RVUN Recruitment

The Engineers’ Service Regulations, 2016 and Scheduled Areas Engineers, Ministerial & Class-IV Service (Recruitment & other Service Conditions) Regulations, 2017 of these Vidyut Nigams are applicable for all purposes. Candidates are advised to refer to them. However, salient provisions are mentioned hereunder:-

Vacancy Details

1. Name of Post:— Junior Engineer-I (Electrical):

 

In Non-TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVUN	245
2.	RVPN	18
3.	JVVN	115
4.	JDVVN	118

 

In TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVUN	04
2.	RVPN	19
3.	AVVN	43
4.	JDVVN	09

 

2. Name of Post:— Junior Engineer-I (Mechanical):

In Non-TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVUN	245

 

In TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVUN	03

 

3. Name of Post:— Junior Engineer-I (Civil):

In Non-TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVUN	33
2.	JVVN	05

 

In TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVUN	02
2.	RVPN	01
3.	AVVN	02

 

 

4. Name of Post:— Junior Engineer-I (Control & Instrumentation/ Communication):

 

In Non-TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVUN	64
2.	RVPN	01

 

In TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	RVPN	03

 

5. Name of Post:— Informatics Assistant:

In Non-TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	JVVN	30
2.	JDVVN	02

 

In TSP Areas
S. No	Name of Company	Total Vacant Posts (including Backlog
1.	AVVN	11
2.	JDVVN	03

 

Common Competitive Examination shall be conducted separately for each post and discipline (i.e. Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Control & Instrumentation/ Communication & Fire & Safety), therefore, candidates are required to give their priorities/preferences in their application itself, with regard to companies as per their choice. Priorities/preferences given by the candidates in their application form with regard to the companies shall be final and irrevocable. No second opportunity shall be given, for any change in preferences, thereafter.

Educational Qualification

1. Name of Post: Junior Engineer-I

S. No	Name of Discipline	Educational Qualification (as on the date fixed for Documents Verification)
1.	Electrical	The candidate must hold Full Time four years’ Graduation Degree in Engineering as a regular student or AMIE in Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics/ Electrical, Instrumentation & Control/ Power Systems & High Voltage/Power Electronics/ Power Engineering or equivalent from a University/Institution established by Law in India and recognized equivalent to full time Graduation Degree in Engineering by AICTE, New Delhi.
2.	Mechanical	The candidate must hold Full Time four years’ Graduation Degree in Engineering as a regular student or AMIE in Mechanical/ Production/ Industrial Engineering/ Production & Industrial/ Thermal/ Mechanical & Automation/ Power Engineering or equivalent from a University/Institution established by Law in India and recognized equivalent to full time Graduation Degree in Engineering by AICTE, New Delhi.
3.	Civil	The candidate must hold Full Time four years’ Graduation Degree in Engineering as a regular student or AMIE in Structural/Civil Construction/Civil Engineering or equivalent from a University/Institution established by Law in India and recognized equivalent to full time Graduation Degree in Engineering by AICTE, New Delhi.
4.	Control & Instrumentation/ Communication	The candidate must hold Full Time four years’ Graduation Degree in Engineering as a regular student or AMIE in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele-Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Power/ Power Electronics/ Electrical & Electronics/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Instrumentation & Controls or equivalent from a University/Institution established by Law in India and recognized equivalent to full time Graduation Degree in Engineering by AICTE, New Delhi

 

2. Name of Post : Informatics Assistant

Graduate or higher full time degree in Computer Science/ Computer Engineering/ Computer Applications/ Computer Science & Engineering/ Electronics/ Electronics & Communication/ Information Technology or equivalent of a University established by law in India;

OR

Full time Post Polytechnic Diploma in Computer Applications or 3 years’ Diploma in Computer Science & Engineering/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology or equivalent from a Polytechnic Institution recognized by the Government;

OR

Graduate of a University established by law in India with Diploma in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology or equivalent of a University established by law in India or of an institution recognized by the Government;

OR

Graduate of University established by law in India with “O” or Higher Level Certificate course conducted by “National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIEIT)/ DOEACC” under the control of Department of Electronics, Government of India;

OR

Graduate of University established by law in India with Computer Operator & Programming Assistant (COPA)/ Data Preparation and Computer Software (DPCS) Certificate organized under the National/ State Counsel of Vocational Training Scheme;

And Speed of 20 Words Per Minute typing in Hindi and English both.

(b) Candidates must possess working knowledge of Hindi written in Devnagri script and knowledge of Rajasthani culture.

A person who has appeared or is appearing in the final year/ semester/ examination of the aforesaid requisite educational qualification, are also eligible to apply for the post, but he/she shall have to submit proof of having acquired the requisite educational qualification at the time fixed for documents verification after written competitive exam. The date of declaration of result/issuance of Marks-sheet of educational qualification shall be deemed to be the date of acquiring the qualification.

 

Age Limit

1. Candidates must have attained the age of 21 years and must have not attained the age of 40 years on the first day of January next following the last date fixed for online submission of application. However, as direct recruitment in previous years have not been done for different durations in different Nigam, the upper age limit as on 1.1.2022 shall be as follows:-

(a) For Junior Engineer-I (Electrical):

1. In RVUN – 43 Years
2. In RVPN, JVVN, AVVN and JDVVN – 42 Years

(b) For Junior Engineer-I (Mechanical):

1. In RVUN – 43 Years

(c) For Junior Engineer-I (Civil):

1. In RVUN – 43 Years
2. In RVPN, JVVN and AVVN – 42 Years

(d) For Junior Engineer-I (Control & Instrumentation/ Communication):

1. In RVUN and RVPN – 42 Years

(g) For Informatics Assistant:

1. In JVVN, AVVN and JDVVN – 42 Years

2. The upper age limit mentioned above shall be relaxed by:

1. 5 years in the case of male candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste(SC), Scheduled Tribes(ST), Backward Class(BC) and More Backward Class (MBC);
2. 5 years in the case of woman candidate belonging to Unreserved (General) category and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS);
3. 10 years in the case of woman candidate belonging to SC, ST, BC and MBC;

3. The upper age limit mentioned above shall not apply in the case of an ex-prisoner who had served under the Government/ Nigam on a substantive basis on any post before his conviction and was eligible for appointment under the Regulations.
4. The upper age limit mentioned above shall be relaxable by a period equal to the term of imprisonment served in the case of ex-prisoner who was not overage before his conviction and was eligible for appointment under the Regulations.
5. The upper age limit mentioned above shall be relaxable by a period equal to the service rendered in the N.C.C. in the case of Cadet Instructors and if the resultant age does not exceed the prescribed maximum age limit by more than three years, they shall be deemed to be within the prescribed age limit.
6. The Released Emergency Commissioned Officers and Short Service Commissioned Officers after release from the Army shall be deemed to be within the age-limit even though they have crossed the age limit when they appear before the Committee had they been eligible as such at the time of their joining the Commission in the Army.
7. For Ex-servicemen, the upper age limit shall be relaxable by fifteen years, provided that if the permissible age after relaxation workout to be more than 50 years then the upper age limit of 50 years will be applicable.
8. There shall be no age limit in the case of persons repatriated from Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak War.
9. There shall be no upper age limit for candidates already serving in connection with affairs of Nigam, if applying in the same Nigam. It is clarified that this relaxation is admissible to in-service candidate, in that Nigam where he/she is working but not in any other Nigam.
10. There shall be no upper age limit in the case of widows and divorced women.
11. The upper age limit mentioned above shall be relaxed by one year in case the candidate had undergone apprenticeship training under provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961 in the same Nigam. This age relaxation shall not be allowed against vacancies in any other Vidyut Nigam.
12. The provision of age relaxation is non-cumulative i.e. relaxation may be claimed under any one provision, but relaxation admissible under any two clauses would not be clubbed.

Application Process

1. Candidates will have to go to one of the above websites and click on the option “APPLY ONLINE” which will open a new screen.
2. To register application, choose the tab “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION” and enter Name, Contact details and Email-id. A Provisional Registration Number and Password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the Provisional Registration Number and Password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration Number and Password will also be sent.
3. In case the candidate is unable to complete the application form in one go, he / she can save the data already entered by choosing “SAVE AND NEXT” tab. Prior to submission of the online application candidates are advised to use the “SAVE AND NEXT” facility to verify the details in the online application form and modify the same if required. Visually Impaired candidates should fill the application form carefully and verify/ get the details verified to ensure that the same are correct prior to final submission.

4. Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application themselves as no change will be possible/ entertained after clicking the “FINAL SUBMIT” button.
5. The Name of the candidate or his /her Father/ Husband, etc. should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the Certificates/ Mark sheets/Identity proof. Any change/alteration found may disqualify the candidature
6. Validate details and save application by clicking the “Validate your details” and “SAVE AND NEXT” button.
7. Candidates can proceed to upload Photo, Signature, left thumb impression & hand written declaration as per the specifications given in the “Guidelines for Scanning and Uploading of Photograph, Signature, Thumb Impression and Hand Written Declaration” detailed hereunder.
8. Candidates can proceed to fill other details of the Application Form.
9. Click on the ‘Preview Tab’ to preview and verify the entire application form before “FINAL SUBMIT”.
10. Modify details, if required, and click on “FINAL SUBMIT” only after verifying and ensuring that the photograph, signature, left thumb impression & hand written declaration uploaded and all other details filled are correct.
11. Click on ‘Payment’ Tab and proceed for payment of ‘Fee’.
12. Click on ‘SUBMIT’ button.

Application fee

1. The application fee payable is as under:—

S. No.	Category	Application fee (Rs.)
1.	UR (Gen)/EWS if annual income of family is Rs.2.50 lakh or more.	Rs.1600 (Including GST)
2.	UR (Gen)/EWS if annual income of family is less than Rs.2.50 lakh/SC/ST/BC/MBC/ PWBD(PH).	Rs.1400 (Including GST)

2. Bank Transaction charges for Online Payment of application fees/intimation charges will have to be borne by the candidate.
3. Payment of Fee through Online mode is available only from 24.02.2021 to 16.03.2021
4. Those UR(GEN)/EWS category candidates whose annual family income is less than Rs.2.50 lakh and are depositing Rs.1400/- as application fee on this ground, will have to produce documents in support of their annual family income at the time of documents verification.
5. Benefit of reserved posts is not admissible to candidates of creamy layer of BC & MBC categories. Such candidates are considered in UR (GEN) Category and shall deposit fee of Rs. 1600/-.
6. SC/ST/BC/MBC/EWS category candidates belonging to any State other than Rajasthan shall be treated as “Unreserved (General)” category candidate. They should apply under the UR(GEN) category by depositing fee of Rs. 1600/-.
7. Application fee once paid shall neither be refunded in any circumstances, nor it can be reserved for any other recruitment or selection.

Selection procedure and preparation of Merit

1. Computer based “common written competitive exam” shall be conducted through Online mode. The Question Paper shall be of two (2) hours duration and shall consist of Objective Type questions (Multiple Choice Questions) only.
2. The Question Paper shall consist of two parts as detailed below:-

(a) Junior Engineer-I:

Part – A: 60% weightage: The standard and syllabus of the examination will be of the level of Degree in Engineering in the respective discipline.

Part – B: 40% weightage:

(i) Reasoning & Mental Ability

(ii) Mathematics

(iii) General Knowledge & Everyday Science

(iv) Hindi General

(v) English General

A brief out-line of scope of each sub-part is given hereunder for general guidelines of candidates, but is not intended to be exhaustive:-

• Reasoning & Mental Ability :- Analytical Reasoning, Number series, Letter series, Odd man out, Coding-Decoding, Shapes and Mirror Images, Clocks, etc.
• Mathematics: – (Class-XII level).
• General Knowledge & Everyday Science :- Current events including issues of State (Rajasthan), National & International importance, Persons & Places in recent news, Games & Sports, Science, Indian History, Civics, Geography, Indian Polity, etc., with special reference to Rajasthan.
• Hindi General: – Hindi Grammar and language (Class-X level).
• English General: – English Grammar and language (Class-X level).

The Question Papers, except “Hindi General” of Part-B, shall be in English only.

(c) The competitive exam for the post of Informatics Assistant shall be conducted in two Phases as follows:

Phase – I

In the Phase-I, computer based “written competitive exam” shall be conducted through Online mode and Question Paper shall be in two parts of total two(2) hours’ duration, consisting of Objective Type Questions (Multiple Choice Questions – MCQ) only, as detailed hereunder :-

Part – A: 60% weightage:

1. Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency, Major development in the field of Information Technology.
2. Overview of the Computer System including input-output devices, pointing devices, and scanner.
3. Introduction to Operating System, Word Processing (MS-Word), Spread Sheet Software (MS-Excel), Presentation Software (MS Power Point), DBMS Software (MA-Access).
4. Representation of Data (Digital versus Analog, Number System – Decimal, Binary & Hexadecimal), Introduction to Data Processing, Concepts of files and its types.
5. Introduction of Internet Technology and Protocol. LAN, MAN, WAN, Search Service/ Engines. Introduction to online & offline messaging. World Wide Web Browsers, Web publishing, Creation & maintenance of Websites, HTML, Interactivity Tools, Multimedia and Graphics, Voice Mail and Video Conferencing, Introduction to e-Commerce.
6. Security, Protecting Computer Systems from viruses & malicious attacks, Introduction to Firewalls and its utility, Backup & Restoring data.
7. Algorithms for Problem Solving, Introduction to C Language, Principles and Programming Techniques, Introduction of Object Oriented Programming (OOPs) concept, Introduction to “Integrated Development Environment” and its advantages.

Part – B: 40% weightage:

(i) Reasoning & Mental Ability

(ii) Mathematics

(iii) General Knowledge & Everyday Science

(iv) Hindi General

(v) English General

A brief out-line of scope of each sub-part is given hereunder for general guidelines of candidates, but is not intended to be exhaustive :-

• Reasoning & Mental Ability :- Analytical Reasoning, Number series, Letter series, Odd man out, Coding-Decoding, Shapes and Mirror Images, Clocks, etc.
• Mathematics: – (Class-XII level).
• General Knowledge & Everyday Science :- Current events including issues of State (Rajasthan), National & International importance, Persons & Places in recent news, Games & Sports, Science, Indian History, Civics, Geography, Indian Polity, etc., with special reference to Rajasthan.
• Hindi General: – Hindi Grammar and language (Class-X level).
• English General: – English Grammar and language (Class-X level).

Phase – II

Qualifying Typing Speed Test on Computer:

(a) Hindi Typing 15 Minutes

(b) English Typing 15 Minutes

Note: –

1. Speed Test in Hindi & English languages on Computer machine shall be taken of only those candidates who will qualify the Phase-I of the examination. The number of candidates to be admitted to the Phase-II of the examination (Qualifying Typing Speed Test) shall be about three times of the advertised vacancies (category-wise).
2. No marks shall be given in Qualifying Typing Speed Test and Merit list will be prepared only on the basis marks obtained in the Phase-I of the examination, but only those candidates who qualify the Typing Speed Test shall be eligible for inclusion in the Merit list.

The Question Paper (except “Hindi General” and “English General” section) shall be ‘bilingual’ i.e. both in English & Hindi.

3. There shall be no ‘Interview’.
4. There will be ‘Negative’ marking for each wrong answer.
5. To become eligible for consideration for appointment, candidates shall be required to secure minimum passing marks in Part-A & Part-B or Phase-I, as the case may be as detailed below in the written competitive exams :-

1. UR category candidates – 30% marks
2. SC/ST/BC/MBC/EWS/Ex-servicemen/ PWBD(PH) category candidates – 20% marks.

The sum of marks obtained by candidates in the Part-A and Part-B both or Phase-I, as the case may be, of the examination will be counted for determining final order of their merit.

6. For selection against “Unreserved” vacancies, candidates must be eligible for appointment as “Unreserved” candidate. It is clarified that in case of availing relaxation in ‘Fee’, a candidate does not become ineligible for selection against “Unreserved” vacancy.
7. The possibility of occurrence of some problem in the administration of the examination cannot be ruled out completely which may impact test delivery and/or result from being generated. In that event, every effort will be made to rectify such problem, which may include movement of candidates, delay in test. Conduct of a re-exam is at the absolute discretion of test conducting body. Candidates will not have any claim for a re-test. Candidates not willing to move or not willing to participate in the delayed process of test delivery shall be summarily rejected from the process.
8. If the examination is held in more than one session due to one or other reason, the scores across various sessions will be equated to adjust for slight differences in difficulty level of different test batteries used across sessions. More than one session are required if the nodes capacity is less or some technical disruption takes place at any centre or for any candidate.
9. Responses (answers) of candidates will be analysed with those of other candidates to detect patterns of similarity of right and wrong answers. If in the analytical procedure adopted in this regard, it is inferred/ concluded that the responses have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/ valid, RVUN reserves rights to cancel the candidature of the concerned candidates and the result of such candidates (disqualified) will be withheld.
10. The scores of online exam will be obtained by adopting the following procedure :-

1. Number of questions answered correctly by a candidate in the objective test is considered for arriving at the ‘Corrected Score’ after applying penalty for wrong answers.
2. The ‘Corrected Scores’ so obtained by candidates are made equivalent to take care of the minor difference in difficulty level, if any, in each of the objective tests held in different sessions to arrive at the ‘Equated Scores’. Scores obtained by candidates on any test will be equated to the base form by considering the distribution of scores of all the forms.
3. Test-wise scores and scores on total is calculated with decimal point up to two digits.

11. Category-wise Merits lists of all the successful candidates for each discipline/post shall be prepared separately on the basis of marks secured by the candidates in Common Written Competitive Examination for that discipline/post.

However, in case two or more candidates acquire the same marks, then their date of birth shall be the deciding factor to determine their inter-se merit, i.e. the elder candidate shall be placed higher in the merit-list.

Provided that candidates who had completed apprenticeship training in a Vidyut Nigam under the Apprentices Act, 1961, shall be given preference in that Vidyut Nigam and for this purpose, if two or more candidates acquire the same marks in the Written Competitive exam, then those candidates who had completed apprenticeship training under the Act, 1961 shall rank en bloc senior to other candidates who had not undergone such apprenticeship training.

Provided further that if two or more trained apprentices secure the same marks then the apprentice(s) trained earlier shall be placed higher in the merit as compared to the apprentice(s) undertaken training subsequently. However, such preference shall not be considered against vacancies of any other Vidyut Nigams.

12. Notwithstanding anything contained herein above, if other things are equal between a person with benchmark disability and a person without benchmark disability, then preference shall be given to the person with benchmark disability, even if it result in the excess of the reservation prescribed for them.

For Queries / Clarifications for RVUN Recruitment

Helpline No.	91+94140 56655
Note* (During 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on all Working Days)

Important Dates for RVUN Recruitment

Sl. No	Activity	Date
1.	Date of opening Website Link for submission of Online Application Form	24th February, 2021
2.	Last Date of submission of Online Application Form	16th March, 2021
Note* All eligible candidates are required to apply online on any of the following websites from 24th February, 2021 to 16th March, 2021 and application through no other mode will be accepted: www.energy.rajasthan.gov.in www.energy.rajasthan.gov.in/rvunl www.energy.rajasthan.gov.in/rvpnl www.energy.rajasthan.gov.in/jvvnl www.energy.rajasthan.gov.in/avvnl www.energy.rajasthan.gov.in/jdvvnl

 

 

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