CSIR Recruitment 2026 - Assistant Section Officer (Total 100 Posts)

Opening Overview

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has released Advertisement No. E-I/RC/2026/2 for recruitment to the post of Assistant Section Officer (ASO) from non-recommended candidates of UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024 (CSE-2024). A total of 100 vacancies are available across General, Finance & Accounts, and Stores & Purchase cadres. Online applications can be submitted from 23/06/2026 to 13/07/2026.

Post Details Table

Important Dates

Application Fee

Payment Mode: Online payment through SBI Collect (as per notification).

Age Limit

• Maximum Age: Not exceeding 33 years
• Age is calculated as on: Closing date of online application (13/07/2026)

Age Relaxation (Upper Age Limit):

• SC / ST: 5 years
• OBC (NCL): 3 years
• PwBD (UR): 10 years
• PwBD (SC/ST): 15 years
• PwBD (OBC): 13 years
• Ex-Servicemen: 3 years after deduction of actual military service rendered from actual age as on closing date
• CSIR Departmental candidates: 5 years

Vacancy Details

Post-wise Vacancy Breakup

Backlog Vacancies (as mentioned):

• ASO (Finance & Accounts) ST: 1 backlog out of 2 ST vacancies
• ASO (Finance & Accounts) OBC: 2 backlog out of 6 OBC vacancies

PwBD Reservation (Included in Total Vacancies)

Out of 100 vacancies, 07 posts (including 02 backlog) are reserved for Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) (minimum 40% disability) with the following breakup:

• Blindness and Low Vision: 02 posts (including 01 backlog)
• Deaf and Hard of Hearing: 01 post
• Locomotor Disability (including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims, muscular dystrophy): 02 posts (including 01 backlog)
• Autism / Intellectual Disability / Specific Learning Disability / Mental Illness: 02 posts
• Multiple Disabilities (including deaf-blindness): suitability as per identified categories in notification

Eligibility / Qualification

Candidates must fulfill both conditions:

• Must possess a University Degree.
• Must be a non-recommended candidate of UPSC Civil Services Examination 2024 (CSE-2024) as per list/details available on the UPSC Pratibha Setu Portal.

Additional conditions (as per notification):

• Candidate must be an Indian citizen.
• The qualifying result/degree should be declared on or before the last date of online application.

Selection Process

1. Screening / Shortlisting based on total marks (Mains + Personality Test) obtained in UPSC CSE-2024.
   • Shortlisting ratio: 1:5 (5 times of total vacancies of ASO in each category, subject to minimum five), tentatively.
2. Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) (Qualifying).
3. Document Verification.
4. Final Selection based on UPSC CSE-2024 total marks (Mains + Personality Test) subject to qualifying CPT with minimum threshold marks.

Exam Pattern

Computer Proficiency Test (CPT)

• Total Marks: 100
• Duration: 1 hour
• Nature: Qualifying only
• Skills Tested: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Slide/Presentation generation, typing passage and office-related computer tasks.

Minimum Qualifying (Threshold) Marks in CPT:

CPT City (Tentative): Delhi (CSIR may conduct in more than one city / outside Delhi).

Salary / Pay Scale

• Post Classification: Group B (Non-Gazetted)
• Pay Level: Level 7 (Cell 1)
• Pay Scale: ₹44,900 – ₹1,42,400
• Allowances/Benefits: DA, HRA, TA and other Central Government allowances as applicable; medical reimbursement, LTC, House Building Advance etc. as per CSIR rules.
• Pension: New Pension System (NPS) applicable w.e.f. 01/01/2004 (with applicable provisions for candidates coming from eligible organizations having Govt. pension pattern as per rules mentioned in notification).