Career Buzz: UPSC aspirants get six attempts to crack civil service exams

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has effected major changes in norms of civil services examination like granting aspiring candidates two additional attempts and consequential age relaxations from this year onwards.

"Every candidate appearing for the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts (two more than earlier four)," said a notification issued by UPSC for the Civil Services Examination, 2014.

There is, however, no restriction on number of attempts by a candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories.

"Every candidate appearing for the examination, who is otherwise eligible, shall be permitted six attempts (two more than earlier four)," said a notification.

There will also be consequential age relaxations from this year onwards. A candidate between the age group of 21 and 32 years as on August 1, 2014 can take the prestigious exam.

According to the notification, a candidate "must have been born not earlier than August, 2, 1982 and not later than August 1, 1993" to take the exam.

The examination conducted by the UPSC to select Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers among others.

The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2014 will be held on August 24. The examination is conducted in three stages -- preliminary, main and interview.

The number of vacancies to be filled through the examination is expected to be approximately 1,291, which includes 26 reserved for physically handicapped category, the notification said.

There has been no other change in the format and syllabi of exam papers.

Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/upsc-aspirants-get-six-attempts-to-crack-civil-service-exams/475874-3.html

Career Buzz: 1291 Civil Services Notification UPSC- June 2014

Preliminary Examination of the Civil Services Examination for recruitment to the Services and Posts mentioned below will be held by the Union Public Service Commission on 24th Aug., 2014 in accordance with the Rules published by the Department of Personnel & Training in the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 31st May, 2014.

Name of Post:- Civil Services

Eligibility:- Bachelor’s Degree

Job Location:- All India

Last Date:- 30^th June 2014

Hiring Process:- Written Test and Interview

Total no. of Posts:- 1291 Posts

Age Limit:- A candidate must have attained the age of 21 years and must not have attained the age of 32 years on the 1st of August, 2014.

Qualification:- The candidate must hold a degree of any of Universities incorporated by an Act of the Central or State Legislature in India or other educational institutions established by an Act of Parliament or declared to be deemed as a University Under Section-3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, or possess an equivalent qualification.

Age Relaxation:- The upper age limit is relaxable for the following specified categories to the extent indicated below.
i) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe.
ii) upto a maximum of three years in the case of candidates belonging to Other Backward Classes who are eligible to avail of reservation applicable to such candidates.
iii) upto a maximum of five years if a candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period from the 1st January, 1980 to the 31st day of December, 1989.
iv) upto a maximum of three years in the case of Defense Services personnel disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area and released as a consequence thereof.
v) upto a maximum of five years in the case of ex-servicemen including Commissioned Officers and ECOs/SSCOs who have rendered at least five years Military Service as on 1^st August, 2014 and have been released.

Application Fee:- Candidates (excepting Female/ SC/ ST/ PH Candidates who are exempted from payment of fee) are required to pay fee of Rs. 100/- (Rupees One Hundred only) either by remitting the money in any Branch of SBI by Cash, or by using net banking facility of State Bank of India/ State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur/ Sate Bank of Hyderabad/State Bank of Mysore/ State Bank of Patiala /State Bank of  Travancore or by using Visa/Master Credit/Debit Card. Applicants who opt for “Pay by Cash” mode should print the system generated Pay-in-slip during part II registration and deposit the fee at the counter of SBI Branch on the next working day only. “Pay by Cash ” mode will be deactivated at 23.59 hours of 29.06.2014.

How to apply:- Candidates are required to apply Online by using the website www.upsconline.nic.in. The online Applications can be filled up to 30th June, 2014 till 11.59 PM after which the link will be disabled.

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Career Buzz: SBI Clerk Recruitment Notification- 2014

SBI Clerk Recruitment Notification-  IMPORTANT DATES-2014


Application Online Registration:

• opening date:  26-05-2014
• Closing date:    14-06-2014

Fee payment

• online Dates between:    26-05-2014  to 14-06-2014
• offline  Dates between:   28-05-2014 to 17-06-2014

Call Letter /admit card Download: After 09-07-2014

Online Test Exam dates:  July – August

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Career News:BSNL JTO Eligibily And Exam Pattern 2014 and previous papers practice papers

The recruitment for the position of Junior Telecom Officers is announced every year by the BSNL in the months of May/June for all eligible applicants. The post of JTO is good for all those applicants who are interested to work in the government organizations of the telecom sector. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is one of the largest government telecom service providers in India, thus, it can be a very good employment option for the candidates seeking recruitment in this sector.

BSNL JTO Examination:

The recruitment consists of a written exam conducted usually in the last week of April for all the applicants. The exam is an online objective type test comprising of three main sections.

Part 1: General Ability Test 20 Marks

Part 2: General Engineering 90 Marks

Part 3: Specialization 90 Marks

Duration of the Bank: 3 Hours

The candidates are required to qualify in all the sections of the paper for selection in this round. The next round of the recruitment consists of the Interview and the Medical Tests respectively held for only those participants who have been successful in the online written exam.

Application Forms & Downloading Process:

The applications for the BSNL JTO Exam is done online at the official site of the BSNL i.e. bsnl.co.in. The applicants can find the online application link at the website through which they can complete their online registration. The online registration will be followed by the offline sending of documents and applications to the mentioned address of the BSNL Office before the last date prescribed for it. The online applications for the post of JTO will begin most probably in the first week of March for all the applicants.

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Click here to download the Application Form for BSNL JTO Exam

Click here for more details on the BSNL JTO Recruitment

read more at  http://www.sarkariexam.co.in/bsnl-jto-application-form/60285

Educational News: Top 10 Distance Learning University for B.Com

Top 10 Distance Learning University for B.Com
1. Delhi University

2. Tamil Nadu Open University

3. Annalmalai University, Directorate of Distance Education
4. University of Mumbai

5. Bharathiar University

6. Madurai Kamaraj University

7. Alagappa University

8. Punjab University

9. Gujarat University

10. Karnataka State Open University

source:http://www.successcds.net/Distance-Education/Top-10-Bcom-commerce-Distance-Education-Universities.html

Career Options in Engineering after 12th: The list of Common Entrance Tests for Admission in Engineering

Career Options in Engineering after 12th

Career in Engineering after 12th is an excellent option for students nowadays. The students who are willing to take admission in an engineering college in India for pursuingB.E., B.Tech or B,Arch., need to appear for the commonJoint Entrance Exam (JEE) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) every year.

Through this  students can take admission in premiere engineering colleges like IITs, NIITs and others. The scores can be used for getting admission at various engineering colleges in the country offering engineering courses in different branches.

However, many institutes also take their own entrance test for admission into various undergraduate courses of engineering.

Many states also conducts their own entrance tests on state level such as Bihar CET, Goa CET (GCET), EAMCET, Jharkhand CET, J&K BPEE CET, Karnataka CET.

Here is the list of Common Entrance Tests for Admission in Engineering:

• JEE MAIN Entrance Exam
• EAMCET Engg Entrance Exam
• Aligarh Muslim University Engg Entrance Exam (AMU)
• Birla Institute of Technology Engg. Entrance Exam (BITSAT)
• VIT University Engg Entrance Exam (VITEEE)
• Associate Membership of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (AMIETE)
• Joint Entrance Exam (JET)
• BVP Pune CET

List of State Engineering Entrance Exams

• Andhra Pradesh Common Entrance Test (EAMCET)
• Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination (BCECE)
• Delhi Combined Entrance Examination (CEE)
• Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET)
• Goa Common Entrance Test (GCET)
• Haryana Common Engineering Entrance Test (CEET)
• Jharkhand Engineering Entrance Exam (JCECE)
• Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET)
• Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM)
• Madhya Pradesh Pre- Engineering Test (PET)
• Maharashtra Engineering Entrance Exam (CET)
• North East State Engineering Entrance (NEE)
• Orissa Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)
• Pondicherry Joint Entrance Test (PJET)
• West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE)

read more at http://www.successcds.net/state-entrance-exam-tests.html