CMERI Recruitment 2026 – Technician-I

CMERI Recruitment 2026: CSIR – Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) has announced notification for the Technician-I post. There are 20 vacancies available for this job. Candidates with 10th/ITI qualifications can apply. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online on or before 21 January 2026. The detailed eligibility and selection process for CMERI Jobs are explained below. Interested candidates can also try RITES Careers.

CMERI Recruitment 2026 – Details:

Job Role	Technician-I
Job Category	Govt Jobs
Qualification	10th/ITI
Experience	0 – 3 years
Salary	Rs. 19,900/- to 63,200/-
Total Vacancies	20 Posts
Job Location	Durgapur/Ludhiana
Last Date	21 January 2026

Detailed Eligibility – CMERI Jobs:

Educational Qualification:

Technician-I:

• SSC / 10th Standard/ SSC or equivalent with Science subjects, with minimum 55% marks and ITI certificate or national / state trade certificate in relevant trades from a recognised institution. OR
• SSC / 10th Standard or equivalent with Science subjects, with minimum 55% marks and 2 years’ full time experience as an apprentice trainee in relevant trades from a recognized institution. OR
• SSC / 10th Standard or equivalent with Science subjects, with minimum 55% marks and 3 years of work experience in FITTER in a Ministry /Department/ Organization / Public Sector Undertaking / Autonomous Body under Government of India / State / UT.
• Trades:
  • Fitter
  • Electrician / Mechanic (Power Drives)
  • Electronics / Instrument Mechanic
  • Digital Photography

Upper Age Limit (As on 21 January 2026): 18 – 28 years

Age Relaxation: 

• Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) – 5 years
• Other Backward Classes – Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) – 3 years
• PwBD (Unreserved) – 10 years
• PwBD (OBC) – 13 years
• PwBD (SC/ST) – 15 years
• Departmental Candidate (CSIR Council employee) / Government Departments /Autonomous Bodies / Public Sector Undertaking employees – 05 years
• Additional Permissible relaxation in upper age limit for Group ‘C’ posts
  • Widows/Divorced Women / Women Judicially separated and who are not remarried – Up to 35 years of age
  • Widows/Divorced Women / Women Judicially separated and who are not remarried (SC/ST) – Up to 40 years of age 
  • Ex-Servicemen (Unreserved) – 3 years after deduction of the actual military service rendered from the actual age as on the closing date, as per GoI orders amended from time to time

Technician-I Vacancies: 20 Posts

• Fitter – 08 Posts
• Electrician / Mechanic (Power Drives): 05 Posts
• Electronics / Instrument Mechanic: 06 Posts
• Digital Photography: 01 Post

Salary Details: Rs. 19,900/- to 63,200/- (Level 02)

Selection Process for CMERI Careers:

• The online applications received within the stipulated last date will be screened by the duly constituted Screening Committee
• The Screening Committee may adopt its own criteria for shortlisting the candidates to be called for the Trade Test.
• The candidates as recommended by the Screening Committee shall be invited for a Trade Test in the relevant/respective trade which will be qualifying in nature.
• The Candidates who qualify in the Trade test will be called for the Competitive Written Examination.

Scheme of Competitive Written Examination:

Mode of Examination	OMR-based or Computer-based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination
Medium of Questions	English and Hindi (except questions on the English language)
Standard of Examination	SSC + ITI / XIIth Standard
Total No. of Questions	150
Total Time Allotted	2 hours 30 minutes

Paper-I (Time Allotted – 1 hour) 

Paper-II (Time Allotted – 30 minutes) 

Subject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Negative Marks
General Awareness	25	75 (three marks for every correct answer)	One negative mark for every wrong answer
English Language	25	75 (three marks for every correct answer)	One negative mark for every wrong answer

Paper-III (Time Allotted – 1 hour)

ubject	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Negative Marks
Concerned Subject	50	150 (three marks for every correct answer)	One negative mark for every wrong answer

• Paper-II and Paper-III will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure minimum threshold marks (to be determined by the Selection Committee) in the Paper-I.
• The final merit list will be prepared on the basis of the marks obtained by the candidates in Paper-II and Paper-III only
• The date, time and venue of the trade test and written examination will be intimated at the appropriate time to the candidates through the CSIR-CMERI website.

Application Fees:

• Rs. 500/-
• SC/ST/PwBD/Women/ExServicemen – No fee

Application Fees Mode: The fee is to be deposited online through State Bank Collect only.

How to Apply for CMERI Recruitment 2026?

Interested and eligible candidates can apply online on or before 21 January 2026 (5.00 PM).

For More Details & To Apply: Click here.

Important Dates:

• Date of commencement of online application: 22 December 2025 (10.00 AM)
• Last Date for submission of online application: 21 January 2026 (5.00 PM)