For those of you who are looking for large vacanices in indian government, here comes the SSC Scientific Assistant in indian meteorological department recruitment exam 2017 notification.This examination is held to fill 1100 jobs in the India Meteorological Department (IMD), which is quite huge in recent times is sure to generate lot of interest among graduates.
The India Meteorological Department was established in the year 1875 by Government of India, and was entrusted with the responsibility of performing metrological observations, communication of weather forecast etc., for the entire country.
Scientific Assistant in India Meteorological Department, being a group B cadre non-ministerial post, the selection process is handled by Staff Selection Commission (SSC).
Post – Vacancies – Payscale
Scientific Assistant (Group B) – 1102 posts(all over India)
Candidates selected for this position are paid in level 6 of the pay matrix (Rs.9300-34800) plus grade pay of Rs.4200 in pre-revised scale.
The approximate salary for scientific assistant is Rs.33,000 – 36,000 / month(varies with post location)
Dates to Note
Online registration submissions – July 18 to August 14, 2017 (last date extended)
Written examination to be conducted from – November 20 to 27, 2017
Who are Eligible?
To apply for SSC scientific assistant exam 2017, you need to satisfy the following conditions:
– Agelimit: not above 30 years as on August 4, 2017 (OBC: +3 yrs, SC/ST: +5 yrs)
– Must have scored 60% marks or 6.75 CGPA in 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, as on August 4, 2017.
– Should have passed Std 12 in science group/ stream with physics and mathematics as core subjects.
– The degree/ diploma needs to be of 3 years duration, after 10+2 examinations.
Selection Process
All eligible applicants must appear for an online written exam from 20.11.2017 to 27.11.2017 that will have two papers – Paper I (objective type) & Paper II (science).
There is negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer.Also, SSC may fix separate cutoff marks for each section which will be decided after the test.
Part – I and II will be conducted on the same day within the given duration of 2 hours.
Paper II will consist of questions from Physics, Computer science and IT, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering.
Registration Steps
The application fee of Rs.100 must be paid through online mode only before August 4, 2017.You may also generate the payment challan & pay at any SBI branches.
All female candidates & all males/ females belonging to SC/ ST/ PWD/ Ex-servicemen need not pay application fees.
The online application forms can be accessed & submitted only via ssconline.nic.in
Download notice: If you are interested to apply for this SSC scientific assistants recruitment 2017 exam, download the notificationfrom their website here (.pdf) & read it carefully before proceeding to apply online.
Online application links – click here to apply
