FOREST SURVEY OF INDIA

(Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India)

PO-KDMIPE, Kaulagarh Road, Dehradun-248195
Website: www.fsi.nic.in
Dated: 21 January, 2020

Recruitment of 29 Technical Associates, 7 Project Associates-I (PA-I), 1 Project

Associates-II (PA-II) and 1 Project Associates-III (PA-III) on contractual basis in
Forest Survey of India
Forest Survey of India (FSI) is a premier national organization under the Ministry of
Environment, Forest & Climate Change (Government of India) and is responsible for forest
resource assessment of the country on a regular basis.
Applications are invited for engagement of 29 Technical Associates, 7 Project
Associates-I (PA-I), 1 Project Associates-II (PA-II) and 1 Project Associates-III (PA-III) on
contractual basis for DIP/GIS/MIS related works under various projects/plan schemes at
headquarters of FSI Dehradun and its Regional Offices initially for a period of one year
subject to further extension, if required. The details such as essential qualification, age limit,
emoluments, place of work and selection criterion are given below.
Note: No. of posts may vary as per the requirement of the organization.
Selection Process:
Candidates who fulfil the essential qualification and essential experience should first
pre-register themselves using on-line form available on FSI’s website www.fsi.nic.in w.e.f
23rd January, 2020. After screening of the on-line registration forms, the eligible candidates
will be called for walk-in test at FSI, Dehradun on a date, which will be informed, to them
through email and SMS and the list will also be uploaded on the website.
Short-listing will be done on the basis of fulfilling of prescribed qualifications,
experience and age limit criteria. The selection of the candidates for the post of TA will be
done based on the walk–in test which will comprise three parts Written (multiple –
choice/Short answer type) and/or Hands-on test on the use of Remote Sensing and GIS
software(only for candidates applying of RS/GIS at the headquarters) (only those candidates
who qualify written test will be asked to appear in Hands-on test) and/or Interview. For the
post of PA-I, PA-II and PA-III, the walk–in test will comprise of only
interview/presentation/Group Discussion.

The candidates may have to make suitable arrangement for stay on their own as the
walk-in test may take more than one day. Candidates called for walk-in test are required to
bring their mark sheets and experience certificates in original. They should also submit a
filled up form on prescribed format (pdf can be downloaded from the website) while
appearing for the walk-in test. The final selection would be based on combined performance
in the written test and/ or Hands-on test and/or interview. In case of any dispute in the
process, the decision of the Director General, FSI will be final. No TA/DA will be paid for
appearing for the walk-in test. The selection and appointment of above-mentioned posts are
purely on contractual basis and does not imply any form of permanent employment in Forest
Survey of India or extension beyond the period of engagement.

DDG (FI)
Forest Survey of India, Dehradun
Ph. No. 0135-2755042
 Annexure-I

S.
Name of Post Vacancies Remuneration Qualification Experience Age limit Place of posting
No
1 Technical 9 Rs 31000/- Essential Essential 30 years as on the last FSI headquarters Dehradun
Associates +HRA 1. Post Graduate in any At least 6 months date of submission of
(CFCA-5,CRMD-1 Science subject experience in application form. The
Monitoring of preferably in Biological DIP/GIS related upper age limit is
plantations under science/Environmental work in forestry or relaxable upto 5 years
CAF-2, Boundary Science/B.Tech in IT/CS other allied areas in case of candidates
demarcation cell- 2. Diploma/degree in belong to
1) RS/GIS from any Desirable SC/ST/OBC/PH
recognise university
Experience in High
Resolution data
Desirable
processing/ object
Candidate other than Post oriented
Graduate in Remote classification/
Sensing and GIS should SAR/Microwave
have Diploma course in data processing
RS/GIS from a
Recognised
Institution/University
2. Technical 20 Rs 31000/- Essential Essential 30 years as on the last At Regional offices of FSI
Associates +HRA date of submission of located at Shimla, Nagpur,
1. Post Graduate in any Working experience
5 each for four application form. The Kolkata and Bengaluru
Science subject of forestry
zonal offices of upper age limit is Shimla – 5
preferably in Biological survey/any other
FSI relaxable upto 5 years Nagpur – 5
science/Environmental survey of at in case of candidates Kolkata – 5
Science/B.Tech in least six months belong to Bengaluru - 5
IT/CS (should be SC/ST/OBC/PH
Desirable supported by a
Degree/Diploma in document)
forestry/ Statistics Desirable
Experience of
forest inventory or
S.
Name of Post Vacancies Remuneration Qualification Experience Age limit Place of posting
No
Biodiversity
Assessment or
wildlife census
3 Project Associate- 3 Rs 47000/- Essential Essential 40 years as on the last FSI headquarters Dehradun
I (PA-I) +HRA date of submission of
CFCA -1 1. Post Graduate in any Working experience application form. The
CAF - 1 Science subject of 3 years in natural upper age limit is
BDC - 1 preferably in Biological resource relaxable upto 5 years
science/Environmental assessment/manag in case of candidates
Science/B.Tech in IT/CS ement belong to
2. Diploma/degree in Desirable SC/ST/OBC/PH
RS/GIS from any
recognise university Experience in High
Resolution data
Desirable processing/ object
oriented
Ph.D in any of the above classification/
subjects SAR/Microwave
data processing
4 Project Associate- 4 Rs 47000/- Essential Essential 40 years as on the last At Regional offices of FSI
I (PA-I) +HRA 1. Post Graduate in any Working experience date of submission of located at Shimla, Nagpur,
Regional offices Science subject of 5 years in natural application form. The Kolkata and Bengaluru (1
of FSI (one at preferably in Biological resource upper age limit is posts at each location)
each RO) science/Environmental assessment/manag relaxable upto 5 years Shimla – 1
Science/B.Tech in IT/CS ement in case of candidates Nagpur – 1
OR OR belong to Kolkata – 1
Graduate in any Science Field experience in SC/ST/OBC/PH. For Bengaluru -1
Subject with 20 years of forest retired officials of
experience of field works management/ SFDs/Scientists/other
in FSI. forest officials, the age limit
Desirable research/forest may go upto 65 years.
survey/forestry
Ph.D in any of above projects for 10
subjects years for the retired
officials
S.
Name of Post Vacancies Remuneration Qualification Experience Age limit Place of posting
No
Desirable
Experience in
application of
RS/GIS in Forestry

5 Project Associate- 1 Rs 49000/- Essential Essential 40 years as on the last FSI headquarters Dehradun
I (PA-II) +HRA date of submission of
CRMD 1. Post Graduate in any Working experience application form. The
Science subject of 5 years in the upper age limit is
preferably in Biological related fields relaxable upto 5 years
science/Environmental in case of candidates
Science/B.Tech in IT/CS Desirable belong to
2. Diploma/degree in SC/ST/OBC/PH
RS/GIS from any 1.Experience in
recognise university High Resolution
data processing/
Desirable object oriented
classification/
Ph.D in any of above SAR/Microwave
subjects data processing
2. work experience
of GHG
inventory/forestry
Research
6 Project Associate- 1 Rs 54000/- Essential Essential 45 years as on the last FSI headquarters Dehradun
I (PA-III) +HRA date of submission of
1. MCA/MSc in At least 5 years of
Monitoring of application form. The
Computer experience in
plantation under upper age limit is
Science/Information development of
CAF) relaxable upto 5 years
Technology software program in case of candidates
OR and applications. belong to
/Diploma/Degree in Knowledge of SC/ST/OBC/PH
RS/GIS. Raster and Vector
 S.
Name of Post Vacancies Remuneration Qualification Experience Age limit Place of posting
No
2.Degree/Diploma/Certific based data formats
ate on a computer and their use in
programming language software
development,
Desirable Geospatial
1. Proficiency in applications
Programming development,
languages (.Net/ ASP/ customization of
VB.Net/ C#/ Python, geospatial
Core Java, PHP, software.
Node JS), HTML 5.0,
CSS 3.0, Java script. Desirable
2. RDBMS (MySQL, 1. Experience in
SQL Server, Postgre Cloud platform,
SQL, Oracle, Experience in video
MongoDB) conferencing and e-
3. Operating System learning
(Linux/Windows), applications.
4. Ph. D 2. Development of
Mobile based
application
preferably android
platform using
Phone gap, Android
studio, etc.Mobile
App development.
3.At least 3
experience of
running web GIS
application

CFCA: Centre for Forest carbon Assessment, CRMD: Centre for Research and methodology, CAF: Compensatory Afforestation Fund, BDC: Boundary Demarcation Cell

Note: Number of vacancies given above may change as per the requirement