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What is ESE / IES Exam?

Indian Engineering Services (IES) Exam also called as Engineering Services (ES) Exam is a premier competitive Examination conducted every year by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services.

It is to work under the Government of India to manage a large segment of public sector economy which constitutes of Railroads, Public works, Power, Telecommunications, etc. Candidates who are selected for IES are appointed as Assistant Executive Engineers in various departments under central government for Group A and Group B posts.

All appointments to the group A services are made by the president of India. Candidates have to apply IES through online. The application fee is Rs.200/- for male category general applicants, while no fee is required by reserved category and female applicants.

ELIGIBILITY for IES Exam

AGE ELIGIBILITY:

You need to be between 21 years to 30 years on the 1st August of the year of examination. For example, for IES-2011, You should be born not earlier than 2nd August,1981 and not later than 1st August,1990. Age relaxation exist as per Govt. rules.

  1. AGE Limit for GENERAL UPTO 30yrs
  2. AGE Limit for OBC UPTO 33yrs
  3. AGE Limit for SC/ST UPTO 35yrs.

ACADEMIC ELIGIBLITY:

A degree in Engineering from recognized university or equivalent. Final year Engineering candidates or equivalent are also eligible.

Tentative Time Table

Date of notification : SEPTEMBER
Last data for receipt for application : OCTOBER
ENGINEERING SERVICES (PRELIMS) : JANUARY
ENGINEERING SERVICES (MAINS) : JUNE

STRUCTURE AND PATTERN OF ENGINEERING SERVICE EXAMINATION:

Engineering service Examinations is of three stages:

Stage-I: Preliminary,
Stage-II: Mains,
Stage-III: Personality test.

IES EXAM STATISTICS:

You can find from above IES exam statistics that close to 30%-40% people who applies for IES exam, does not appears for the IES exam. Also majority of the screening is done at the written test - only 1.5% -3% of those who writes the exam are called for interview. However, once you are called for the interview, a chance of being finally selected is pretty good- 30%- 40%. IES is therefore considered as the toughest exam in India. Because of difficult selection procedure, IES officers carry high respect and status in society and are able to manage activities in diverse areas.

IES Exam is conducted for the streams of CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION.

Qualified Candidates of Engineering Services Examination will be posted under the following mentioned posts.

A. Civil Engineering

  1. Indian Railway Service of Engineers
  2. Central Engineering Service
  3. Indian Defense Service of Engineers
  4. Indian Railway Stores Service
  5. Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A
  6. Central Water Engineering Service
  7. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
  8. AEE in P&T building works Group-A Services
  9. AEE in Border Road Engg. Services GR-A

B. Mechanical Engineering

  1. Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers
  2. Indian Railway Stores Service
  3. Indian Defense Service of Engineers
  4. Central Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Service (Mechanical Post)
  5. Central Water Engineering Service Group-A (Mechanical Post)
  6. Central Power Engineering Service (Mechanical Post)
  7. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
  8. Indian Inspection Service Group A
  9. Central Engineering Service (Roads) Group-A
  10. Indian Supply Service Group A (Mechanical Posts)
  11. Assistant Executive Engineer Group A Geological Survey of India
  12. Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy
  13. Indian Naval Armament Service
  14. Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defense

C. Electrical Engineering

  1. Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers
  2. Indian Railway Stores Service
  3. Indian Defense Service of Engineers(Electrical Posts)
  4. Central Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Service (Electrical Post)
  5. Central Power Engineering Service (Electrical Post)
  6. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
  7. Indian Supply Service Group A (Electrical Posts)
  8. Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy
  9. Indian Naval Armament Service
  10. Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defense

D. Electronics & Tele-communication Engineering

  1. Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers
  2. Indian Railway Stores Service
  3. Indian Telecom Service Group-A
  4. Central Power Engineering Service (E&T Posts)
  5. Engineer GCS Group A in WPC/MO(M/O Communication & IT)
  6. Indian Inspection Service Group A (E&T Posts)
  7. Indian Supply Service Group A (E&T Posts)
  8. Indian Ordnance Factories Services
  9. Assistant Naval Store Officer Grade-I in Indian Navy
  10. Indian Naval Armament Service
  11. Assistant Executive Engineer in Corps of EME, Ministry of Defense

NOTE: For More Details Visit :- www.upsc.gov.in

ENGINEERING SERVICES EXAMINATION VACANCIES (Approximately)

YEAR

CE

ME

EE

E & T

TOTAL

2019

252

133

95

101

581

2018

161

136

108

106

511

2017

258

135

59

48

500

2016

225

179

106

94

604

2015

151

99

86

98

434

2014

242

125

104

118

589

2013

233

150

181

138

702

IES CUT-OFF

CUT-OFF MARKS-2018

Preliminary / Stage-I (Objective Type Papers)

 

STREAM

Minimum Qualifying Standards/Marks for admission to mains/Stage-II

(Out of 500 Marks)

GEN

OBC

SC

ST

PH-I

PH-3

CE

207

194

169

188

114

087

ME

256

255

220

223

138

098

EE

230

218

190

191

127

071

EC

213

206

173

155

125

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NOTE: Subject to candidates (General, OBC, SC and ST) having secured minimum 15% Marks and PH candidates minimum 10% marks in each of the two objective papers.

Mains/Stage-II (Conventional Type Paper)

Stream

Minimum Qualifying Standards/Marks{Out of 1100 Marks (500 Marks of Preliminary/Stage-I + 600 Marks of Mains/Stage-II)}

GEN

OBC

SC

ST

PH-1

PH-3

CE

546

502

467

513

318

161

ME

611

611

542

564

374

288

EE

541

488

452

481

303

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EC

504

476

405

403

301

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NOTE: Subject to candidates (General, OBC, SC and ST) having secured minimum 20% Marks and PH candidates minimum 10% marks in each of the two conventional papers.

Final Stage /Stage-III

Stream

Marks Secured by the Last Recommended Candidate(Out of 1300 Marks)

GEN

OBC

SC

ST

PH-1

PH-3

CE

710

676

609

671

476

425

ME

767

782

699

699

505

551

EE

711

691

603

624

473

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EC

660

648

567

524

429

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The All India 1st Ranker in ESE-2018 Secured following marks

(Written Exam: 1100 Marks; Interview: 200 Marks; Total: 1300 Marks)

 

AIR

 

 

DISCIPLINE (ENGG)

WRITTEN EXAM MARKS

 

INTERVIEW

 

TOTAL

1

CIVIL ENGG

744

130

874

1

MECH ENGG

758

128

886

1

ELECTRICAL ENGG

729

110

839

1

E & T

610

136

746