NIO Recruitment 2024: Jr. Stenographer/Project Associate – I

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NIO Recruitment 2024: The CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has announced notifications for the Junior Stenographer/Junior Secretariat Assistant/Project Associate – I post. There are 12 vacancies available for these posts. Candidates with M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc/12th qualifications are eligible to apply for these posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online before the last date.  The detailed eligibility and selection process for CSIR – NIO Jobs are explained below. Interested candidates can also try Sainik School Rewari Recruitment.

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CSIR – NIO Jobs:

CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) invites applications for Project Associate – I. The selected candidates will be given Rs. 25,000/- per month. The selection process will be based on an Interview. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online before 09 September 2024

CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) invites applications from eligible candidates for the Junior Stenographer/Junior Secretariat Assistant posts. The age limit for these posts will be 27 & 28 years. The selected candidates will be given Rs. 19,900/- to 81,100/- per month. The selection process will be based on a Competitive Written Examination and Proficiency Test. Interested and eligible candidates can apply online from 20 August 2024 to 19 September 2024 and send the hard copy by post on or before 30 September 2024. 

Before applying for the post, candidates carefully read the job details below. The details mentioned below are the education qualification, age limit, age relaxation, application fee, selection process, and application process. If you still have doubts about NIO Goa Job Vacancy 2024, visit the official website for more details: https://www.nio.res.in/.

NIO Recruitment 2024 – Details:

NIO Recruitment 2024 for Project Associate – I:

Company Name CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography (NIO)
Job Role Project Associate – I
Job Category Govt Jobs
Qualification M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc
Experience Freshers
Total Vacancies 03 Posts
Salary Rs. 25,000/-
Job Location Goa
Application Mode Online
Last Date 09 September 2024
Official Website https://www.nio.res.in/

Detailed Eligibility for NIO Careers:

Educational Qualification:

Project Title: Geo-Morphological studies and EIAEMP for the sand Mining Clusters of Rivers in Goa Part -1

Project Associate – I:



  • M.Sc/M.Tech/M.Sc (Tech) in Geophysics/Marine Geophysics/Exploration Geophysics / Applied Geophysics
  • Desirable: Knowledge in programming language Fortran/C/C++/ Matlab/Python

Job Requirement: The selected candidate will need to assist the Project Leader in processing,  modelling and interpretation of seismic and other geophysical data. He/she wil have to participate in scientific cruises for data acquisition.

Project: Impact assessment due to release of treated effluent at Ankleshwar, Gulf of Khambhat

Project Associate – I:

  • M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry / Environmental Science or M.Tech in Environmental Science or Any Equivalent Qualification
  • Desirable: 
    • Experience in following topics will be preferable
    • Experience in extraction and analysis of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) antibiotic residues from seawater and marine sediments.
    • Access to Soxhlet extractors, solid-phase extraction (SPE) systems, or alternative POPs extraction methodologies
    • Clean-up columns and associated reagents for sample preparation
    • MS system for precise quantification and identification of compounds.

Job Requirement: Seawater and marine sediment sample collections and their processing for POPs analysis by GC-MS, data processing and report preparation.

NIO Vacancies: 03 Posts

  • Project Associate – I: 03 Posts

Salary Details:

  • Project Associate – I: Rs. 25,000/-

Selection Process for NIO Careers:

  • The selection process will be based on Interview.

How to Apply for NIO Recruitment 2024?

Interested and eligible candidates can apply online on their official website on or before 08 September 2024

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NIO Recruitment 2024 for Jr. Stenographer:

Company Name CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography (NIO)
Job Role Junior Stenographer/Junior Secretariat Assistant
Job Category Govt Jobs
Qualification 12th
Experience Freshers
Total Vacancies 09 Posts
Salary Rs. 19,900/- to 81,100/-
Job Location Goa/Mumbai/Kolkata/Visakhapatnam
Application Mode Online & Offline
Start Date 20 August 2024
Last Date (Online) 19 September 2024
Last Date (Offline) 30 September 2024
Official Website https://www.nio.res.in/

Detailed Eligibility for NIO Careers:

Educational Qualification:



Junior Stenographer: 10+2/XII or it’s equivalent and proficiency in stenography as per the prescribed norms fixed by DOPT from time to time.

Junior Secretariat Assistant (Finance & Accounts/Stores &Purchase): 10+2/XII or its equivalent and proficiency in computer type speed and in using computers as per the prescribed norms fixed by DOPT from time to time.

Age Limit (As on 19 September 2024):

  • Junior Stenographer: 27 Years
  • Junior Secretariat Assistant: 28 Years

Age Relaxation: 

  • The upper age limit is relaxable up to 05 years for Scheduled Tribe and 03 years for Other Backward Class [OBC] – Non Creamy Layer (NCL) candidates, as per Government of India orders in force, only in respect of those cases where the posts are reserved for the respective categories.
  • The upper age limit is relaxable up to the age of 35 years (up to 40 years for members of Scheduled Tribes, for the posts reserved for them) for Widowed, divorced women and women judicially separated from their Husbands and who are not remarried.
  • Age relaxation to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities of 10 (Ten) years [15 years for ST and 13 years for OBC candidates]
  • The upper age limit is relaxable by 03 years, after deduction of the rendered military service from the actual age for Ex-servicemen, as on the closing date for submission of online application.
  • There is no age limit for CSIR departmental candidates provided they possess the prescribed qualification.

NIO Vacancies: 09 Posts

  • Junior Stenographer: 05 Posts
    • UR: 03 Posts
    • EWS: 01 Post
    • ST: 01 Post
  • Junior Secretariat Assistant (Finance & Accounts): 03 Posts
    • UR: 02 Posts
    • OBC: 01 Post
  • Junior Secretariat Assistant (Stores & Purchase): 01 Post (UR)

Salary Details:

  • Junior Stenographer: Rs. 25,500/- to 81,100/-
  • Junior Secretariat Assistant: Rs. 19,900/- to 63,200/-

Selection Process for NIO Careers:

For Junior Stenographer Posts: 

  • The selection will be made based on the merit list of the Competitive Written Examination and Proficiency Test in Stenography which is qualifying in nature.
  • These tests will be conducted for only those candidates who the duly constituted Selection Committee shortlists.

Scheme of Competitive Written Examination:

  • Mode of Examination: OMR or Computer Based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination
  • Medium of Questions: The questions will be set in English and Hindi, except for the questions in English.
  • Standard of Exam: 10+2/XII
  • Total No. of Questions: 200
  • Total time allotted: 2 hours (2 hours and 40 minutes for the candidates eligible for scribe)

Competitive Written Examination:

  • 0.25 marks will be deducted for every wrong answer
  • Written Examination will consist of only one paper with 03 parts as detailed below
Part Subject No. of Questions Maximum Marks
I General Intelligence & Reasoning 50 50
II General Awareness 50 50
III English Language & Comprehension 100 100

Proficiency Test in Stenography:

  • The candidates will be given one dictation for 10 minutes in English or Hindi (as opted by the candidates in the online Application Form) at the speed of 80 w.p.m. for the post of Junior Stenographer.
Language of Skill Test Time Duration (In Minutes) Time Duration (In Minutes) for the candidates eligible for scribe
English 50 70
Hindi 65 90

Preparation of Merit List:

  • The proficiency test will only be qualifying in nature.
  • The final merit list will be prepared based on the performance of the candidates in the Competitive Written Examination.
  • The merit list will only comprise of those candidates who have qualified the proficiency test in stenography.

Notes: For Evaluation of Transcripts of Stenography Test & Syllabus refer to the official notifications.

For Junior Secretariat Assistant (Finance & Accounts/Stores & Purchase) Posts:

  • The short-listed candidates will be called for a Proficiency Test in computer typing speed which is qualifying in nature.
  • The Qualified candidates will be called for Competitive Written Examination.

Proficiency Test in Computer: 

  • English Typing @ 35 w.p.m and Hindi Typing @ 30 w.p.m. The time allotted for typing will be 10 minutes. 35/30 w.p.m. correspond to 10500 / 9000 KDPH on an average of 5 key depression for each word
  • All the candidates who qualify in the Proficiency Test in Computer will only be called for Written Examination.

Scheme of Competitive Written Examination:

  • Mode of Examination: OMR-Based or Computer-Based Objective Type Multiple Choice Examination
  • Medium of Questions: The questions will be set both in English and Hindi except the questions on English language
  • Standard of Exam: 10+2/XII
  • The written examination consists of two papers (Paper 1 and Paper 2). Paper 2 will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks (to be determined by the Selection Committee) in Paper 1.

Written Examination:

  • There will be no negative marks for the paper I
  • One negative mark for every wrong answer for paper II
                                                                                                  Paper – 1 [Time Allotted – 90 Minutes]
Subject Number of Questions Maximum Marks
Mental Ability Test 100 200 (two marks for every correct answer)
                                                                                                    Paper – 2 [Time Allotted – 1 Hour]
Subject Number of Questions Maximum Marks
General Awareness 50 150 (three marks for every correct answer)
English Language 50 150 (three marks for every correct answer)

Preparation of Merit List:

  • Proficiency Tests in Computers are qualifying in nature.
  • All the candidates who qualify for the Proficiency Test in Computer will only be called for Written Examination.
  • Paper 1 of the Written Examination is also qualifying in nature. The Selection Committee will fix the minimum cut-off marks in Paper 1.
  • Paper 2 will be evaluated only for those candidates who secure the minimum threshold marks (to be determined by the Selection Committee) in Paper 1.
  • The Final Merit list will be prepared only based on marks obtained by the candidates in Paper 2.

Note: For Evaluation of type-scripts of typewriting test in Hindi/English refer to the official notifications.

Application Fee for NIO Goa Recruitment 2024:

  • For UR/OBC/EWS: Rs. 100/-
  • For SC/ST/PwBD/Women/CSIR Departmental Candidates/ESM category: Nil

Mode of Payment: The application fee can be paid in an online application through the State Bank of India SB Collect under the Payment Category of APPLICATION FEES FOR DIRECT RECRUITMENT.

How to Apply for NIO Recruitment 2024?

Interested and eligible candidates can apply online on their official website from 20 August 2024 (9.00 AM) to 19 September 2024 (5.30 PM). After submission of online applications, Applicants shall print the computer-generated application(s), which must be duly signed and accompanied by self-attested copies of the certificates, mark sheets in support of age, educational qualifications, and experience, if applicable, along with SBI SB collect Payment Receipt (if applicable) should be sent by speed/registered post on or before 30 September 2024 (5.30 PM).

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Important Dates:

  • Commencement of Online Application: 20 August 2024 (9.00 AM)
  • Last date of submission of Online Application: 19 September 2024 (5.30 PM)
  • Last date of receipt of Hardcopy of Online Application: 30 September 2024 (5.30 PM)

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