ONGC Recruitment 2025 Notification Out: 146 Post Apply Online Now

Recruitment in Engineering and Geoscience Disciplines at E1 level through 
Computer Based Test (CBT)
Advt. No. 1/2025 (R&P)

    ONGC, a “Maharatna” Public Sector Enterprise and India’s leading Crude Oil and Natural Gas Company, invites applications for vacancies in Class I executive positions (E1 level) in Engineering and Geoscience disciplines. The positions carry the best in industry compensation package (Approx. INR 25 lacs CTC) apart from an excellent opportunity for growth & development. We are looking for curious problem-solvers, passionate environmentalists, sustainability advocates, and tech-savvy innovators who thrive in collaborative environments. Join us to work on cutting-edge projects that integrate innovation, technology, and sustainability.

POST DETAILS:

a. Geoscience Disciplines 

Sl No.: 1

Name of Post: Geologist

Essential Qualification & Experience: 

• Post Graduate Degree in Geology with minimum 60% marks
  
  OR
• M.Sc. or M.Tech in Petroleum Geoscience with minimum 60% marks
  
  OR
• M.Sc. or M.Tech in Petroleum Geology with minimum 60% marks
  
  OR
• M.Tech. in Geological Technology with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Geology

Number of Posts: 5

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 5

Sl No.: 2

Name of Post: Geophysicist (Surface)

Essential Qualification & Experience:

• Post Graduate Degree in Geophysics with minimum 60% marks
  
  OR
• M.Tech. in Geophysical Technology with minimum 60% marks
  
  OR
• Post Graduate Degree in Physics with Electronics with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Geophysics / Physics

Number of Posts: 3

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 3

Sl No.:  3

Name of Post: Geophysicist (Wells)

Essential Qualification & Experience: 

• Post Graduate Degree in Geophysics with minimum 60% marks
  
  OR
• M.Tech. in Geophysical Technology with minimum 60% marks
  
  OR
• Post Graduate Degree in Physics with Electronics with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Geophysics / Physics

Number of Posts: 2

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 2

b. Engineering

Sl No.: 1

Name of Post: AEE(Production) - Mechanical

Essential Qualification & Experience:

• Graduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Mechanical Engineering

Number of Posts: 11

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 2

Sl No.: 2

Name of Post: AEE(Production) - Petroleum

Essential Qualification & Experience:

• Graduate Degree in Petroleum Engineering
                                 OR
• Applied Petroleum Engineering with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Petroleum Engineering

Number of Posts: 19

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 2

Sl No.: 3

Name of Post: AEE(Production) - Chemical

Essential Qualification & Experience: 

• Graduate Degree in Chemical Engineering with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Chemical Engineering

Number of Posts: 23

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 4

Sl No.: 4

Name of Post: AEE(Drilling) - Mechanical

Essential Qualification & Experience: 

• Graduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Mechanical Engineering

Number of Posts: 23

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 5

Sl No.: 5

Name of Post: AEE(Drilling) – Petroleum

Essential Qualification & Experience: 

• Graduate Degree in Petroleum Engineering with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Petroleum Engineering

Number of Posts: 6

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 0

Sl No.: 6

Name of Post: AEE (Mechanical)

Essential Qualification & Experience: 

• Graduate Degree in Mechanical Engineering with minimum 60% marks

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Mechanical Engineering

Number of Posts: 6

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 5

Sl No.: 7

Name of Post: AEE (Electrical)$

Essential Qualification & Experience: 

• Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering with minimum 60% marks.

Domain Specific paper for CBT: Electrical Engineering

Number of Posts: 10

No of Post Reserved for Persons with Benchmarked disabilities (Categories): 10

*- Includes carry forward reservations

#- Carried forward reservations of previous advertisements. If the suitable candidate from respective benchmark disability is not available then PWBD candidate of other benchmark disabilities may be considered by interchange of category among identified suitable benchmark disabilities and if no suitable PWBD candidate even by interchange of benchmark disabilities is available, the carried forward vacancy will be filled up with other than a person with benchmark disabilities.

$ Candidates Selected for the post of AEE(Electrical) will be required to produce Certificate of Competency as Electrical Supervisor (CCES) within 2 years of joining ONGC.

Abbreviations Used: AEE = Assistant Executive Engineer ; Category A = Blindness and Low Vision; Category B = Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Category C = Locomotor disability including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism, acid attack victim and muscular dystrophy; Category D = Autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness; Category E = Multiple disabilities from amongst persons under Categories (A) to (D) including deaf-blindness; D=Deaf, HH= Hard of Hearing , OA= One Arm, OL= One Leg, DW = Dwarfism, LC = Leprosy Cured, AAV = Acid Attack Victims, CP= Cerebral Palsy, ID= Intellectual Disability, ASD= Autism Spectrum Disorder (M=Mild, MoD=Moderate), SLD= Specific Learning Disability, MI = Mental Illness, MD = Multiple Disabilities

Note:  

a. The courses offered by Institutes / Universities through the regular mode should be approved / recognized by the relevant statutory bodies for employment to posts and services under the central Government like Association of Indian Universities (AIU)/ UGC/AICTE etc. Candidates who have obtained their qualification through Distance Learning / part time mode are also eligible to apply provided their qualification is recognized by the relevant statutory bodies for employment to posts and services of the central government.

b. Qualifications mentioned in the table above are sacrosanct. No equivalent Qualification will be accepted e.g. AMIE will not be considered where qualification is Graduate degree in Engineering.

c. Calculation of percentage of marks in the qualifying degree is as per University / Institution rules.

d. Wherever CGPA/ OGPA/ CPI/ DGPA or letter grade in degree is awarded, equivalent % of marks should be indicated in the online application as per norms adopted by concerned University/ Institute. Candidates are required to obtain a certificate to this effect from the University/ Institute, which shall be required to be submitted at the time of document verification. If university/Institute does not have the provision for conversion CGPA/ OGPA/ CPI/ DGPA or letter grade into percentage then the equivalence will be established by dividing the candidate’s relative grade with maximum possible corresponding scale and multiplying the result with 100.

e. The candidates who are in the final year will also be considered for this recruitment exercise provided they obtain minimum required percentage of marks or more in essential Qualification on or before 31.07.2025.

f. Where the posts specified in this advertisement are not reserved for a category (ies), a reserved category candidate can also apply provided she/ he fulfills the criteria specified for Unreserved Category. She/ He shall be treated at par with unreserved category candidates in the selection process for such posts.

g. For the post of Geophysics (Surface / Wells), one of the qualifications prescribed is a Post Graduate degree in Physics with Electronics. The candidate must possess the degree of Postgraduate in Physics with Electronics. Any variation in name of the Degree from the prescribed nomenclature will not be acceptable. Qualification of BE / B.Tech. in Chemical Sciences and Technology will not be acceptable for the post of AEE (Production) – Chemical.

AGE LIMIT (with age relaxation) as on last date of application

SELECTION PROCESS: 

• Computer Based Test (Objective Type)
   
• Personal Interview
  
  
• The shortlisted candidates will be subjected to a Group Discussion. 
  
  
• The final selection of the candidate will be based on the parameters - CBT Score and Performance in the Personal Interview. Following weightages shall be assigned to the parameters: 
  
  A. Parameters: CBT Score     Marks: 85
  B. Parameters: Interview        Marks: 15
  TOTAL: 100
  
  

    In order to be empanelled, candidates are required to qualify in the CBT and thereafter again in the personal interview separately, in addition to fulfilling qualification criteria. To qualify in the CBT, General, EWS and OBC candidates are required to score minimum 45% marks & SC/ST/PwBD candidates are required to score a minimum of 40% marks. To qualify in the Interview, General, EWS and OBC candidates are required to score minimum 60% marks i.e. 09 marks out of 15 & SC/ST/PwBD candidates are required to score a minimum of 40% marks i.e. 06 marks out of 15 marks in Interview. 

Finalization of Merit List

a. Candidates who qualify in the interview shall be empanelled in the Merit List.

b. Offer of appointment shall be issued to the candidates based on their relative rank in the Merit List prepared on the sum total of marks scored by the candidate in CBT and interview. 

c. In case of a tie in the total marks scored between two candidates, candidate who gets more marks in performance (CBT Score) is considered senior and if equal marks are scored in performance, the one older in age is considered senior for release of name. 

d. Departmental candidates shall be given first consideration in matters of selection. 

e. Appointment of selected candidates will be subject to their passing the company’s Medical Examination as per standards laid down under ONGC Medical Examination of Employees Rules, 1996. Details of the rules are available on ONGC’s Website at www.ongcindia.com. 

f. Those selected candidates who are already employed elsewhere will be required to resign from their respective organization only after being declared medically fit as per extant Medical rules of ONGC. If any candidate resigns from his/her present employment before being declared medically fit for joining in ONGC, then ONGC shall bear no responsibility, whatsoever, on this account.

The test centres for CBT will be as follows:

Candidates have to give preference for the test center. No change in preference of test centre will be allowed later. However, ONGC Management reserves the right to change any of the above-mentioned test centres at its discretion and also add or reduce the number of test cities / centres.

How to Apply:

a. Eligible & Interested Candidates need to visit www.ongcindia.com to register their application online. The registration site shall remain open from 10/01/2025 to 24/01/2025. No other mode, repeat, no other mode, of application shall be accepted. 

b. Candidates can apply for only one post for which he/she is most desirous, based on his/her qualification. In the case of multiple applications from a candidate the latest one shall be considered as final and older applications shall be rejected 

c. If there is no vacancy in a post for reserved category, candidates belonging to reserved category can still apply for unreserved posts. However age relaxation will not be extended to them. 

d. Before registering/submitting their online applications on the website the candidates should keep the following ready: 

• Mobile number & E-mail ID in which the OTP will be sent for completing the registration process.
• Scanned copy of recent passport size color photograph of the candidate with white background in jpg / jpeg format. (20kb–50 kb only)
• Scanned copy of the signature of the candidate in jpg / jpeg format (10kb – 20kb only)
• Class 10th Certificate (For verification of Date of Birth)
• Degree Certificate of Essential Qualification
• Consolidated Marksheet/transcript of essential qualification for all semesters or years
• Consolidated Marksheet/transcript of essential qualification for all semesters or years
• PAN Card The above documents are required to be uploaded in pdf format (not more than 500 kb for each file)

e. All correspondence with the registered candidates shall be done through their registered e-mail and/ or mobile phone only. The candidates are required to keep the registered e-mail and mobile phone active for at least one year from the date of registration. 

f. All information regarding examination, interviews etc. shall be available on the website of ONGC – www.ongcindia.com. Candidate can download examination Call letter from the site. No separate Admit card/Interview call letters shall be sent to the candidates by post. ONGC will not be responsible for any loss of e-mail / SMS sent due to invalid or wrong email ID/mobile phone no. or delivery of emails to spam/bulk mail folder. 

g. The sole responsibility of providing copies of certificates as and when asked for and downloading/printing of Interview call letter shall be that of the candidate. 

h. No changes shall be allowed once the candidate has submitted his/her online application. 

Registration fee : The registration fee for candidates is as under : 

Sl No.: 1

Category: GEN/EWS/OBC

Registration Charges (Rs.): 1000/-*

 Sl No.: 2

Category: SC/ST/PwBD

Registration Charges (Rs.): No charges

*The Registration fee exclude the convenience fee / Bank’s Commission plus GST.

• Registration fee is non-refundable. 
• Registration Fee has to be deposited online. 
• Departmental candidates from ONGC would also be required to deposit the applicable registration fee. However, the same will be reimbursable. 

j. Candidates are advised to submit only one application. In the case of multiple applications from a candidate the latest one shall be considered as final and older applications shall be rejected. 

k. All the SC/ST/PwBD candidates attending CBT & All the candidates attending Personal Interviews whose mailing address is out of the Test city/ Interview centre city, will be reimbursed single second class to & fro rail fare (inclusive of sleeper charges / reservation charges if paid) by shortest route or actual fare paid whichever is less. In case the situation is not conducive for physical interviews, due to HMPV or any other pandemic like situation, the Interview may be conducted virtually. If the interview is conducted virtually, the mode of interview (Skype/ Cisco Webex / Google meet / Whatsapp/Zoom/ Microsoft Teams etc.) will be intimated to all the shortlisted candidates in advance. In this case, no TA will be paid to the candidates

IMPORTANCE DATE:

•  Notification Out: 10/01/2025
• Apply Date: 10/01/2025
• Apply Last Date: 24/01/2025
• Conduct of CBT: 23/02/2025 (Tentative)

IMPORTANCE LINKS:

• Official Website: Click Here
• Official Notification: Download
• Online Apply: Click Here