IES Exam

Eligibility Criteria

1. Physical criteria:

   1. Medical Examination

   • Candidates finally recommended by the Commission on the basis of Engineering Services Examination, 2024 shall be required to undergo a medical examination.
   • Every candidate, on being finally recommended by Commission will be required to undergo a medical examination as and when so decided by the Ministry of communications, Department of Telecommunications irrespective of the fact that he/she has appeared for such medical examination in the past and found the fit/unfit on the basis of earlier examination.
   • The findings of the Medical Board will be taken as final and binding for all allotment purposes.

   2. Physical standards

   • Candidates must be physically fit according to physical standards for admission to Engineering Services Examination, 2024 as per guidelines are mentioned in official notification of the Rules for the Engineering Services Examination, 2024 which is going to be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 06.09.2023.

2. Nationality:

   ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS.

   (I) Nationality

   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 January 1, 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, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India.

   Note:

   • 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
   • A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.

3. Education qualification:

   For Admission to the Examination, a Candidate Must Have:

   • Obtained a degree in Engineering from a university incorporated by an act of the central or state legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as universities under section-3 of the university grants commission act, 1956 or
   • Passed Section A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India) or
   • Obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University/College/Institution and under such conditions as may be recognised by the Government for the purpose from time to time or
   • Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India) or
   • Passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II and III/Sections A and B of the Aeronautical Society of India or
   • Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Radio Engineers, London held after November 1959
   • Provided that a candidate for the post of Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts) and Indian Radio Regulatory Service Group 'A' may possess any of the above qualifications or the qualification mentioned below namely: For Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts) - M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication, Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject.
   • For Indian Radio Regulatory Service Group 'A' - M.Sc. degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject or Master’s Degree in Science with Physics and Radio Communication or Electronics or Telecommunication as a special subject.

   NOTE : In light of the judgement of Hon'ble High of Delhi dated 13.01.2023 in connection with the WP (C) 3239/2013 as communicated vide Ministry of Education's Letter No. 20-2/2019-TC (Part) dated 6th June, 2023, the degree certificates of the candidates obtained from the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India) and the Aeronautical Society of India, by taking admission post 31.05.2023, will not be admissible for the Engineering Services Examination, 2025.Further, the eligiblity of the candidates who has obtained degree / certificate from the Institution of Engineers (India), by taking admission post 31.05.2013, will be subject to the decision of the Government in Pursuance of the judgement of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in the W.P.No.3790/2013".
   

4. Age limit:

   (a) 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 January, 2025. i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1995 and not later than 1st January, 2004.
   
   (b) 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.

   (c) A candidate who has been continuously in a temporary service on a regular basis in the particular mentioned below Department/Office for at least 3 years on 1st January, 2025.

   List of Departments:

   Department	Post in Each Department
   Central Public Of Works Departments	C.E.S. Group 'A', CE&MES Gr 'A'
   Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Central Engineering Service (Roads) Gr. 'A'
   Ministry of Communication, Deptt. of Telecommunication	Indian Radio Regulatory Service Group 'A' Indian Telecommunication Service Group 'A'
   Min of Defence, Deptt. of Defence Production, Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance	Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service (DAQAS) Gr. 'A'
   Ministry of Science & Technology, Deptt. of Science & Technology	Survey of India Gr 'A' Service
   Border Roads Organisation	BRES Gr. 'A'
   Indian Navy	Indian Naval Armament Service, Indian Naval Material Management Service
   Military Engineer Services	Indian Defence Service of Engineers (IDSE) Group 'A' AEE (QS&C) in Military Enigneer Service (MES) Surveyor Cadre
   Min of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development of Ganga Rejuvenation, Central Water Commission	Central Water Enigneering Group-A Service.
   Central Electricity Authority	CPES Gr 'A'.
   Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship	Indian Skill Development Service
   Ministry of MSME	Indian Enterprises Development Service

   Upper Age Limit prescribed above will be further relaxable:

   • Up to a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe.
   • Up to a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to OBC category who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
   • Up to 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.
   • Up to a maximum of five years in the case of Ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1st Januray, 2025 and have been released (a) on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from 1st January 2025) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency, or (b) on account of physical disability attributable to Military Service or (c) on invalidment
   • Up to a maximum of five years in the case of ECOs/SSCOs who have completed an initial period of assignment of five years of Military Services as on 1st January 2025, and whose assignment has been extended beyond five years and in whose case the Ministry of Defence issues a certificate that they can apply for civil employment and they will be released on three months notice on selection from the date of receipt of offer of appointment.
   • Up to a maximum of 10 years in the case of blind, deaf-mute and Orthopaedically handicapped persons.

5. Number of atempts: