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DRDO SET Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Papers & Books
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April 30, 2009
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 DRDO has just brought DRDO SET-2009 exam notification for recruitment of 220 Scientist “B” positions, details of which can be found in my previous blog post titled: DRDO SET 2009 Exam: Notification, Eligibility & Forms.
The focus of this blog post is on telling you how to prepare for DRDO SET exam: by first telling you about the Pattern of DRDO SET exam and than giving you the Syllabus and whatever Online Sample papers & Preparatory books are available for preparation of DRDO SET exam.
DRDO SET exam pattern:
DRDO SET exam consists of two stages –Written test followed by Interview. Marks you score in DRDO SET Written test is not carried forward but is just used for screening candidates for Interview. Final selection is based on the performance in the interview only.
DRDO SET Written test is 3-hour long with two sections:
Section A: Subject Knowledge (from your discipline of Engineering)
Section B: Aptitude for Applied Research & Development.
DRDO SET test has total 150 Objective-type questions for 500 total marks. Type of DRDO SET questions along with marks per question is given below section-wise in following analysis:
 As you can find from above, there is more mark (400) in your DRDO SET Subject paper (Section-A) compared to your DRDO SET Aptitude paper (Section-B), having only 100 marks. Also, marks per SET Subject questions is more (4 marks) compared to SET Aptitude questions (2 marks). So you can easily find on which section to give more stress – you should be really strong on your Engineering Subjects!
Also, beware! DRDO SET has negative marking. Minus 1 mark for each wrong Section-A answer, while Minus 1/2 mark for each wrong Section-B answer!
DRDO SET exam Syllabus:
A separate blog post titled: DRDO SET-2009 Exam Syllabus (CH, CS, EC,EE,ME) has been made giving you the SET syllabus of all 5 engineering subjects. Kindly go through the same.
DRDO SET exam sample papers:
I had tried to explore the net for free Online DRDO SET exam sample papers and could not find any authentic sample papers. So in absence of any good papers, you have to rely on guide books available to prepare for the DRDO exam.
DRDO SET exam books:
I had tried hard to locate preparatory books for DRDO SET exam, but could only find following book:
Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Guide to DRDO by GK Publishers
But, since the syllabus of DRDO SET exam is not so much different that of GATE exam and the emphasis is on same: to test your subject knowledge, I would advise you to go for GATE exam study materials for your Section-A (Subject paper), which has 400 marks compared to 100 marks in Section-A.
DRDO SET exam Interview Questions:
After you get selected in the SET written test, you would be called for Interview and your final selection would be based on the Interview alone.
So naturally, you would have to prepare for the same. If you are naïve and DRDO SET interview is the first one in your life, may be you should go through this exhaustive blog post titled: Interview for Jobs, which gives you 99 most asked questions along with an interesting youtube video on interview.
While appearing in DRDO interview, most naturally you would have to field questions on DRDO as an organisation – its mission, vision, organisation and what it produces. Please go through this Wiki page, which gives you exhaustive information on DRDO as well as this this About Us page of DRDO website.
I could find following two sources on net in which you can find type of questions asked in DRDO Interview, which I am sure would help:
From way2freshers:
Click here to find a good collection of DRDO Interview questions.
I am sure above study materials on DRDO SET exam would help you crack the exam. I would be on the look out for more resources on net, specially for DRDO Sample papers and books and would post the same as and when I find it in this blog. So keep visiting it!
Best wishes!Labels: DRDO Recruitment Exam |
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DRDO SET-2009 Exam Syllabus (CH, CS, EC,EE,ME)
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Following syllabus has been directly reproduced from the DRDO SET-2009 Information brochure, so that same helps the future SET exam aspirants. Although this is the syllabus for DRDO SET-2009, same can also be used as reference syllabus for DRDO SET-2010/ syllabus for DRDO SET-2011 exams.
DRDO SET Exam Syllabus for CH (Chemical Engineering)
Process Calculations and Thermodynamics: Laws of conservation of mass and energy; use of tie components; recycle, bypass and purge calculations; degree of freedom analysis. First and Second laws of thermodynamics. First law application to close and open systems. Second law and Entropy Thermodynamic properties of pure substances: equation of state and departure function, properties of mixtures: partial molar properties, fugacity, excess properties and activity coefficients; phase equilibria: predicting VLE of systems; chemical reaction equilibria.
Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations: Fluid statics, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Bernoulli equation, Macroscopic friction factors, energy balance, dimensional analysis, shell balances, flow through pipeline systems, flow meters, pumps and compressors, packed and fluidized beds, elementary boundary layer theory, size reduction and size separation; free and hindered settling; centrifuge and cyclones; thickening and classification, filtration, mixing and agitation; conveying of solids.
Heat Transfer: Conduction, convection and radiation, heat transfer coefficients, steady and unsteady heat conduction, boiling, condensation and evaporation; types of heat exchangers and evaporators and their design.
Mass Transfer: Fick’s laws, molecular diffusion in fluids, mass transfer coefficients, film, penetration and surface renewal theories; momentum, heat and mass transfer analogies; stagewise and continuous contacting and stage efficiencies; HTU & NTU concepts design and operation of equipment for distillation, absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, drying, humidification, dehumidification and adsorption.
Chemical Reaction Engineering: Theories of reaction rates; kinetics of homogeneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data, single and multiple reactions in ideal reactors, non-ideal reactors; residence time distribution, single parameter model; non-isothermal reactors; kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic reactions; diffusion effects in catalysis.
Instrumentation and Process Control: Measurement of process variables; sensors, transducers and their dynamics, transfer functions and dynamic responses of simple systems, process reaction curve, controller modes (P, PI, and PID); control valves; analysis of closed loop systems including stability, frequency response and controller tuning, cascade, feed forward control.
Plant Design and Economics: Process design and sizing of chemical engineering equipment such as compressors, heat exchangers, multistage contactors; principles of process economics and cost estimation including total annualized cost, cost indexes, rate of return, payback period, discounted cash flow, optimization in design.
Chemical Technology: Inorganic chemical industries; sulfuric acid, NaOH, fertilizers (Ammonia, Urea, SSP and TSP); natural products industries (Pulp and Paper, Sugar, Oil, and Fats); petroleum refining and petrochemicals; polymerization industries; polyethylene, polypropylene, PVC and polyester synthetic fibers.
DRDO SET Exam Syllabus for CS (Computer Science and Engineering)
Theory of Computation: Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undecidability; NP-completeness.
Digital Logic: Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).
Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage.
Programming and Data Structures: Programming in C; Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.
Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis; Design: Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching.
Compiler Design: Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, Intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization.
Operating System: Processes, Threads, Inter-process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection and security.
Databases: ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control.
Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token ring), Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers.
DRDO SET Exam Syllabus for EC (Electronics and Communication Engineering)
Networks: Network graphs: matrices associated with graphs; incidence, fundamental cut set and fundamental circuit matrices. Solution methods: nodal and mesh analysis. Network theorems: superposition, Thevenin and Norton’s maximum power transfer, Wye-Delta transformation. Steady state sinusoidal analysis using phasors. Linear constant coefficient differential equations; time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits, Solution of network equations using Laplace transform: frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits. 2-port network parameters: driving point and transfer functions. State equations for networks.
Electronic Devices: Energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon. Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity. Generation and recombination of carriers. p-n junction diode, Zener diode, tunnel diode, BJT, JFET, MOS capacitor, MOSFET, LED, p-I-n and avalanche photo diode, Basics of LASERs. Device technology: integrated circuits fabrication process, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, photolithography, n-tub, p-tub and twin-tub CMOS process.
Analog Circuits: Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes, BJTs, MOSFETs and analog CMOS. Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier. Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET amplifiers.
Amplifiers: single-and multi-stage, differential and operational, feedback, and power. Frequency response of amplifiers. Simple op-amp circuits. Filters. Sinusoidal oscillators; criterion for oscillation; single-transistor and op-amp configurations. Function generators and wave-shaping circuits, 555 Timers. Power supplies.
Digital Circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions; logic gates; digital IC families (DTL, TTL, ECL, MOS, CMOS). Combinatorial circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders, PROMs and PLAs. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs. Semiconductor memories. Microprocessor(8085): architecture, programming, memory and I/O interfacing.
Signals and Systems: Definitions and properties of Laplace transform, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier Transform, DFT and FFT, z-transform. Sampling theorem. Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Systems: definitions and properties; causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeros, parallel and cascade structure, frequency response, group delay, phase delay. Signal transmission through LTI systems.
Control Systems: Basic control system components; block diagrammatic description, reduction of block diagrams. Open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems and stability analysis of these systems. Signal flow graphs and their use in determining transfer functions of systems; transient and steady state analysis of LTI control systems and frequency response. Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis: root loci, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots. Control system compensators: elements of lead and lag compensation, elements of Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control. State variable representation and solution of state equation of LTI control systems.
Communications: Random signals and noise: probability, random variables, probability density function, autocorrelation, power spectral density. Analog communication systems: amplitude and angle modulation and demodulation systems, spectral analysis of these operations, superheterodyne receivers; elements of hardware, realizations of analog communication systems; signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculations for amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) for low noise conditions. Fundamentals of information theory and channel capacity theorem. Digital communication systems: pulse code modulation (PCM), differential pulse code modulation (DPCM), digital modulation schemes: amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK), matched filter receivers, bandwidth consideration and probability of error calculations for these schemes. Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA and GSM.
Electromagnetics: Elements of vector calculus: divergence and curl; Gauss’ and Stokes’ theorems, Maxwell’s equations: differential and integral forms. Wave equation, Poynting vector. Plane waves: propagation through various media; reflection and refraction; phase and group velocity; skin depth. Transmission lines: characteristic impedance; impedance transformation; Smith chart; impedance matching; S parameters, pulse excitation. Waveguides: modes in rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions; cut-off frequencies; dispersion relations. Basics of propagation in dielectric waveguide and optical fibers. Basics of Antennas: Dipole antennas; radiation pattern; antenna gain.
DRDO SET Exam Syllabus for EE (Electrical Engineering)
Electric Circuits and Fields: Network graph, KCL, KVL, node and mesh analysis, transient response of dc and ac networks; sinusoidal steady-state analysis, resonance, basic filter concepts; ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenin’s, Norton’s and Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, two-port networks, three phase circuits; Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions; Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance; dielectrics; capacitance.
Signals and Systems: Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals; shifting and scaling operations; linear, time-invariant and causal systems; Fourier series representation of continuous periodic signals; sampling theorem; Fourier, Laplace and Z transforms.
Electrical Machines: Single phase transformer - equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation and efficiency; three phase transformers - connections, parallel operation; auto-transformer; energy conversion principles; DC machines - types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors; three phase induction motors - principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control; single phase induction motors; synchronous machines - performance, regulation and parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications; servo and stepper motors.
Power Systems: Basic power generation concepts; transmission line models and performance; cable performance, insulation; corona and radio interference; distribution systems; per-unit quantities; bus impedance and admittance matrices; load flow; voltage control; power factor correction; economic operation; symmetrical components; fault analysis; principles of over-current, differential and distance protection; solid state relays and digital protection; circuit breakers; system stability concepts, swing curves and equal area criterion; HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts.
Control Systems: Principles of feedback; transfer function; block diagrams; steady-state errors; Routh and Niquist techniques; Bode plots; root loci; lag, lead and lead-lag compensation; state space model; state transition matrix, controllability and observability.
Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Bridges and potentiometers; PMMC, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments; measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor; instrument transformers; digital voltmeters and multimeters; phase, time and frequency measurement; Q-meters; oscilloscopes; potentiometric recorders; error analysis.
Analog and Digital Electronics: Characteristics of diodes, BJT, FET; amplifiers - biasing, equivalent circuit and frequency response; oscillators and feedback amplifiers; operational amplifiers - characteristics and applications; simple active filters; VCOs and timers; combinational and sequential logic circuits; multiplexer; Schmitt trigger; multi-vibrators; sample and hold circuits; A/D and D/A converters; 8-bit microprocessor basics, architecture, programming and interfacing.
Power Electronics and Drives: Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs and IGBTs - static characteristics and principles of operation; triggering circuits; phase control rectifiers; bridge converters - fully controlled and half controlled; principles of choppers and inverters; basis concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives.
DRDO SET Exam Syllabus for ME (Mechanical Engineering)
Engineering Mechanics: Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact.
Strength of Materials: Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohr’s circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; torsion of circular shafts; Euler’s theory of columns; strain energy methods; thermal stresses.
Theory of Machines: Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms; dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; gear trains; flywheels.
Vibrations: Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping; vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts.
Design: Design for static and dynamic loading; failure theories; fatigue strength and the S-N diagram; principles of the design of machine elements such as bolted, riveted and welded joints, shafts, spur gears, rolling and sliding contact bearings, brakes and clutches.
Fluid Mechanics: Fluid properties; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bernoulli’s equation; viscous flow of incompressible fluids; boundary layer; elementary turbulent flow; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.
Heat-Transfer: Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, resistance concept, electrical analogy, unsteady heat conduction, fins; dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, various correlations for heat transfer in flow over flat plates and through pipes; thermal boundary layer; effect of turbulence; radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape factors, network analysis; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods.
Thermodynamics: Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic system and processes; Carnot cycle. irreversibility and availability; behaviour of ideal and real gases, properties of pure substances, calculation of work and heat in ideal processes; analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion.
Applications: Power Engineering: Steam Tables, Rankine, Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat. I.C. Engines: air-standard Otto, Diesel cycles. Refrigeration and air-conditioning: Vapour refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration, Reverse Brayton cycle; moist air: psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes. Turbomachinery: Pelton-wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines — impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams.
Engineering Materials: Structure and properties of engineering materials, heat treatment, stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials.
Metal Casting: Design of patterns, moulds and cores; solidification and cooling; riser and gating design, design considerations.
Forming: Plastic deformation and yield criteria; fundamentals of hot and cold working processes; load estimation for bulk (forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing, bending) metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy.
Joining: Physics of welding, brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding; design considerations in welding.
Machining and Machine Tool Operations: Mechanics of machining, single and multi-point cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of machining; principles of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work holding, principles of design of jigs and fixtures
Metrology and Inspection: Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; gauge design; interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis in manufacturing and assembly.
Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools.
Production Planning and Control: Forecasting models, aggregate production planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning.
Inventory Control: Deterministic and probabilistic models; safety stock inventory control systems.
Operations Research: Linear programming, simplex and duplex method, transportation, assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM.Labels: DRDO Recruitment Exam |
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DRDO SET-2009 Forms- From SBI & by Post
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April 28, 2009
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 DRDO has just issued notification for DRDO SET-2009 Exam, details of which can be found from my previous blog post titled: DRDO SET 2009 Exam: Notification, Eligibility & Forms. This blog post is intended to tell you how to get the DRDO SET 2009 Exam application forms.
There are two sources from where you can get these forms:
1.0 Personally from the nearby DRDO designated SBI branches. (listed below).
2.0 By post from The Director, RAC.
DRDO SET exam application forms are electronically scannable and should be obtained only from above sources.
DRDO SET-2009 Forms from designated SBI branches:
You can purchase the DRDO SET-2009 forms. from the designated SBI branches (listed below) from 5th May 2009 to 5th Jun 2009, after paying the DRDO SET exam fee of Rs. 300/= for General/OBC candidates & Rs. 100/= for SC/ST candidates. No exam/application fee is required for physically challenged (HH/OH) candidates.
DRDO SET-2009 Forms by post from the Director, RAC:
In case of any difficulty for procuring the SET-2009 forms from SBI branches, you can also procure the same through post from RAC, DRDO, Delhi.
For this, send your request to Director, Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC), Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi-110054 by enclosing a crossed demand draft for Rs. 350/- for General/OBC and Rs. 150/- for SC/ST candidates, in favour of “Director RAC”, payable at Delhi. Your request letter and DD must be accompanied with two self addressed white slips of size 4” x 3”. The envelope must indicate “REQUEST FOR APPLICATION FORM SET-2009,ADVT NO. –94”.
You must write your name, address, contact (Tel/Mobile) number and E-mail address at the back of demand draft. HH/OH candidates may obtain application form free of cost from RAC by sending a copy of “Prescribed Disability Certificate” issued by competent authority mentioning their subject.
The request for obtaining the form must reach the Director RAC latest by 25th May 2009
DRDO SET-2009 Exam Important dates:
Issue of SET-2009 forms from SBI: 05 May 2009 to 05 June 2009.
Receipt of request for issue of Application Form by Post: 25.05.2009
Last date of submission of SET-2009 forms: 05 June 2009 (15th June for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep)
Date of SET-2009 Exam: Sunday, 6th September 2009; (Time: 1000 – 1300 hrs).
List of SBI branches where DRDO SET-2009 forms are available:
Andhara Pradesh - Hyderabad (Amberpet, Charminar, SBI Building-Main Branch, King Kothi); Secunderabad (Patny Circle); Vijayawada (Bhaskararaopet); Warangal (Enumamula); Vishakhapatnam (AU Campus); Tirupati (SVU University).
Arunachal Pradesh – Itanagar.
Assam - Dibrugarh (Dibrugarh Branch); Guwahati (Panbazar, ICD Amigaon); Jorhat (Main Branch, A.T. Road); Silchar (Park Road); Tezpur (Tezpur Branch).
Bihar - Bhagalpur (Beatson Road); Gaya; Muzaffarpur; Patna (Secretariat, West Gandhi Maidan). Chhattisgarh - Bilaspur; Jagdalpur; Raipur (Jaistambh Chowk).
Goa - Panaji (Main Branch, Near Mandovi Hotel).
Gujarat - Ahmedabad (Bhadra, Laldarwaja); Rajkot (Jawahar Road); Baroda (Main Branch, Mandvi); Bhavnagar (Mangal Mahal Diwanpara Road); Gandhinagar (Sector 10B); Surat (Main Branch, Chowk Bazar).
Haryana - Hissar; Kurukshetra (Kurukshetra Univ); Gurgaon (Mehrauli Road); Rohtak, Himachal Pradesh - Hamirpur; Shimla (The Mall Shimla).
Jammu & Kashmir - Jammu (Hari Market); Ladakh (Leh); Srinagar (Residency Road).
Jharkhand - Dhanbad; Jameshedpur (Agrico); Ranchi (Court Compound).
Karnataka - Bangalore (JC Road, Main Branch-SBI Road, IISc Campus), Bijapur; Hubli (Keshwapur), Mangalore (Port Road), Mysore (Sayyaji Road), Gulbarga (Super Market).
Kerala - Cochin (Calvetty Road Fort); Calicut (Bank Road); Kannur (Fort Road Cannanore); Trivandrum (MG Road).
Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal (Main Branch-TTNagar); Saugor (Gujarati Bazar); Gwalior (Main Branch, Badda Lashkar); Jabalpur (Main Branch-Civil Lines); Indore (Main Branch, Near GPO).
Maharashtra – Mumbai (Harniman Circle-Samachar Marg, Churchgate; Pali Market, Dr.Ambedkar Road Bandra (W); IIT Powai); Ahmednagar; Aurangabad; Nasik (Collectorate Compound); Nagpur (Main Branch, Sardar Vallavbhai Patel Marg); Pune (Main Branch) Solapur (Solapur Balives).
Manipur- Imphal.
Meghalaya - Shillong (East Khasi Hills).
Mizoram – Aizawal.
Nagaland – Kohima.
Orissa -Balasore (Balasore Ind. Estate); Bhubaneswar (Main Branch, Near Capital Police Station); Rourkela (Bisra Chowk); Cuttack (Collectorate Compound); Sambalpur (SBI Bulidling Ground Floor).
Punjab - Chandigarh (Bank Square, Sector 17-B); Ludhiana (Civil Lines); Jalandhar
(Civil Lines); Patiala (The Mall); Amritsar (Town Hall).
Rajasthan - Ajmer (Civil Lines); Jodhpur (High Court Campus); Kota (LIC Building, Chhawani Choraha); Jaisalmer (Main Branch); Udaipur (Hospital Road); Jaipur (Sanganeri Gate); Jhunjhunu, Sikkim - Gangtok (MG Marg).
Tamil Nadu - Chennai (Chennai Main Branch, 22-Rajaji Salai; IIT Campus; Park Town,
68-Evening Bazar Road, CLS Buliding); Kanyakumari (16/82 Vivekananda Kendra); Coimbatore (Kurinji Complex, State Bank Road); Tiruchirapalli (Macdonald’s Road Cantonment); Madurai (Station Road); Vellore (Officer’s Lane).
Tripura - Agartala (Melar Math).
Uttar Pradesh -Gorakhpur (Bank Road); Bareilly (Civil Lines); Moradabad (Civil Lines, Opposite Kutchehry); Aligarh (Main Branch); Agra (Main Branch Chipitola); Lucknow (Moti Mahal Marg); Meerut Cantt (Roorkee Road); Varanasi (SBI Main Branch, Kutchehry); Allahabad (SBI, Main Branch); Jhansi (SBI, Civil Lines, Near Elite Crossing); Kanpur (Main Branch, The Mall).
Uttaranchal -Dehradun (Convent Road); Pant Nagar; Almora; Roorkee (Univ. of Roorkee).
West Bengal -Kolkata (1, Strand Road; 24/1/1-Alipore Road; 50A-Gariahat Road, Ballygunge; Jadavpur University Branch); Durgapur (Durgapur Steel); Asansol (Court Road); IIT Kharagpur, Siliguri (Hill Cart Road).
Anadaman & Nicobar - Port Blair (Dean Street).
Dadar Nagar Haveli -Silvassa (Near Dan Hotel).
Daman & Diu - Daman (Jetty Road).
Delhi - Delhi (40-41, Bakshi House, Nehru Place; A Block 11 Sansad Marg; Delhi University-North Campus; IIT Hauzkhas).
Pondicherry - Pondicherry (5, Rue Suffren).
Although this blog post has been made to tell you from where you can get the DRDO SET-2009 Forms, it is very likely that you would be able to find the DRDO SET-2010/2011 Forms from the same sources, when the time comes.Labels: DRDO Recruitment Exam |
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DRDO SET 2009 Exam: Notification, Eligibility & Forms
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April 27, 2009
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 DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) conducts Scientist Entry Test (SET) every year in the first Sunday of September for recruitment of brightest engineering minds of India in DRDO. Like other years too, DRDO has just issued notification for SET 2009 exam for recruitment of 220 Scientist-B positions.
But before that, let us know what is DRDO.
What is DRDO
DRDO is one of the most respected Govt. organizations in India. It was formed in 1958 and at present has a network of 51 laboratories which are deeply engaged in developing defence technologies covering various disciplines, like aeronautics, armaments, electronic and computer sciences, human resource development, life sciences, materials, missiles, combat vehicles development and naval research and development. The organization includes more than 5,000 scientists and about 25,000 other scientific, technical and supporting personnel.
More about DRDO can be found from this About Us page of DRDO website.
DRDO SET-2009 vacancies:
As per DRDO SET-2009 Notification, following are the branch-wise vacancies of 220 Scientist-B positions:
Salaries offered by DRDO:
Following your selection in DRDO SET exam, you have to undergo Post Induction Training (POINT) at Pune, after which you would be inducted as Scientist-‘B’ in the pay scale of Rs.15600-39100.
What is the future prospect of your growth in DRDO? You can find the hierarchy of DRDO organization, along with their salaries from this link.
DRDO SET exam Eligibility:
Age Eligibility:
Maximum 28 years as on 5th June 2009.
Relaxations exist as per Govt. rule.
Academic Qualification Eligibility:
Minimum first class Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology in subjects given above (in DRDO SET-2009 vacancies) from a recognized University.
If a class/division is not awarded at B.E./B.Tech. or equivalent degree, you should have obtained a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate or 6.75 CGPA (on a Ten point Grading scale).
Final year students can also apply, provided their result is announced on or before 31st Aug 2009.
How to apply for DRDO SET-2009 Exam:
You have to first procure the SET-2009 application forms (which is Electronically Scannable) from the designated SBI branches from 5th May 2009 to 5th Jun 2009, after paying the DRDO SET exam/application fee of Rs. 300/= for General/OBC candidates & Rs. 100/= for SC/ST candidates. No exam/application fee is required for physically challenged (HH/OH) candidates.
In case of any difficulty for procuring the set-2009 forms from SBI branches, you can also procure the same through post from RAC, DRDO, Delhi. For details on which SBI branches SET-2009 forms are available and how to get the forms by post is given in a separate blog post titled: DRDO SET-2009 forms: from SBI & by Post.
After purchasing the SET-2009 application forms, fill the same carefully after going through the instructions given in Section “Instructions for filling-up SET 2009 Application Form” & “Item wise Instructions for filling the Application Form” from Page-4 to 12 in this DRDO SET-2009 Exam Information brochure. Also check the “Checklist” given in Page-18 of this information brochure.
The filled in application forms should be sent/submitted to the following address so as to reach on or before 5th Jun 2009:
Director, Recruitment & Assessment Centre,
Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi – 110054.
Last date of receipt of applications is 15th June 2009 for candidates from Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep if applications is sent by Post.
DRDO SET-2009 Exam Important dates:
Issue of SET-2009 forms from SBI: 05 May 2009 to 05 June 2009.
Receipt of request for issue of Application Form by Post: 25.05.2009
Last date of submission of SET-2009 forms: 05 June 2009 (15th June for Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep)
Date of SET-2009 Exam: Sunday, 6th September 2009; (Time: 1000 – 1300 hrs).
DRDO SET Exam Notifications:
For future DRDO SET aspirants, you may be wanting to know when the next DRDO SET exam is held. I carried out a small analysis of exam date trends of last 3 years DRDO SET exam schedule and the findings are as below:
 As per above exam date trends, DRDO SET-2010 is scheduled to be held on 5th September,2010 , while the DRDO SET-2011 should be held on 4 September,2011. Also, the DRDO SET-2010/2011 notifications should come out in the first week of May. So keep checking this DRDO website from the last week of April for the SET Exam notification.
Hope with above information you would be able to apply to DRDO SET -2009 exam confidently. How to prepare for DRDO SET exam? Please visit my next blog post: DRDO SET-2009 Exam pattern, Sample papers & Books.Labels: DRDO Recruitment Exam |
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April 27, 2009
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ATMA VS. MAT – A comparative analysis
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April 16, 2009
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Few of my young blog readers wanted to know which one is better – ATMA or MAT. Therefore without any bias, I would like to put before you a comparative analysis between ATMA & MAT, so that you can form your own judgment.
At first let me begin by saying that management aspirants should begin their preparation for their management entrance exam taking a holistic view, rather than attempting only one particular exam. Why? Because management entrance exams are very competitive and you may not always get the best management institute. Therefore, you should at least try for the next best institute, by appearing in one more management entrance exam.
As you would see in the analysis below, when you prepare for the toughest management entrance exams (say CAT), you can always appear in any other entrance exam, without going for extra preparation. Why? Because pattern of almost all toughest management entrance exams are similar, as the comparison between the exam pattern of ATMA & MAT would show.
Comparison of exam sections between ATMA & MAT:
As you can see below, exam pattern of ATMA consists of Verbal Skills, Quantitative Skills, Analytical Reasoning sections.
Same sections also consists exam pattern of MAT, with Verbal Skills being called as Language Comprehension, Quantitative Skills being called as Mathematical Skills and Analytical Reasoning section broken up as Data Analysis & Sufficiency, Intelligence/Critical Reasoning. Besides these three common sections, there is an extra section in MAT: Indian and Global Environment.
 Therefore, with same exam preparation, you can appear both in ATMA & MAT. This is also possible, because schedule of ATMA & MAT exams does not coincides as the following section would tell.
Comparison of exam schedule between ATMA & MAT:
ATMA is held only once a year, in the month of February. While MAT is held four times a year, in the months of February, May, September & December. More about the exam schedule of ATMA & MAT can be known from my previous blog posts:
MAT Exam: Notification, Eligibility & Forms
ATMA Exam: Notification, Eligibility & Forms
Therefore, as the schedule of ATMA & MAT exam does not clashes, (excepting MAT February exam which is held on the first Sunday of February which might clash with ATMA exam held on the second Sunday of February), you can appear in both exams in the same year!
Comparison of participating colleges between ATMA & MAT:
A larger number of management institutes, almost 3 to 4 times, participates in MAT (426 management institutes as in MAT – May 2009) compared to ATMA (134 management institutes as in ATMA -2009).
Which one is tougher – ATMA or MAT:
This would vary from individual to individual, depending on his strength/weakness in the main exam sections of Verbal, Quantitative & Analytical Reasoning. However from the analysis of exam pattern of MAT & ATMA, I find that more time is available to candidates of ATMA in Verbal section (50 sec compared to 45 sec in MAT) and also in Analytical section (60 sec compared to 49 sec in MAT). However, these timings are approximate only, just to give you some idea on time per section.
Besides above, in MAT, you have to appear in the extra section of “Indian and Global Environment” for which you need some extra preparation.
Hope with above analysis of MAT & ATMA exams, you have got some idea to form your own opinion and prepare accordingly! Keep visiting this blog for more on management entrance exams – with exam tips, sample papers & books for preparation of the exam.Labels: ATMA exam, Management Aptitude Test (MAT) |
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April 16, 2009
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Jobs to do in the time of recession
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April 06, 2009
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 This has been a bad time, a real bad time for the freshers and those wanting to switch jobs, leave alone the ones among us who felt betrayed on being thrusted the pink slip… job cuts have not been uniform all around, but yes, let us feel the reality, jobs are not so much abundant as it was just a year back!
What to do in these times of recession, if you are any of above three entities – the fresher, the job hopper and the job loser? Naturally what you should do is wait for the better time to come… when that would be? It is debatable; no one has foreseen the future. But if Ben Bernanke, the US Federal Reserve chairman is to be believed, the recession should end within this year.
So, may be you should use these times to:
1.0 Upgrade your skills.
2.0 Scale down your job expectation for smaller jobs in smaller places with smaller salaries – but gain the job experiences, which would be valuable later. If required, go for part time jobs – if one is not sufficient, go for two or may be more!
Why?
Because the worst thing to show off to any future prospective employer is a break in job/study. So may be you would use these times wisely so that you can do the explaining later to the prospective employer as follows:
1.0 You were a fresher and wanted to earn some more knowledge before going for job (Although actually in reality, you did not get one despite trying as there were fewer jobs!)
2.0 You wanted some diverse experience in “X” field; therefore you had quit the good job voluntarily and went for the “X” experience by taking up the smaller job (Although actually in reality, you were shown the pink slip!)
Read the following news item from Economic Times, how laid off employees from such good organizations as Unitech, Vishal Retail, Nucleus Software, The Park Hotels and Trident Hotels have joined SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises)
Sacked staff of top cos joining SMEs at lower salaries
Also, while the going is bad in some other part of the world, job availability in India has not become so bad. Career Graph (the weekly Thursday career magazine from The Telegraph, premier English daily in Eastern India) in its Annual 2009 issue (published on March 26, 2009) has shown the story to be altogether different in India, specially in some specific sectors. And it has provided the statistics and direct interactions with industry honchos to support what they said.
According to CareerGraph, in its that well-researched report, following sectors in India are going to offer huge job opportunities:
1.0 Insurance industry.
2.0 Banking (Specially Public Sector Banks).
3.0 Healthcare industry.
4.0 Telecom industry.
5.0 Infrastructure industry.
6.0 Renewable Energy sector.
7.0 Accountancy.
8.0 Petroleum industry.
9.0 Education.
According to CareerGraph, among other banks, State Bank of India (SBI) is set to recruit 25,000 people in this year alone. With such figures, can you say the job situation in India is that bad?
This blog keeps serving you doses of important information on finding jobs and therefore may be you would keep visiting it to get those important leads for finding the right job!Labels: Freshers Job Tools |
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April 06, 2009
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Career Quips crosses 1,60,000+ pageviews/month
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April 05, 2009
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 Hi !
I am Prasanta, 39 years young, working as a mid-level manager in a premier PSU in India, creator of this blog and I would like to thank you sincerely for visiting this blog.
Just today the blog crossed a very big milestone of 1,60,000+ pageviews per  month and therefore this blog post is being made just to thank you all for your continued patronage and to relish this good moment together.
 The blog statistics tells me that in last 30 days, 78,085 visits came from 98 countries & 1041 cities as can be seen from following graphics:
 I would really appreciate if you tell about this blog ("CQ") to the persons who you think would be benefited by going through its content. Freshers should actually find the section "Freshers Job Tools", available on left menu bar top useful, while "Discover yourself" section below it should be equally good for freshers to groom themselves for the job market.
In the days to come, I look forward for your continued patronage and your feedbacks/ comments, some of which lights up my day as shown through few examples below.
Thank you again!
Prasanta Bora.
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April 05, 2009
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DRDO has just issued notification for DRDO SET-2009 Exam, details of which can be found from my previous blog post titled: 
