Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has released the detailed notification for recruitment of 444 Section Officer (Group B (Gazetted) & Assistant Section Officer (Group B (Non-Gazetted).

(A) Important Dates :

Registration Window : 08/12/2023 to 12/01/2024

Tentative Date of Stage I Examination: February, 2024

Tentative Date of Stage II Examination : Will be announced later

(B) Total Posts : 444

(i) Section Officer (Gen / F&A / S&P): Total 76 Posts

SO (Gen) - 28

SO (F&A) - 26

SO (S&P) - 22

(ii) Assistant Section Officer (Gen/F&A/S&P): Total 368 Posts

ASO (Gen) - 237

ASO (F&A) - 83

ASO (S&P) - 48

(C) Eligibility :

Age : Not exceeding 33 years

Degree : University Degree

(D) Selection Procedure :

The schen of Examination comprises an Online Test, Interview and CPT (Wherever applicable):

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 (50 Objective Type Questions of one mark each with negative marking @ 0.33 marks for every wrong answer.)	150 Marks	02:00 Hours (120 Minutes)
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 Marks	02:30 Hours (150 Minutes)
Paper - III	English/Hindi – Descriptive Paper Essay, Precis and Letter/Application Writing	150 Marks	02 Hours (120 Minutes)

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.

Minimum threshold marks, wherever prescribed/required, will be decided by the Competent Authority

(E) Application Fee :

Unreserved (UR), OBC and EWS Categories : Rs. 500/·

Women/SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen/CSIR Departmental Candidates : NIL