ISRO URSC Recruitment 2026: 61 Posts, Apply by 13 Nov

ISRO URSC Recruitment 2026 is open for 61 Technician-B and driver posts at the U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, and the online form closes on 13 November 2026 at 11:55 PM. The fee works in a way most applicants will not expect. Every candidate pays Rs 500 upfront, and Rs 400 of it comes back only if you sit for the written test. Women, SC, ST, PwBD and Ex-Serviceman candidates are exempt from the Rs 100 fee, so the full Rs 500 they pay upfront is refunded to them if they appear for the test.

The drive is Advertisement URSC:04:2026, dated 24 October 2026. It covers 46 Technician-B posts across eight trades and 15 driver posts across three categories. The posts are temporary but likely to continue, and the vacancy count is provisional, so it can change with actual requirements. Applications are online only, through isro.gov.in or ursc.gov.in.

ISRO URSC Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The 61 posts, trade by trade

Electronics Mechanic takes the biggest share by far, with 24 of the 46 Technician-B posts. Fitter follows with 8. The rest are small numbers, so a candidate in one of the single post trades is competing for exactly one seat.

The category split across all 61 posts is UR 40, EWS 10, OBC 5, SC 4 and ST 2. The notice marks some of these seats for the Master Control Facility in Hassan rather than Bengaluru. Two of the four Electrician posts, one of the five Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning posts and two of the ten Heavy Vehicle Driver posts go to Hassan.

The notice reserves a large share of this drive for Ex-Servicemen. Twenty one Technician-B posts and eight driver posts are theirs, and 24 of those 29 are backlog vacancies. If no suitable Ex-Serviceman is available for a backlog vacancy, the notice says it goes to the identified vertical reservation category. PwBD reservations also sit inside specific trades, including two visually handicapped posts in Electronics Mechanic.

The fee works backwards

Most government forms take a fee and keep it. This one takes Rs 500 from everyone and hands Rs 400 back to anyone who turns up for the written test. The Rs 100 that stays back is the actual fee. Skip the test and you lose the whole Rs 500.

The refund rule is the same for exempted candidates, only the amount differs. Women, SC and ST candidates, PwBD candidates and Ex-Servicemen pay no fee, so the full Rs 500 they paid upfront comes back to them if they appear for the test. The refund goes back to the original payment method by default, or to the bank account given in the application. URSC says it will not fix refund problems that come from wrong bank details.

Payment is online only, through the Bharatkosh portal or payment gateway link shown when you submit the form. You can pay by internet banking, domestic debit and credit cards or UPI. The portal does not accept cash, cheque, demand draft, money order or postal order, and you pay any service charge yourself.

Who can apply for URSC Technician-B and driver posts

A URSC Technician-B post needs two things and nothing more. You must have passed SSLC, SSC or Matriculation, and you must hold an ITI, NTC or NAC certificate in the relevant trade from NCVT. A 10th pass alone is not enough, and an ITI from a non NCVT institute does not count. The trade on your certificate has to match the trade you apply for.

Driver posts need a 10th pass plus a valid licence and real driving experience. Light Vehicle Driver and Staff Car Driver both need three years of experience as a light vehicle driver. Heavy Vehicle Driver needs five years in total, with at least three of those years driving heavy vehicles, and a heavy vehicle licence plus a public service badge where the law requires one. If the badge is not mandatory in your state, you get three months after joining in Karnataka to get it.

The experience rules are strict in a way that catches people out. Experience counts only from the date you got your licence, not from when you started driving. The notice accepts certificates only from government or semi government agencies, registered companies, societies or trusts, never from individuals. Part time driving does not count.

Your qualification, experience and badge must all be in hand on 13 November 2026, the last date.

Age is 18 to 35 years for every post, and the notice counts it as on 13 November 2026, which is also the cut off date for qualification and experience. SC and ST candidates get five years of relaxation and OBC candidates get three years, but only against vacancies reserved for their category. Where no vacancy is reserved, reserved category candidates apply on par with UR candidates and get no relaxation. Central government servants, Ex-Servicemen, PwBD candidates, meritorious sportspersons and widows are eligible for relaxation under Government of India orders, and the notice gives no specific number of years for these groups.

The Technician-B test

Technician-B and driver candidates do not sit the same paper, and the two papers differ in length, marking and pass marks. Both end in a skill test that only qualifies you, so the written test is where the ranking happens.

Technician-B candidates get 80 multiple choice questions in 90 minutes, with one mark for a correct answer and minus 0.33 for a wrong one. The syllabus follows the ITI curriculum for the trade. Unreserved candidates need 32 out of 80 to pass, and reserved candidates need 24, but the lower bar applies only where a post is reserved.

The notice shortlists qualifiers for the skill test in a ratio of one to five, with a minimum of ten candidates per post. The skill test carries 100 marks and is qualifying, with 50 marks needed for unreserved and 40 for reserved candidates. In a tie, the notice prefers the NAC score over a non NAC score.

The driver test

Driver candidates get 100 multiple choice questions in 120 minutes, with one mark for a correct answer and minus 0.25 for a wrong one. The paper has four parts.

Part A has 50 questions on the Motor Vehicles Act, traffic rules, road signs, driving techniques, vehicle maintenance and first aid. Part B has 15 questions of elementary English at 8th standard level. Part C has 15 questions of elementary arithmetic at 10th standard level. Part D has 20 questions of general knowledge.

You need 50 percent in Part A and 50 percent across Parts B, C and D combined, relaxed by 25 percent for reserved categories where a post is reserved. The driving test is purely qualifying, 100 marks, and you need 60 to pass, with no relaxation for any category. The shortlist for it runs at one to ten.

URSC may hold the written test online or offline in Bengaluru or other cities across India. The skill test takes place only in Bengaluru.

No test date yet

The notice gives no written test date. That will come later on the ISRO and URSC websites, and any corrigendum will appear there only, not in newspapers. The one date that matters right now is 13 November. Get the form in before that, and check the two websites after you apply for the test schedule.

How to apply

Go to isro.gov.in or ursc.gov.in and open the link for Advertisement URSC:04:2026. Register with your details, fill the form for the post code you are eligible for, upload your photo, signature and certificates, and pay Rs 500 through the Bharatkosh link shown on submission. Submit before 13 November 2026 at 11:55 PM. The form and the fee both close at that time, and there is no hard copy to send.

Keep your photo, signature and certificates ready before you start the form, since the portal asks for them during registration. If your photo or signature file is too large for the upload, our exam photo resizer will shrink it to the size you need.

Read the notice before you pick a post code. The trade list for Electronics Mechanic covers six related trades, and the experience rules for drivers are detailed enough that a wrong choice at the form stage is hard to fix later. If you hold an ITI certificate and want another opening in the same lane, the RRC Northern Railway apprentice drive is also open to 10th pass plus ITI candidates. Chennai Metro is hiring ITI technicians too, through a walk-in screening for Technician posts on 13, 17 and 23 November.

Sources & verification: Advertisement URSC:04:2026 dated 24 October 2026, official 21 page notification PDF on isro.gov.in, read 7 November 2026, and the URSC listing on the ISRO Current Opportunities page. The notice states the 61 posts and their breakup, the 24 October to 13 November application window, the Rs 500 upfront fee with refund, the 18 to 35 age limit, the 10th pass plus ITI rule, the two written test patterns, and the Level 3 and Level 2 pay figures as approximate gross emoluments. Apply only through isro.gov.in or ursc.gov.in.