CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN GOVERNMENT SECTOR FOR ECE GRADUATES, KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

Career Awareness.

The guest gave ideas on the possible exams that are there for engineering graduates. The point discussed is iven below.
(i) Staff Selection Commission (Central Government) - Students those who have completed one degree can apply for JUNIOR ENGINEER POST.
Combined Graduate level exam is also conducted mainly to enter in various departments like narcotics and director of intelligence.
(ii) UPSC - The exam is conducted twice in a year as Combined Defense service where ECE graduates can apply with a training period of 1 year with stipend.
upsc.gov.in can be visited for any official notification.
(iii) Civil Service Exam - This exam is mainly conducted for IAS, IFS, IPS. Usually the notification is given in the month of February followed by prelims in the month of May and finally the interview in the month of August or September.
(iv)ISRO - Screening will be based on GATE score. The engineering graduates will be selected under Scientist B cadre with a pay of 60,000 to 70,000.
(v) DRDO - Selection is based on GATE score.
(vi) AFCAT - Airforce Aptitude Test where opportunities are there for ECE graduates and recruitment happens every year.
(vii) Group 4 - This exam is for the post of junior assistant with no negative marks in the exam. The exam is purely objective and minimum qualification is SSLC.
(viii) Group 3 - Selection is based only on the score obtained in the written exam.
(ix) Group 2 and 2(A) - It is for officer cadre and Assistant respectively. Selection is based on Prelims, mains and interview.
IOCL, HPCL, Hindustan Petroleum are other government organizations with gate score followed by GD and interview. The students are asked to refer Hindu edutorial, dhinamani for general awareness.