CSIR Recruitment 2024

CSIR Recruitment 2024 – The Council of Our Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) established in 1942, is an Autonomous body Under the aegis of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology Government of India.

The CSIR is recruiting Section Officer(SO) and Assistant Section Officer(ASO) through an entrance test known as CASE 2023( Combined Administrative Services Examination)

COMBINED ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES EXAMINATION – (CASE – 2023) CSIR Recruitment 2024

Official website: https://www.csir.res.in/

1. Section Officer (SO) and Assistant Section Officer (ASO).

                   Eligibility:  University Degree

SI. No.	Title	Start Date	Closing Date	Last date of fee submission	Exam Date
1.	Section Officer (SO) and Assistant Section Officer (ASO).	Dec 8, 2023	Jan 12, 2024	Jan 14, 2024	Feb 2024 (Tentative).

Post Name	Number of Vacancies
Section Officer	76
Assistant Section Officer	368
Total	444

Age Upto 33 years

Application Fee Rs.500 for General/OBC/EWS

Rs. Nil for SC/ST/PWBD/Ex-Servicemen/CSIR Department Candidates

Relaxation in the Upper Age Limit:

SI. No.	Category	Age-relaxation permissible beyond the upper age limit
1.	SC/ST	5 years
2.	OBC	3 years
3.	PwBD(Unreserved)	10 years
4.	PwBD (SC/ST)	15 years
5.	PwBD (OBC)	13 years
6.	Ex-Servicemen	3 years after deduction of the actual military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date
7.	CSIR Department Candidates	05 years
8.	Any Other Category	No age Relaxation

Scheme of CSIR Recruitment 2024 Examination

Paper	Subject	Max Marks	Time
Paper-I	General Awareness and English Language and Comprehension-General Awareness (100 Objective Type Questions of one mark each with negative marking @ 0.33 marks for every wrong answer.)English Language and Comprehension English Language & Comprehension (50 Objective Type Questions of one mark each with negative marking @ 0.33 marks for every wrong answer.)	150	2 Hours
Paper-II	General Intelligence, Reasoning and Mental Ability (200 Objective Type Questions of one mark each with negative marking @ 0.33 marks for every wrong answer.)	200	2.30 Hours
Paper – III	English/Hindi – Descriptive Paper Essay, Precis and Letter/Application Writing	150	2 Hours
Interview	Interview carrying 100 marks for the post of Section Officer (Gen/F&A/S&P) only
CPT	Computer Proficiency Test carrying 100 marks for the posts of Assistant Section Officer (Gen/F&A/S&P) only. CPT is Qualifying in nature

Paper– I, Paper- II and Paper- III will be common and compulsory for all the posts.

All the papers will be bilingual (English & Hindi) except English Language Part of Paper – I which will be in English only

Selection Procedure of CSIR Recruitment 2024

The selection process goes through three phases

First the candidates who secure minimum threshold marks in aggregate out of 350 marks in Paper-I and Paper-II will be invited for Paper III which is Descriptive Paper

Candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks in Paper– I, Paper- II and Paper- III in aggregate out of 500 marks will be called for Interview. Interview carries 100 marks.

The total marks for the post of Section Officer (Gen/F&A/S&P) will be 600.

Final Select/Wait List will be prepared keeping in view the number of vacancies and total marks obtained by the candidates, subject to securing the minimum threshold marks

For the post of Assistant Section Officer (Gen/F&A/S&P) only :

Candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks in aggregate out of 350 marks (Paper – I and Paper – II) will be called for Paper-III (Descriptive Paper) and Computer Proficiency Test (CPT). CPT is Qualifying in nature and Marks obtained in CPT will not be counted towards final marks.

(ii) The total marks for the post of Assistant Section Officer (Gen/F&A/S&P) will be 500, excluding CPT. (iii) Final Select/Wait List will be prepared to keep in view the number of vacancies and total marks obtained by the candidates, subject to securing the minimum threshold marks and qualifying marks in CPT.

2. Engagement of Project staff in various streams in the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library Unit( CSIR-TKDL Unit)

SI. No.	Title	Start Date	Closing Date	Exam Date
1.	CSIR-TKDL Unit	Dec 8, 2023	Dec 25, 2023 till 5:00PM	To be announced

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