Advertisement No. CC/12/2024 Date:29.11.

2024

Recruitment of Trainee Engineer (Electronics)

for PowerTel – 100% wholly owned subsidiary of POWERGRID

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID)

POWERGRID, a Maharatna Public Sector Enterprise under the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India and
one of the largest Transmission Utilities in the World, is engaged in power transmission business
with the mandate for planning, co-ordination, supervision and control over complete Inter-State
Transmission System. POWERGRID operates around 1,78,975 circuit kms of transmission lines
along with 280 Sub-stations (as on 15th November 2024) and wheels about 50% of total power
generated in the country through its transmission network.

PowerTel
POWERGRID Teleservice Limited – PowerTel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Grid
Corporation of India Ltd. – POWERGRID. PowerTel provides telecom services including point to
point links, MPLS-VPN services and internet services to customers across the country, utilizing
overhead optic fiber network (Optical Ground Wire- OPGW) installed on POWERGRID’s extra high
voltage transmission lines with a network coverage of > 100,000 km, connecting >5,000 locations.
PowerTel is a profitable company and has achieved revenue of Rs. 910.60 Cr. during FY 2023-24.
PowerTel utilises latest technologies in the field of Telecom including IP-MPLS and Transport
Technologies such as DWDM, OTN etc.
PowerTel has centralized control centres, including Network Operating Centres (NoC) & a Security
Operating Centre (SoC), at New Delhi and a backup Control Centre at Bengaluru. Moreover,
PowerTel has four Regional Control Centres located at Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru & Kolkata along
with offices spread across the country.

POWERGRID is looking for bright and energetic ENGINEERING GRADUATES to join its 100% owned
subsidiary – PowerTel as Trainee-Engineer (Electronics) for its various offices across the country.

POWERGRID is carrying out this recruitment on behalf of PowerTel.

VACANCIES & RESERVATION

Post Total OBC

Post UR EWS SC ST
ID Vacancies (NCL) PwBD#
Trainee Engineer 01
472 22 11 02 05 03 01
(Electronics) (LD:01)
# Horizontal Reservation

Abbreviations used:
UR – Unreserved, EWS – Economically Weaker Section, OBC (NCL) – Other Backward Class
(Non-creamy layer), SC – Scheduled Caste, ST- Scheduled Tribe

Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD)

Candidates belonging to PwBD category other than the ones reserved, provided they meet the
eligibility criteria prescribed for their respective category. Candidates belonging to following
identified sub-category shall only be eligible to apply:

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PwBD Category PwBD Sub-categories identified suitable

(a) Hearing Impaired Deaf, Hard of hearing

(b) Locomotor Disability One Arm, One Leg, Spinal Deformity & Spinal Injury (SI) without any
associated neurological / limb dysfunction, Spinal Deformity (SD)
and Spinal Injury (SI) with associated limb dysfunction, Cerebral
Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, Acid Attack Victim
(c) Intellectual Autism Spectrum Disorder (Mild), Specific Learning Disability,
Disabilities Mental Illness
(d) Multiple Disabilities Multiple Disability Involving (a) to (c) above

JOB SPECIFICATION

Post Name Trainee Engineer (Electronics)

Essential Full Time B.E./ B.Tech/ B.Sc. (Engg.) in Electronics discipline or equivalent
Qualification from recognized University/ Institute with minimum 60% marks or Equivalent
CGPA
Discipline Electronics/ Electronics & Communication / Electronics &
Telecommunication/ Electronics & Electrical Communication /
Telecommunication Engg

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Valid Score in GATE 2024

Candidate should have appeared in the corresponding paper of GATE 2024 as shown in the
following table and Qualified in the same. The qualifying marks as declared by GATE 2024
Organizing Body shall be considered.

Post Corresponding GATE 2024 Paper

Trainee Engineer (Electronics) EC

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Other Details:
Upper age Limit 28 years as on 19.12.2024

Pay Scale/ Selected candidates shall undergo training for a period of one year. They will be
Designation on placed in the pay scale of Rs.30,000 -1,20,000/-, IDA, HRA and Perks @ 12% of
regularization Basic Pay per month during training period. On successful completion of 1-year
training, they will be placed as Asstt. Engineer at E0 level in the pay scale of
Rs.30,000 -1,20,000/- (IDA).

On regularization, Compensation package shall include Basic Pay, Dearness

Allowance, Perquisites and Allowance as per cafeteria approach, Company
Quarters or HRA, Location Based Compensatory Allowance (as applicable),
Performance Related Pay, Terminal Benefits (Provident Fund, Gratuity,
Pension, PRMB – Post Retirement Medical Benefits), EDLI, Group Insurance,
Group Personal Accident Insurance, Reimbursement of Monthly Conveyance,
Mobile & Digital Services, Leave encashment, TA/DA etc.

PowerTel also offers facilities like Conveyance Advance, Multi-Purpose

Advance, Medical facilities for self and dependents, etc. to its regular
employees in accordance with the policies of the organization from time to
time.
Service The selected candidates will be required to execute a service agreement bond
Agreement of Rs.5,00,000/- for General/ OBC (NCL)/ EWS candidates and Rs.2,50,000/- for
Bond SC/ ST/ PwBD candidates for serving the Corporation for a minimum period of
three years after completion of training successfully.
Application Payment of Application fee (Non-refundable Rs. 500/-, wherever
Fees applicable). SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-SM/DESM candidates are exempted from
payment of application fee.
For detailed instructions regarding payment of the application fee, Click here:
(https://www.powergrid.in/online-payment-application-fees). Candidates are
advised to go through the instructions carefully and ensure payment of fees on
time.
CTC per annum 13.25 lakh
(Rs) approx.

CAREER PROGRESSION
The eligibility period for promotion to the next higher grade shall be as follows:

Level Eligibility Period

E1 to E2 & above upto E6 05 years

E0 to E1 05 years (excluding training period)

RELAXATION AND CONCESSIONS

1. Reservation/ Relaxation/ Concession to candidates belonging to reserved categories
including PwBD shall be as per Government of India directives.
2. Persons suffering from not less than 40% of the relevant disability shall only be eligible for the
benefit of PwBD. Persons claiming concessions/ relaxations/ reservation under PwBD
category are required to upload their Disability certificate in the format prescribed by
Government of India.
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3. Relaxation in Marks in essential qualification: Qualifying Marks in essential qualification is

relaxed to pass marks for posts reserved for the respective category.
4. Relaxation in Upper Age Limit:

a) For OBC(NCL) candidates : 3 years (Subject to reservation of post)

b) For SC/ST candidates : 5 years (Subject to reservation of post)
c) For PwBD candidates : 10 years over and above category relaxation
d) Ex-Servicemen/ DESM / Victims of
: As per Govt. of India directives
riots
5. Reservation/ Relaxation / Concession (for the posts reserved for respective category) will be
subject to:

a) For OBC(NCL)
Submission of a copy of the latest OBC (NCL) certificate in the
format prescribed by the Govt. of India for “Appointment to posts
under Govt. of India” from a competent authority at the time of
application and interview, if called for. The OBC candidates
applying for the post must produce OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)
certificate based on the income for the Financial Year (FY) 2021-
2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 and issued on/after 01.04.2024
(after the completion of FY 2023-24).
b) For EWS Submission of a copy of the latest Income and Asset Certificate
issued by a Competent Authority at time of application and
interview, if called for. A candidate will be eligible to get the benefit
of the Economically Weaker Section reservation only in case the
candidate meets the criteria issued by the Central Government and
is in possession of requisite Income & Asset Certificate based on
income for Financial Year (FY) 2023-2024 and issued on/after
01.04.2024 (after the completion of FY 2023-24).
c) For SC/ ST Submission of relevant Caste Certificate in the prescribed GOI
format issued by Competent Authority.
d) For PwD/PwBD Submission of disability certificate in prescribed format issued by
the Government Medical Board.
e) Ex-Servicemen Submission of relevant Discharge certificate etc. in the prescribed
/ DESM format issued by Competent Authority.
Ex-Servicemen candidates whose experience of service in the
Armed Forces has been equated by the Government of India with
qualification prescribed in this advertisement, then the said
experience shall be acceptable as an induction level qualification
for the said post in this recruitment.
The Ex-Servicemen candidate shall however have to produce
certificate issued by respective Armed Forces stating that their
experience/ training has been equated to or has equivalency of
required level of qualification, failing which their candidature will
not be considered.

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f) Victims of riots Submission of relevant Age relaxation cum Domicile certificate in

the prescribed format issued by a Competent Authority.

6. In case Caste/ Category certificate is issued in a language other than Hindi or English,
candidates are advised to produce a certified translation of the same in either Hindi or English
at the time of Document Verification, if called for.
7. Wherever posts are not reserved for SC/ ST/ OBC (NCL)/ EWS/ PwBD, candidates belonging
to such categories can apply subject to meeting the general standards of eligibility.
SELECTION PROCESS

The Selection Process consists of normalized marks obtained (out of 100) in the corresponding
paper of GATE 2024, Behavioral Assessment, Group Discussion & Personal Interview.
Eligible candidates should have qualified and secured a valid score in the corresponding paper of
GATE 2024.
Candidates shall be short-listed for Behavioral Assessment, Group Discussion & Personal
Interview based on their normalized Marks out of 100 in the corresponding paper of GATE-2024
only and as per the criteria decided by the Management. Candidates shall have the option for
appearing in the GD/ interview in Hindi or English.
Candidates shall obtain information about their status through their candidate login in the Online
Application System. Shortlisted candidates shall be able to download their interview call letter and
other relevant documents through the candidate login.
Candidates shortlisted for the Group Discussion and Interview shall be required to bring the
documents as mentioned in their interview call letter.
Candidates must qualify in the Personal Interview in order to be considered for empanelment. The
qualifying % in interview for different categories is as mentioned below:

UR Vacancy including EWS 40%

Reserved Vacancy 30% (Subject to reservation of post)

Group discussion will not have any Qualifying Marks.

Weightage to Different Parameters:

For calculation of final score of a candidate for empanelment, the weightages of marks obtained in
GATE 2024, Group Discussion and Interview shall be as indicated below:

GATE 2024 Marks (out of 100) 85%

Group Discussion 3%
Personal Interview 12%

Empanelment of Candidates:

Candidates shortlisted for GD and interview may have to undergo Behavioral Assessment, results
of which shall be used as an input during the interview. Candidates who qualify in the Personal
Interview will only be adjudged suitable for empanelment.

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Therefore, it is again reiterated that candidates should have qualified in GATE 2024 and in Personal
Interview separately in order to be considered eligible for empanelment.
Please note that only GATE 2024 score (Normalized Marks out of 100) is valid for this
recruitment process. GATE score of 2023 or prior is not valid.

The offer of appointment shall be issued to the suitable candidates in the order of category wise
merit and based on the requirement. In case two or more candidates secure equal marks, they will
be empaneled in the chronological order of their date of birth, the oldest being placed first among
them. Selected candidates shall be notified through their login in Online application system.
Appointment of selected candidates shall be subject to their being found medically fit in the
Pre-Employment Medical Examination to be conducted as per POWERGRID Norms and Standards
of Medical Fitness.

Once a candidate gets enrolled on the rolls of PowerTel, he/she shall have no claim on
absorption/employment in POWERGRID or any of its other subsidiary/ JV companies.

HEALTH STANDARDS

Candidates must ensure that they meet POWERGRID’s health standards before applying. For
details of standards on medical fitness, please visit career section of our website
www.powergrid.in.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / APPLICATION

1. Interested & eligible candidates will have to register themselves online irrespective of the
applications made earlier for any other post/recruitment process in POWERGRID, at
POWERGRID website https://www.powergrid.in with details of their GATE-2024 Application
No, GATE 2024 Registration number and other required information.

GATE Registration No. as appearing on the GATE-2024 Admit Card/ Score Card needs to be
entered carefully in the online application form. No other number should be entered as GATE-
2024 Registration number while applying. Please note that once your application is submitted,
no request regarding change in GATE-2024 Registration Number or Name shall be entertained.
Enter your name and other details exactly as entered in your GATE-2024 Admit Card/ Score
Card.

2. Any other mode of submission of application would not be accepted.

3. Before registering and submitting their applications on the website, the candidate should
possess a valid E-mail ID, Alternate E-mail ID and Mobile number. This is Mandatory. In case a
candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he / she should create his / her new email
ID before applying online. These would be required for accessing information through candidate
login during the later stages of the recruitment process. Candidates are advised to keep the e-
mail ID and Mobile number entered in the online application form compulsorily active for at
least one year.

4. Upon completion, the candidate should submit the online application by clicking the Submit
button at the bottom of the page. If the same is accepted, the system will generate a unique
Registration Number which shall appear in the completed application form.

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5. Candidates should submit only one application for a post. Application once submitted may be
edited/ updated till last date of submission of online application. It cannot be altered after that.
Accordingly, no requests for change in applicant data after last date of submission of online
application shall be entertained. A valid e-mail ID is essential for submission of the online
application. POWERGRID will not be responsible for bouncing of any e-mail sent to the
candidates.

Candidates are advised to make a note of their e-mail ID as entered in the application form
and Registration Number generated at the top right-hand corner of the ‘Resume’. These
would be required for accessing information through candidate login during the later
stages of the recruitment process.

6. Candidates are advised to take a printout of the submitted online application, same is required
at the time of Document Verification and note down the user ID and password generated at the
time of online registration.

7. Candidates must correctly enter the qualification details including date of acquiring
qualification as mentioned in their certificates.

8. If the candidate is called for GD / Interview / Joining in PowerTel, her/ his identity would be
verified with GATE-2024 admit card and Original GATE-2024 score card. Therefore,
candidates are requested to carry their GATE 2024 admit card and score card with them.

9. If a candidate is not exempted from payment of application fees (only SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-SM/

D-ExSM candidates are exempted), he/she is required to login to his/her candidate login section
and then deposit non-refundable application fees of Rs. 500/- through online mode. On
submission of application fees, application process will be treated as complete.
For detailed instructions regarding payment of application fee www.powergrid.in/online-
payment-application-fees . Candidates are requested to go through the instructions carefully
and ensure payment of fees on time.

10. Candidates are advised to upload legible copies of the following documents while submitting
online application in the space earmarked in the online application. The candidates called for
Document Verification are required to produce uploaded documents in original for verification:

SN. Document Size Format

(Max)
a) Recent passport size color photograph (in white background) 50 KB .jpg
Candidates should keep sufficient copies of same photographs in
reserve for future use, which they are using in the Online
Registration.
b) Signature (in Blue/ Black Ink) 50 KB .jpg
c) Date of Birth Proof: Matric / Birth Certificate (wherein DOB is 03 MB .pdf
mentioned)

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d) Qualification Certificate (Degree) along with Mark Sheets of all years 10 MB .pdf
/ semesters along with Proof of norms adopted by the Technical
Board / Institute to convert CGPA / OGPA / DGPA into percentage (if
applicable) (all Qualification Certificate & Mark Sheets are
required to be scanned in one pdf)

e) Candidates working in Govt. / PSU are required to apply through the 03 MB .pdf
proper channel and need to upload “No-Objection Certificate” from
the present employer
f) Caste Certificate/EWS Certificate in the prescribed Govt. of India 03 MB .pdf
format issued by Competent Authority (if applicable)
g) PwBD Certificate in the prescribed Govt. of India format issued by 03 MB .pdf
Competent Authority (if applicable)
h) In case of requirement of scribe for PwBD/ PwD candidates, 03 MB .pdf
Certificate in prescribed format issued by Competent Authority as
per Govt. of India guidelines regarding physical limitation by the
candidate to write.
i) In case of requirement of scribe, scanned copy of Photo ID proof of 03 MB .pdf
scribe.
j) Ex-Serviceman Discharge Certificate, Undertaking and Proforma of 03 MB .pdf
Certificate for Employed Officials in case of Ex-Servicemen in the
prescribed format (if applicable)

k) Certificate of Fitness issued by the Demobilization Board of the 03 MB .pdf

Defense Service in case of Disabled Ex-Servicemen in the prescribed
format (if applicable)
l) Certificate issued to dependents Defence Services Personnel killed 03 MB .pdf
or severely disabled in action in case of Dependents of Ex-
Servicemen in the prescribed format (if applicable)
m) Domicile cum Age relaxation certificates for Candidates from Riots 03 MB .pdf
Victim in the prescribed Govt. of India format issued by Competent
Authority (if applicable)
Candidates are not required to forward the hard copies of applications to POWERGRID.
Candidate will have to bring these documents along with original for verification at the
time of document verification / medical / joining, if called for.

11. Candidates shall be required to bring a valid photo ID to the interview. Photocopies of the
original identification document shall not be acceptable. Candidates will not be permitted to
appear for the group discussion and interview if original and valid photo identification is not
presented along with the GATE 2024 admit card and score card.

GENERAL INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTIONS

1. Candidates recruited on rolls of PowerTel shall have no claim on absorption/

employment in POWERGRID or any of its other subsidiary/ JV companies.
2. Only Indian Nationals of age 18 years or above are eligible to apply.

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3. The candidature of the candidate at all stages of the selection process shall be provisional
in nature.
4. Before applying, the candidate should ensure that she / he fulfills the eligibility criteria and
other norms mentioned in this advertisement. Candidates not meeting the specified criteria
shall not be considered for selection.
5. Applications in which the essential qualification / age cannot be fully ascertained will be
liable for rejection. Accordingly, it is the responsibility of candidate to satisfy that he / she
meets the eligibility criteria (as mentioned in this advertisement) fully before applying, to
properly fill the application and provide necessary documents asked for. The online
application form will not be checking the eligibility.
6. Essential qualification should be recognized in India and from a recognized Institution or
University.
7. Date of issuance of final mark sheet shall be taken as the date of acquiring essential
qualification.
8. Wherever CGPA/OGPA/DGPA or Letter Grade in a degree / diploma is awarded, its equivalent
percentage of marks must be indicated in the application form as per norms adopted by
University / Institute.
9. Percentage of marks obtained by the candidate in the bachelor’s degree shall be calculated
based on the practice followed by the university/institution from where the candidate has
obtained the degree. In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the
conversion of grades/CGPA to percentage of marks shall be based on the procedure certified
by the university/ institution from where they have obtained the bachelor’s degree.
In case the university/ institution does not have any scheme for converting CGPA into
equivalent marks, the equivalence would be established by dividing the candidate’s CGPA by
the maximum possible CGPA and multiplying the result with 100.
10. Marks in Essential Qualification will not be rounded off for deciding eligibility of any
candidate.
11. Management reserves the right to cancel / restrict /enlarge / modify / alter the recruitment/
selection process, if need so arises, without issuing any further notice or assigning any reason
thereafter.
12. Candidates working in Govt. / PSU are required to produce “No Objection Certificate” at the
time of Interview.
13. Candidates claiming reservation under OBC (NCL)/EWS should belong to respective category
as on last date of online submission of application and must possess valid OBC (NCL)/EWS
Certificate as on the closing date of submission of online application to POWERGRID.
14. All computations of Age and Qualification etc., shall be as on closing date of online
application.
15. Candidates are required to fill in their bank details such as bank A/C No, Bank’s name Branch
Name, IFSC code etc. in the online application form to enable to process TA payment online,
if applicable.
16. Management reserves the right to raise or lower the qualifying standards in any stage of the
selection process depending on availability of sufficient number of candidates.
17. Candidates are liable to be posted at the discretion of PowerTel management to serve at any
of the company’s offices / establishments / units or any other government departments,
statutory body or public sector undertaking anywhere in India or abroad.
18. For any queries regarding this recruitment please send email to [email protected]
with “Trainee Engineer 2024 for PowerTel ____________” in the subject line. Candidates are
required to add this email-id to their address book in order to avoid any email communication
gap.
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19. No correspondence regarding this recruitment made in Complaint Management System of

POWERGRID/PowerTel, will be entertained.
20. Legal jurisdiction will be NCT of Delhi in case of any cause / dispute.
21. Application Fee is non-refundable even if the candidature is rejected for any reason.
22. Candidature is liable to be rejected at any stage of recruitment/ selection process or after
joining, if any information provided by the candidate is not found in conformity with the
eligibility criteria notified or if POWERGRID/PowerTel comes across any evidence/knowledge
that the qualification, experience and any other particulars indicated in application/other
forms/formats are not recognized/ false/ misleading and / or amounts to suppression of
information/particulars which should have been brought to the notice of
POWERGRID/PowerTel.
23. The application process will be treated as complete only on submission of application fees,
wherever applicable.
24. Incomplete/Draft application/applications without application fees (if applicable) will
be rejected.
25. Mere appearance in GATE 2024 or submission of application to POWERGRID does not
guarantee the adequacy of candidature for being considered for further selection process.
26. Complaints attributable to the incompatibility of the Client Systems, ignorance of users, non-
availability of internet connectivity or any other aspects beyond the direct control of
POWERGRID/PowerTel employees or systems will not be entertained.
27. All information regarding this recruitment process would be made available in the career
section of POWERGRID website only. Applicants are advised to check the web site
periodically for important updates. Once registered for POWERGRID, all correspondences
shall be made through their registered e-mail ID or candidate login only.
28. In order to avoid last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough.
POWERGRID will not be responsible for network problems or any other problem in
submission of online application.

IMPORTANT DATES

Commencement of Online Submission of Application and online payment 29.11.2024

of application fee (17 00 Hrs)
Last Date of receipt of online application and online payment of 19.12.2024
application fee (23 59 Hrs)
Cut-off date for eligibility criteria 19.12.2024

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