Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) will recruit about 3945 Junior Telecom. Officers (JTOs) through a competitive examination to be held on 21st June 2009 (Sunday) on All India basis.
IMPORTANT DATES
CLOSING DATE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION : 06.04.2009
BSNL JTO EXAMINATION DATE : 21.06.2009
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. [BSNL] will recruit about 3945 [subject to variation depending on the availability of vacancies] Junior Telecom Officers through an open competitive examination to be held on 21.06.2009 on All India basis, as per the details given below:-
JTO(Telecom) TOTAL: 3545
JTO(Civil) Total:200
JTO(Electrical) Total:200
Scale of Pay
The post of J.T.O. is in the IDA pay-scale of Rs. 9850-250-14600.
(The pay scale is likely to be revised upwards)
Eligibility
Nationality : Only Indian Nationals would be eligible to apply.
Educational Qualifications:
JTO (Telecom)
Applicant must possess as on 31.12.2009, Bachelor of Engineering/Bachelor of Technology or equivalent Engineering degree in any of the following disciplines from a recognized engineering college/university:
i. Telecommunication,
ii. Electronics,
iii. Radio,
iv. Computer,
v. Electrical.
vi. Information Technology
Candidates appearing in the final year degree examination may also apply provided they possess the required educational qualification by 31.12.2009.
JTO (Civil)
Applicant must possess as on 31.12.2009, Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Technology or equivalent in Civil Engineering from a recognized Institution/University.
Candidates appearing in the final year degree examination may also apply provided they possess the required educational qualification by 31.12.2009
JTO (Electrical)
Applicant must possess as on 31.12.2009, Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Technology or equivalent in Electrical Engineering from a recognized Institution/University.
Candidates appearing in the final year degree examination may also apply provided they possess the required educational qualification by 31.12.2009
Age:
The applicant for JTOs(Telecom), JTOs(Civil) and JTOs(Electrical) should not be more than 30 years of age on the closing date for receipt of applications from candidates. However, this age is relaxable as per standing instructions on this subject for:-
i) Govt. servants upto 5 years in accordance with the instructions or orders issued by the Central Govt.;
ii) BSNL employees upto 5 years in accordance with the instructions or orders issued by the BSNL;
iii) For Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes candidates upto 5 years;
iv) For OBC Candidates upto 3 years;
v) For General Category PH candidates upto 10 years ; (for SC/ST 15 years and for OBC 13 years)
vi) For certain other categories like ex-servicemen, displaced persons from East Pakistan[now Bangladesh], repatriates from Burma and Ceylon [now Srilanka],residents of Goa, Daman & Diu, persons migrated from Kenya, Uganda, Republic of Tanzania as per instructions issued by the Central Government from time to time in this regard.
(vii) For Residents of J&K – Relaxation shall be in accordance with DoP&T's Notification No.15012/7/1991-Estt.(D) dtd. 7.12.2007 pertaining to "Residents of State of Jammu and Kashmir (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit for Recruitment to Central Civil Services & Posts) Rules 1997".
Further in respect of apprentices who have undergone apprentice training in BSNL successfully, there will be following provision:-
(a) An apprentice will be required to compete in the common competitive examination conducted by BSNL along with other direct candidates and preference to the apprentices over non-apprentices direct candidates will be given only if apprentices secures equal place in merit in select zone and all other eligibility conditions being equal.
(b) The apprentices would not be required to get her/his name sponsored by any employment exchange.
(c) The apprentices would be entitled to age relaxation to the extent of the period for which the apprentice had undergone training as apprentice in the BSNL.
Mode of selection and nature of Question Paper
The mode of selection is through an All India Competitive Examination. The examination will be of three hours duration with one Question Paper containing the following three sections:-
For JTOs(Telecom)
Section-I : Engineering stream : 50 questions
Section-II : Engineering stream : 50 questions
Section-III : General Ability Test : 20 questions
For JTOs(Electrical)
Section-I : Electrical Engineering stream : 50 questions
Section-II : Electrical Engineering stream: 50 questions
Section-III : General Awareness : 20 questions
For JTOs (Civil)
Section-I : Civil Engineering stream : 50 questions
Section-II : Civil Engineering stream : 50 questions
Section-III : General Ability Test : 20 questions
The Question Paper will be fully objective type with multiple options as answers to each question. The standard of paper in engineering subjects will be that of Engineering Examination of an Indian University.
However, there would be no separate time fixed for attempting the separate sections. Detailed syllabus for JTOs(Telecom), JTOs(Civil) and JTOs(Electrical) appear at Annexures 'B' , 'C' and 'D' respectively.
A final call letter/appointment letter will be issued to the candidate after completion of all other formalities.
Closing date for receipt of Application Forms
Application forms complete in every respect must reach on or before 06.04.2009. Applications received after the closing date or not accompanied by the demand draft [wherever applicable] for the prescribed examination fee or incomplete in any respect shall be summarily rejected and no communication in respect of the rejected application forms shall be entertained. Fees paid shall also NOT be refunded. BSNL shall not be responsible for any postal delay.
For more information Download Brochure and Application Form - Recruitment of Junior Telecom Officers
