BIS Scientist Scientist-‘B’ Posts Recruitment 2021

Job description

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published a notification for recruitment to the post of Scientist-‘B’ with a Total of 28 vacancies in various Disciplines on its official website @bis.gov.in. Bureau of Indian Standards is commonly known as BIS, is a statutory body under the administrative control of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India. The application process has started on 5th June 2021 and the last date for applying is 25th June 2021. The interested candidates can apply online for which the link is given. Read the complete article to know more about BIS Scientist Recruitment 2021.


BIS Scientist Recruitment 2021: Vacancies

The vacancies have been released separately for all the categories separately. Reservation is given to the SC and ST candidates. The total number of vacancy for the said post category wise is as under:

Civil Engineering: 13

Instrumentation Engineering: 02

Environmental Engineering: 02

Chemistry: 07

Textile Engineering: 04

BIS Scientist Recruitment 2021: Eligibility Criteria

Candidates willing to apply for the posts must go through the eligibility criteria mentioned in the official notification and ensure they fulfil the criteria. The Essential qualification to apply for the post of Scientist “B” in BIS is as follows:

DisciplineRequired Essential QualificationCorresponding GATE Paper and its Code
Civil Engineering1)Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Technology or equivalent with not less than sixty per cent marks in aggregate [fifty per cent for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]

2) Having valid GATE* score of 2019/2020/2021. The GATE score must be valid as on 25.06.2021 (closing date of application).

Civil Engineering (CE)
Instrumentation EngineeringInstrumentation Engineering (IN)
Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental Science & Engineering (ES)
Textile EngineeringTextile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF)
Chemistry1) Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences or equivalent [in Chemistry discipline only] with not less than sixty per cent marks in aggregate [fifty per cent for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes].

2) Having valid GATE* score of 2019/2020/2021. The GATE score must be valid as on 25.06.2021 (closing date of application).

Chemistry (CY)


BIS Scientist Recruitment 2021: Selection Process

a) Short-listing based on GATE 2019, GATE 2020 & GATE 2021 Score: The shortlisting of candidates for Personal Interview will be based on the valid score of GATE 2019, GATE 2020 or GATE 2021, as may be applicable. Short-listing of candidates for Personal Interview will be done in order of merit of valid GATE Scores.

In case of tie, with two or more candidates having same GATE score, then the seniority in the merit will be decided based on following criteria:
(i) Candidate having higher Percentile will be given seniority in merit. Percentile will be calculated by following formula:
Percentile = (Number of Candidates appeared in concerned GATE paper– All India Rank of Candidate in the concerned GATE paper)/ Number of Candidates appeared in concerned GATE paper.
(ii) In case of further tie in Percentile, seniority in merit will be based on age of candidates, with candidate having earlier date of birth (i.e. elder in age) given higher seniority.

b) Personal Interview: Only the Short Listed candidates will be called for Personal Interview. Number of candidate to be called for interview will not be higher than 4 times the number of vacancies in the concerned discipline & category. The candidates will be allowed to take part in the Personal Interview process only after successful completion of the Document Verification process. The date, time and venue of interview will be intimated by e-mail. The same will also be hosted on our website: www.bis.gov.in.

c) Final merit list: Candidates shall be selected discipline-wise on the basis of merit as determined by the aggregate marks obtained by giving eighty-five percent (85%) weightage to GATE Score and 15 percent (15%) weightage to the marks obtained in the interview. In case a tie occurs in the aggregate marks obtained after the interview (GATE
Score + Interview Marks), the seniority of the candidate will be based on the following criteria:
i)The tie may be resolved based on GATE Score with the candidate obtaining a higher score given high seniority in the merit list.
ii)In the unlikely case of the GATE Score getting tied too, based on age criteria, with the applicant elder in age given high seniority in the merit list.


BIS Scientist Recruitment 2021: Salary

The posts of BIS Scientist are in the Pay Level 10 as per the Seventh Central Pay Commission plus allowances as applicable. The gross emoluments at the time of joining will be approximately Rs. 87,525/-.

Job Summary

  • Opening Date: 05 June 2021
  • Closing Date: 25 June 2021
  • Vacancy: 28 Position
  • Location: All India
  • Job Nature: Regular, Full time