VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTRE

Thiruvananthapuram - 695 022

ADVERTISEMENT NO. VSSC-301 DATED 07.10.2017

INVITES APPLICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING POSTS

POST : TECHNICAL ASSISTANT [LEVEL 07( ` 44,900 - ` 1,42,400/- )]
Post No	Discipline	No. of posts	Reserved for	Essential qualifications for the post	Physical Requirements	Nature of job
			Category	PWD
1366	Electronics	12	UR-07, OBC-04, SC-01	HH-01 (Moderate Disability)	First Class Diploma in Electronics Engineering / Electronics & Communication Engineering / Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering/ Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering.	S, ST, W, BN, L, CL, CRL, MF, RW, SE, H, C, BA, BL,PP, KC	Testing, integration, measurement, analysis, maintenance, screening and calibration of electronic systems.
1367	Mechanical	11	UR-07 OBC-03 SC-01	-	First Class Diploma in Mechanical Engineering	S, ST, W, BN, L, CRL, KC, CL, MF, RW, SE, H, C, PP	Co-ordination and monitoring of manufacturing/ fabrication, production planning activities, integration & testing of hardware, mechanical quality control activity for inertial sensors, systems, actuators and mechanisms.
1368	Chemical	02	UR-01 OBC-01	-	First Class Diploma in Chemical Engineering	S, ST, W, BN, CRL, CL, L, KC, RW, MF, PP,SE, C, H	Supervision of hazardous propellant preparation process, production planning, inspection and quality control, raw material preparation and processing activities for propellant and speciality chemicals. Processing involves sieving, drying, distillation, mixing, vacuum and pressure casting of solid propellant paste, dimensional inspection of solid propellant grains, solid rocket propellant grain processing etc.
1369	Civil	01	UR-01	-	First Class Diploma in Civil Engineering	S, ST, W, BN, L, KC, CRL, CL, MF, RW, SE, H, C, PP	Supervision of construction and maintenance of buildings, roads, bridges, laying pipelines, preparation of drawings, cost estimation etc.
1370	Computer Science	01	UR-01	VH-01 (Low Vision)	First Class Diploma in Computer Science & Engineering.	S, ST, W, BN, L, KC, CRL, CL, MF, RW, SE, H, C, PP	Computer Network operations, Id card printing, Data centre operations

1371	Instrumentation	01	UR-01	-	First Class Diploma in Instrumentation Engineering	S, ST, W, BN, L, KC, CRL, CL, MF, RW, SE, H, C, PP	Supervision, installation, operation and maintenance of various instruments and measurement systems.
POST : SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANT [LEVEL 07( ` 44,900 - ` 1,42,400/- )]
Post No	Discipline	No. of posts	Reserved for	Essential qualifications for the post	Physical Requirements	Nature of job
1372	Chemistry	04	UR-03 OBC-01	First Class B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry	S, ST, W, BN, L, KC, CL, MF, RW, SE, H, C, PP	Processing and analysis of speciality chemicals, polymers and materials for space applications.
POST : JUNIOR HINDI TRANSLATOR [LEVEL 06( ` 35,400 - ` 1,12,400/- )]
Post No	No. of posts	Reserved for	Essential qualifications for the post	Physical Requirements	Nature of job
1373	01	UR-01	1. Masters degree from a recognized University in Hindi with English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level. OR Masters degree from a recognized University in English with Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level. OR Masters degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi medium and English as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level. OR Masters degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with English medium and Hindi as a compulsory or elective subject or as the medium of examination at the degree level. OR Masters degree from a recognized University in any subject other than Hindi or English, with Hindi and English as compulsory or elective subjects or either of the two as a medium of examination and the other as a compulsory or elective subject at degree level. AND 2. Recognized Diploma or Certificate Course in Translation from Hindi to English and vice-versa or two years experience of translation work from Hindi to English and vice-versa in Central/State	S, ST, W, BN, L,CL, MF, RW, SE, H, C,	Apart from translation, all types of work which are required to be done in Hindi or bilingually according to the requirements of Official Language Act, Rules, Annual Programme etc, circulation of orders, preparation of progress reports, preparation of agenda and minutes of meetings of Official Language Implementation Committees, implementing incentive schemes, sharing information on Hindi tools, nomination of employees for learning Hindi, organizing Hindi workshops, Technical Hindi Seminars, Hindi month and other such functions to propagate the use of Hindi. Assisting Sr. Hindi Officer/Hindi Officer/Section In-charge in various activities for ensuring the compliance of the Official Language Policy of the Union.

Government Office, including Government of India undertakings.

Abbreviations

UR=Un-reserved, OBC=Other Backward Class, SC=Scheduled Caste, PWD=Persons with Disabilities, HH=Hearing Handicapped, S=Sitting, ST=Standing, W=Walking, BN=Bending, L=Lifting, RW=Reading & Writing, MF=Manipulation by Fingers, SE=Seeing, C=Communication, CRL=Crawling, CL=Climbing, PP=Pulling & Pushing, KC=Kneeling & Croutching, H=Hearing, JU=Jumping

Note:

1. The candidates appointed under PWD quota will be adjusted against the vacancy of respective categories of SC/OBC/Un-reserved. Persons suffering from not less than 40% of relevant disability shall alone be eligible for the benefit of reservation and other relaxation as permissible under rules.

2. Persons with Disability (PWD) can apply to the posts suitable to them even if the post is not reserved for them. However, such candidates will be considered for selection to such post by general standard of merit.

3. The above vacancies may vary depending upon the actual requirement.

4. The Centre reserves the right not to fill up any of the posts, if it so decides.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications will be received on-line only and all further communications will be made to the applicants through e-mail/VSSC website only. Therefore, the applicants are advised to check their e-mail and visit the VSSC website from time to time. For submission of online applications, please visit VSSC website http://www.vssc.gov.in from 1000 hours on 09.10.2017. to 1700 hours on 23.10.2017.The candidates registered under National Career Service (NCS) portal and fulfilling the eligibility conditions may visit ISRO website and follow the application procedure as stated.

"Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply"

GENERAL CONDITIONS/INSTRUCTIONS

01. The posts are temporary, but likely to continue.

02. THOSE WHO POSSESS THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATION AS ON THE LAST DATE OF APPLICATION ONLY NEED TO APPLY.

03. AGE LIMIT (as on 23.10.2017) and Pay & allowances:

Sl No	Post No.	Post	Age Limit	Approximate Salary per month
			UR	OBC	SC	ST
01	1366	Technical Assistant (Electronics)	35 years	38 years	40 years	35 years	` 53,800/-
02	1367	Technical Assistant (Mechanical)	35 years	38 years	40 years	35 years	` 53,800/-
03	1368	Technical Assistant (Chemical)	35 years	38 years	35 years	35 years	` 53,800/-
04	1369	Technical Assistant (Civil)	35 years	35 years	35 years	35 years	` 53,800/-
05	1370	Technical Assistant (Computer Science & Engineering)	35 years	35 years	35 years	35 years	` 53,800/-
06	1371	Technical Assistant (Instrumentation)	35 years	35 years	35 years	35 years	` 53,800/-
07	1372	Scientific Assistant (Chemistry)	35 years	38 years	35 years	35 years	` 53,800/-
08	1373	Junior Hindi Translator	35 years	35 years	35 years	35 years	` 42,400/-

Minimum age is 18 years for all posts.

Ex-Servicemen, Meritorious Sportspersons & Persons With Disability (PWD) are eligible for age relaxation as per Government of India orders.

04. For the Scientific/Technical posts (Post Nos.1366 to 1372), the Organisation has a progressive HRD policy which provides an excellent growth potential for the right individual through its periodical merit based performance review system (called Merit Promotion Scheme) de-linked from availability of vacancies at higher post by which the staff are being evaluated for the advancement of their career in the Organisation.

05. The Organisation provides medical facilities (Contributory Health Service Scheme) for self and dependants, free transport facilities/transport allowance, subsidised canteen facilities, housing accommodation subject to availability, in addition to the facilities available to the other Central Government Staff. The Centre has a well-maintained Central School and a well-stocked Library that provides an excellent opportunity for professional development.

06. At present the place of posting is VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram, but the selected candidates are liable to be posted in any of the Units of the Indian Space Research Organisation/Department of Space situated anywhere in India as and when required.

07. SC candidates will have to submit self attested copy of SC certificate issued by the Competent Authority in the prescribed format applicable for reservation in jobs under Government of India at the time of skill test.

08. In respect of OBC candidates, reservation will be available only to candidates, who do not fall in the Creamy Layer and have to submit latest OBC (non-creamy layer) certificate issued by the Competent Authority in the prescribed format applicable for reservation in jobs under Government of India at the time of written/skill test. OBC certificate must specifically include the clause regarding exclusion from Creamy Layer and should be updated/valid at the relevant point of time i.e. at the time of submission of application form for the above post. OBC candidates, must therefore, furnish valid and updated OBC certificate which should specifically include the clause regarding Exclusion from Creamy Layer in order to be considered against the posts reserved for OBC at the time of skill test.

09. Candidates will have to produce proof of the details furnished in their applications submitted on-line as and when required.

10. SELECTION PROCESS :

The selection process consists of (1) written test and (2) skill test. The written test will be conducted first and short-listing will be done based on the written test scores and required number of candidates (ratio between vacancy and number of candidates to be called for skill test) alone shall be called for skill test. Written test will be conducted in such a way that theoretical and practical knowledge of the candidate is tested covering both breadth and depth of the prescribed curriculum. The skill test will be purely on go-no-go basis and marks obtained in the skill test will not be considered for selection. The skill test will be evaluated on a 100 point scale with minimum 60% for qualification. The final selection will be done amongst qualified candidates, purely based on the scores obtained in the written test. From amongst candidates who qualify in the skill test with 60% marks, empanelment will be done in the order of marks obtained in the written test. In case of a tie in the written scores, the academic scores of the notified qualification will be the tie-breaker.

Please note that the qualification prescribed above for the posts advertised is the minimum requirement and the same does not automatically make the candidates eligible for selection.

11. The Centre reserves the right not to fill up any of the posts, if it so decides.

12. Only Indian Nationals need apply.

13. No interim correspondence will be entertained.

14. Canvassing in any form will be a disqualification.

15. Candidates working under Central/State Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Autonomous bodies etc. should submit their application through proper channel or submit No objection certificate at the time of written test/skill test.

16. Applications submitted without complete information, photo, signature etc. will summarily be rejected.

PAYMENT OF APPLICATION FEE :

There will be a non-refundable application fee of Rs.250/- (Rupees Two Hundred & Fifty Only) for each application. Fee may be paid online through Credit Card / Debit Card / Internet Banking only through Integrated SBI ePay facility. No other mode of payment will be acceptable and the fee will not be refundable under any circumstances.

Female/Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST)/Ex-serviceman [EX] and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) candidates are exempted from payment of Application Fee. Please note that the applications of non-exempted categories without Application Fee will not be considered.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION :

Upon on-line registration, applicants will be provided with an on-line Registration Number, which should be carefully preserved for future reference. The candidates are also advised to take a printout of the online application for future reference.

The applicant need not send any documents such as print out of online application, copies of certificates/mark lists in proof of educational qualification, work experience, age etc.

Note : In case of submission of duplicate/multiple applications by Female/Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST)/Ex-serviceman [EX] and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) candidates, the latest application submitted before the closing date of submission of application shall be considered for further processing. In case of submission of multiple applications by other candidates including OBC, the application against which the application fee has been received within the last date of payment of application fee only will be considered.

Important Dates

	Start Date	End Date
Notification Issued		07-Oct-2017
Applications	09-Oct-2017	23-Oct-2017

Notification Issued By

Organization : Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Organization City, State : thiruvananthapuram, kerala
Organization Website : http://www.vssc.gov.in

Recruitment of Technical Assistant, Scientific Assistant, Junior Hindi Translator

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