IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Recruitment 2013 Through GATE

To fuel our dream, we are looking for energetic and dedicated Graduate Engineers for recruitment as Officers / Graduate Apprentice Engineers (GAEs) in the following engineering disciplines :

1. Civil Engineering ( excluding Construction / Environmental / Transportation Engineering ).

2. Chemical Engineering ( including Petrochemicals Engineering ) Computer Science & Information Technology ( excluding information & communications Technology ).

3. Electrical Engineering ( including Electrical & Electronics engineering but excluding Electrical & Communication / Telecommunication engineering ).

4. Instrumentation Engineering ( Including Electronics & Instrumentation engineering but excluding Electronics & Communication engineering / Telecommunication engineering ).

5. Mechanical Engineering ( excluding Production / Manufacturing / Industrial Engineering ).

6. Metallurgical Engineering.

The IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Recruitment eligibility criteria regarding prescribed educational qualification, age and other eligibility criteria and application procedure is mentioned below :

Educational Qualification for IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Jobs 2013 :

Minimum educational qualification for employment in above mentioned positions are :

1. Candidates should have passed qualifying degree examinations and awarded bachelor’s degree in engineering / technology in the above mentioned disciplines ( full time regular courses only ) from recognized Indian Universities / Institutes.

2. Candidates, belonging to General and OBC ( non creamy layer ) categories, should have secured minimum 65% marks in qualifying degree examinations. It is relaxed to ‘ pass ’ for Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST) / People With Disability ( PWD ) candidates.

3. Candidates currently in final year of their engineering studies may also apply. However, if selected, they must be in a position to submit their final mark sheet by 31st August, 2013.

4. For candidates pursuing/ completed M.Tech in any disciplines, other than mentioned above, for being eligible, they must have completed their BE / B.Tech in one of the above disciplines and must take GATE 2013 examination in the discipline of their B.Tech. For example, if a candidate is pursuing his M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and if he did his B. Tech was in Computer Science & Information Technology ( which is one of the disciplines advertised by Indian Oil ), he will be eligible, if he writes GATE 2013 in Computer Sc & Information Technology. On the contrary, if the same candidate had done his BE / B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering, he will not be eligible.

5. Integrated ME / M.Tech candidates will be eligible, if they have already completed the course requirement for awarding BE / B.Tech in one of the disciplines advertised above and will be completing their ME/ M.Tech in 2013. At the end of the programme, if selected in Indian Oil, such candidates must have both BE / B.Tech and ME / M.Tech degree.

6. Candidates pursuing their graduation ( BE / B.Tech ) in combined disciplines like Mechatronics etc will not be eligible.

Age Limit for Graduate Apprentice Engineer Recruitment in IOCL 2013 :

Maximum 26 years as on 30th June, 2013 for the general category candidates. Age relaxation for OBC ( Non Creamy Layer ) / SC / ST / PWD candidates will be applicable as per the Presidential Directive.

Concessions / Relaxations :

1. Reservation of posts for SC / ST / OBC ( Non Creamy Layer ) / PWD ( degree of disability 40% or above ) will be maintained as per Government of India directives.


2. Age relaxation to OBC ( non creamy layer ), SC / ST and PWD candidates will be extended as per the Presidential Directive. For getting the reservation benefits under
OBC category :

(i) The name of caste and community of the candidate must appear in the ‘ Central list of other Backward Classes ’.

(ii) The candidates must not belong to creamy layer.

(iii) The candidates need to furnish their OBC certificate as per the format prescribed by Government of India and it must not be more that 6 months old.

(iv) Age relaxation by 5 years for candidates domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir between 1.1.1980 and 31.12.1989.

(v) Age relaxation by 5 years for Ex-servicemen & Commissioned Officers ( including ECOs / SSCOs ) subject to rendering minimum 5 years’ military service and fulfillment of other conditions prescribed by Government of India.

(vi) Minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying degree examination is relaxed to ‘ pass class ’ for SC / ST / PWD category candidates.

Physical Fitness :

Desirous candidates seeking employment with Indian Oil needs to be medically fit as per Indian Oil’s pre – employment medical standard. Candidates are advised to go through the ‘ Guidelines and Criteria for Physical Fitness for Pre – employment medical Examination ’ before they commence the application process. The guidelines
are available in the following link : http://www.iocl.com/PeopleCareers/Preemployment_Guiding_Principles11th_mar_2011.pdf Selection, Training and Placement.

The IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers selection methodology will comprise of the following :

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineers ( GATE ) 2013 score of the candidates in the concerned disciplines. The graduate engineers from the relevant disciplines, desirous of taking up a career with IndianOil are required to appear in GATE 2013 in the same disciplines. The disciplines and corresponding GATE papers along with GATE paper codes are given below :

On the basis of GATE 2013 score, the candidates will be short listed for further selection process comprising of :

Group Discussion / Group Task.

IOCL Personal Interview for assessment of different facets of knowledge, skill, attitude and aptitude.

Please note that only GATE 2013 score is valid for this recruitment exercise in Indian Oil under this advertisement. GATE score of 2012 or scores prior any previous GATE examination is not valid.

1. Candidates will have to qualify through each stage of selection process successfully before being adjudged as suitable for selection.

2. Selected candidates shall have all India transfer liability and may be posted to any Division / Unit / Subsidiary Company / Office of the Corporation.

3. General category candidates will have to execute a bond of 3,00,000 ( 50000/- for SC / ST / OBC & PH candidates ) to serve the Corporation for a minimum period of three years from the date of joining (date of appointment as Engineer in case of GAEs after successful completion of training ).

Remuneration Package :

IOCL Engineers / Officers Recruitment 2013 :

1. Candidates selected as officers will receive a starting basic pay of 24900/-per month. In addition, the selected candidates will receive Dearness Allowance (DA) and other allowances, according to the rules of the Corporation in force, as amended from time to time.

2. Other allowances / benefits include HRA / subsidized housing accommodation ( depending upon place of posting ), medical facilities, performance related pay, gratuity, contributory provident fund, employees pension scheme, group personal accident insurance scheme, leave encashment, leave travel concession ( LTC ) / LFA, contributory superannuation benefit fund scheme, house building advance ( HBA ), conveyance advance / maintenance reimbursement, professional updation allowance, laptop computer, children’s education allowance etc. as per rules.

3. The Cost to Company ( CTC ), will be between 9.30 to 9.90 lakhs per annum inclusive of performance related pay (PRP). The actual CTC will vary depending on place of posting.

IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers ( GAEs ) Vacancy 2013:

Candidates selected as GAEs for one-year apprenticeship training will be paid consolidated stipend @ 35,000/- per month. Upon successful completion of apprenticeship training, they may be appointed as officers in the scale of pay mentioned above.

IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers & Officers Recruitment 2013 Online Application Form :

1. GATE 2013 through Online and Offline modes is scheduled on 19th January and 10th February, 2013 respectively. For detailed information on GATE-2013, interested candidates may log on to http://www.iitb.ac.in/gate2013 or GATE 2013 online application interface http://gateapp.iitb.ac.in/GATE or the following websites of IITs and Indian Institute of Science ( IISc ), Bangalore.

2. Candidates need to apply / register Online for GATE 2013. Application process for GATE 2013 is entirely Online.

3. The candidates will require their GATE 2013 Registration Number for applying to Indian Oil. The registration number will appear on the GATE 2013 admit card of the candidates. The admit card can only be downloaded from the zonal GATE websites of IISc and 7 IITs. No other number ( for eg. GATE 2013 form no. etc ) should be entered as GATE 2013 registration number while applying to Indian Oil.

4. On downloading the GATE 2013 admit card and receipt of GATE 2013 registration number, the candidates need to apply to Indian Oil Online. The relevant link will be made available from 10th December, 2012 on the Indian Oil’s website www.iocl.com.

5. Candidates should click on the IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Vacancy 2013 Online application link, read the instructions carefully and fill in the IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Job Online application form giving accurate information including the GATE 2013 registration number.

6. Candidates must enter the same name in the same configuration as they are entering while applying to GATE 2013. ( For example, if the candidates is entering Ravi Kumar Singh in the Online GATE application, he must enter Ravi Kumar Singh ( exactly same spelling ) while applying to Indian Oil Online. He must not enter R K Singh or Ravi K Singh while applying to Indian Oil ). The candidates must fill in the other information boxes correctly and ‘ tick ’ the appropriate box, wherever applicable.

7. Upon completion, the candidate should submit the IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers 2013 Recruitment online application by clicking the Submit button at the bottom of the page. If the same is accepted, the system will generate a unique application ID along with the completed IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Vacancy application form 2013.

8. Candidate should take a print out of completed application, affix his / her recent passport size photograph, put his / her signature at the space provided and keep with him / her safely for future reference.

9. The passport size photograph affixed by the candidate should be the same submitted along with GATE 2013 application form and admit card. If the candidate is called for GD / GT and interview, his / her identity would be verified with GATE 2013 admit card and GATE 2013 official score card.

10. 19th January, 2013 is the last date for receiving the IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Job Online application for Indian Oil Candidates need not to pay any separate application fee to Indian Oil.

General Instructions for IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Recruitment 2013 :

1. The candidates must have an active e-mail id, which must remain valid for at least next one year. All future communication with the candidates will take place through email only. During previous years, candidates having email in ‘ Yahoo ’ domain reported some difficulties while getting unique application ID. This year, such difficulties have been reported by GATE authorities too. Hence, candidates having their mail ID in ‘ Yahoo ’ domain are advised to create a mail account with other service providers for application purpose.

2. The candidates should have the relevant documents like percentage of marks obtained in the qualifying examination, caste / sub caste certificate, date of issue, name of issuing authority, state of origin, etc. readily available with them before they commence the IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Recruitment 2013 Online application process. This information will be required at the time of filling in the IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Vacancy Online application 2013.

3. Wherever CGPA / OGPA / DGPA or Letter Grade in a degree / diploma is awarded, its equivalent percentage of marks must be indicated in the IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers Recruitment application form as per norms adopted by University / Institute.

4. Candidates who have appeared / are appearing in final qualifying examination in 2013 may also apply. If such candidates are short listed for interview, they will have to submit documentary proof of having passed the qualifying examination with minimum prescribed percentage of marks by 31st August 2013.

5. People with Disability ( PWD ) candidates will be considered for selection against the identified posts.

6. Candidates belonging to OBC category, but not falling in creamy layer will not be entitled to the benefit of reservation and should apply as General Category candidate.

7. Candidates presently employed in Government Departments / PSUs / Autonomous Bodies will need to submit NOC from competent authority of their current employer at the time of IOCL Graduate Apprentice Engineers interview 2013.

8. A candidate can apply in one discipline only. Candidates applying in more than one discipline will not be considered.

9. Candidates not found to be meeting the prescribed eligibility criteria shall be rejected at any stage of the IOCL selection process.

10. Candidates can go through the “ Frequently Asked Questions ( FAQs ) ”. In case any particular query is not covered in the FAQs, the candidates can write to Indian Oil at recruit2013@indianoil.in.