Date: 2026-03-03Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Advertisement for Engagement of Senior Project Engineer, Project Engineer and Junior Project Engineer, purely on short-term contract basis in National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurugram, Haryana
**Executive Summary**
The National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is seeking applications for short-term contract positions: Senior Project Engineer, Project Engineer, and Junior Project Engineer. Applications must be submitted via email by 15 days from the advertisement date. These engagements are for a period of one year, extendable up to three years, with specific roles and remuneration detailed for each post.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Positions Available:**
* Senior Project Engineer (Industrial Research and Technical Consultancy Group) - 1 Position
* Project Engineer (Solar PV) - 2 Positions
* Junior Project Engineer (Various Labs) - 5 Positions
* **Engagement Details:**
* Purely on short-term contract basis.
* Initial period of one year, extendable up to a maximum of three years on a year-to-year basis, depending on performance and institute requirements.
* **Qualifications and Experience:**
* **Senior Project Engineer:** B.E./B.Tech. in relevant engineering fields with a minimum of 4 years post-graduation experience, or M.E./M.Tech./MS with a minimum of 2 years post-graduation experience (preferably in Solar PV). Upper age limit: 45 years.
* **Project Engineer (Solar PV):** B.E./B.Tech. in relevant engineering fields with a minimum of 2 years of experience after B.E./B.Tech. Upper age limit: 40 years.
* **Junior Project Engineer:** Diploma in Engineering (Electrical/Electronics/Mechanical/Instrumentation etc.) or ITI in relevant branches with a minimum of 1 year (Diploma) or 3 years (ITI) experience. Upper age limit: 30 years.
* **Job Requirements:** Vary by post and include tasks such as performance analysis, field testing, project planning, data management, coordination with manufacturers and developers, lab operations, testing, calibration, and support for accreditation activities.
* **Remuneration:** Consolidated remuneration is fixed per month, increasing annually for the three-year engagement option. This includes all applicable taxes but no additional allowances (e.g., HRA, DA).
* **Reservation:** Specific numbers of posts are reserved for OBC (NCL), SC, UR, and EWS categories across the advertised positions.
* **Terms and Conditions:**
* NISE reserves the right to accept or reject applications.
* Engagement is temporary and can be withdrawn without prior notice; it does not confer rights to regular employment.
* Selection is merit-based; any attempt to influence the process or provide false information may lead to termination and legal action.
* No other allowances or facilities (HRA, medical, accommodation, TA/DA) will be provided.
* Candidates are entitled to Casual Leave of 1.5 days per month.
* Working hours are 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM, with potential for weekend/holiday work.
* Income tax will be deducted at source.
* Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of collected data remain with NISE.
* Conflict of interest is strictly prohibited.
* Engagement can be terminated with 15 days' notice.
* Applications will be shortlisted based on academic records and experience.
* Interviews will be intimated via email.
* Age relaxation for reserved categories is applicable as per Government of India rules.
* Original testimonials and a copy of the application form are required at the interview.
* Disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of the Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh.
* **Application Process:**
* Submit the duly filled application form (Annexure-I) along with attested photocopies of testimonials, certificates, and a valid reserved category certificate.
* Application must be submitted via email to `recruitment.nise@nise.res.in` in a single PDF.
* The deadline for submission is 15 days from the date of advertisement publication on the NISE website.
* No application fee is required.
* Regularly check the NISE website for further announcements and details.
**Impact Analysis**
**Candidates Seeking Employment:**
* **Impact:** Potential candidates are provided with details on available short-term contract positions, including qualifications, experience, roles, remuneration, and terms of engagement.
* **Action Required:** Interested candidates must review the eligibility criteria, prepare their application with all required documents, and submit it via email by the specified deadline. They should also monitor the NISE website for updates.
**National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE):**
* **Impact:** The institute will receive applications and needs to screen candidates based on the defined criteria for filling the advertised project roles.
* **Action Required:** NISE will conduct the screening, shortlisting, and selection process, including interviews, and make final decisions on candidate engagements. They will also manage the contractual engagements and their associated terms.
Key Entities Referenced
National Institute of Solar Energy: The primary institution issuing the advertisement and responsible for the engagement.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy: The government ministry under which the National Institute of Solar Energy operates.
Senior Project Engineer: One of the key positions being advertised for engagement.
Project Engineer (Solar PV): Another key position being advertised for engagement.
Junior Project Engineer: A third key position being advertised for engagement.
National Institute of Solar Energy
(An Autonomous Institute of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India)
Gwal-Pahari, Gurugram
Advt. No. SDD-34013/1/2023-SDD Date: 03.03.2026
Subject: Engagement of Senior Project Engineer, Project Engineer and Junior Project Engineer, purely on short-
term contract basis in National Institute of Solar Energy, Gurugram, Haryana.
National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) is an Autonomous Institute of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
Government of India. NISE is functioning as an Apex National Centre for research and technology development and
related activities in the areas of Solar Energy Technologies in the Country. NISE is located on a 200-acre campus at
the Gurugram-Faridabad Road, Gwal-Pahari, Gurugram, Haryana. The Institute works on development of Solar
Energy Technologies and practices and contributes in advancement of related Science and Engineering. The R&D
activities of NISE are carried out in coordination with other research organizations and industry.
2. NISE invites applications from suitable Indian citizens for engagement for the following posts:
Sl. Name / Division/ Number/ Period of Job Requirement Consolidated
No. Qualifications/ Experience/ Age Engagement Remuneration
1. Sr. Project Engineer Engagement shall Detailed performance Consolidated
(Industrial Research and Technical be initially for a analysis of Solar PV plants. fixed amount of
Consultancy Group) period of one Field testing and performance Rs.70000/- per
year and characterization. month for first
(i) No. of Position: 01 extendable up to Project planning, yield year,
a maximum of simulations, module Rs.75000/- for
(ii) Essential Qualification(s): B.E. / three years on degradation study. second year,
B. Tech. in Engineering (Electrical / year-to-year basis Vetting & preparation of Rs.80000/- for
Electrical & Electronics /Electronics & depending upon designs, drawing and DPR. third year for
Communication/ Mechanical / the performance Data collection and candidates
Renewable Energy or any other and functional management, review of opted for three-
relevant field. requirement of the year
technical documentations
institute. and reports. engagement.
OR
QA/QC of Solar PV Consolidated
manufacturing facilities remuneration will
M.E./ M.Tech./MS in relevant field.
(Solar cell and modules) be inclusive of all
Preparing of technical applicable taxes.
iii) Experience: Minimum 04 years
reports. No allowances
after graduation OR minimum 02
Coordination with Solar such as
years after post-graduation.
Manufacturers, Solar Dearness
(Preferably in Solar Photovoltaic and
developers, and users. allowance, house
related field)
Procurement of equipment. rent allowance,
Any other work in relevant residential
Upper age limit – 45 years as on the
field. telephone, etc. is
last date of receipt of application.
admissible.
2. Project Engineer Engagement shall To carry out the verification Consolidated fixed
(Solar PV) be initially for a of documents received amount of Rs.
period of one against ALMM enlistment in 50000/- per month
year and the applications. for first year,
(i) No. of Positions: 02 extendable up to Coordination with PV Rs.53000/- for
a maximum of manufacturers for second year, Rs.
(ii) Essential Qualification(s): three years on inspection, collection of 56000/- for third
year-to-year basis documents and related year for
B.E./ B. Tech. in Engineering depending upon activities. candidates opted
(Electrical/ Electrical & Electronics the performance To collect, organize, for three- year
/ Electronics & Communication/ and functional analyze, and disseminate engagement.
Mechanical /Renewable Energy or requirement of the significant amounts of Consolidated
any other relevant field. institute. information with attention to remuneration will
detail and accuracy. be inclusive of all
iii) Experience: Minimum 02 years after Any other work in relevant applicable taxes.
B.E./ B. Tech. field. No allowances(Preferably in Solar Photovoltaic and such as Dearness
related field). Allowance, house
rent allowance,
Upper age limit – 40 years as on the residential
last date of receipt of application. telephone, etc. is
admissible.
3. Junior Project Engineer Engagement shall Day to day operation & i) Rs. 35,000 /-
be initially for a maintenance of the test per month for 1st
(i) No. of Position: 05 period of one labs. year; (ii) Rs.
(Distributed generated & Micro-Grid year and 37,000 /- per
Perform testing &
Lab, PV Testing and Calibration lab, extendable up to month for 2nd
calibration related (Solar
Solar Water Pumping lab, Solar a maximum of year, (iii) Rs.
radiometer, micro-grid,
Radiometer calibration lab) three years on 39,000 /- per
Solar cell, Solar water
year-to-year basis month for 3rd
(ii) Essential Qualification(s): depending upon Pump). year.
the performance Perform customised
Diploma in Engineering (Electrical/
and functional testing on devices and Consolidated
Electrical & Electronics /Electronics &
requirement of the systems. remuneration will
Communication/ Power Electronics/
Power System/ Instrumentation & institute. Support in accreditation be inclusive of all
Control) or other relevant fields. related activities as and applicable taxes.
when required. No allowances
OR such as
Any other work in
Dearness
relevant field.
(ii) ITI in relevant branches. Allowance, house
rent allowance,
(ii) Experience: Minimum 01-year
residential
after Diploma
telephone, etc. is
OR
admissible.
Minimum 03 years after ITI
Upper age limit – 30 years as on the
last date of receipt of application.
Details of Reservation is as follows:-
Sl. Name of the Post Category
No. OBC (NCL) SC UR EWS Total Posts
(i) Senior Project Engineer (Industrial Research 0 0 1 0 1
and Technical Consultancy Group)
(ii) Project Engineer (Solar PV) 1 0 1 0 2
(iii) Junior Project Engineer (Distributed generated 1 1 2 1 5
& Micro-Grid Lab, PV Testing and Calibration
lab, Solar Water Pumping lab, Solar
Radiometer calibration lab)
Total 02 01 04 01 8
Terms & Conditions: -
1. The NISE reserves the right to accept or reject in part or in full any or all the responses without assigning any
reason whatsoever. The number of positions may vary and the NISE reserves the right to increase or decrease
the number of positions or create a panel for filling up positions arising in future.
2. The engagement is purely on short-term contract basis for a period of one year which can be extended on
year to year basis depending on the performance of the candidate / need of the Institute and decisions taken
/ approval of the Competent Authority in NISE, from time to time.
3. The engagement of the above position is of a temporary (non-Official) nature and can be withdrawn at any
time within the period mentioned above without assigning any reason or prior notice and shall not bestow any
claim or right for seeking regular employment in the National Institute of Solar Energy.
4. Warning: Selection in the Institute is free, fair and merit based. Any attempt to influence the selection process
& submission of false information detected at any stage is liable to lead to termination of the candidature of
service and legal action against the concerned individual will be initiated.
5. No other allowance or facilities like HRA, medical, accommodation, etc., will be permissible. No. TA/DA will be
provided to any candidate for attending the interview / joining the engagement upon selection.6. Leave: The candidate would not be entitled to any kind of regular leave. However, they would be entitled to
Casual Leave of 1.5 days in a calendar month, to be calculated on pro-rata basis.
7. The NISE is committed to comply all the provisions of labour laws applicable to autonomous organization
registered under society act.
8. Office time and working hours: Engagement would be on full time basis. Working hours shall be from 9.00
AM to 5.30 PM during working days including half an hour lunch break in between. They will not be allowed to
take any other assignment during the period of contractual engagement. The candidates may be called on
Saturday/ Sunday/ other Gazette holidays, if required.
9. The Income Tax or any other tax liable to be deducted, as per the prevailing rules will be deducted at source
before effecting the payment for which the office will issue TDS certificate.
10. The Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of the data collected as well as the deliverables produced for the institute
shall remain with this institute. No one shall utilize or publish or disclose or part with, to a third party, any part
of the data or statistics or proceedings or information collected for the purposed of this assignment or during
the course of the assignment for the institute, without the express written consent of the institute. The candidate
shall be bound to hand over the entire set of records of assignment to the institute before the expiry of the
contract, and before the final payment is released by the institute.
11. Conflict of interest: The candidate engaged by this institute, shall in no case represent or give opinion or
advice to others in any matter which is adverse to the interest of this institute.
12. The engagement may be terminated at any time by the institute without assigning any reasons by giving a
notice of 15 days. In case, the candidate desires to leave the assignment, he/she is to give 15 days' notice
which can be curtailed / extended depending upon the work load.
13. Mere fulfilment of educational qualification will not entitle the candidate for being called for interview. The
applications will be shortlisted based on the academic records / educational qualifications / experience in the
required field relevant to the actual job requirements by Screening Committee. Incomplete applications will be
out-rightly rejected and no correspondence for that will be entertained.
14. An intimation regarding Interview will be sent to the shortlisted candidates via email separately.
15. The candidate seeking benefit of relaxation of age for reserved category may require to furnish requisite
certificate issued in light of provision issued by central Govt. from time to time.
16. Please carry all the original testimonials and one set of self-attested photocopy at the time of interview along
with the original printed application form.
17. Any resulting dispute arising out of this advertisement including the engagement process shall be subject to
the sole jurisdiction of Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh.
18. Other terms and conditions will be as stipulated in the engagement offer as and when issued.
19. The number of positions may vary depending upon the institute's requirement.
20. Relaxation: The upper age limit is relaxable as per Govt. of India Rules.
How to apply:
1. Submission of Application: Interested candidates may send their duly filled application form in the prescribed
format as per Annexure-I along with attested photocopies of all testimonials {Academic Mark sheets &
Certificates / Experience Certificates, valid reserved category certificate i.e. SC, EWS, OBC(NCL) issued in
current financial Year, etc.} in support of educational qualifications, age and experience. The requisite filled
application form with attested photocopies of all testimonials {Academic Mark sheets & Certificates /
Experience Certificates, valid reserved category certificate in support of educational qualifications, age and
experience should be submitted via email in a single PDF latest by 15 days from the date of publication the
advertisement in NISE website www.nise.res.in to the following email ID: recruitment.nise@nise.res.in.
2. Application fees: No fees are required to be paid by the applicant.
3. Announcements: All further announcements / details pertaining to this process will only be published
/provided on NISE websites www.nise.res.in from time to time. Candidates are advised to regularly keep in
touch with the authorized NISE website www.nise.res.in for details and updates. In case of any queries please
write to recruitment.nise@nise.res.in.
4. Decision: The decision of the Director General, NISE, Gwal-Pahari, Gurugram, Haryana in all matters relating
to eligibility, acceptance or rejection of applications, mode of selection, and conduct of interview will be final
and binding on candidate.
Sd/-
Director (Administration)
National Institute of Solar Energy
Gwal Pahari, Gurugram-Faridabad Road,
Gurugram – 122003 (Haryana)ANNEXURE-I
APPLICATION FORMAT FOR ENGAGEMENT IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOLAR ENERGY
(NISE), PURELY ON SHORT-TERM CONTRACT BASIS AT GURUGRAM, HARYANA-122003
Photograph
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not Staple)
NAME OF THE POST APPLIED FOR ………………………………………………………………..................
DIVISION ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….……
1. Name in Block letters.
2. Father’s Name
3. Date of Birth (DD/MM/YY)
4. Nationality
5. Age (as on last date of application) Years ……………. Months ……………. Days …………
6. Caste
7. Category
8. Are you seeking Age Relaxation Yes No
9. Mailing address:
10. Telephone/mobile No:
E-mail address
11. Permanent address:12. Educational Qualifications:
Sl. Course Subject University / Year of Division /
No. Institute Passing Class
13. Work Experience (can attach a separate sheet)
Sl. Organization/ Post Scale of Pay/ Period Nature Reason Permanent
No. Institute held Consolidated From To of for or
Amount work Leaving Temporary
14. Area of specialization: ………………………………………………………………………………………….
I hereby undertake that I shall abide all the terms and conditions laid down in the advertisement.
(Signature of Candidate)
Date: …………………..
Place: ………………….