Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is inviting application from the eligible candidates for Combined Geo-Scientist and Geologist Examination 2017 for selection to 138 posts of Geologist, Geophysicist, Chemistry and Jr. Hydrogeologists (Scientist B). Interested and eligible candidates may apply Online only through the official website of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) (See URL below). Examination Notice No. 5/2017-GEOL. Educational qualification required and other details, in brief, for informational purpose only in interest of job-seeker, are given below —

 

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (UPSC) INVITES ONLINE APPLICATION FOR COMBINED GEO-SCIENTIST AND GEOLOGIST EXAMINATION 2017.

LAST DATE — 03/03/2017

 

COMBINED GEO-SCIENTIST AND GEOLOGIST EXAMINATION 2017.

The categories of post to which recruitment is to be made on the results of the above examination is as follows-

1. GEOLOGIST, GROUP A

No. of Vacancies: 40 Nos.

Educational Qualification: Master’s degree in Geological Science or Geology or Applied Geology or Geo-Exploration or Mineral Exploration or Engineering Geology or Marine Geology or Earth Science or Resource Management or Oceanography and Coastal area studies or Petroleum Geosciences or Petroleum Exploration or Geochemistry or Geological Technology or Geophysical Technology.

Age Limit: Minimum-21 years and maximum-32 years

 

2. GEOPHYSICIST, GROUP A

No. of Vacancies: 40 Nos.

Educational Qualification: M.Sc. in Physics or Applied Physics or M.Sc. (Geophysics) or Integrated M.Sc. (Exploration Geophysics) or M.Sc (Applied Geophysics) or M.Sc. (Marine Geophysics) Or M.Sc. (Tech.) (Applied Geophysics)

Age Limit: Minimum-21 years and maximum-32 years

 

3. CHEMIST. GROUP A

No. of Vacancies: 25 Nos.

Educational Qualification: M. Sc. in Chemistry or Applied Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry

Age Limit: Minimum-21 years and maximum-32 years

 

4. JUNIOR HYDRO GEOLOGISTS (SCIENTIST B), GROUP A

No. of Vacancies: 33 Nos.

Educational Qualification: Master’s degree in Geology or Applied Geology or Marine Geology. Master’s degree in Hydrogeology from a recognized University.

Age Limit: Minimum-21 years and maximum-35 years

 

Upper Age Relaxation: Upper age limit is relaxable by 05 years for SC/ST, 03 years for OBC and 10 years for PWD category. Ex-Serviceman & Others, if any — As per Govt. norms.

 

Candidates’ Selection: Selection of the candidates will be through Examination and Interview/ Personality Test. Examination will be held at the following centres — Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Chandigarh, Cuttak, Delhi, Dispur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Patna, Shimla, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Lucknow and Jammu.

Exact Date, Time and Venue for examination/interview will be intimated to the eligible candidates in due course as well as such information will be also available in the official website of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) — www.upsc.gov.in / www.upsconline.nic.in

 

For more details regarding candidates’ selection norms and eligibility norms, go through the officially released advertisement (See URL/PDF below).

 

Application Fee: Candidates must pay Rs.200/- as Application Fee. Fee can be paid through Online mode during submission of online application form by using Debit/Credit card or Net banking OR can be paid through Bank by means of fee payment Challan. Fee Challan can be downloaded from the official website of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). See released advertisement for more details.

NO APPLICATION FEE REQUIRED IN CASE OF FEMALE/ SC/ ST/ PH CANDIDATES.

 

How to Apply: Interested and eligible candidates may apply online only through the official website of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) — www.upsc.gov.in / www.upsconline.nic.in (See Application form’s link given below) from dated 08/02/2017 to 03/03/2017

Upon successful payment of prescribed fee and submission of online application form, the system generated Registration/ Acknowledgement Slip with unique registration number will appear on the computer screen. Candidates must print-out it for future correspondence. DO NOT SEND ANY PRINT-OUT/HARD COPY OR DOCUMENTS TO ANYWHERE AT THIS STAGE. All the verification will be done in due course.

 

For detailed instruction on how to apply online, please go through the officially released advertisement (See below given link/ PDF file for more details)

 

Important Dates:

Starting Date of Online Application: 08/02/2017

Closing Date of Online Application: 03/03/2017

 

Above given information are in brief. Before applying Online please go through the officially released Advertisement

Official website of UPSC — www.upsc.gov.in

For Advt., See following PDF file — See detailed Advt.