ISRO SDSC SHAR Apprentice Recruitment 2026: 400 Posts

ISRO SDSC SHAR Apprentice Recruitment 2026 has 400 apprentice posts open at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, and the form runs from 6 November to 26 November 2026. There is no written exam and no interview. Selection runs on academic merit, followed by document verification. The stipend is Rs 9,600 to Rs 12,300 a month depending on the category, and the training lasts 12 months.

The catch is the order of the application. You register first on the NATS portal or the NAPS portal, and only then apply on the UMANG portal. Anyone who goes straight to UMANG without the apprenticeship registration will get stuck.

The notification is No. SDSC SHAR/SCF/P&GA-II/Apprentice/2026, dated 6 November 2026.

ISRO SDSC SHAR Apprentice Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The 400 posts, category by category

Trade Apprentice takes the biggest share, with 180 of the 400 posts. Fitter alone has 75 seats, then Electronic Mechanic with 30 and Electrician with 25. The rest of the trade list runs from Chemical with 15 down to Turner, Welder and Motor Mechanic with 2 each. If you hold an ITI certificate, this is where most of the seats are.

The two graduate categories take 110 posts between them. Engineering Graduate Apprentice has 50, split across Mechanical, Aerospace, Production and Industrial Engineering with 15, Electronics with 10, Electrical with 9, Chemical with 7, Computer Science with 5 and Civil with 4. Non Engineering Graduate Apprentice has 60, split into Commerce with 25, Science with 20 and Arts with 15.

Technician Apprentice, for diploma holders, has 35 posts. Mechanical and Aerospace take 10, Electronics and Electrical take 5 each, Civil and Chemical take 4 each, Computer Science and Automobile take 3 each, and Photography takes 1. The Diploma in Commercial and Computer Practice category, called DCCP, has 60 posts in a single discipline. Vocational Apprentice has 15, with Multipurpose Health Worker at 7 and Medical Lab Technician and Construction Engineering Technology at 4 each.

Reservation follows Government of India norms at the category level. Across all 400 posts the split is 175 UR, 105 OBC, 60 SC, 24 ST and 36 EWS.

One post stands out for how small it is. Photography has a single Technician Apprentice seat, the only post in the whole drive with one vacancy, and it sits in the diploma list rather than the trade list.

Who can apply, and who cannot

Graduate and diploma candidates need first class with at least 60 percent marks or 6.32 CGPA, and they must have passed in 2022 or later. That 2022 cutoff is a hard rule in the notification, not a preference. A 2021 passout cannot apply for a graduate or diploma apprenticeship, however good the marks are.

Trade Apprentice needs SSLC or SSC with an ITI or NTC in the relevant trade from NCVT. Vocational Apprentice needs a certificate in the relevant vocational course involving two years of study after secondary school, recognised by AICTE.

Three groups cannot apply. Anyone who has already done an apprenticeship under the Apprentices Act, or is doing one now, is out. Anyone with one year or more of experience in an organisation is out too.

Anyone pursuing higher studies, or holding a sandwich course or short term certificate, is also out. Only Indian nationals can apply, and combining this apprenticeship with another institution is not allowed.

The notification gives no age limit, so do not trust any portal that prints one. It also gives no application fee. The only money figure in the notice is the stipend.

No exam. Your marks do the talking

This is the part people get wrong, because most ISRO recruitment has a written test. This one does not. SDSC SHAR draws a category wise merit list for each apprenticeship category from the academic score, then shortlists discipline by discipline and calls candidates for document verification. Only those who turn up for verification and meet every requirement get the apprenticeship.

Your marks go in as a percentage or as CGPA, exactly as the consolidated mark list shows it. If your institute has a conversion formula, that formula applies. If it does not, multiply the CGPA by 9.5. A mismatch between the marks you enter and the certificates you upload counts as a disqualification at any stage, so enter the numbers from the marksheet, not from memory.

There is no travelling allowance for document verification, and you arrange your own stay and food. The notice gives no verification date. Shortlisted candidates hear about it after the merit lists come out, so the wait after 26 November is for the lists, not for an admit card. The notice also says canvassing in any form is a disqualification, and no interim correspondence will be entertained.

How to apply, in the right order

SDSC SHAR Apprentice 2026 runs on two portals, not one, and the order matters. Register first on the apprenticeship portal. Graduate and diploma candidates use NATS at nats.education.gov.in, and trade and vocational candidates use NAPS at apprenticeship.gov.in.

Upload your degree or diploma certificate and a valid government ID while registering, and keep the enrolment number the portal generates. Make sure you have linked your Aadhaar number to your bank account and switched on Direct Benefit Transfer, because the stipend comes through that route.

Then open the UMANG portal at web.umang.gov.in, register or log in, search for SDSC SHAR Apprenticeship, pick your post, fill the details and submit. Supporting documents go up as JPG, JPEG or PNG files of no more than 1 MB each. Your photo and signature must follow the format and size the UMANG portal shows, and the photo has to be clear enough to identify you. If your photo file is too large for the 1 MB limit, our exam photo resizer will shrink it to the size you need.

You cannot change anything after final submission, so check every field before you submit. Keep a copy of the submitted form. SDSC SHAR will not accept applications through any other mode, and the last date is 26 November 2026.

Three things to get right before 26 November

First, the DCCP stipend. The notification lists DCCP as a separate vacancy category with 60 posts, but the stipend table has no row for it, even though it gives Rs 12,300 for graduates, Rs 10,900 for technicians and Rs 9,600 for trade and vocational apprentices. DCCP candidates should check the amount with SDSC SHAR rather than assume it matches one of those rows.

Second, this is an apprenticeship, not a job. The training runs 12 months from the day you sign the contract, and completing it gives no claim to temporary, ad hoc or permanent employment at SDSC SHAR or any other ISRO centre. The ONGC apprentice recruitment running at the same time works the same way, and the ISRO URSC recruitment is the regular post alternative if you want a permanent ISRO opening instead.

Third, accommodation comes on a shared basis and only if a room is free. The notice says SHAR will provide it in one of its residential colonies, subject to availability. Do not plan on a room being guaranteed.

The notification also says any corrigendum will appear only on the ISRO or SDSC SHAR website. If a date or a vacancy count changes, that is where it will show up first. For questions, the notice gives one email address, [email protected], and says it will not take phone enquiries.

Sources & verification: Notification for Engagement of Apprentices 2026, No. SDSC SHAR/SCF/P&GA-II/Apprentice/2026 dated 6 November 2026, read in full on 8 November 2026 from the official PDF at apps.shar.gov.in. All vacancy counts, reservation splits, stipends, eligibility conditions, dates and the application procedure above come from that notification. The DCCP stipend is not stated in the notification, and the notification gives no age limit and no application fee. Apply only through NATS or NAPS registration followed by the UMANG portal.