It is about the exam conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to recruit suitable candidates for Indian Economic Service and Indian Statistical Service which are popularly known as IES and ISS.

ISS/ISS Officer

ISS officer plays a very crucial role in the statistical thinking of the government and they siginificantly contribute in national and international organisations by ensuring statistical administration, statistical planning, formulation, monitoring and evaluation of development.

Notification about the exam is here

Who can submit UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 Application?

Educational Qualification

Candidates focused on IES must have passed post graduate degree in Economics, Applied Economics, Business Economics, Econometrics from a recognised university to submit UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 application.

Those who have passed bachelor’s degree with statistics/mathematical statistics/applied statistics as one of the subjects can opt for ISS while submitting UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 application.

Even candidates who hold a master’s degree in statistics/mathematical statistics/applied statistics can also apply.

Age Limit

The age limit for the candidate to submit UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 application 21 to 30 years. The applicant must be in the age group of 21 to 30 years. The minimum age must be 21 and the maximum should be 30 years.

The upper age can be relaxed for SC, ST category candidates by five years. Other backward classes have upper age relaxation of three years.

Citizenship

Those willing to submit UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 application must be an Indian citizen. Even subjects of Nepal, Bhutan can also write the exam.

Tibetan refugee who has come to India before 1 January 1962 with an objective of settling in India and person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka or East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, and Ethiopia or from Vietnam with a motive of permanently settling in India can also apply.

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Except for Indian citizen, rest of others have to submit certificate of eligibility that is issued by Government of India.

1. Candidates have to type the above mentioned URL in the browser and submit it to allow the website to download.

2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates have to click Exam Notification: Indian Economic Service – Indian Statistical Service Examination, 2024 under What’s New column.

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://upsc.gov.in/whats-new/Indian%20Economic%20Service%20-%20Indian%20Statistical%20Service%20Examination%2C%202024/Exam%20Notification’

4. Once the webpage with above URL opens, the applicants can read about the recruitment and then press the button Click here

5. Once the above button is clicked, webpage with URL ‘https://upsconline.nic.in/upsc/OTRP/’ opens, candidates can take up OTR (one time registration) and create an account with username and password.

6. Post creation of account, they can log in and then choose IES and ISS Exam from the dashboard and then start filling the UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 application form.

Link to register and submit UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 application is here

Those who have successfully completed their UPSC IES and ISS Exam 2024 Application submission process can alone download the admit card.

Candidates can obtain the hall ticket from the official website of the exam which is mentioned above.

Exam will be conducted over a duration of three days. Candidates who have passed the examination will alone be eligible for further process of the recruitment which may involve interview and document verification.

The ISRO would be providing a seed funding of Rs 1.84 Crore towards establishing this centre, say sources from IIT Madras.

Thermal problems regarding design, analysis and testing of various components could be performed by leveraging the expertise of IIT Madras faculty.

The pact was signed in the presence of Project coordinator Prof. Arvind Pattamatta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, and other stakeholders from IIT Madras and ISRO.

Ø Thermal Management Research Hub: The Centre will serve as a key research hub for ISRO, focusing on spacecraft and launch vehicle thermal management challenges.

Ø Funding: ISRO will provide an initial seed funding Rs. 1.84 crore to establish the Centre and for essential infrastructure and equipment, and additional funding for consumables, maintenance and for future projects in fluid-thermal sciences.

Ø Advanced Research Projects: Projects will cover critical areas, including spacecraft thermal management, combustion instability in hybrid rockets, and cryo-tank thermodynamics.

Ø Industry-Academia Collaboration: The Centre will enhance collaboration between ISRO scientists and IIT Madras faculty, fostering innovation in fluid and thermal sciences.

Interface

Prof. Arvind Pattamatta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, said, this Centre of Excellence will foster a unique industry-academia interface, allowing ISRO scientists and IIT Madras faculty and students to collaboratively advance research in critical areas of thermal science.

By addressing complex thermal engineering challenges, we aim to contribute significantly to the nation’s space program and strengthen India’s self-reliance in space technologies, said Prof Arvind of IIT Madras.

Knowledge

Having recognized the need to generate basic knowledge through advanced academic research to enable a truly self-reliant and self-generating space programme for the country, ISRO and IIT Madras had set up the ‘ISRO-IIT M Space Technology Cell’ in 1985.

For research

IIT Madras had proposed to establish this Centre of Excellence for research in ‘Fluid and Thermal Sciences’, which will act as a nodal center for spacecraft and launch vehicle-related thermal management research activities of ISRO.

Thermal problems regarding design, analysis and testing of various components could be analysed by leveraging the expertise of faculty.

This proposal was assessed by ISRO and found that the proposed facility can support ISRO’s R&D activities in studies related to spacecraft thermal management, combustion instability in hybrid rockets and cryo-tank thermodynamics studies, among other fields.

Hence, the proposed facility can be utilized for expanding the research activities of Department of Space and ISRO in Fluid and Thermal Sciences.

The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 18 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres.

The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.

IITM is a residential institute with more than 600 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here.

IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.

Recognized as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) in 2019, IITM has been ranked No.1 in the ‘Overall’ Category for the sixth consecutive year in India Ranking 2024 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

The Institute has also been ranked No.1 in the ‘Engineering Institutions’ category in the same Rankings for nine consecutive years – from 2016 to 2024.

It was also adjudged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

ARIIA Ranking was launched by the Innovation Cell of Ministry of Education.

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