how to get into isro as an aeronautical engineer?

Hi aspirant,

The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India and has its headquarters in the city of Bangalore. It is the pioneer space exploration agency of the Government of India. It was founded in the year 1969 to develop an independent space program for India. Many youngsters from the science stream aspire to join the Indian space agency as it offers interesting and challenging opportunities.

There are two ways that aspirants can choose in order to join ISRO.

• After completing engineering through the ISRO Centralized Recruitment Board (ICRB) examination
• Getting admission to the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram for direct recruitment to ISRO.

The first way of joining ISRO

The ISRO ICRB examination is a two stage examination. It comprises of a national-level written exam (offline mode) and a personal interview. The minimum qualification required is BE/BTech with at least 65% marks or 6.84 CGPA. The maximum age limit is 30 years.

The second way of joining ISRO

The second way is through IIST. After Class 12, students can also get admission into the IIST by clearing the JEE Mains and Advanced with a good rank. Apart from this they have to satisfy certain eligibility criteria. To be eligible for ISRO Counselling, IIST graduates must have scored above 7.5 CGPA or equivalent percentage.

Some other ways of joining ISRO

In addition to this there are some other ways where ISRO itself conducts written test and skills test to recruit candidates if there are vacancies available. In such cases, the required qualification, age limit, etc. may depend on the type of position.

I wish you all the best.

Hello,

If you want to join ISRO as an Aeronautical engineer you should have to clear the GATE entrance exam which tests your technical skills, depth technical knowledge in your subject and area. and also you should have this eligibilities mention in below

1.Need to complete your B.Tech

2.complete B.Tech more than 60% marks

3.Age must be between 21 to 30 years

4.B.Tech final year students can also apply if they are intersted.

If you have valid GATE score, you can apply for different/various posts if you are eligible for in ISRO website. And also note that they hire at least twice in a year but they didn't open all the times.

I hope that the information was helpful. Best of luck.

ISRO is the Indian Space Research Organization. It publishes notifications in newspapers and on its website for the recruitments. ISRO also conducts entrance examinations for aeronautical engineers and after the examination based on the merit list and criteria they will publish list of selected candidates. I would suggest you please visit ISRO's website regularly and also read newspaper daily.

All the best !!!