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What is ESE/ IES?



Indian Engineering Services comprise of engineers who work under the government of India and designated as Class  1 officer. They administer a large segment of the public sector economy, which constitutes of Indian Railways, Power, Telecommunications, Central Water engineering, Defence service of Engineers, Central Engineering Service, etc. The nature of work performed by these bureaucrats largely depends on their engineering branch and the service or cadre they are recruited in. The career progression goes smoothly attaining high esteem. The first position offered is that of Asst. Executive engineer and the hierarchy ends at the position of Chairman/ Managing Director.

A combined competitive examination is conducted by the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services. The Examination constitutes of a written examination followed by an interview for the personality test. The recruitment of qualified candidates is made under the following categories:

Electronics & Telecommunication EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringCivil Engineering

ESE 2019Eligibility



(I) Nationality:

  A candidate must be either:

  (a) A citizen of India or

  (b) A subject of Nepal or A subject of Bhutan or

(c) A Tibetan refugee who came over to Indian before the 1st January, 1962 with the intention of permanently

settling in India or

  (d) 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, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with

the intention of permanently settling in India.



Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c) and (d) above shall be a person in whose favor a
certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.



(II) Age Limits:

A candidate for this examination must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years on the 1st August, of the exam year.The upper age-limit of 30 years will be relaxable up to 35 years in the case of Government servants of the following categories, if they are employed in a Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities mentioned in column 1 below and apply for admission to the examination for all or any of the Service(s)/Posts mentioned in column 2, for which they are otherwise eligible.The upper age-limit prescribed above will be further relaxable:

(i) Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe.

(ii) Upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to OBC category.

(iii) Upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the state of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.

(iv) Upto a maximum of three years in the case of defence service personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof.

Yes, you are eligible. You may appear with any of the four subjects EE, EC, ME & CE. Usually UPSC conducts this examination in the month of June every year and notification is published in the month of January.

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