BEL Probationary Engineer Recruitment 2026: 350 Posts, Apply by 18 Nov

BEL Probationary Engineer Recruitment 2026 has 350 posts on offer, 200 in Electronics and 150 in Mechanical, and the online form closes on 18 November 2026 at 11:59 PM. Bharat Electronics Limited published the drive under Advertisement No. 17556/HR/All-India/2026 on 28 October 2026. This is a direct recruitment for fresh engineering graduates. No GATE score is needed. Selection runs through a computer based test and an interview, and the test is tentatively set for 22 December 2026.

The fee is Rs 1,180 for general, EWS and OBC candidates, and there is no fee for SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates. One line in the advertisement disagrees with that, and it matters if you fall in the EWS category, so read the fee section below before you pay.

BEL Probationary Engineer Recruitment 2026 at a glance

Electronics takes 200 of the 350 seats

Electronics carries the bigger share, with 200 posts against 150 for Mechanical. The split is the same across every category. Unreserved candidates get 81 seats in Electronics and 62 in Mechanical. OBC (NCL) gets 54 and 40. EWS gets 20 and 15. SC gets 30 and 22. ST gets 15 and 11. The totals come to 143 unreserved, 94 OBC, 52 SC, 35 EWS and 26 ST.

Thirteen of the 350 posts carry reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities, 7 in Electronics and 6 in Mechanical. On top of that, the advertisement lists 32 PwBD backlog vacancies, 20 in Electronics and 12 in Mechanical, which takes the total PwBD figure to 45. That reservation is horizontal, so these 45 sit inside the 350 and do not add to it.

The advertisement also says the vacancy numbers can go up or down with BEL's requirements, so treat the table as the notified figure and check the BEL website for any corrigendum before the last date.

Who can apply

You need a first class B.E., B.Tech. or four year B.Sc. Engineering degree in the discipline you apply for. Electronics covers Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Electronics and Telecommunication, Communication and Telecommunication. Mechanical covers Mechanical only. SC, ST and PwBD candidates can apply with a pass class.

Candidates with first class in AMIE, AMIETE or Grad IETE in the prescribed discipline are also eligible. The advertisement is clear that other equivalent disciplines and dual specialisations will not be accepted, so check your degree name against the list before you fill the form.

The age limit is 25 years for unreserved and EWS candidates as on 1 October 2026. OBC (NCL) candidates get three years of relaxation, SC and ST candidates get five years, and PwBD candidates get ten years. A PwBD candidate who also belongs to SC, ST or OBC gets both relaxations together, which works out to 15 years for SC and ST and 13 years for OBC. Ex-servicemen get five years of relaxation under government guidelines. You must be an Indian national.

The fee is Rs 1,180, and one line in the PDF disagrees with it

Section 9 of the advertisement says candidates in the GEN, EWS and OBC (NCL) categories must pay Rs 1,000 plus GST, which comes to Rs 1,180. The sentence right after it says SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates are exempt from the fee. That is the version to follow, because it sits in the fee section itself.

But General Instruction A.4 on page 11 of the same PDF lists EWS among the exempt categories. The two statements cannot both be right. If you are an EWS candidate, do not guess. Open the application portal on bel-india.in and see what it charges you before you pay, and keep the payment receipt. The fee is non-refundable, and it is paid online through SBI e-Pay Lite after you submit the form.

A 125 question test, then an interview

The computer based test has 125 objective questions and runs for 120 minutes. One hundred questions are technical, from your own discipline, and 25 are general aptitude and reasoning. Every wrong answer costs a quarter of a mark. The test carries 85 marks and the interview carries 15, so the test decides most of your final score but the interview can still move you up or down the list.

BEL shortlists for interview in a 1 to 5 ratio, discipline wise and category wise, based on the test score. You have to qualify in the test and the interview separately. The interview can be answered in English or Hindi.

The test date of 22 December 2026 is tentative, and BEL says it can change the date. Exam centres are allotted from the five preferences you pick in the form, so choose centres close to your correspondence address rather than your home town if the two differ.

Pay, and where you could be posted

Selected candidates join in E-II Grade on a basic pay scale of Rs 40,000 to Rs 1,40,000, with an approximate cost to company of Rs 13 lakh a year. The pay scale is due for revision from 1 January 2027, so the figure on your pay slip may rise after joining. Allowances include dearness allowance, house rent allowance, conveyance allowance, performance related pay and medical reimbursement.

The notified vacancies are for production and support services departments across BEL units and offices. The advertisement lists Bangalore, Ghaziabad, Pune, Nagpur, Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ibrahimpatnam, Chennai, Palasamudram, Nimmaluru, Machilipatnam, Panchkula and Kotdwara. BEL can post you to any of its units or offices in India, so apply with the understanding that the posting is not your choice.

How to apply on bel-india.in

Open bel-india.in, go to the Careers section and find Advertisement No. 17556/HR/All-India/2026. Register with your own mobile number and email ID, verify both OTPs, and note the application sequence number and password that arrive by email and SMS. Then log in again, fill the form, pick your discipline, upload your photograph and signature, preview everything and submit before 18 November 2026 at 11:59 PM. Pay the fee through SBI e-Pay Lite if it applies to you, then download and print the submitted form.

Your photograph has to be a recent passport size colour photo on a white background, not more than three months old, in JPG or JPEG, between 100 KB and 200 KB, sized 3.5 cm by 4.5 cm. Your signature goes on white paper in black ink, in JPG or JPEG, between 80 KB and 150 KB. If your files are too large, the exam photo resizer on this site can shrink them to the right size before you upload. BEL does not allow editing after final submission, and it asks for no printout by post, so check every field in the preview step. The advertisement also says all corrigenda and updates will appear on the BEL website only.

If you are comparing this BEL recruitment 2026 drive with other PSU engineering openings, the POWERGRID Engineer Trainee Recruitment 2026 post on this site covers 319 posts through GATE 2026 with the same 18 November last date, which is the contrast to keep in mind because this BEL drive needs no GATE score at all. And the SBI Security Officer Recruitment 2026 post on this site covers a regular bank officer role, which reads very differently from this engineering drive if you are weighing a bank job against a PSU engineering job.

Sources & verification: Bharat Electronics Limited, Advertisement No. 17556/HR/All-India/2026, dated 28 October 2026, read from the official 16 page notification PDF on bel-india.in on 7 November 2026. Post counts, category split, PwBD figures, fee, age limits, pay scale, test pattern and selection weightage are from that advertisement. Apply only through bel-india.in, Careers section.