by the randidate.

After allotment of examination centre , request for change of

examination centre shall not be accepted in any circumstances and the candidate will
have to appear at the allotted centre. The candidates will also have to make their own
Advertisement No.DSB/ICFRE-2019 arrangements for travel and stay for the examination.
Recruitment for the posts of Scientist-B - 2019 The written examination will be held at 10 centres as given below: -
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) invites online Centre of Examination Centre Code No.
applirations from Indian nationals for recruitment to the posts of Scientist-B. Bengaluru (Karnataka) 01
Candidates declared successful for the post of Scientist-B will be recommended for Coimbatore (Tamilnadu) 02
appointment in the level 10 (?Iii CPC) of the Pay Matrix (Rs.56,100 - 177500) plus Dehradun (Uttarakhand} 03
allowances as admissible under the rules/orders of ICFRE.
Guwahati (Assam) 04
1. VACANCIES FOR SCIENTIST-B : The number of vacancies in Scientist 'B' under
Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) 05
various disciplines are given below:-
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) 06
Approximate number of posts: 54 (UR-23, EWS-4, OBC-16, SC-07 and ST-04)
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 07
SI. Post (Discipline) with Code No. of Post (s) & category
Jorhat (Assam) 08
No. Total UR EWS# SC ST OBC
Ranchi (Jharkhand) 09
GROUP-I
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) 10
1. 1101- Forestry 13 04 01 03 03 02
2. 1201-Forest Hydrology 02 02 _ _ _ _ The Chairman , Recruitment Board, ICFRE shall have the authority to cancel/change any
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3. 2101-Marine living resources/ Details of appliration fee to be paid:
Marine Biology 01 01 SI.No. Category of Candidate Examination Fee
4 . 2201-Ecology 03 01 02 1. Unreserved (UR)/ EWS Rs. 1500/-
5. 2301-Forest Genetics 02 02 2. Other Backward Class (OBC) Rs. 1500/-
6. 2401-Seed Technology 01 01 3. Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST)/ Divyang/Women NIL
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The prescribed qualifiration for each of the disciplines will be available on the website
http://recruitment.icfre.gov.in
(*) One Post of Scientist 'B' (Botany) is reserved/earmarked for Diyvangjan (PwD)
underOrthopaedically Handicapped (OH) category.
(#) EWS vacancies are tentative and subject to further directives of Gol and outcome
of any litigation. The appointment against EWS category shall be provisional and is
subject to the Income and Asset certificate being verified through the proper
channels and if the verification reveals that the claim to belong to EWS is fake/false
the services will be terminated forthwith without assigning any further reasons and
without prejudice to such further action as may be taken under the provisions of the
Indian Penal Code for production of fake/false certificate. The Income and Asset
Certificate issued by any one of the authorities mentioned in the prescribed format
shall only be accepted as proof of candidate's claim as belonging to EWS.
In case the qualifying degree (M.Sc./B.E./B.Tech etc.) carries a Grade Point Average
(GPA) system, instead of Percentage system, the duly certified conversion system
prescribed by the educational institution must be submitted to ascertain requisite
qualification of "First Class Degree" from the said educational institution.
Candidates can apply for only one post (discipline) from each Group (maximum for three
posts). Application for more than one post (discipline) from same Group shall not be
accepted.
The Director General, ICFRE reserves the right to increase or decrease the posts or not to
fill any or all the advertised posts without assigning any reasons.
"Specialization means a candidate must have a degree in specialization or special
paper/elective paper/dissertation in the stream of the specialization."
2. CENTRE FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The candidates are required to select two (02) Centres in order of preference. The
Council reserves the right to allot an examination centre other than the preference given
OBC randidates whose caste is not listed in Central List (as available on National
Commission for Backward Classes website www.ncbc.nic.in) and w ho are not covered
under the provisions as applicable to OBC-Non Creamy Layer (NCL) randidates, shall be
treated as General Category candidates for all purposes . Accordingly, OBC Candidates
not belonging to O BC Non-Creamy Layer shall indicate their rategory as 'General'.
5. NATIONALITY
Only Indian citizens are eligible to apply.
6 . PLAN OF EXAMINATION
A competitive written examination followed by Personal Interview shall be conducted.
7. PLACE OF POSTING
The randidates selected against the posts in the above disciplines will be posted in any of
the Institutes/Centres of the Council at Dehradun, Jabalpur, Jodhpur, Coimbatore,
Bangalore, Jorhat, Shim la, Ranchi , Hyderabad , Prayagraj , Chhindwara, A izwal and
Vishakapatnam. However, all posts carry liability to serve in any of the Institutes/centres
under ICFRE within India.
8. IMPORTANT NOTES
• Online application submission link will be available at (http://recruitment.icfre.
gov.in). The details including the age limit, reservation, exam ination scheme,
syllabus, educational qualification, guidelines are available in this website. The
applications will only be accepted online. No other mode will be accepted. The fee will
also be paid online only.
• Online submission will be available from 01.04.2019 at 10 A.M. and closes on
15.05.2019 at 05:00 P.M.
• Th e ca n didates are a d vised to r egula r ly visit the website
(http:// recruitment.icfre.gov.in). All the information related to the examination will
be uploaded/updated on this website only. Secretary, ICFRE

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