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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), a statutory body under the administrative control of
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India responsible for
activities in the field of Standardization, Product and System Certification, Hallmarking of
Gold/Silver Jewellery, Laboratory Testing etc., in the country, offers excellent career opportunities
to bright, young, dynamic personnel & invites applications for recruitment to 115 post of
SCIENTIST-‘B’ in the Pay Scale of Rs. 15600-39100+Grade Pay Rs.5400 plus allowances as
applicable.
1. IMPORTANT DATES:
2. No. of Posts: The total number of vacancies is 115 in various disciplines as per details
given below:-
Out of 115 vacancies of SCIENTIST-‘B’, 17 vacancies are reserved for Scheduled Castes
(SC), 9 vacancies are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 32 vacancies are reserved
for Other Backward Classes (OBC).
Note: The vacancies advertised above are subject to change at the discretion of BIS.
(i) Four vacancies which include one backlog vacancy shall be reserved, as follows, for
Persons with Disabilities. The candidates having Orthopedically Handicapped (OH),
Visually Impaired (VI) and Hearing Impaired (HI) shall be eligible to apply.
(ii) Orthopedically Handicapped (OH) – A person having not less than 40% physical
impairment with disability of such type with which the independent mobility is not affected,
is eligible to apply.
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(iii) Visually Impaired (VI) - A person having not less than 40% visual impairment is only
eligible to apply.
(iv) Hearing Impaired (HI) – “Hearing Impairment” means loss of sixty decibels or more in the
better ear in the conversational range of frequencies.
(v) Reservation for Persons with Disabilities shall be on horizontal basis. Selected
candidates will be placed in the appropriate category.
(vi) A person who wants to avail the benefits of reservation under the above categories would
have to submit a Disability Certificate issued by a Competent Authority in the format
given in Annexure-I of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department
of Personnel & Training under OM No. 336035/3/2004-Estt(Res) dated 29 Dec 2005, at
the time of interview.
4. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Discipline Qualification
(Science/Engineering/Technology)
Mechanical/Metallurgy/Civil/Electrical./Electronics/ Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or
Food/Computer. Technology or equivalent with not less
than 60% marks (50% for SC/ST
candidates) in aggregate.
Food/Microbiology/ Bio Chemistry/Computer Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences or
Science/ Computer Engg. equivalent with not less than 60%
marks (50% for SC/ST candidates) in
aggregate.
Note:-
In case the candidates are obtaining grades in the final Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
or Technology or Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences or equivalent, their grades should
be equivalent to the required percentage.
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The candidates whose final year result is awaited may also apply subject to fulfilling the
conditions as specified. Such candidates shall have to produce the original
certificates/final mark sheets of the qualifying degree at the time of interview.
Departmental candidates serving in BIS who fulfill the eligibility criteria will not require
separate permission and can apply directly.
5. AGE LIMIT: The candidates must be between 21-27 years of age as on 9th September
2011. Relaxation in upper age limit for SC/ST/OBC/PWD/Ex-Servicemen etc. shall be as
per Central Government. The upper age limit for Departmental candidates serving in BIS
is 50 years.
a) SC/ST 5 years
b) OBC 3 years
c) PWD(Gen) 10 years
d) PWD(SC/ST) 15 years
e) PWD(OBC) 13 years
f) Ex-Servicemen 1) upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defence
Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with
any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a
consequence thereof.
NOTE II :
The age concession under para f(2) & (3) will not be admissible to Ex-Servicemen and
Commissioned Officers including ECOs/SSCOs who are released on own request.
NOTE III:
Notwithstanding the provision of age-relaxation under para (c), (d) & (e) above, a
physically disabled candidate will be considered to be eligible for appointment only if
he/she (after such physical examination as the appointing authority may prescribe) is
found to satisfy the requirements of physical and medical standards for the concerned
posts to be allocated to the physically disabled candidates by the BIS.
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6. SELECTION PROCEDURE: Eligible candidates will be required to appear in a written
examination of 2½ hrs duration at their own expense. The question paper will be of two
parts with a total of 120 objective type questions with multiple choice answers.
The standard of questions will be of the level of Graduate Engineer or Post Graduate
Science of the discipline mentioned in the advertisement.
The examination will be conducted at Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai and
Guwahati. Candidates should choose one of the Test City in the On-line Application form.
No change of Test City/Test Centre will be permissible at a later date. BIS, for
administrative reasons, however, reserves the right to direct the candidate to appear for
Written Test at any Test City other than the one chosen by the candidate.
Candidates short-listed will be interviewed at New Delhi for which travelling expenses by
second class railway fare for to-and-fro journeys from normal place of residence by
shortest route shall be payable.
(i) The application fee is 750/- and is Non-Refundable. The payment of the fee shall be
through National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) mode only. For remittance of fee
through electronic mode, candidates have to visit any Bank for depositing the fee through
NEFT mode. Transaction charges of the Bank shall be borne by the candidates.
(iii) For remittance of the fee through electronic transfer mode, the candidate shall visit any
Bank and the following particulars are to be provided to the Bank:
(iv) A sixteen digit (Alpha Numeric) reference number will be given by the respective Bank
after depositing the fee. This sixteen digit reference number is to be mentioned in the
appropriate column while filling the application form online.
(v) Candidates are advised to keep the receipt of remittance of fee with them for future
reference and the same shall have to be produced at the time of interview.
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8. HOW TO APPLY:
(i) Candidates are required to apply On-Line through BIS website . No other means/mode
of submission of applications will be accepted under any circumstances.
(ii) Candidates should have a valid personal e-mail ID. It should be kept active during the
currency of this recruitment process. Registration number, password, Admit Card for
Written Test and Call Letter for Interview or any other important communication will be
sent through the registered e-mail ID. The candidates are, therefore, requested to check
regularly their e-mail for any communication from BIS. Under no circumstances, the
candidate should share/mention e-mail ID to/ or any other person. Please note that the
Admit Card for written test will not be sent by post.
(iii) Candidates should take utmost care to furnish the correct details while filling in on-line
application. Any mistake committed by the candidate shall be his/her sole responsibility.
No corrections/modifications are allowed once the online application is registered.
(iv) Before starting to fill up the On-line application, make sure the following
details/documents are readily available with the candidate:
i) Photograph Image:
The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.
The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other
person.
The signature will be used to put on the Hall Ticket and wherever
necessary.
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If the Applicant’s signature on the answer script, at the time of the
examination does not match the signature on the Admit Card, the
applicant will be disqualified.
Please scan the signature area only and not the entire page.
Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred).
Size of file should be between 10kb – 20kb.
Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20kb.
Set the scanner resolution to a minimum of 200 dpi (dots per inch)
Set Color to True Color
File Size as specified above
Crop the image in the scanner to the edge of the photograph/signature,
then use the upload editor to crop the image to the final size (as specified
above).
The image file should be JPG or JPEG format. An example file name is :
There will be two separate links for uploading Photograph and Signature
Click on the respective link “Upload Photograph / Signature”
Browse and Select the location where the Scanned Photograph /
Signature file has been saved.
Select the file by clicking on it
Click the ‘Open/Upload’ button
b) Applicant’s Fee Payment Challan issued by the Bank containing NEFT (sixteen digits
Alpha Numeric) number and other details i.e. Date of Deposit, Name of the Bank, Branch
Address, etc.
c) Academic qualification as per eligibility criteria.
d) Personal details.
(v) Candidates are now ready to Apply On-Line by re-visiting the BIS website and going to
the option “Click here to Apply On-Line ” under “RECRUITMENT TO THE POST OF
SCIENTIST B IN BIS”.
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(vi) Fill up all the information desired in the form correctly alongwith sixteen digits (Alpha
Numeric) reference number regarding remittance of fee.
(vii) Carefully fill in the necessary details from the Fee Payment Challan in the On-Line
Application Form at the appropriate places.
(viii) Fill in all other required information. Ensure that all Bio-data details are correctly filled
in.
(ix) After applying on-line, and getting the confirmation that the application has been
registered, the candidate shall be sent a copy of application form in his/her e-mail i.d.
The candidates are required to open their e-mail and take Print-out of the application
on A-4 Size Paper and retain it after signing the same for future requirements. Please
do not send this print out to Bureau of Indian Standards.
(x) On Successful registration of on-line application, candidates are advised not to attempt
for re-registration since multiple registration number and password may create problem
for candidates in future. In case of multiple registration, the candidature may be
cancelled/rejected without any further notice/intimation to the candidate.
(xi) Admit Card for written test, containing the details of the Centre/Venue for the
Examination etc., will be sent to the candidates at their registered e-mail ID. The
candidates are required to take a print-out of their Admit
Card. The candidate can also download their Admit Card from the BIS website
using their Registration Number and the Password. Candidates will not be
allowed to enter the examination hall without valid Admit Card.
(xii) Candidates are advised to bring photocopy of Application Fee deposit Challan and
submit the same to Room Invigilator on the day of written examination without which
the candidate will not allowed to write the written examination.
(xiii) Candidates are advised in their own interest to apply on-line much before the closing
date and not to wait till the last date for depositing the fees to avoid the possibility of
disconnection/ inability/failure to log on the BIS’s website on account of heavy load on
internet/website jam.
(xiv) The BIS does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to
submit their applications within the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for
any other reason beyond the control of the BIS.
(xv) Please note that the above procedure is the only valid procedure for applying. No other
mode of application shall be accepted.
(xvi) Candidates serving in Govt/Quasi Govt. offices, Public Sector undertakings are
required to submit ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer at the time of
interview, failing which their candidature may not be considered.
(xvii) Mere issue of Admit Card will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally
cleared by the BIS. However, in cases where a candidate had appeared in the written
examination or even if, called for the interview and such candidate does not fulfill any
of the laid down selection criteria, his/her candidature will automatically be treated as
cancelled at any stage. Therefore, before submitting the application, the
candidate must ensure that he/she fulfills all the eligibility criteria as laid down
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in this advertisement. His/ her candidature will be purely provisional subject to
eligibility verification before appointment.
(xviii) The decision of the BIS about the mode of selection to the post and eligibility
conditions shall be final and binding. No correspondence will be entertained in this
regard.
(i) Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any
particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated or should not suppress any material
information while filling up the ‘on-line’ application.
(v) CAREER PROSPECTS: Scientific Cadre Officers of this Organization are presently
covered under the ‘Flexible Complementing Scheme’ as applicable to various Scientific
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Organizations with promotions based on performance and assessment or as applicable
from time to time.
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