About ESE

Engineering Services Examination (ESE) is most sought after examination by graduate engineers in India who wish to joint central government as engineers.  This examination is popularly known as Indian Engineering Services (IES) examination. Engineering Services Examination is conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) once in a year.  It has three stages of selection process called Stage I : ESE Preliminary, Stage II : ESE Mains and Stage III: Personality Test. The preliminary examination is a qualifying examination. Only those students who qualify preliminary examination stage can appear in ESE mains examination. However, the marks obtained in the preliminary examination are counted in final merit of the candidates. The basic qualification for appearing in ESE is engineering graduation; however, the candidate can appear with one of the four options of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering available to candidates. There are many instances when computer science graduate engineers have qualified ESE with electrical or electronics & telecommunication engineering.  Most of the posts under ESE are Group A services in various Ministries/Departments of Government of India. The services/posts in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics & Telecommunication Engg. normally filled for Ministries/Departments concerned through ESE are as follows,

 

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 Defence Service of Engineers.

  5. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electrical Engineering Posts).

  6. Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I (Electrical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy

 

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

Group-A/B Services/Posts

  1. Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers.

  2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Telecommunication/Electronics Engineering Posts).

  3. Indian Radio Regulatory Service Gr ‘A’.

  4. Indian Ordnance Factories Service AWM/JTS (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts).

  5. Indian Telecommunication Service Gr ‘A’.

  6. Indian Naval Armament Service (Electronics and Telecom Engineering Posts).

  7. Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I(Electronics and Telecom Engg. Posts) in Indian Navy.

  8. Junior Telecom Officer Gr ‘B’.

 

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 Ordnance Factories Service AWM/JTS (Civil Engineering Post)

  5. Central Engineering Service (Roads), Group-A (Civil Engineering Posts)

  6. Survey of India Group ‘A’ Service

  7. AEE(Civil) in Border Road Engineering Service

  8. Indian Defence Service of Engineers

  9. AEE(QS&C) in MES Surveyor Cadre

 

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Group-A Services/Posts

  1. Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers

  2. Indian Railway Stores Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)

  3. Central Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts)

  4. Indian Ordnance Factories Service AWM/JTS (Mechanical Engineering Posts)

  5. Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service/SSO-II (Mechanical)

  6. AEE in GSI Engineering Service Gr ‘A’

  7. Indian Defence Service of Engineers

  8. Indian Naval Armament Service (Mechanical Engineering Posts).

  9. Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I (Mechanical Engineering Posts) in Indian Navy.

  10. AEE(Mech) in Border Roads Engineering Service.