What is UPSC (IES)?

Indian Engineering Services abbreviated as IES are the civil services that meet the technical and managerial functions of the Government of India. Large number of candidates take these exams, competing for limited posts. IES officers are selected by the union government on the recommendations made by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). A combined three-stage competitive examination (comprising five tests), called the Engineering Services Examination (ESE) is conducted by the UPSC for recruitment to the Indian Engineering Services. The Examination constitutes of a written examination followed by an interview for the personality test. The recruitment of qualified candidates is made under the following categories:

Civil Engineering
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

IES Exam Pattern

Subject	Duration	Maximum Marks
Civil Engineering
Paper-I( Civil Engineering)	3 hrs	300
Paper-II(Civil Engineering)	3 hrs	300
Total		600

Eligiblity Conditions (IES)

Nationality:

A candidate must be either:

(a) A citizen of India, or

(b) A subject of Nepal, or

(d) A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1^stJanuary,1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(e) A person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, SriLanka or East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with the intention of permanently setting in India.

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories(b), (c), (d)and (e) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to the examination but the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him/her by the Government of India.

Age Limit (IES)

(a)A candidate for this examination must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years.

(b)The Upper age‐limit of30 years will be relaxable upto 35 years in the case of Government servants of the following categories, if they are employed in a Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities mentioned in column1 below and apply for admission to the examination for all or any of the Service(s) /Post(s) mentioned in column2, for which they are otherwise eligible.

(i)A candidate who holds substantively a permanent post in the particular Department/Office concerned. This relaxation will not be admissible to a probationer appointed against a permanent post in the Department/Office during the period of his probation. However, this relaxation will be admissible to a probationer so appointed provided he / she already retainsalienon a permanent post in a Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities mentioned.

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(ii)A candidate who has been continuously in a temporary service on a regular basis in the particular Department/Office for at least 3 years.

Column 1	Column 2
Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)	I.R.S.E. I.R.S.M.E. I.R.S.E.E. I.R.S.S.E. I.R.S.S.
Central Public Works Department	C.E.S. Group ‘A’, CE&MES Gr ‘A’
Directorate General Ordnance Factories	I.O.F.S. Group ‘A’
Central Electricity Authority	C.P.E. Service Gr ‘B’
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Central Engineering Service Gr. ‘A’ (Roads)
Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Dept. of Telecommunication & Dept. of Posts	AEE of P&T Building Works Gr ‘A’ Service, Engineer in Indian Radio Regulatory Service Gr ‘A’
Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals	I.I.S. Gr ‘A’,
Central Water Commission	Central Water Engineering Service Gr ‘A’
Geological Survey of India	Assistant Executive Engineer Gr ‘A’
Min of Science and Technology, Dept. of Science and Technology	Survey of India Gr ‘A’ Service
Border Roads Organisation	BRES Gr. ‘A’
Indian Navy	Indian Naval Armament Service, Asst. Naval Store Officer Grade-I
Military Engineer Services	Indian Defence Service of Engineers (lDSE) Group ‘A’ AEE(QS&C( in Military Engineer Service (MES) Surveyor Cadre
Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Min of Defence	AEE Gr ‘A’(Elect. Engg. Posts) in Corps of EME, Min of Defence.