Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), a statutory body under the administrative control of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Govt. of India, is the National Standards Body of 

India and is responsible for activities in the Standardization, Product and System Certification, Hallmarking of Gold/Silver Jewellery, Laboratory Testing, etc. in the country. 

 

BIS invites applications from the talented and professional individuals for filling up of vacancies in the following posts at BIS Headquarters, New Delhi and/or BIS Offices anywhere in India, as per the details given below:

Post: Assistant Director (Public Relations)

No. of posts: 02, out of which 01 for PwD (V.I.can apply)

Pay band: Rs. 15600-39100 + Grade Pay Rs. 5400/-

Probation: Two years

Educational qualification: Post Graduate Degree/Diploma in Journalism/Public Relations/Advertising/
Marketing, with atleast two years’ professional experience in a reputed organization in Public elations/Publicity/Advertising/Scientific Journalism.

 

All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/Institution/Board recognized by Govt. of India/approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies. In the case of dual ualifications/specialization, 

candidates have to necessarily produce proof at the time of interview as also at the time of recruitment that their major specialization conforms to the requisite eligibility prescribed for the post.

 

AGE LIMIT – The maximum age limit for recruitment to these posts is 30 years. 

Eligible candidates will be required to appear an online examination at their own expenses.

The interview will be conducted at New Delhi and the address of Venue, time and date of interview will be informed to the short-listed candidates in the call letter for interview.

 

Candidates would be required to download their online examination call letters from authorized BIS website: www.bis.org.in. 

 

HOW TO APPLY:- Candidates will be required to apply online through BIS Website which will be open for 21 days. No other means/mode of submission of application will be accepted under any circumstances. 

 

For further details refer to Annex IV. 

 

No fee for PwD candidates.

 

Definition of Persons with Disabilities:

 

Under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 only such persons would be eligible for reservation who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board constituted by the Central/State Government. Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply (as per GOI guidelines dated 29.07.2013). Candidates claiming such benefits should produce certificate in original (by the Competent Authority issued on or before the last date of online submission of application in the prescribed format available at the end of this advertisement) in support of their claim at the time of Interview/at any stage of the process. Persons with Disabilities will have to work in any Regional Office/Branch Office as per requirement. 

 

Visually Impaired (VI) – A person having not less than 40% visual impairment is only eligible to apply.

 

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the written examination. In all such cases, where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

 

(i) The candidate will have to arrange own scribe at his/her own cost.
(ii) The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for any post. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature for online examination of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled.

(iii) The scribe should be from an academic stream different from that stipulated for the post.

(iv) Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribed mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires 

that he/she did not fulfill any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of online examination

 

(v) Those candidates, who use a scribe, shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination. 

 

Guidelines for Visually Impaired Candidates Visually Impaired:

 

Candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font. This facility will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a scribe for the examination. Compensatory time will also be available to visually impaired candidates using magnified font.