Indian Air Force Recruitment 2016 for Commissioned Officer in Meteorology Branch

Indian Air Force invited from enterprising & adventurous Indian Citizens (men and women) as per Citizenship Act 1955 for the following courses commencing in July 2017 for grant of Permanent / Short Service Commission in Meteorology Branch. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, application fee & how to apply are given below.

Name of the Post: Commissioned Officer in Meteorology Branch

Educational Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in any Science stream / Mathematics / Statistics / Geography / Computer Applications / Environmental Science / Applied Physics / Oceanography / Meteorology / Agricultural Meteorology / Ecology & Environment / Geo-physics / Environmental Biology with minimum of 50% marks in aggregate of all papers put together (Provided Maths and Physics were studied at Graduation Level, with a minimum of 55% marks in both).

Age limit: 20 to 26 year (as on 01 July 2017 i.e born in between 02 July 1991 to 01 July 1997. (both dates inclusive).

Pay Scale: Rs.15600-39100 Grade Pay Rs.5400 plus Rs.6000/- MSP and other allowances

Physical Standards:

Height and Weight: Minimum height :- Men - 157.5 Cms, Women - 152 Cms with correlated weight.
All other medical criteria would be evaluated by the Air Force Medical Authorities whose decision on the fitness would be final.

Selection Procedure:

Candidates who are short-listed will be called for testing at one of the Air Force Selection Boards (AFSBs) at Dehradun, Mysore, Gandhinagar, Varanasi or Kancharapara. The testing would consist of two stages as given below.

Stage-I Test consisting of Intelligence Test along with other tests will be conducted on the first day. Stage-I Test is a screening test and only those who qualify would undergo subsequent testing. All candidates would be subjected to document check to ascertain their eligibility for the Meteorology Branch. Those candidates who either do not qualify in Stage-I testing or do not meet the required eligibility criteria would be sent back on the first day itself.
Stage-II Testing consisting of Psychological Test, Group Tests and Interview will be conducted on subsequent days (Four Days)

How to apply: Candidates are to complete the application as per format given in this advertisement, and forward the same to POST BAG NO. 001, NIRMAN BHAWAN POST OFFICE, NEW DELHI - 110106 by ordinary post only. 3. Superscribe the envelope with ‘APPLICATION FOR METEOROLOGY BRANCH COURSES COMMENCING IN JULY2017’. Application must be accompanied with the following: (a) One self addressed envelope (size - 23 X 10 cm) with Rs 27/- postage stamp. (b) Two unattested recent colour photographs similar to the one pasted on the application form.

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