UPSC Indian Engineering Services Examination – IES 2011 Exam Schedule

UPSC IES Exam 2011 Date

A combined competitive examination for recruitment to the Services / posts mentioned in para 2 below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission at Agartla, Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhopal, Kolkata (Calcutta), Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Dharwar, Dispur (Guwahari), Gangtok, Hyderabad, Imphal, Itaganar, Jaipur, Jammu, Jorhat, Kochi, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Panaji (Goa), Patna, Portbolar, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Shillong, Shimla, Srinagar, Thiruvanandapuram, Tirupati, Udaipur and Vishakhapatnam commencing on 14th May, 2011 in accordance with the Rules published by the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) in the Gazette of India Extra-ordinary dated the 8th January, 2011.

UPSC Indian Engineering Service Examination – IES 2011 Exam Date: 14th May, 2011.

The Centres and the Date of Holding the Indian Engineering Service Examination as Mentioned above are Liable to be Changed at the Discretion of the commission.

while every Effort will be made to Allot the Candidates to the Centre of their choice for Examination, the Commission may, at their Discretion, Allot a Different Centre to a Candidate When Circumstances So Warrant.

Candidates Admitted to the Examination will be Informed of the Time table and Place or Places of Examination.

The candidates should note that no request for change of centre will normally be entertained. However, when a candidate desires a change in centre from the one he had indicated in his Application Form for the Examination, he must send a letter addressed to the Controller of Examination, Union Public Service Commission giving full justification as to why he desires a change in centre. Such requests will be considered on merits but requests received in the Commission’s Office after 7th March, 2011 will not be entertained under any circumstances nor will such communications be replied to.

2. (A) Recruitment on the results of this examination will be made to the Services / Posts under the following categories :-

The number of vacancies to be filled on the results of the examination is expected to be approximately 745 including 50 PH vacancies. The number of vacancies is liable to alteration.

Reservations will be made for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Physically Disabled Categories in respect of vacancies as may be fixed by the Government of India.


Category I – Civil Engineering
Group A Services/Posts

1. Indian Railway Service of Engineers.
2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Civil Engineering Posts).
3. Central Engineering Service.
4. Indian Defense Service of Engineers (Civil Engineering Posts).
5. Indian Ordinance Factories Services (Engineering Branch) (Civil Engineering Posts)
6. Central Water Engineering (Grade ‘A’) Service (Civil Engineering Posts).
7. Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts).
8. Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) in P&T Building Works (Gr’A') Service

Category II – Mechanical Engineering
Group A Services/Posts

1. Indian Railway Service of MECHANICAL Engineers.
2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
3. Central Water Engineering (Grade ‘A’) Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
4. Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
5. Indian Ordinance Factories Service. (Engineering Branch) (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
6. Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
7. Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in the Corps of EME, Ministry of Defence.
8. Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.
9. Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)
10. Assistant Executive Engineer (Group A) in the Geological Survey of India.
11. Indian Inspection Service, Gr.’A’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
12. Indian Supply Service, Gr.’A’ (Mechanical Engineering Posts).
13. Indian Defense Service of Engineers (Mechanical Engineering Posts).

Category III – Electrical Engineering
Group A Services/Posts

1. Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers.
2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
3. Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
4. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
5. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engg Branch) (Electrical Engineering Posts).
6. Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).
7. Indian Defense Service of Engineers (Electrical Engineering Posts).
8. Assistant Executive Engineer Group A (Electrical Engineering Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E, Ministry of Defence.
9. Assistant Naval Store officer Grade I (Electrical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.
10. Indian Supply Service, Grade’A’ (Electrical Engineering Posts).

Category IV – Electronics & Tele Communication Engineering
Group A Services/Posts

1. Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers.
2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Tele-communication/Electronics Engineering Posts).
3. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (Engineering Branch) (Electronics Engineering Posts).
4. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics Engineering Posts).
5. Junior Telecom officer Group ‘B’ in Indian Telecommunication Service.
6. Assistant Executive Engineer Group ‘A’ (Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Posts) in the Corps of E.M.E., Ministry of Defence.
7. Engineer (GCS-Grade”A”) in Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing/Monitoring Organisation; M/o Communication and Information Technology (D/o Telecommunication)
8. Assistant Naval Stores officer Grade I (Electronics & Telecom Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.
9. Indian Inspection Service, Grade’A’ (Electronics & Telecom Engineering Posts).
10. Indian Supply Service, Grade’A’ (Electronics & Telecom Engineering Posts).
11. Indian Telecommunication Service, Group ‘A’

Note :- Recruitment to the Services/Posts mentioned above will be made on the basis of the scheme(s) of examination prescribed in Appendix-I to the Notice. Candidates who are declared qualified on the results of written part of the examination will be required to indicate their preference for Services/Posts at the appropriate time in the detailed application form.

N.B. :

(i) Departmental Candidates are the Candidates Admitted to the Examination Under Age Relaxation Vide Rule 5(B). Such Candidates May Give Their Preferences For The Services / Posts in Other Ministries / Departments Also.

(ii) Candidates admitted to the examination under the proviso to para 3 (III) will be considered only for the posts mentioned in the said proviso, and their preference for other Services and Posts, if any, will be ignored.

(iii) The candidates will be allotted to various Services/Posts strictly in accordance with their merit position, preferences exercised by them and number of vacancies, subject to their medical fitness.

B. A candidate may apply for admission to the examination in respect of any one of the categories of the Services/Posts mentioned in para 2 above viz. Civil Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.