NIELIT Recruitment 2021 for Scientist, Scientific/Technical Assistant

NIELIT Recruitment 2020, Post Scientist, Scientific/Technical Assistant, Exams Syllabus and Exams Pattern. NIELIT (National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology Recruitment 2020. Post Scientist, Scientific/Technical Assistant, Govt. Engineering Jobs 

Name of the Post: Scientist B & Scientific/ Technical Asst Post A

Advt. No. 01/2020

Total Post – 495

Place Jobs - Calicut

Experience- No Experience 

Qualification - Degree (Engg), M.Sc/ MCA/ ME / M.Tech/ M.Phil/ B.E. /B.Tech / M.Sc./ MS/ MCA

Application Fee

For other category: Rs. 800/-

For SC/ST/PWD/Women candidates: Nil

Payment Mode: Online

NIELIT Recruitment 2020 - Scientist, Scientific/Technical Assistant Exams Syllabus, & Pattern

Important Dates

Starting Date to Apply Online: 26-02-2020 at 10:00 AM

Last Date to apply Online: 26-03-2020 by 05:00 PM

Age Limit (as on 26-03-2020)

Maximum Age for UR/ EWS: 30 Years

Maximum Age for SC/ ST: 35 Years

Maximum Age for OBC (NCL): 33 Years

Maximum Age for PWD (SC/ ST): 45 Years

Maximum Age for PWD (OBC – NCL): 43 Years

Application fee- General and all others Rs.800/- per application per post (including taxes) SC/ST/ PWD/ Women candidates - Nil

1. Scientist-‘B’ Group ‘A’ (S&T )

Total vacancy - 288

Level-10: (Rs.56100- Rs.177500)

Qualification - A Pass in Bachelor Degree in Engineering OR Bachelor in Technology OR Department of Electronics and Accreditation of Computer Courses OR Associate Member of Institute of Engineers OR Graduate Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers OR Master Degree in Science (MSc) OR Master Degree in Computer Application OR Master Degree in Engineering /Technology (ME /M. Tech)  Master Degree in Philosophy (M Phil) in the field as mentioned below:- Field (single or in combination amongst the below only): Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Computer Sciences, Communication, Computer and Networking Security, Computer Application, Software System, Information Technology, Information Technology Management, Informatics, Computer Management, Cyberlaw, Electronics and Instrumentation.

2. Scientific/Technical Assistant - ‘A’ Group ‘B’ (S&T )

Total Vacancy – 207

Level-6 : (Rs.35400- Rs.112400)

Qualification - A Pass in M.Sc./MS/MCA/B.E./B.Tech in any one or in a combination of below the mentioned field as mentioned below:- Field (single or in combination amongst the below only): Electronics, Electronics, and Communication, Electronics & telecommunications, Computer Sciences, Computer, and Networking Security, Software System, Information Technology, Informatics.

2. Scientific/Technical Assistant - ‘A’ Group ‘B’ (S&T )

Total Vacancy – 207

Level-6 : (Rs.35400- Rs.112400)

Qualification - A Pass in M.Sc./MS/MCA/B.E./B.Tech in any one or in a combination of below the mentioned field as mentioned below:- Field (single or in combination amongst the below only): Electronics, Electronics, and Communication, Electronics & telecommunications, Computer Sciences, Computer, and Networking Security, Software System, Information Technology, Informatics.

NIELIT Recruitment 2020 Selection Process

Scientist ‘B’ Post - Written examination and interview

Scientific/Technical Assistant - ‘A’ Post- written examination

Written Examination Time- 3 hours

Medium of Exams - English medium only.

Written examination- Objective type and OMR Based.

The question paper for the written examination will consist of 65% questions from Technical Area and 35% from Generic Area.

There shall be a total of 120 objective type Questions consisting of 78 questions from Technical Area (Computer Science) and 42 questions on the Generic area.

The Generic Syllabus –

1.     Logical Reasoning

2.     Analytical Reasoning Capabilities

3.     Quantitative and Qualitative abilities

4.     General Aptitude. Syllabus for Technical Area (Computer related topics: Computer Science/Computer Engineering)

Every question will carry 1(one) mark and there will be negative marking of 0.25 mark for each wrong answer.

The minimum percentage to qualify the written examination will be 50% for General/EWS, 40% for OBC, 30% for the SC/ST/PWD categories.

NIELIT Syllabus for Scientist – B

Total Duration : 3 Hours. No of Questions: 120

Section A : Generic 35% 1 Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning Capabilities, Quantitative and Qualitative abilities, General Aptitude

Section B : Technical (Computer Science) - 65%

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 Circuits.

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, Super heterodyne 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 bandwidth, 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, later-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 a 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, etc.

Cloud Technology: Computer, Network, Storage Management Technologies, Edge Computing, etc.

NIELIT Syllabus for Scientific/Technical Assistant –‘A’

Total Duration : 3 Hours. No of Questions: 120

A. Generic 35%

Logical Reasoning, Analytical Reasoning Capabilities, Quantitative and Qualitative abilities and General Aptitude.

Section B : Technical (Computer Science) 

Probability and Statistics: Sampling theorems, Conditional Probability, Mean, Median, Mode, and standard deviations, Random Variables Discrete and continuous distributions, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distribution, correlation, and regression analysis...

Digital Computer Principles: Number systems- Binary, Decimal, Octal, and Hexadecimal Conversion, Arithmetic operations, Boolean expression, simplification, Postulates, and theorems, Simplifications, K-map, Combinational Logic circuits – Adder, Subtractor, Multiplexer, Demultiplexer, Encoder, Decoder, Sequential circuits – SR, JK, T, D, flip flops, shift registers, Asynchronous, synchronous and Module and counters.

Computer Organization and Architecture: Multiprocessors and microcomputers, Machine Instructions and addressing mode. ALU and datapath, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Cache and main memory, Secondary storage, Semiconductor memory – Internal organization, SRAM, DRAM, SDRAM, Rambus Memory, ROM Technology, virtual memory, Instruction sequencing, Instruction execution, Hardwired control and microprogrammed control, microinstructions, Instruction pipelining.

Programming and Data Structures: Programming in C, Functions, Recursion, Parameter passing, Scope, Binding; Abstract data types, Arrays, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Binary search trees, Binary heaps.

Object Oriented Programming: Object-Oriented design concept, programming in C++ and on programming languages viz., Java, .Net, Open Source (PHP), Python, GoLang, NodeJS, etc

Algorithms: Analysis, Asymptotic notation, Notions of space and time complexity, the Worst and average case analysis, Design; Greedy approach, Dynamic programming, Divide and conquer; Tree and graph traversals, Connected Components, Spanning trees, Shortest paths, Hashing, Sorting, Searching. Asymptotic analysis (best, worst, average cases) of time and space, upper and lower bounds. The basic concept of complexity classes, N, NP, NP-hard, NP-complete

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.

System Software: Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax-directed translation, code generation and optimization, Assemblers, linkers, and loaders for microprocessors, operating systems - processes, threads, inter-process communication, synchronization, deadlocks, CPU scheduling, memory management, and virtual memory, file system, I/O systems, protection, and security module. 

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, and testing, implementation, maintenance.

Computer Networks: ISO/OSI stack, LAN technologies (Ethernet, Token Ring), flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithm, Congestion Control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocol (ICMP, DNS,SMTP, POP, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS) : Basic concept of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Network security: basic concepts of a public key and private key cryptography. Hash function, Digital A signature, Firewalls, User authentication - Token-based, Biometric, Remote user authentication, Intrusion detection systems, honey pots, Denial of Service. Wireless network, 2G and 3G Networks, Bluetooth.

Web Technologies: HTML5, CSS3, XML, the basic concept of client-server computing, web server, proxy server, web application development, MVC architecture, web services, frontend and backend technologies.

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