SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT IN INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT EXAMINATION, 2022
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) will conduct an open competitive examination for recruitment to the post of Scientific Assistant in India Meteorological Department (IMD), Group ‘B’ Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial post, in the Level 6 of the Pay Matrix as per the Recruitment Scheme formulated by the IMD and as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between IMD and SSC. The salient features of the recruitment areas under:
IMPORTANT DATES
- Dates for submission of online applications 30-09-2022 to 18-10-2022
- Last date and time for receipt of online applications 18-10-2022 (23:00)
- Last date and time for generation of offline Challan 19-10-2022 (23:00)
- Last date and time for making online fee payment 20-10-2022 (23:00)
- Last date for payment through Challan (during
working hours of Bank) 20-10-2022 - Date of ‘Window for Application Form Correction’
including online payment. 25-10-2022 ( upto 23:00) - Tentative Schedule of Computer Based
Examination (CBE) December, 2022
TENTATIVE VACANCIES / RESERVATION:
- 2.1. Total Vacancies: About 990.
- 2.2. The number of vacancies is tentative and subject to variation.
- 2.3. Reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates is available as per extant Government Orders.
- 2.4. The posts have been identified suitable for the persons suffering from disabilities of One Arm affected (OA) or One Leg affected (OL) and Dwarfism (Dw) or Acid Attack Victims (AAV).
- 2.5. The posts carry All India Service Liability (AISL) i.e. the candidate, on selection, may be asked to serve anywhere in the country.
Age limit
4.1. Age limit: Not exceeding 30 years as on 18-10-2022. Candidate must have been born not earlier than 19-10-1992 and not later than 17-10-2004.
4.2. Permissible relaxation in upper age limit and category-codes for claiming age relaxation are as follows:
Essential Educational Qualifications (As on 18-10-2022):
Bachelor’s Degree in Science (with Physics as one of the subject)/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/Computer Applications
OR
Diploma in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from a recognized Institution/University or equivalent.
NOTE-I: The qualifying Degree or Diploma referred above should be in First Class (60% marks) or 6.75 CGPA on a 10 point scale.
NOTE-II: The qualifying Degree or Diploma referred above must be of three (3) years duration after (10+2) examination.
NOTE-III: The applicant must have passed 10+2 Examination from a Recognized Board or equivalent in Science with Physics and Mathematics as core subjects.
Application Fee:
9.1. Fee payable: ₹100/- (Rupee One Hundred Only).
9.2. Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD)and Ex-servicemen (ESM) are exempted from payment of fee.
9.3. Fee can be paid online through BHIM UPI, Net Banking or by using Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, RuPay Credit or Debit cards or in cash at SBI Branches by generating SBI Challan.
9.4. Online fee can be paid by candidates up to 20-10-2022 (23:00 hours) and candidates who wish to make cash payment through the challan of SBI, may make payment in cash at the Branches of SBI within the working hours of bank up to 20-10-2022
provided the challan has been generated by them before 19-10-2022 (23:00 hours).
9.5. Candidates who are not exempted from fee payment must ensure that their fee has been deposited with SSC. If the fee is not received by SSC, status of the Application Form is shown as ‘Incomplete’ and this information is printed on the top of the printout of online Application Form. Further, status of fee payment can be verified
at the ‘Payment Status” link provided in the candidate’s login screen. Such applications which remain incomplete due to non-receipt of fee will be
SUMMARILY REJECTED and no request for consideration of such applications and fee payment after the period specified in the Notice of Examination shall be entertained.
9.6. Fee once paid shall not be refunded under any circumstances nor will it be adjusted against any other examination or selection