ONGC Recruitment of Graduate Trainees in Engineering and Geo-Sciences Disciplines at E1 level through GATE

Age Limit

 Age Limit (with age relaxation) as on 31.07.2021

Category	Age limit for all posts except AEE (Drilling / Cementing) (Years)	For AEE (Drilling / Cementing) (Years)
Unreserved / EWS	30	28
OBC (Non-Creamy layer)	33	31
SC / ST	35	33
PwBD	40	38
	(Further relaxed by 3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST)
Ex-Servicemen (Gen, EWS, OBC, SC & ST)	35	33
	Refer Notification No. 39016/10/79 — Estt (C) dated 15.12.1979, 36034/1/2006 — Estt (Res) dated 04.10.2012, OM. 36034/2/2013 — Estt (Res) dated 08.04.2013
Departmental Candidate	Relaxation in age will be granted to the extent of their service rendered in ONGC in addition to age relaxation of social category / PwBD.

 

Note*

Candidates seeking reservation as SC / ST/OBC will have to possess/ submit at the time of document verification, caste certificate, in the prescribed proforma meant for appointment to posts under the Government of India from the designated authority indicating clearly the candidate’s caste, the Act/Order under which the caste is recognized as SC/ST/OBC and the Village/Town the candidates is ordinarily resident of.

Candidates seeking reservation as PWBD will have to possess/ submit at the time of document verification the benchmarked disability certificate only in the prescribed proforma as per Form V/VI/VII (Rule 18(1) of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017).

The prescribed format of the caste certificate for SC/ST/OBC & disability certificate for PWBD for employment in government undertaking is down-loadable from the online application site.

OBC candidates must ensure that they possess the latest non-Creamy layer certificate issued by the Government of India authority in the latest format. A certificate containing any variation in the caste name will not be accepted.

No change in the category, already indicated by a candidate in his/her online application form for this exercise, will ordinarily be allowed.

The posts of AEE (Production) and AEE (Cementing) are further divided with the specific qualifications and candidates possessing the specific qualification can only apply against those posts.

 

Selection Process

1. GATE 2022: The desirous and eligible candidates having the essential qualification for the advertised posts should have appeared in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2021 as indicated above in para 1.1 “Essential Qualification & GATE Subject with code under” Eligibility Criteria and declared qualified by the GATE —2021 authority.

2. The GATE score in the subject mentioned against the posts of ONGC will be considered by ONGC for shortlisting the candidates for the further selection process of Personal Interview as per the criteria decided by the Management.

3. The final selection of the candidate will be on the basis of the parameters – Educational Qualification; Performance in the GATE 2021 and Performance in the Personal Interview. The following weightage shall be assigned to the parameters:

Parameters	Marks
Weightage of GATE 2021 score	60
Qualification	25 (20 marks for essential qualification and 05 marks for inline Ph.D.)
Interview	15
Total	100

4. In order to be empaneled, candidates are required to qualify in the GATE – 2021 and thereafter again in the personal interview separately in addition to fulfilling qualification criteria. To qualify in the Interview, General, EWS, and OBC candidates are required to score a minimum of 60% marks i.e. 09 marks out of 15 & SC/ST/PWBD candidates are required to score a minimum of 40% marks i.e. 06 marks out of 15 marks in Interview.

Finalization of Merit List

1. Candidates who qualify for the interview shall be empaneled in the Merit List.

2. Offer of appointment shall be issued to the candidates based on their relative rank in the Merit List prepared on the weighted sum total of marks scored by the candidate in Qualification, GATE 2021 score, and interview.

3. In case of a tie in the total marks scored between two candidates, a candidate who gets more marks in performance (Weightage of GATE Score) is considered senior and if equal marks are scored in performance, the one older in age is considered senior for release of name.

4. Departmental candidates shall be given first consideration in matters of selection.

5. Such candidates who are finally selected in both the recruitment exercises conducted through GATE 2020 and GATE 2021, they will be issued only one offer of appointment as per selection through GATE 2020 exercise.

6. Only GATE – 2021 Score is valid for the recruitment exercise in ONGC under this advertisement. The score from GATE —2020 or from any previous GATE examination is not valid.

7. Appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their passing the company’s Medical Examination as per standards laid down under ONGC Medical Examination of Employees Rules, 1996. Details of the rules are available on ONGC’s Website at www.ongcindia.com.

Application Process

1. Eligible & Interested Candidates need to visit www.ongcindia.com to register their application online. The registration site shall remain open from 11.10.2021 to 01.11.2021. No other mode, repeat no other mode of application shall be accepted.

2. Candidates can apply for a maximum of three (03) numbers of posts as per their qualification. The candidate will have to give a choice of posts in order of preference. No change in the order of preference will be considered later. Only one offer of appointment shall be given to the selected candidate based on his / her choice of preference indicated in the online application.

3. If there is no vacancy in a post for the reserved category, candidates belonging to the reserved category can still apply for unreserved posts. However, age relaxation will not be extended to them.

4. Before registering/submitting their online applications on the website the candidates should keep the following ready:

• GATE —2021 Registration ID.
• Mobile number & E-mail ID (as filled in GATE —2021 application) in which the OTP will be sent for completing the registration process.
• Scanned copy of recent passport size color photograph of the candidate with a white background containing the signature of the candidate on a small white sheet pasted just below the photograph (Not more than 70 KB size).
• Qualification Certificates
• Caste/ PWBD/ EWS certificate to fill details regarding community, state & district, if belonging to SC/ST/OBC/ EWS/ PWBD category.

5. All correspondence with the registered candidates shall be done through their registered e-mail and mobile phone only. The candidates are required to keep the registered e-mail and mobile phone active at least for one year from the date of registration.

6. The candidates shortlisted for the interview are required to upload the scanned copies of certificates at the online application site for downloading the Interview Call Letter.
7. All information regarding candidates shortlisted for interviews, uploading the scanned certificates, etc. shall be available on the website of ONGC — www.ongcindia.com. No separate Interview call letters shall be sent to the candidates by post.

8. The sole responsibility of uploading the scanned copies of certificates and downloading and printing of the Interview call letter shall be that of the candidate.
9. No changes shall be allowed once the candidate has submitted his/her online application.

 

Registration Charges

S. No	Category	Registration Charges (Rs.)
1.	GEN/EWS/OBC	300/-
2.	SC/ST/PwBD	No charges
Note* The Registration charges exclude the convenience fee/ Bank’s Commission plus GST. The registration fee is non-refundable. Registration Fee has to be deposited online. Departmental candidates from ONGC would also be required to deposit the applicable registration fee. However, the same would be reimbursable.

10. Candidates are advised to submit only one application. In case of multiple applications from a candidate, the latest one shall be considered as final and older applications shall be rejected.

11. All the candidates attending Personal Interview who have traveled from out of the city where the interview is conducted will be reimbursed single second class to & fro rail fare (inclusive of sleeper charges/ reservation charges if paid) by shortest route or actual fare paid whichever is less. Based on the prevailing pandemic situation, the Interview may be conducted virtually. In case the interview is conducted virtually, the mode of interview (Skype/ Cisco WebEx/ Google meet/WhatsApp/Zoom/ Microsoft Teams, etc.) will be intimated to all the shortlisted candidates in advance. In this case, no TA will be paid to the candidates.

 

General Instructions

1. All applicants must fulfill the essential requirements of the post and other conditions stipulated in the advertisement. They are advised to satisfy themselves before applying. No inquiry asking for advice as to eligibility will be entertained.

2. Applicants are required to apply online only. No manual/ paper application will be entertained.
3. Screening and selection will be based on the details provided by the candidate; hence it is necessary that applicants should furnish only accurate, full and correct information. Furnishing of wrong / false information will be a disqualification and ONGC will NOT be responsible for any consequence of furnishing of such wrong/false information.
4. Candidates should have the relevant documents like percentage of marks obtained in the qualifying examination, GATE Score Card; email id, and mobile phone readily available with them before they commence the ONLINE application process. This information will be required at the time of filling — in the ONLINE application.
5. The candidature of the registered candidate is liable to be rejected at any stage of the recruitment process or after recruitment or joining if any information provided by the candidate is found false or is not found in conformity with the eligibility criteria mentioned in the advertisement.

6. Requests for change of mailing address/category/discipline as declared in the online application, will not be entertained.

7. Candidates should retain a copy of their ONGC Registration Slip and Interview Call letter for future reference. Print out of the same should not be tampered with. No documents including a copy of the Registration slip etc. are to be sent to ONGC unless specifically asked for.

8. Candidates in the employment of Public Sector undertaking/ Govt. service will be required to produce No Objection Certificate (NOC) at the time of document verification/interview.

9. ONGC departmental candidates must ensure filling their own CPF Number of ONGC in the appropriate field in the online form, failing which they shall not, repeat SHALL NOT be screened/ considered as departmental candidates from ONGC.
10. If more than one application is received from a candidate, the most recent (current) application will be considered as final.
11. Disputes, if any, are subject to Delhi jurisdiction only.
12. The candidates applying for the Graduate Trainees (GT) recruitment should ensure that they fulfill all eligibility conditions for the post against which they apply. Their admission at all the stages of the selection process will be purely provisional subject to satisfying the prescribed eligibility conditions. Mere issue of unique ID for online application/ interview call letter to the candidate will not imply that his/her candidature has been finally cleared by ONGC. ONGC takes up verification of eligibility conditions with reference to original documents only after the candidate has been shortlisted for an Interview.
13. Appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their passing the Company’s Medical Examination as per standards laid down under ONGC’s Medical Examination of Employees Rules, 1996. Details of the rules are available on ONGC’s website. However, for the benefit of the candidates, a few salient points are being mentioned below

S. No	Medical Condition	Remarks
1.	Complete or partial color blindness	Acceptable only for the Post of Materials Management Officer. Not Acceptable for all others.
2.	The total amount of Myopia (including the cylinder) shall not exceed -4.00 D and the total amount of Hypermetropia (including the cylinder) shall not exceed +4.00 D	Acceptable for all advertised posts.
3.	For Candidates of more than 20 years of age, the Total amount of Myopia limited to -6.00 D and Total amount of Hypermetropia limited to + 6.00 D (provided there are no degenerative changes in the vitreous or retina and where the disease is not likely to progress)	Acceptable only for the Posts of AEE (Reservoir), Chemist, Geologist, Geophysicist (Surface), Geophysicist (Wells) and Materials Management Officer. not Acceptable for all other posts.
4.	Congenital Night blindness	Not acceptable for any post
Correction with contact lenses and intraocular implants is not a bar for employment provided the prescribed standards are fulfilled. Candidates applying as PWBD will be considered as per Govt. of India directives for reservation as PWBD candidates.

14. The selected candidates are liable to be posted anywhere in India or abroad.
15. For more information about the Company, you may visit our website www.ongcindia.com.
16. Candidates not found to be meeting the prescribed eligibility criteria shall be rejected at any stage of the selection process or after selection. Any candidate submitting false/incorrect information shall be rejected during any stage of the selection process.
17. Candidates can go through the “Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)” and “Steps to fill the online application” in www.ongcindia.com.
18. Canvassing in any form or influencing the officials related to the selection/recruitment process would result in immediate disqualification of the candidate. In case of any dispute, the decision of the management of ONGC will be final and binding on all candidates.
19. Candidates are also advised not to respond to unscrupulous advertisements appearing in any newspaper. For authenticity of any communication/advertisement in this regard, the candidate must check on ONGC’s website www.ongcindia.com.

20. It may be noted that ONGC does not seek payments of any kind other than the registration fees.

Important Dates

S. No	Activity	Schedule Date and Time
1.	Start date of online registration of application	11.10.2021
2.	Last date of online registration of the application	01.11.2021

 

 

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