National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT)

(An autonomous Scientific Society of Ministry of Electronics and IT, Govt. of India)
16/1-2, Pankha Road, Near Sagarpur Police Station, D Block, Janakpuri, New Delhi 110058

VACANCIES TO BE FILLED UP ON DIRECT RECRUITMENT BASIS

(Advertisement Number: NIELIT/NDL/STQC/2025/1 Website: https://www.nielit.gov.in

1. On behalf of Standardization Testing & Quality Certification Directorate (STQC) an attached office of MeitY, applications are invited
from eligible and qualified persons for the post of Scientific Assistant in Standardization Testing & Quality Certification Directorate (STQC).

The detailed Advertisement is available on the following websites:

(a) https://recruit-delhi.nielit.gov.in (b) meity.gov.in (c) stqc.gov.in (d) nielit.gov.in

2. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SCALE OF PAY AND STREAM WISE DETAILS OF POSTS TO BE FILLED

For fulfilling the eligibility criteria, candidate should possess one of the Essential educational Qualifications from a University/Institution
established under either Central or State or UGC Act and requisite experience, if applicable, as indicated in the Table given below complete in
all respects, by the last date of receipt of applications (i.e 18/03/2025). Details of essential qualifications, experience, upper age limit, Scale of
pay are as under:

Sl. Name of the post No. of Scale of Pay Essential educational/Professional Qualifications and Upper Selection
No Posts Experience Age Limit Process
1 Scientific Assistant Total =78 Level-6, (Rs.35400- B.E. / B.Tech / M.Sc. in any one or in combination of Upto 30 Written Test
UR = 13 112400) following: Years (Objective
Non Gazetted, Non EWS = 20 Electronics / Electronics & Communications / as on Type) only
Ministerial , Scientific SC = 16 Electronics & Telecommunications / Computer Science closing
& Technical Post ST = 03 / Computer & Networking Security / Software system / date
OBC = 26 Information Technology / Electrical / Informatics
3. DETAILS OF VACANCIES
3.1 Stream wise details of Vacancies and Reservations: POST NAME: SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT

Reserved for PwBD (minimum 40% disability)

Total Total
Stream UR EWS SC ST OBC (Horizontal Reservation Irrespective of Stream and
Vacancies
Category)
CS 03 05 04 01 06 19 VH-01
IT 03 04 03 01 05 16
78 HH-01
EC 07 11 09 01 15 43
Total: 13 20 16 03 26 78
OH-01

3.2 Suitability of PwBD candidates :

Physical/Functional S- Sitting, ST- Standing, W- Walking, MF- Manipulation by Fingers, RW-

Requirement Reading & Writing, SE- Seeing, H- Hearing
Identified suitable for (a) Locomotor Disability (OA, OL) including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured,
dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy
(b) Low Vision
(c) Hard of Hearing
(d) Multiple Disabilities from amongst (a) to (c) except deaf-blindness

4. AGE LIMIT:

 Upper Age limit as denoted in table above as on closing date of receipt of applications i.e. 18/03/2025.
 The upper age limit in respect of SC, ST, OBC (wherever posts are reserved) and Persons with Disabilities (minimum 40% disability)
and other special categories of persons shall be relaxable as per Govt. Rules and Orders issued from time to time.
 The upper age limit in respect of Government Servants, Ex-servicemen and other special categories of persons are relaxable in
accordance with the orders issued by the Central Government, from time to time, in this regard.
 Age relaxation:
i) Upto 05 years in case of SC/ST candidates for the posts reserved for them
ii) Upto 03 years in case of OBC (Non Creamy Layer (NCL)) candidates for the posts reserved for them
iii) Upto 10 years for PwBD (15 years for SC/ST and 13 years for OBC candidates).
iv) For ex-servicemen, as per rules.
v) 5 years for regularly appointed Central Civilian Govt. employees working in posts which are in the same line or allied cadres and
where a relationship could be established that the service already rendered in a particular post will be useful for the efficient
discharge of the duties of the advertised posts. Decision in this regard will rest with STQC. This relaxation will be admissible to
Central Govt. employees with 3 years of continuous service.
5. PLACE OF POSTING:

The person selected may be posted anywhere in INDIA in the interest of the Organization.

6. CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF POSTS:

The number of vacancies indicated in the above table are tentative and may increase or decrease, depending upon requirements.

7. CHOICE OF CENTRE FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS :

Candidates shall indicate their choice for Centre for Written Examination from the cities listed below. No change of Centre will be
permissible at a later date. NIELIT, however, reserves the right to direct the candidate to appear for Written Test at any location irrespective
of his indicated choice depending upon the number of applications received and the administrative convenience.

1) Agartala 2) Bangalore 3) Calicut 4) Chandigarh 5) Chennai 6) Delhi 7) Guwahati 8) Hyderabad 9) Jaipur 10) Jammu 11) Kolkata
(12) Lucknow (13) Mumbai 14) Patna.

8. SCHEME OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE POST OF SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT

A. SCHEME OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION

a) The Written Examination will be Objective type and OMR based consisting of questions from Technical and Generic Area. The
duration of written test will be 3 hours.
b) There will be total of 120 objective type Questions consisting of 65% questions from Technical Area of respective stream and 35%
questions from Generic Area.
c) Every Question will carry 1 (one) mark and there will be negative marking of 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.
d) The cut-off marks for qualifying the written examination will be 50% for General and EWS Category candidates, 40% for OBC
candidates and 30% for SC/ST/PwBD candidates.
e) The cut off marks specified would be applicable in overall marks ( i.e Technical and Generic Combined) as well as for each section/area
(Technical/ Generic) Separately.
f) The Generic Area will comprise of Logical, Analytical Reasoning Capabilities, Quantitative and Qualitative abilities and General
Awareness and Aptitude.
g) Stream-wise Syllabus for the written examination for post of “Scientific Assistant” is available at https://recruit-delhi.nielit.gov.in
 B. SELECTION PROCESS

a) For the post of Scientific Assistant, selection will be on the basis of written test only.
b) Merit List will be prepared stream-wise (EC/CS/IT) and vacancies will be filled stream-wise as per reservation. For posts, where vacancies
are reserved for PwBD candidates, common merit list of PwBD candidates irrespective of stream and category will be prepared. The offer
of appointment would be issued to the candidates in order of Merit and availability of vacancies.
c) In case more than one candidate secures equal marks, tie shall be resolved by Date of Birth with older candidate placed higher in merit.
d) Verification of requisite documents will be done before joining in respect of post of Scientific Assistant.

9. HOW TO APPLY

i. Before applying, Candidates are advised to go through this advertisement carefully in detail for determining their eligibility as per
laid down criteria for the post.
ii. The admission at all the stages of the examination will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions.
iii. Candidate can apply for only one stream (EC/CS/IT) as per his/her choice. Candidates submitting more than one application will
be rejected.
iv. Candidates can apply ONLINE at https://recruit-delhi.nielit.gov.in between 17/02/2025 (11:30 a.m) and 18/03/2025 (5:30 p.m). No other
means/mode of application will be accepted. Candidates are required to have valid e-mail identification and active mobile number. The
procedure/steps for filling up of applications online are available at https://recruit-delhi.nielit.gov.in under „Instructions for Filling
Application‟.
v. The application shall be treated complete only if all the mandatory Steps are completed successfully. In case candidate is not able to submit
fee by closing date and time, or the application is otherwise incomplete, his/her candidature will summarily be rejected.
vi. Applicant can view the Application details from the View/Print Application menu option available in their login. Applicant is required to
make sure that „Application Status‟ on application form is “Submitted successfully” otherwise application will be treated as
incomplete and summarily rejected.
10. APPLICATION FEES:
The applicants shall pay the Application Fee as indicated in the Table below through online payment mode via application software only:
Category
SC/ST/PwBD/Women candidates General and all others
NIL Rs.800/- per application.
The processing charges towards remittance of Application Fee and service tax, if any, will have to be borne by the candidate. Fee through any
other mode like Demand Draft, Pay Order, Cheque or Challan will not be accepted.

11. ACTIONS AGAINST MISCONDUCT

Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered of, fabricated and should not
 suppress any material information. A candidate is liable to be prosecuted for misconduct if during or at any stage of recruitment, he/she has
been found guilty of:
a. Using unfair means during the examination.
b. Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person.
c. Misbehaving in the examination hall or taking away answer sheet from the examination hall.
d. Resorting to any irregular means in connection with his/her candidature during selection process
e. Obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means

Such candidates in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution may also be liable to be:
 Disqualified from the examination hall
 Debarred either permanently or for a specified period from any examination/recruitment to be conducted by MeitY, its attached offices and
statutory organizations.

12. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS/INFORMATION

i. CITIZENSHIP: A Candidate must be either: (a) a citizen of India, or (b) a subject of Nepal, or (c) a subject of Bhutan, or (d) a Tibetan
refugee who came over to India before 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or (e) a person of Indian
origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of
Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently
settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a
certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
ii. The cut-off date for calculating the age as well as completion of eligibility conditions with regard to essential qualifications and
experience if applicable will be last date of receiving applications i.e. 18/03/2025. The cutoff date will remain unchanged even in
case of extension of the closing date for submission of applications.

iii. NIELIT will not be responsible in case of incomplete transactions during the online payment process. It is the sole responsibility of the
candidate to ensure that the correct payment of application fee has been made successfully. Application fee once paid is non-
refundable. Applicants, in their own interest, should check their eligibility for the post before remitting the application fee. Only
qualifications mentioned against each post shall be considered for determining the eligibility.

iv. All candidates have to register only once.

v. The candidate shall submit only one application. Failure to do so may lead to rejection/cancellation of the Applications.

vi. Correspondences in connection with the recruitment will be made by NIELIT through e-mails / SMS only on the candidates registered
email-id and mobile number. The candidates must, therefore, regularly check their e-mail / SMS. Candidates are also advised to visit
the website frequently for latest updates.
 vii. If at any point of time it is found that the information furnished by the candidate was incorrect in any respect or forged /fabricated
documents were presented by any candidate, his/her candidature will be cancelled and in case the candidate has already joined the post,
his services shall be summarily terminated.

viii. Each candidate shall affix his/her recent colour passport size photograph (of size 3.5 cms x 4.5 cms) on a White Paper and then append
his/her signatures with Black/Blue Pen in another box of 3.5 cms x 1.5cms below the photograph on the same Paper. Scan the above
photo and signature in a single file in JPG format of size not more than 50 KB and upload the same at appropriate space provided in
the on-line Application Form. Each candidate has to upload scanned copy of Signature separately also at appropriate space.

ix. Each candidate has to upload self attested scanned copy of Govt. issued Identity card i.e Aadhar Card/ PAN card/ Passport/ Driving
License/ Voter ID/ Bank Passbook with photo/ Govt issued ID card, Category certificate/EWS Certificate if applicable, PwBD
Certificate if applicable, Date of Birth Certificate, Certificate and Marks card of essential qualifications etc. at the time of submitting
application. Any claim of reserved category shall be admissible only if the certificates for reservation are obtained prior to the
closing date of receiving applications and are valid on date of submitting application.

x. Candidate shall have eligibility qualification complete in all respects by cut-off date. Qualifications obtained through Open
Universities/Distance Education mode that are approved by DEC and wherever necessary, by AICTE, are recognized for the purpose
of employment under Central Government vide Gazette Notification No. 44 dated 1st March 1995.

xi. Before final submission of the on-line Application Form, the candidates must go through the same carefully. It shall be noted
that Incomplete / Incorrect application form will be summarily rejected.

xii. After submitting the ONLINE Application Form, the candidate should take the printout of Application form having application number
and other details. This application number should be referred in all future correspondence with NIELIT in connection with this
recruitment process.

xiii. Candidates working with Central Govt. / State Govt./PSU/Autonomous bodies/other Govt. bodies have to furnish „NOC‟ at the time of
joining. The „NOC‟ should also confirm that no disciplinary/Vigilance case is either pending or contemplated.

xiv. Withdrawal of candidature on account of non furnishing of any information will not confer any right to carry forward or retain the
candidature for future recruitment.

xv. No request for change in particulars furnished in application form shall be entertained/ permitted and the particulars provided
by the applicant in the online application form will be taken as final.

xvi. NO TA/DA shall be paid for attending the written test / interview.

xvii. For any technical problem related to online submission of application form /downloading of admit card/ interview Call Letter , please
send e-mail to [email protected] mentioning Post applied and advertisement number in the subject. No other query will be
entertained.