CSIR Recruitment 2026 – 100 Assistant Section Officer (ASO) Posts

CSIR Recruitment 2026

(CSIR) has released the official notification for the recruitment of 100 Assistant Section Officer (ASO) posts in different categories. Non-recommended candidates of -2024 (CSE-2024) conducted by Union Public Service Commission are eligible to apply for these posts. 

Interested and eligible candidates may check this article for detailed official notification, educational qualification, age limit, salary details, and application procedure to be followed.  

CSIR Recruitment Details

Name of post: Assistant Section Officer

No of posts: 100 posts

Vacancy break-up:

• General: 61 posts
• Finance & Accounts: 18 posts
• Stores & Purchase: 21 posts

Name of organization: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

Pay Matrix: Group B (Non-Gazetted) Pay Level – 7, Cell – 1 (Rs. 44,900 –Rs. 1,42,400)

Eligibility Criteria of CSIR ASO Recruitment

Citizenship: The applicant must be a citizen of India.

Age Limit: Candidate age should not exceed 33 years as on the closing date of online application. 

Age Relaxation: Category-wise age relaxation is as mentioned below.

• SC: 5 years
• ST: 5 years
• OBC/ NCL: 3 years
• PWBD: 10 years
• PWBD + OBC(NCL): 13 years
• PWBD + SC/ST: 15 years

Essential Qualification: Only those Candidates who are possessing a University degree and who are non-recommended candidates of Civil Services Examination 2024 (CSE-2024) conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, as per list/ details available on UPSC Pratibha Setu Portal; are only eligible to apply for the above advertised posts.

Application Fee: The category-wise application fee for various categories are as mentioned below.

Category	Fee
UR, OBC (NCL) & EWS	Rs 500/-
Women/SC/ST/PwBD/Ex-Servicemen/CSIR Dept. Candidates	Nil

Applications received in response to the advertisement shall be screened to shortlist the candidates to be called for Computer Proficiency Test (CPT) minimum in the ratio 1:5 (i.e. 5 times of total vacancies of ASO in each category, subject to minimum five), tentatively. The shortlisting will be made on the basis of total marks (i.e. Mains plus Personality Test) obtained by the candidate in UPSC’s CSE-2024 (as mentioned in their Mark Sheet). The shortlisted candidates will be required to appear in CPT. Qualifying in the CPT is mandatory for further consideration. 

Final selection will be made on the basis of total marks (i.e. Mains plus Personality Test) obtained in the UPSC’s CSE-2024 subject to qualifying/securing minimum threshold marks in the Computer Proficiency Test (CPT), to be conducted by CSIR .