Recruitment for the Posts of Engineering Officer Grade, Scientific Assistant, Technician, Accounts Officer and Assistant in Central Power Research Institute, Central Power Research Institute

ADVERTISEMENT No. CPRI/06/2017

RECRUITMENT

Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) is an autonomous Society under the Ministry of Power engaged in Research and Development in the fields of generation, transmission, distribution and operation of electricity supply systems. CPRI acts as an apex body for initiating and coordinating as a Centre for applied research in electrical power engineering assisting the electrical industry in product development and in Quality Assurance. CPRI also serves as an independent Authority for Testing & Certification of power equipment. The CPRI Head office is situated at Bangalore and its units are at Bhopal, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Noida, Kolkata and Guwahati and site office in NHPTL, Bina.

CPRI invites on-line applications from the eligible Indian Nationals for filling up of vacancies in the following posts.

The category-wise break-up of vacancies of the posts is as follows:

Sl. No.	Name of the post (s)	Categories and number of vacancies
		UR	SC	ST	OBC	Total
1	Engineering Officer Gr.2	1	-	2	-	3
2	Engineering Officer Gr.1	5	-	-	-	5
3	Scientific Assistant Gr.1	-	3	-	-	3
4	Technician Gr.1	4	1	-	1	6
5	Accounts Officer	1	-	-		1
6	Assistant Gr. II	3		1	1	5
7	MTS Gr. I Watchman Reserved for Ex-service men	2	-	-	1	3

CPRI reserves the right to fill up the post, and to post the candidates appointed in any of its offices located anywhere in India. The initial posting for the post at Sl.No.(1) will be at Bina (M.P)

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION EXPERIENCE AND AGE:

Sl. No.	Name of the Post	Educational qualification and experience prescribed	Upper Age limit (years)
1.	Engineering Officer Grade 2	I Class M Tech or equivalent (Related to Electrical Engineering Stream)	35
2.	Engineering Officer Grade 1	I Class BE or equivalent (Electrical/Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering )	30
3.	Scientific Assistant Grade 1	I Class B.Sc. in Chemistry	30
4	Technician Grade 1	ITI Trade Certificate (Electrician/ Fitter)	28
5.	Accounts Officer	A University Degree with professional qualification such as SAS, CA, ICWA with 5 years post professional qualification experience in a Govt. / PSU/Autonomous organization/Company of repute at supervisory level. The experience possessed shall be related with the job description of the post.	40
6.	Assistant Grade II	A University Degree with English Typing (Computer) with 3 years of post-degree experience in the relevant field relating to the job description of the post.	30
7.	MTS Gr.I (Watchman)	Ex-serviceman preferably with 10th Pass	45 (for UR Ex-service-men and 48 for OBC Ex-service men)

Mere fulfilling of minimum prescribed qualifications and experience will not entitle the candidates to be called for OMR based Objective type Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) test/ Skill test/Interview. In the event of number of eligible applications being large, CPRI reserves the right to shortlist the candidates to be called for MCQ test as per academic merit.

The upper age limit is the age as on the last date prescribed for registration of on-line application i.e. 27.02.2017. The age limit mentioned for posts at Sl. No. 1 to 6 are normal age limits and for reserved categories, upper age limit is relaxable as per Govt. of India norms. For the post at Sl. No (7) the upper age limit specified is as per relaxed norms.

The upper age limit for Departmental candidates with three years of continuous service in CPRI is 5 years over and above the maximum age limit prescribed for posts having Grade Pay of Rs.4200/- or more and 10 years for posts having Grade Pay of less than Rs.4200/-

PAY STRUCTURE AND JOB DESCRIPTION:

Sl.No	Name of the post	Pay Band and Grade pay	Brief Job Description	Selection Procedure
1.	Engineering Officer Grade 2	Rs.15600-39100 GP- Rs. 5400/-	Testing and performance, evaluation of Power apparatus as per National & International standards. To take up research projects, Consultancy works, Operation & maintenance of power apparatus, Execution and supervision of projects, Assistance in implementation of Quality Management System etc.,	The eligible short-listed candidates will be called for MCQ Test and those who qualify in the test are called for interview. The final section is made based on the performance in the Interview and academic merit.
2.	Engineering Officer Grade 1	Rs.9300-34800 GP- Rs 4600/-	Testing and performance evaluation of power apparatus as per National & International standards. To take up research projects in the relevant areas, consultancy work, operation & maintenance and supervision.	The eligible short-listed candidates will be called for MCQ Test/and those who qualify in the test are ranked for selection based on their academic merit.
3.	Scientific Assistant Grade 1	Rs.9300-34800 GP-Rs 4200/-	Testing and performance evaluation of Dielectric Materials as per National & International standards. Operation & maintenance of laboratory apparatus/ equipment etc.,	The eligible shortlisted candidates will be called for MCQ Test/ Skill Test and those who qualify in the test are ranked for selection based on their academic merit.
4.	Technician Grade 1	Rs.5200-20200 GP-Rs 1900/-	Handling & erection of test apparatus, maintenance of electrical systems & other activities related to trade and mechanical workshop etc,.	The eligible shortlisted candidates who qualify the cutoff Marks in MCQ will be shortlisted for Skill Test and selection will be based on qualifying in Skill Test and academic merit.

5.

Accounts Officer

Rs.15600-39100

GP- Rs. 5400/-

Accounts Officers are expected to work in the areas of compilation and finalization of accounts, Preparation of financial statements, Budgeting, Budgetary control, Financial reporting and Statutory compliances. Attending to audit such as Internal Audit & Statutory Audit etc., They should be capable of working in the computerized environment where Accounting Software like Tally, SAP, Custom-built software, etc., are used/implemented.

The eligible short-listed candidates will be called for MCQ Test and those who qualify in the test are called for interview. The final selection is made based on the performance in the Interview, academic merit and post professional qualification experience in the areas prescribed for the post.

6.

Assistant Grade II

Rs.5200-20200

GP-Rs 2400/-

Assistants are expected to deal with subjects connected with Administration like Recruitment, promotion, legal, RTI, maintenance personal files, service book, etc. They are also expected to work in the areas connected with Accounts- like Pay bill preparation, Passing of bills, Preparation of financial statements maintenance of Accounts ledger, Asset registers, preparation of invoices, accounts statement, routine correspondence, MIS reports and returns etc.,

The eligible short-listed candidates will be called for MCQ Test/Skill Test and those who qualify in the test are ranked for selection based on their academic merit and post degree experience in the relevant areas prescribed for the post.

7.

MTS Gr.I (Watchman)

Rs.5200-20200

GP Rs.1800/-

Security and Safety related work

The eligible short-listed candidates will be called for MCQ tests and those who qualify in the test are ranked for selection based on Physical test and experience.

Probation for all the posts will be initially for a period of 2 years. All the posts carry service benefits of NPS contribution/Leave/LTC/Medical benefits and allowances as per Government of India norms.

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Important Dates

	Start Date	End Date
Notification Issued
Applications		27-Feb-2017
Admit Cards
Examinations (Preliminary)
Exam Results (Preliminary)
Examinations (Mains)
Answer Keys
Exam Results (Mains)
Interviews
Final Results

Notification Issued By

Organization : Central Power Research Institute
Organization City, State : bengaluru, karnataka
Organization Website : http://cpri.in