Indian Engineering Services

Indian Engineering Services

Indian Engineering Services are the Technical Services that meet the technical managemerial functions of the Indian Government. Government spending comprises more than 15 percent of India's GDP. Given the extent of tasks and functions managed by the public sector this extends to a fairly broad segment of the economy covering the Railroads, Military, Public works, Power, Telecommunications, etc.

Like in most countries, the Government of India recruits its civil servants and officials on the basis of merit. The middle management positions in the bureaucracy are filled through competitive exams. Large number of people take these exams competing for limited seats. Some seats are Reserved in India for the underprivileged sections of society.

A combined competitive examination is conducted by the UPSC; for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services (IES).

The test is conducted in June every year at centres across India, namely: Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (Guwahati), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Port Blair, Raipur, Sambalpur, Shillong, Simla, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakapatnam.

Recruitment to Group - A Services / Posts and Group - B Services / Posts are made under the following categories of Engineering:

* CATEGORY I - Civil engineering
* CATEGORY II - Mechanical engineering
* CATEGORY III - Electrical engineering
* CATEGORY IV - Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering.

The Indian Railways cadres are the most sought after in all these categories.

Civil engineering

*Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE)
*Indian Railway Stores Service (civil engineering posts) IRSS(Civil)
*Survey of India Service (civil engineering posts) SIS(Civil)
*Central Engineering Service(CES)
*Military Engineer Services (IDSE)
*Central Engineering Service (Roads), Group - A, (civil engineering posts)
*Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in Border Roads Engineering Service, Group - A
*Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (civil engineering posts) (IOFS)

Mechanical engineering

*Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
*Indian Railway Stores Service (mechanical engineering posts)
*Central Water Engineering Service (mechanical engineering posts)
*Central Power Engineering Service (mechanical engineering posts)
*Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (mechanical engineering posts)
*Indian Naval Armament Service (mechanical engineering posts)
*Military Engineer Services (IDSE - Electrical and Mechanical Cadre) (mechanical engineering posts)
*Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (mechanical engineering posts)
*Assistant Executive Engineer (Electrical and Mechanical) (mechanical engineering posts)
*Border Roads Engineering Service, Group - A
*Drilling Engineer (Junior) Group - A in Geological Survey of India
*Central Engineering Service (Roads), Group - A, (mechanical engineering posts)

Electrical engineering

*Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
*Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engineering posts)
*Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering posts)
*Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electrical Engineering posts)
*Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering posts)
*Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering posts)
*Military Engineer Services (IDSE - Electrical and Mechanical Cadre) (Electrical Engineering posts)
*Assistant Executive Engineer Group - A (electrical engineering posts) in the Corps of E.M.E., Ministry of Defence (India)

Electronics & telecommunications

*Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
*Indian Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication / Electronics Engineering posts)
*Engineer in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing / Monitoring organisation; Ministry of Communication (Department of Telecommunications)
*Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering branch) (Electronics Engineering posts)
*Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering posts)
*Central Power Engineering Service (Telecommunications Engineering posts)
*Survey of India Service, Group - A, (Electronics and Telecom Engineering posts)
*Assistant Executive Engineer, Group - A, (Electronics Engineering posts) in the Corps of E.M.E., Ministry of Defence


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