Notification for IES 2014 , also called as UPSC Engineering Services Exam 2014 , is likely to come out on 15th March, 2014 and the three-...
Notification for IES 2014, also called as UPSC Engineering Services Exam 2014, is likely to come out on 15th March, 2014 and the three-day IES 2014 Exam Date has been slated on 20th June, 2014. Since the exam is held in so high esteem by the engineering graduates, I am posting this article to help the IES aspirants know about this exam in advance, so that they knows what are the eligibility required and how to apply through the online application form. This information has been posted based on the last years exam notification and the content would be updated as soon as the actual IES 2014 Exam Notification comes out.
This blog has also been posting prep materials subject-wise for the IES exam for last five years, which has been hugely popular among its blog readers. You can find the links for these materials towards the end of the article in section "IES exam prep materials".
This blog has also been posting prep materials subject-wise for the IES exam for last five years, which has been hugely popular among its blog readers. You can find the links for these materials towards the end of the article in section "IES exam prep materials".
Before we go further, let us find what is IES exam.
What is IES exam?
UPSC Engineering Services Exam (commonly called as Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam) is a premier competitive examination conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission), for selecting approx. 500 engineers for Government of India’s engineering organizations, such as Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE), Central Engineering Service (CES), Military Engineering Services (MES) etc. The examination is conducted for the branches of Civil. Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics Engineering every year in the month of May/June, the notification for which comes out in the month of February.
How competitive is IES exam?
The popularity of this exam can be gauged from the following analysis, compiled from UPSC Annual Reports for IES Exam 2003 to IES Exam 2011:
As you can see from above, only two to four persons per thousand who applies for IES exam, cuts the grade and becomes an IES officer. Thus the popularity of IES exam can be compared to another cream services of Government of India – IAS (Civil Services) exam.
You can find from above IES exam statistics that close to 30% -40% people who applies for IES exam, does not appears for the IES exam. Also majority of the screening is done at the Written test - less than 10% of those who writes the exam are called for interview. However, once you are called for the interview, chances of being finally selected is pretty good- as high as 50%!
IES Exam Vacancy 2014:
Number of vacancy is likely to be know only when the IES 2014 Notification comes out. But you can have some idea from the number of vacancies in last eight exams as given below. Just for you, I have compiled the branch-wise vacancies in IES exam from IES-2003 to IES-2010.compiled from UPSC Annual Reports.
Roughly about 40% Civil, 26% Mechanical, 17% Electrical & 18% Electronics is the branch-wise vacancies.
IES Exam 2014 Important dates:Number of vacancy is likely to be know only when the IES 2014 Notification comes out. But you can have some idea from the number of vacancies in last eight exams as given below. Just for you, I have compiled the branch-wise vacancies in IES exam from IES-2003 to IES-2010.compiled from UPSC Annual Reports.
Date of notification & Online submission of form starts: 15th March, 2014.
Last date for submission of IES 2014 Online form: 14th April, 2014..
Date of IES 2014 exam: 20.06.2014 (3 days exam).
IES 2014 Eligibility:
Age Eligibility: (on the 1st January, 2014)
You need to be between 21 years to 30 years.
Age relaxations exist as per Govt. rules.
Academic Qualification Eligibility:
You must be a graduate in Engineering from a recognized university.
Even Final year students can also appear in IES exam, provided he/she can provide the proof of passing the exam when IES exam (Written) result comes out, which is around December 2014.
IES Exam 2014 Online Form:
You can apply for IES 2014 exam only online. There is no offline application form for IES 2014.
You can click here to find the IES 2014 exam Online Form from 15th March to 14th April,2014.
You can click here to find the IES 2014 exam Online Form from 15th March to 14th April,2014.
IES Exam 2014 Admit Card:
You will not be sent the admit card/call letter for IES 2014 exam but you have to download the same from UPSC website, which will be available about three-weeks before the exam date. So approximately in the last week of May, 2014 please check this UPSC website to download your online admit card for IES 2014 (i.e. Engineering Services Exam 2014). In case you can not download the Admit Card, please contact UPSC in phone numbers: 011-23381125/23385271/23098543.
Hope above information reproduced from IES exam notification helps you in applying for IES exam confidently.
Hope above information reproduced from IES exam notification helps you in applying for IES exam confidently.
IES exam study materials:
If you are serious about appearing for this exam, you may be interested to go through following previous blog posts, which gives you the study materials for preparation of IES exam:
I would try to provide more info on IES exam as and when I spot them. Please keep visiting me!
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