project-based Counselor, not a regular permanent medical post and not a counselling entrance examination. Two applicants will not automatically be hired merely for arriving with graduate degrees: the advertised education, languages, computer knowledge and relevant supporting documents are separate checks. The notice has two posts in total, but gives no seat-by-seat split by salary, degree, category or preferred language.

The most consequential facts for an applicant are the Hindi–English–regional language combination, what counts as the essential graduation route, and the 10–11 AM reporting window on 16 November. The professional job title is written “Counselor” in the signed notice; “project Counselor” here explains the contractual setting rather than creating a second post type.

📌 At a glance — facts stated in the 376/2026 notice

Source distinction: this is CCE/Advt/376/2026 — 2 Counselor posts — 16 November. The neighbouring CCE/Advt/375/2026 concerns one Project Manager with a 2 November interview, and the July CCE/Advt/199/2026 concerned three Counselor posts interviewed on 13 July. Recycled titles and similar salaries do not make these interchangeable notices. Dates, qualifications and vacancy counts must be tied to their own advertisement numbers.

🎂 Age limit and relaxation — not notified

Age limit: Not specified in the official CCE/Advt/376/2026 notification. The signed one-page Counselor advertisement states no minimum age, no maximum age, no age-calculation cut-off date and no SC/ST/OBC/PwBD age-relaxation table. Accordingly, the age fields in the structured recruitment record are intentionally left unspecified.

Candidate guidance: Do not treat age ranges from older TMC/ACTREC recruitment notices as binding for this project. If TMC/CCE publishes a corrigendum specifying a limit, the job record should be updated using that new official notice. The absence of a printed limit does not guarantee that every age will be accepted; eligibility is subject to the recruiting authority’s assessment.

🎓 Eligibility: the actual academic gate, not “any graduation”

The qualification line specifies graduation in Psychology/Social Work or an equivalent discipline from a recognised university. This is not a blanket “any Bachelor's degree” vacancy. For an applicant whose degree is named Psychology or Social Work, the subject correspondence is straightforward; for a differently titled course, equivalence is a question for the employer, not something a job site should certify.

The notice separately gives a desirable academic profile: a postgraduate degree in Psychology, or a Master's in Social Work with specialisation in medical and psychiatric social work. A higher qualification can be valuable to the application, but it must not be turned into a newly invented mandatory postgraduate minimum. Similarly, the preference for prior Tobacco Control experience does not impose an undisclosed fixed three-year counselling-experience rule.

A qualifying applicant should keep the precise degree name, university, course evidence and completion documents available. Where the academic title is unusual, claim equivalence carefully and rely on an official clarification, not on a guessed list of synonymous degrees.

🌐 Three-language rule: Hindi AND English AND one regional choice

This is the strongest practical eligibility filter in the advertisement. The candidate must be fluent in Hindi, fluent in English, and fluent in at least one of Marathi, Konkani or Gujarati. It is a three-part condition, not “any three Indian languages” and not “Hindi or English”. The notice explains the reason: the project will receive telephone calls from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa.

A candidate who has lived in Mumbai or Pune cannot simply assume that residence proves language fluency. Conversely, someone from outside Maharashtra who actually knows Hindi, English and Gujarati may fit the stated mix. The notice does not publish a language test pattern, qualifying percentage, interview marks allocation or a separate translation test. Candidates should describe genuine ability rather than inventing certificates.

💻 Essential computer knowledge versus desirable specialised experience

Basic computer application knowledge is essential, but CCC certification, a computer diploma, typing speed or an online practical test is not specified in the supplied notice. The distinction matters: a person should be ready to explain their actual computer familiarity, while a content publisher must not convert that into a nonexistent compulsory course. Previous Tobacco Control experience is a desirable advantage, not a replacement for the three language components or the relevant graduation discipline.

The CCE setting and notice's references to calls from three states make clear why communication may matter. However, precise working shifts, targets, telephone call volume, confidential-data software, counselling scripts, clinical authorisations and daily performance quotas are not prescribed in the one-page notice. Such operational details belong to the employer's actual project instructions, not a fabricated list of government job duties.

💰 Remuneration: two qualification-linked monthly figures, not two vacancy quotas

The official notice distinguishes ₹30,000 per month for Graduates from ₹35,000 per month for Post Graduates. Its use of pay range is not a government pay-matrix level or a fixed pay band with annual increments; it is a stated graduate/postgraduate distinction. The numeric difference is ₹5,000 per month, equal to 16.67% of ₹30,000 (rounded to two decimals). The employer does not allocate one of the two seats to each pay rate.

📊 Vertical bar chart: qualification-based monthly remuneration

🥧 Pie chart: mathematical decomposition of the postgraduate monthly rate

How to read the pie chart: ₹30,000 plus ₹5,000 equals ₹35,000; the chart explains the difference between two published pay options, not payroll components, a separate ₹5,000 allowance, or a split of two jobs. Neither chart assumes that a specific person will be recruited at either level.

These six-month figures are illustrations, not promised earnings. The appointment is expressly initially six months or project continuation, whichever is earlier. There is no stated guarantee that the project remains active for every one of those months, and no official promise of regular service, a government pay scale, DA/HRA or automatic extension. Do not label a calculated annualised salary as a guaranteed annual package.

🗓️ Date and place: the reporting gate is not a form deadline

Monday, 16 November 2026, is the actual walk-in interview date. Eligible candidates may attend at 10:00 AM; the notice expressly gives reporting time 10:00–11:00 AM. The last minute of that window is not an online application's closing time. No prior electronic registration, online payment step, prescribed online application number or separately dated examination has been announced.

For travellers, the exact ACTREC building, second-floor room and the date are more useful than a generic pin labelled “Mumbai”. The location should not be changed to Parel, to a different TMC centre, or to the venue of a similar TMC advertisement. A different listing's interview venue cannot substitute for the original 376 PDF.

📁 Documents explicitly requested on the signed notice

The notice instructs eligible applicants to attend with bio-data, original certificates, qualification certificates, experience certificates, birth certificate, photo and PAN card, together with a set of Xerox copies. This is not merely a speculative “carry usual documents” list. Because originals are to be carried, applicants should arrange their document folder before beginning intercity travel.

The notice does not prescribe a DD amount, paid application fee, refundable deposit, age upper limit, separate fee waiver schedule or particular caste roster for these two positions. Leaving such fields unspecified is more accurate than copying requirements from a different ACTREC post. If a later official corrigendum supplies them, the job page should be updated with a new verified source.

🔍 Recruitment lifecycle: interview-led, not CBT-led

A job listing should follow the actual selection mechanism rather than generating empty pages for every examination product. The published recruitment is walk-in interview on a project. An appropriate lifecycle is:

No written examination date, CBT pattern, syllabus PDF, admit card release, provisional answer key, numerical cut-off or result publication date appears in the signed document. Do not generate fictitious linked exam, admit card, answer key, cutoff or result records from this recruitment. Interview preparation can focus on real qualifications, language facility and project-related experience without being misrepresented as an official syllabus.

🧭 Candidate-specific implications: useful checks before attending

Psychology / Social Work graduate. First verify the subject on the certificate, then the Hindi–English–regional-language combination. The graduate pay category is ₹30,000 per month; a postgraduate degree is not named as a universal entry requirement.

Candidate with a postgraduate Psychology / specialist MSW degree. Your additional degree is explicitly desirable, and a ₹35,000 postgraduate monthly pay category is printed. The notice still gives only two undivided posts, so do not assume one seat is reserved for postgraduate holders or that everyone with any Master's automatically receives a particular offer.

Applicant with strong Tobacco Control experience. You may be better positioned to explain relevant work. However, desirable experience is not an automatic substitute for a qualifying degree, fluency requirements or basic computer familiarity. There is no notified minimum experience duration or preferential numerical score.

Applicant whose regional-language ability is limited. Knowing Hindi and English is not enough without Marathi, Konkani or Gujarati. Telephone interaction with Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa is the purpose specifically printed in the notice, which makes this a substantial eligibility condition.

Applicant comparing regular TMC careers. This is a project engagement initially six months or project continuation, whichever is earlier. Do not expect civil-service seniority, regularisation or annual grade-pay progression from a project notice that does not promise those terms.

📚 Three similarly named notices: why their identities matter

The separate July notice may have similar education or remuneration wording. The October Manager position has different medical/clinical-research requirements. Never merge the three into a generic “TMC 2026 Counsellor + Manager” advertisement, and never import a date or mandatory experience threshold from one into another. This recruitment is uniquely identified by its 376/2026 advertisement and 16 November walk-in.

🔗 Official-notice interpretation and corrections

This report uses the signed, one-page CCE/Advt/376/2026 Counselor notification as the primary authority. The scan expressly identifies the project post, two vacancies, salary alternatives, academic and language requirements, desirable qualifications, six-month initial engagement, document set and exact room. Official TMC/ACTREC links are provided to help candidates check subsequent amendments, but the status of a particular web-hosted PDF URL should not be asserted as verified merely because an authentic scanned copy has been read. For venue or eligibility changes, an explicit later official notice should take precedence over any job portal.