The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is a well-known top science and technology organization of India's Union Government. Those interested in Central Government job recruiting should visit the website www.nic.in to learn more about available positions. Candidates who have completed B.E./B.Tech, MCA, and MSC will be eligible for government jobs. For the positions of Scientist-'B' and Scientific/Technical Assistant-'A' at the National Informatics Centre (NIC).
The National Informatics Centre will make online applications available on its official website, https://www.nic.in. Candidates are strongly urged to apply online well in advance, rather than waiting until the last date for submission of the online application form. Candidates must download and thoroughly study the online application user guide to meet the eligibility criteria and other conditions for submitting an online application. The registration process will be divided into two phases: the first will need the aspirant to pay an application fee, while the second will allow the candidate to fill out and submit an online application. The candidate should print the application and keep it for future reference. The following is a step-by-step guide to the application procedure.
Step 1. The candidate must go to the official website https://www.nic.in. A new screen will appear with several links.
Step 2. Download the NIC Recruitment Notification pdf and read the entire vacancy description.
Step 3. If you verify that you are fully qualified, you may engage in recruitment.
Step 4. Select Online Application Form from the drop-down menu. After that, a new screen will appear. 5. Fill out the application form completely and upload scans of your documents.
Step 5. Double-check your completed application form before clicking the final submit button.
Step 6. The applicant must pay the stipulated amount using one of the four online payment options. Each way of payment requires its own set of instructions.
Step 7. Following the payment of the charge. The PDF NIC application form 2022 will be prepared, containing the information provided by the candidate. For future reference, the ID number in the PDF NIC application form must be quoted.
The following are the upper age limits for the post-Scientist-'B'
Category | Application Fees |
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Unreserved (UR) | Rs.800 |
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) | Rs.800/- |
Other Backward Classes (OBC) | Rs.800/- |
SC/ ST/ PwBD / Women | No Fees |
Candidates who wish to apply for the NIC Scientist B must be familiar with the exam syllabus. Knowing the syllabus ahead of time can allow candidates to get a head start on their preparations. The syllabus is available to candidates below:
Sections | Topics |
---|---|
Logical Reasoning | Blood Relations, Clock and Calendar, Ordering & Ranking, Directions & Distances, Arranging words in Meaningful order |
Quantitative and Qualitative abilities | Number system, Profit and Loss, Work & Time, Time & Distance, Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
Analytical Reasoning Capabilities | Ranking & Time Sequence, Analogy & Data Sufficiency, Input-Output, Syllogisms |
General Aptitude | General knowledge Current Affairs |
Probability, Statistics, and Combinatorics | Conditional Probability; Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation; Random Variables; Distributions; uniforms, normal, Exponential, Poisson, Binomial, Permutations, Combinations, Counting, Summation, generating functions, recurrence relations, asymptotic |
Digital Logic | Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits, Number representation, and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating-point) |
Computer Organization and Architecture | Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode), instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage. |
Electrical Engineering | Power Electronics, Signals and Systems, Electromagnetic Fields, Network graph, KCL, KVL, Node, and Mesh Analysis, Transient response of DC and AC Networks, Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, Resonance, Superposition theorem, Maximum Power transfer theorem, Three Phase Circuits, Power and Power factor in AC Circuit |
Analog and Digital Communication | Autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals through LTI systems, amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of AM and FM, Superheterodyne receivers, circuits for analog communications, information theory, entropy, mutual information, and channel capacity theorem, Digital communications, PCM, DPCM, digital modulation schemes, amplitude, phase, and frequency-shift keying (ASK, PSK, FSK), QAM, MAP, and ML decoding, matched filter receiver, calculation of band, SNR and BER for digital modulation; Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes; Timing and frequency synchronization, inter-symbol interference, and its mitigation; Basics of TDMA, FDMA, and CDMA. |
Programming and Data Structures | : Programming in modern languages viz., Java, .Net, Open Source (PHP), Python, GoLang, NodeJS, etc. Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding, Abstract data types Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps, Object-Oriented Programming Concepts- Object, Class, inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction, and Encapsulation. |
Algorithms | Analysis, Asymptotic, notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis, Design; Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer, Tree and graph traversals, Connected competent, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching, Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds, Basic concept of complexity classes-P, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete |
Compiler Design | Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization |
Operating System | Processes, Threads, lnter-Process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection, and security |
Databases | ER-model, Relational Model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control, NoSQL Databases, questions on the internals of Postgres SQL. |
Information Systems and Software Engineering | Information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance. |
Computer Networks | ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies, Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), IP(v6), Application layer protocols, (ICMP, DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS), Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Wireless technologies, Network security -basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls |
Web Technologies | HTML5, CSS3, XML, the basic concept of client-server computing, web server, proxy server, web application development, MVC Architecture, web services, frontend technologies |
Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies | Secure programming techniques, OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities, concepts on IOT, Blockchain, AI |
Cloud Technology | Computer, Network, Storage Management Technologies, Edge Computing |
The following are the upper age limits for the post-Scientist-'B'
Candidates who wish to apply for the NIC Scientist B must be familiar with the exam syllabus. Knowing the syllabus ahead of time can allow candidates to get a head start on their preparations. The syllabus is available to candidates below:
Sections | Topics |
---|---|
Logical Reasoning | Blood Relations, Clock and Calendar, Ordering & Ranking, Directions & Distances, Arranging words in Meaningful order |
Quantitative and Qualitative abilities | Number system, Profit and Loss, Work & Time, Time & Distance, Simple Interest & Compound Interest |
Analytical Reasoning Capabilities | Ranking & Time Sequence, Analogy & Data Sufficiency, Input-Output, Syllogisms |
General Aptitude | General knowledge Current Affairs |
Probability, Statistics, and Combinatorics | Conditional Probability; Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation; Random Variables; Distributions; uniforms, normal, Exponential, Poisson, Binomial, Permutations, Combinations, Counting, Summation, generating functions, recurrence relations, asymptotic |
Digital Logic | Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits, Number representation, and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating-point) |
Computer Organization and Architecture | Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (interrupt and DMA mode), instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage. |
Electrical Engineering | Power Electronics, Signals and Systems, Electromagnetic Fields, Network graph, KCL, KVL, Node, and Mesh Analysis, Transient response of DC and AC Networks, Sinusoidal steady-state analysis, Resonance, Superposition theorem, Maximum Power transfer theorem, Three Phase Circuits, Power and Power factor in AC Circuit |
Analog and Digital Communication | Autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals through LTI systems, amplitude modulation and demodulation, angle modulation and demodulation, spectra of AM and FM, Superheterodyne receivers, circuits for analog communications, information theory, entropy, mutual information, and channel capacity theorem, Digital communications, PCM, DPCM, digital modulation schemes, amplitude, phase, and frequency-shift keying (ASK, PSK, FSK), QAM, MAP, and ML decoding, matched filter receiver, calculation of band, SNR and BER for digital modulation; Fundamentals of error correction, Hamming codes; Timing and frequency synchronization, inter-symbol interference, and its mitigation; Basics of TDMA, FDMA, and CDMA. |
Programming and Data Structures | : Programming in modern languages viz., Java, .Net, Open Source (PHP), Python, GoLang, NodeJS, etc. Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding, Abstract data types Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps, Object-Oriented Programming Concepts- Object, Class, inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction, and Encapsulation. |
Algorithms | Analysis, Asymptotic, notation, Notions of space and time complexity, Worst and average case analysis, Design; Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide-and-conquer, Tree and graph traversals, Connected competent, Spanning trees, Shortest paths; Hashing, Sorting, Searching, Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds, Basic concept of complexity classes-P, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete |
Compiler Design | Lexical analysis, Parsing, Syntax directed translation, Runtime environments, intermediate and target code generation, Basics of code optimization |
Operating System | Processes, Threads, lnter-Process communication, Concurrency, Synchronization, Deadlock, CPU scheduling, Memory management and virtual memory, File systems, I/O systems, Protection, and security |
Databases | ER-model, Relational Model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control, NoSQL Databases, questions on the internals of Postgres SQL. |
Information Systems and Software Engineering | Information gathering, requirement and feasibility analysis, data flow diagrams, process specifications, input/output design, process life cycle, planning and managing the project, design, coding, testing, implementation, maintenance. |
Computer Networks | ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies, Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), IP(v6), Application layer protocols, (ICMP, DNS, SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS), Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Wireless technologies, Network security -basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography, digital signature, firewalls |
Web Technologies | HTML5, CSS3, XML, the basic concept of client-server computing, web server, proxy server, web application development, MVC Architecture, web services, frontend technologies |
Cyber Security and Emerging Technologies | Secure programming techniques, OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities, concepts on IOT, Blockchain, AI |
Cloud Technology | Computer, Network, Storage Management Technologies, Edge Computing |