Apply Now in NIC Recruitment 2023: Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Application Process, and more

The application portal for NIC Recruitment 2023 is now live. The last date to apply is 4th April 2023. Get detailed information on eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern, and more.

Yuvraj Biswakarma

March 8, 2023

Apply for NIC Recruitment 2023. The last date to apply is 4 April 2023. Get detailed information on eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern, and more.

NIC Recruitment 2023: National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) is inviting applications, on behalf of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), from eligible and qualified candidates for filling up forms for the following Scientific & Technical Posts in National Informatics Centre (NIC). Interested candidates may apply by 4 April 2023.

Vacancy Details

Name Of Post	Vacancies	Salary
Scientist-‘B’ Group ‘A’ (Gazetted)	71	Pay Level-10 (Rs. 56100- Rs.177500)
Scientific Officer/ Engineer – ‘SB’ Group-B (Gazetted)	196	Pay Level-7 (Rs. 44900- Rs.142400)
Scientific/ Technical Assistant – ‘A’ Group-B (Non-Gazetted)	331	Pay Level-6 (Rs. 35400- Rs.112400)

Eligibility Criteria for NIC Recruitment 2023

Age

Posts	Scientist ‘B’, Scientific Officer / Engineer-SB and Scientific/ Technical Assistant-A
UR/ EWS	30
SC/ ST	35
*OBC (NCL)**	33
PWD	40 {SC/ ST PWD Candidates : 45; OBC (NCL) PWD candidate 43}
Service Candidate	UR/ EWS Service Candidate: 35; SC/ ST Service Candidate: 40; OBC (NCL) Service Candidate: 38

Educational Qualification

For Scientist B

Candidate should have passed in Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering OR Bachelor in Technology OR Department of Electronics and Accreditation of Computer Courses B-level OR Associate Member of Institute of Engineers OR Graduate Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers OR Master Degree in Science (MSc) OR Master Degree in Computer Application OR Master Degree in Engineering/ Technology (ME/ M.Tech) OR Master Degree in Philosophy (M Phil) in the field as mentioned below.
Field (single or in combination amongst the mentioned here): Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Computer Sciences, Communication, Computer and Networking Security, Computer Application, Software System, Information Technology, Information Technology Management, Informatics, Computer Management, Cyberlaw, Electronics, and Instrumentation.

For Scientific Officer/ Engineer-SB and Scientific/ Technical Assistant-A

A Pass in M.Sc./ MS/ MCA/ B.E./ B.Tech in any one or in a combination of the below-mentioned field mentioned below.
Field (single or in combination amongst the mentioned here): Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Electronics & Telecommunications, Computer Sciences, Computer and Networking Security, Software System, Information Technology, Informatics.

Documents Required to Upload

Candidate shall upload the following relevant document in the following sequence in a single file in PDF Format (not exceeding the size of 3 MB):

Certificate of Date of Birth (issued by Municipality etc or Matriculation/ High School/ SSC Certificate)
Certificates of Educational qualification, which makes him/ her eligible for applying for the post
Certificates of Higher Educational qualification, if any
Caste certificate (SC/ ST/ OBC(NCL)), if applicable
Category Certificate (PWD or any other), if applicable
EWS Certificate, if applicable
Experience Certificates, if applicable
NOC/Declaration, if applicable

How to Apply for NIC Recruitment 2023?

Candidates need to register themselves with their Email id on the official site.
Then, they must log into the application portal and fill out the application form for their preferred post.
Once done, candidates will need to upload the necessary documents.
Then, candidates will need to pay the application fee.
Lastly, they need to download the application form of NIC Recruitment 2023 and keep it safe for future reference.

Application Fees

SC/ ST/ PWD/ Women candidates: FREE
General and all others: Rs. 800/- per application per post

NIC Recruitment 2023: Selection Process

For Scientist-B & Scientific Officer/ Engineer-SB

Only the shortlisted candidates, who have qualified for the written examination shall be called for an interview for NIC Recruitment 2023.
The final selection of eligible candidates for appointment will be based on the combined performance of the candidates both in the written examination and in an interview.
The weightage of marks for the written examination and interview for NIC Recruitment 2023 will be in the ratio of 85:15. It is mandatory to appear in the interview for selection.

For Scientific/ Technical Assistant-A

The final selection of eligible candidates for appointment to NIC Recruitment 2023 will be based on the merit position (based on the reservation policy) arrived from the performance of the candidates in the written examination.

Exam Pattern of NIC Recruitment 2023

The written examination of NIC Recruitment 2023 will be in ONLINE mode and the question paper would consist of 120 nos. of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) to be answered in a maximum time of 3 hours.
The medium of written examination shall be in English only.
The question paper will consist of 65% questions from Technical Area and 35% questions from Generic Area.
Every question will carry 1 (one) mark and a negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer.
The minimum percentage to qualify for the written examination will be 50% for General/ EWS, 40% for OBC, and 30% for the SC/ ST/ PWD categories. The cut–off marks specified would be applicable in the overall marks (i.e., Technical/ Generic Combined) as well as for each section (Technical/ Generic) separately for NIC Recruitment 2023.

Syllabus of NIC Recruitment 2023

Syllabus for Scientist-‘B’

Section A: Generic

Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning Capabilities, Quantitative and Qualitative Abilities, General Aptitude

Section B: Technical (Computer Science)

Probability, Statistics, and Combinatorics: Conditional Probability; Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation; Random Variables; Distributions; uniforms, normal, exponential, Poisson, Binomial, Permutations, Combinations, Counting, Summation, generating functions, recurrence relations, asymptotic.
Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design, and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits, Number representation, and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Instruction pipelining. Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.
Electrical Engineering: Power Electronics, Signals, and Systems, Electromagnetic Fields, Network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh Analysis, Transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, Resonance, Superposition theorem, Maximum power transfer theorem, Three phase circuits, Power and power factor in AC circuits.
Analog and Digital Communication: Autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals through LTI systems, amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of AM and FM, Superheterodyne receivers, circuits for analog communications, Information theory, entropy, mutual information and channel capacity theorem, Digital communications, PCM, DPCM, digital modulation schemes, amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying (ASK, PSK, FSK), QAM, MAP and ML decoding, matched filter receiver, calculation of bandwidth, SNR and BER for digital modulation; Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes; Timing and frequency synchronization, inter-symbol interference and its mitigation; Basics of TDMA, FDMA, and CDMA.
Programming and Data Structures: Programming in modern languages viz. Java, .Net, Open Source (PHP), Python, GoLang, NodeJS, etc. Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding, Abstract data types Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps, Object Oriented Programming Concepts- Object, Class, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction, and Encapsulation.
Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic, notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis, Design; Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer, Tree and graph traversals, Connected competent, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching, Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds, Basic concept of complexity classes –P, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete.
Compiler Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization.
Operating System: Processes, Threads, Inter-Process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management, virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection, and security.
Databases: ER-model, Relational Model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control, NoSQL Databases, the question on the internals of Postgres SQL.
Information Systems and Software Engineering: Information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, and maintenance.
Computer Networks: ISO/ OSI stack, LAN technologies, Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/ UDP and sockets, IP(v4), IP(v6), Application layer protocols, (ICMP, DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP), Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Wireless technologies, Network security – basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls.
Web Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, XML basic concept of client-server computing, web server, proxy server, web application development, MVC architecture, web services, frontend technologies.
Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies: Secure programming techniques, OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities, Concepts on IOT, Block Chain, AI, etc.
Cloud Technology: Compute, Network, Storage Management Technologies, Edge Computing, etc.

Syllabus for Scientific Officer/ Engineer-SB and Scientific/ Technical Assistant-A

Section A: Generic 35%

Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning Capabilities, Quantitative and Qualitative abilities, and General Aptitude.

Section B: Technical (Computer Science) 65%

Probability and Statistics: Sampling theorems, Conditional Probability, Mean, Median, Mode, and standard deviations, Random Variables discrete and continuous distributions, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distribution, correlation, and regression analysis.
Digital Computer Principles: Number systems- Binary, Decimal. Octal, and Hexadecimal Conversion, Arithmetic operations, Boolean expression, simplification, Postulates and theorems, Simplifications, K-map, Combinational Logic circuits – Adder, Subtractor, Multiplexer, Demultiplexer, Encode, Decoder, Sequential circuits – SR, JK, T, D, flip flops, shift registers, Asynchronous, synchronous and Module, and counters.
Computer Organization and Architecture: Multiprocessors and microcomputers, Machine Instructions, and addressing mode. ALU and data path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Cache and main memory, Secondary storage, Semiconductor memory – Internal organization, SRAM. DRAM, SDRAM, Rambus Memory, ROM Technology, virtual memory, Instruction sequencing, Instruction execution, Hardwired control, and microprogrammed control, microinstructions, Instruction pipelining.
Programming and Data Structures: Programming in C, Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.
Object Oriented Programming: Object Oriented design concept, programming in C++ and on programming languages viz. Java, .Net, Open Source (PHP), Python, GoLang, NodeJS, etc.
Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis, Design; Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide and conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected Components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths, Hashing, Sorting, Searching. Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds. The basic concept of complexity classes, N, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete.
Databases: ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.
System Software: Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation, code generation and optimization, Assemblers, linkers and loaders microprocessors operating systems- processes, threads, inter-process communication, synchronization deadlocks, CPU scheduling, memory management and virtual memory, file system, I/O systems, protection, and security module.
Information Systems and Software Engineering: Information gathering requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding and testing, implementation, and maintenance.
Computer Networks: IOS/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token Ring), flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithm, Congestion Control, TCP/UDP and sockets IP(v4) Application layer protocol (ICMP, DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS): Basic concept of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Network security: Basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography. Hash function, Digital Signature, Firewalls, User authentication- Token based, Biometric, Remote user authentication, Intrusion detection systems, honey pots, Denial of Service. Wireless network, 2G and 3G Networks, Bluetooth.
Web Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, XML basic concept of client-server computing, web server, proxy server, web application development, MVC architecture, web services, frontend, and backend technologies.

Important Dates

Here are few dates, relevant to NIC Recruitment 2023:

Opening of the Application portal	04 March 2023 10:00AM
Last date for submission of applications	04 April 2023 05:30 PM
Date of Screening Test	Will be announced soon

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