AIR (All India Radio) & DD (Doordarshan) had few days back issued recruitment notification for 128 Engineering Assistants and this...
AIR (All India Radio) & DD (Doordarshan) had few days back issued recruitment notification for 128 Engineering Assistants and this blog post tries to summarize this notification. This information has been reproduced from the recruitment notification given below, so that even the future AIR & DD examinees can know about what are the eligibilities & where to find the application forms of say AIR-DD Engineering Assistants exam 2011-2012 .
Although not much information is available on the net for AIR & Doordarshan recruitment exam for Engineering Assistants, in a subsequent blog post I would try to give you the study materials for AIR & Doordarshan exam: the sample papers & books with an analysis of the exam pattern.
Let us begin by knowing AIR & Doordarshan.
What is All India Radio (AIR) & Doordarshan:
All India Radio (AIR), is the national radio broadcaster of India with Doordarshan (DD), the national television broadcaster being its sister concern. Both of these entities are divisions of Prasar Bharati - the India's largest public broadcaster.
From its humble beginning in 1936, AIR has grown into a huge organisation with nation-wide network of 232 broadcasting centres. Today AIR covers 91.79% of the national area and serves 99.14% of the people in the largest democracy of the world.
Doordarshan on the other hand began as a part of All India Radio in 1965. But it took to its wing post 1982 Asian Games. Today 90% of the population can receive Doordarshan programmes through a network of nearly 1400 terrestrial transmitters and about 46 Doordarshan studios.
AIR & Doordarshan vacancies:
There are a total of 128 Engineering Assistant vacancies with zone-wise, category-wise breakup as below:
Job content for AIR & DD Engineering Assistants:
The job role defined for Engineering Assistant is - maintenance and operation of Electrical / Electronics equipments (Radio/TV) at various AIR & DD centres in the network.
Salary for AIR & Doordarshan Engineering Assistants:
AIR & DD is offering salary in the pay scale: Rs.9300--Rs.34800/-(plus Grade Pay 4200/-) for these Engineering Assistant positions.
Eligibilities for AIR & Doordarshan Engineering Assistant positions:
Age Eligibility: (as on 02/08/2010)
Min: 18 yes, Max: 27 yrs.
Academic Eligibility:
3-years Diploma in Radio/ Telecommunication/ Electrical/Electronics/ Information Technology/ Electrical Communication Engineering.
OR Degree in Engineering in the relevant field (as mentioned above for Diploma)
OR Degree with Physics as one of the subjects.
OR Diploma in Sound recording and Sound Engineering awarded by FTII, Pune.
Desirable: Knowledge of Wireless or Radio Engineering.
AIR & DD Application Forms for Engineering Assistants:
You can obtain the Application Forms for this Engineering Assistant recruitment exam either in Person or by Post.
You can collect the AIR & DD application form from two sources: either from designated branches of State Bank of India or from respective controller of Examination.
To receive the AIR & DD application form through post, you need to send the request letter with DD (for application fee) to “Chief Engineer(Training), Staff Training
Institute(Technical), AIR & Doordarshan, Kingsway, Delhi-110009”.
Details on how to obtain the forms and how to apply can be found in page3/4 of the AIR & Doordarshan Recruitment notification.
Important dates for AIR & DD Engineering Assistant exam:
Date of availability of application forms (in person or by post): 30/06/2010 to 30/07/2010
Last date of receipt of completed forms at respective Zonal Chief Engineers: 02/08/2010 (1600 hrs deadline)
Despatch of Admit card for AIR & DD written exam starts: September 2nd week 2010.
Date of AIR & DD Engineering Assistant written exam: 24th October, (Sunday) 1100 hrs to 1300 hrs.
Hope above information would help you in applying for the AIR & DD Engineering Assistant positions. How to prepare for AIR & DD Engineering Assistant exam? Please tune into my next blog post titled: AIR & DD Engineering Assistant exam sample paper, book with exam pattern.
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