UPSC announced new exam dates on its website on July 14. Earlier, UPSC on July 1 issued a one-line notice to postpone the IES 2020 main exam. In the original UPSC exam calendar, the IES main exam was scheduled to be conducted on June 28 but it was postponed because of coronavirus to August 9. Now the UPSC has rescheduled the IES main exam 2020 to October 18.

The UPSC has issued new exam calendar for the remaining year 2020. The candidates can strengthen their IES 2020 exam preparation because now there is plenty of time to prepare and revise the full IES syllabus.

Indian Engineering Services (IES) exam, also known as Engineering Services Examination (ESE), is a national level recruitment exam organised by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). The exam is conducted to recruit candidates for engineering positions for the various department working under the Government of India. The Engineering Services Examination is conducted for four branches of engineering namely:

• Civil Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

In the past, this exam had been conducted with the name of Indian Engineering Services(IES) exam. The IES exam is considered as one of the toughest examinations in the country. Nearly, two lakh candidates appear for the examination every year. Engineering Services Exam or IES exam recruits the Group A and Group B officers at the technical positions for Government of India. The IES exam is a three-stage recruitment process – IES Preliminary, IES Main and Personality Test. On the basis of merit of candidates in IES exam, they are recommended to the Union Government for the available posts. Nature of work for an engineering officer selected through IES exam depends on the engineering branch and the cadre s/he is recruited for.

 

IES Exam Dates 2020

Candidates can go through important IES exam dates 2020 given below:

IES Exam Events	IES Exam Dates
Notification	25 Sep, 2019
Applications	25 Sep – 15 Oct 2019
Application Withdrawal dates	22 – 28 Oct 2019
Preliminary exam	5 Jan 2020
IES Prelims Result 2020	20 Feb 2020
Main exam	28 Jun 2020 9 Aug 2020 17 & 18 October

IES Exam Eligibility

It is mandatory for candidates to comply with the eligibility norms as prescribed by UPSC in order to be able to appear for the Engineering Services Examination. The admissions at all the three stages of the examination will be purely provisional and are subject to fulfilling the eligibility norms.

Criteria	Eligibility
Nationality	Candidates should be: A citizen of India/A subject of Nepal, Bhutan or Tibetan refugee who came over to India before January 1, 1962. A person of Indian origin who migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Ethiopia or Vietnam, intending to stay in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.
Age Limit	Aspirants must have attained an age of 21 years and must not have attained an age of 30 years on January 1, 2020. Candidates should not be born earlier than January 2, 1990 and not later than January 1, 1999.
Physical Examination	Candidates must be physically fit for the admissions to Engineering Service Examination as per the guidelines mentioned
Educational Qualification	A candidate must possess: Degree in Engineering from a recognised university Passed Sections A and B of the Institution Examinations of the Institution of Engineers (India) Obtained a degree/diploma in Engineering from such foreign University college which is recognised in India Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers Passed Associate Membership Examination Parts II & III or Sections A & B of the Aeronautical Society of India Passed Graduate Membership Examination of the Institution of Electronics & Radio Engineers, London held after November 1959 For Naval Armament Service – MSc degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject. For Indian Radio Regulatory Service – MSc degree or its equivalent with Wireless Communication Electronics, Radio Physics or Radio Engineering as a special subject or MSc with Physics and Radio Communication or Electronics or Telecommunication as a special subject.

IES Exam Age Limit

The upper age limit of 30 years is relaxable up to 35 years in case of government servants serving in the following categories:

Department/Office under the control of any of the authorities mentioned in the below table:

Column 1	Column 2
Ministry of Railways (Railway Board)	IRSE /IRSME /IRSEE /IRSSE /IRSS
Directorate General Ordnance Factories	IOFS Group ‘A’
Central Electricity Authority	CPES  Gr ‘A’ & CPES  Gr ‘B’
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways	Central Engineering Service (Roads) Gr. ‘A’
Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Deptt. of Telecommunication	Engineer in Indian Radio Regulatory Service  Gr ‘A’ Indian  Telecommunication Service Group ‘A’,  J.T.O. (G.C.S. Gr. ‘B’)
Central Water Commission	Central Water Engineering Service Gr ‘A’
Border Roads Organisation	BRES Gr. ‘A’
Military Engineer Services	Indian Defence Service of Engineers (lDSE) Group ‘A’
The Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering, Min of Defence.	AEE Gr ‘A’(Elect. Engg. Posts) in Corps of EME, Min of Defence.
Min of Defence, Deptt. of Defence Production, Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance	Defence Aeronautical Quality Assurance Service(DAQAS) Gr ‘A’
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship	Indian Skill Development Service
Indian Navy	Indian Naval Armament Service, Asstt. Naval Store Officer Grade-I

Note: Relaxation will not be considered to probationary officers appointed against a permanent post. However, relaxation in case of probation will be considered of the officer appointed already retains a lien on a permanent post in a Department/Office under the control of authorities as listed above.

Age relaxation in case of Railways

Officers serving Indian Railways will also be treated at par with the Indian Railway officers for age relaxation. The upper age limit for various categories is given below:

Category	Age Relaxation
SC/ST	Upto 5 years
OBC	Upto 3 years
Jammu and Kashmir domicile during	Upto 5 years
Defence Services personnel, disabled in operations during hostilities with any foreign country or in a disturbed area, and released as a consequence thereof	Upto 3 years
ECOs/SSCOs served for 5 years in Military services (Completed the assignment or assignment has been extended and the Ministry of Defence has permitted him to apply for Civil Services)	Upto 5 years
Deaf/Mute and Orthopedically handicapped person	Upto 10 years

Note: Candidates belonging to reserved category and from any of the mentioned ex-servicemen category will get cumulative age relaxation.

IES Exam Process

Step 1: IES Application Form 2020

• The candidates need to fill the IES application form 2020. The forms are available online on the official website of UPSC
• While filling up the form, candidates have to select the preferred venue for the test centre
• After filling the form, the candidates need to submit the prescribed application fees as per their category

Step 2: Download IES Admit Card 2020

• The IES admit card 2020 will be issued on the official website for downloads. The candidates will need their application number and date of birth to download the admit card
• UPSC admit card is an important document having a variety of information. We suggest preserving the admit cards until the admission process is successfully conducted

Step 3: IES Preliminary Exam 2020

• Students need to appear for IES 2020 preliminary entrance exam as per the schedule mentioned in the important date’s section
• Aspirants are advised to reach the exam centre at least an hour before the commencement of the exam

Step 4: IES Prelims Result 2020

• UPSC will be declaring the results for IES 2020 preliminary exam on their official website.
• Candidates shall check their IES 2020 preliminary results once announced, by simply submitting their application number and date of birth on the official website.
• After the IES Result for prelims 2020, the candidates need to fill out the IES Main Detailed Application Form(DAF) for the IES Main Exam 2020.

Step 5: IES Main Exam 2020

• Students who clear the IES preliminary examination will be allowed to appear for IES 2020 main entrance exam as per the schedule mentioned in the important date’s section
• Aspirants are advised to reach the exam centre at least an hour before the commencement of the IES Main exam

Step 6: IES Main Result 2020

• UPSC will be declaring the results for IES 2020 main entrance exams on their official website.
• Candidates will be able to check their IES 2020 main results once announced, by simply submitting their application number and date of birth on the official website.
• Candidates who clear the IES 2020 main exam will then be called for the interview round. This will be the final stage of the IES exam selection process.

Step 7: IES Interview 2020

IES selection process comprises the Personal Interview round. Candidates who clear both IES pre and main examination are only allowed to participate in the final interview round. Only those candidates who clear the personal interview round will be qualified for the recruitment process.

Step 8: IES Result 2020

UPSC will commence with the recruitment of IES 2020 qualified candidates at various government offices on the basis of the chosen branch if engineering and vacancies available. This will be the final process after which candidates will join the government offices as Executive engineers, mid-level managers or bureaucrats.

Step 9: IES Cut-off and Reserve List

IES cut-off will be released after the final result. In addition to the IES cut-off marks, IES reserve list will also be issued stating the number of candidates for each category and for each Engineering branch.

This will mark the end of the IES Exam process 2020.

ESE Preliminary Exam Centres

Agartala	Chennai	Itanagar
Ahmedabad	Cuttack	Jaipur
Aizawl	Dehradun	Jammu
Aligarh	Delhi	Jorhat
Allahabad	Dharwad	Kochi (cochin)
Bangalore	Dispur(Guwahati)	Kohima
Bareilly	Gangtok	Kolkata
Bhopal	Hyderabad	Lucknow
Chandigarh	Imphal	Madurai,
Mumbai	Shimla	Port blair
Nagpur	Srinagar	Raipur
Panaji (Goa)	Thiruvananthapuram	Ranchi
Patna	Tirupati	Sambalpur
Vishakhapatnam	Udaipur	Shillong

IES Main Exam Centres

Ahmedabad	Chandigarh	Dispur(Guwahati)
Aizawl	Chennai	Hyderabad
Allahabad	Cuttack	Jaipur
Bangalore	Dehradun	Jammu
Bhopal	Delhi	Kolkata
Lucknow	Shillong	Patna
Mumbai	Shimla	Raipur
Vishakhapatnam	Thiruvananthapuram	Ranchi