SCL Recruitment 2026: 83 Posts, Apply by 30 Nov

SCL Recruitment 2026 has 83 regular posts open at the Semi-Conductor Laboratory in Mohali, and the form runs from 1 November at 11 am to 30 November at 5 pm. That is the whole window. The condition that changes who should apply is experience. Most of these posts need two years of post qualification experience, and the three officer posts need far more, so read the eligibility for your post before you pay the fee.

Semi-Conductor Laboratory, known as SCL, is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. It sits in Sector 72, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab. The advertisement is No. SCL:DR:01/2026, dated 24 October 2026.

These are regular posts, not contract or apprentice seats, and the posting is at Mohali, though the laboratory can post staff anywhere in India.

SCL Recruitment 2026 at a glance

The 83 posts, and who each one is for

The 83 posts split into 12 administrative posts, 30 Technical Assistant posts and 41 Technician B posts. That split matters because the three groups ask for very different backgrounds, and the same candidate cannot apply across all of them.

The administrative group has four posts. Administrative Officer has 2 posts, Accounts Officer has 1, and Purchase and Stores Officer has 2, all at Level 10 with a basic of Rs 56,100 and total monthly emoluments of about Rs 1,06,740. Junior Personal Assistant has 7 posts at Level 4, with a basic of Rs 25,500 and total emoluments of about Rs 48,780.

The officer posts are not for fresh graduates. Administrative Officer needs a graduate or postgraduate degree in any discipline, or an MBA in HR or Personnel Management, and then 10 years of experience for graduates, 5 years for postgraduates, or 2 years for MBA holders, in establishment, transport, estate or general administration at supervisory level. Accounts Officer follows the same pattern with an MBA in Finance, CA or ICWA, and experience in finance, accounts, auditing, tax and GST work. Purchase and Stores Officer follows it with an MBA in Material Management and experience in purchase and stores work.

The notice is strict on two points: MBA degrees other than the named specialisation do not count, and the supervisory experience must be at least in Level 6 of the pay matrix or with a CTC of at least Rs 10 lakh a year.

Junior Personal Assistant is the one administrative post open to a 12th pass candidate. It needs shorthand dictation at 80 words a minute for 10 minutes and transcription on a computer in 50 minutes for English or 65 minutes for Hindi. If you cleared 12th and hold a shorthand speed, this is your post in this drive, and the same 12th pass route appears in the site's roundup of 12th pass government jobs.

Technical Assistant takes 30 posts at Level 7, with a basic of Rs 44,900 and total emoluments of about Rs 83,700. Electronics has the most seats at 12, then Mechanical and Instrumentation at 4 each, Information Technology and Chemistry at 2 each, and Electrical, Computer Science, Civil, Chemical, Fire and Safety, and Physics at 1 each.

The qualification is a first class three year full time diploma in the relevant discipline, and Physics and Chemistry need a first class B.Sc. in the subject instead. Electronics also accepts a first class B.Sc. in Electronics, and Computer Science also accepts a first class BCA or B.Sc. in Computer Science. Every Technical Assistant post also needs two years of post qualification experience in an R and D institute, a reputed organisation or industry.

Technician B takes 41 posts at Level 3, with a basic of Rs 21,700 and total emoluments of about Rs 41,940. Electronics has 10 seats, Electronics Mechanic has 8, Instrumentation has 6, and Fitter, Electrician and Draughtsman (Mechanical) have 3 each. The rest are ICT System Maintenance with 2, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning with 2, and Draughtsman (Civil), Fire and Safety, Plumber and Mechanic (Diesel) with 1 each. The qualification is matriculation plus a two year ITI certificate from an NCVT recognised institution in the trade, or a National Trade Certificate or National Apprenticeship Certificate, and then two years of post qualification experience, the same as Technical Assistant.

One rule governs how many forms you can file. You can apply for only one administrative post. You can apply for both a Technical Assistant post and a Technician B post, but only one trade in each, and each needs a separate application and a separate fee.

Age is counted as on 30 November 2026, the closing date. The officer posts cap at 35 years, Junior Personal Assistant at 25 years, Technical Assistant runs from 18 to 30 years, and Technician B from 18 to 27 years. Relaxation is 5 years for SC and ST, 3 years for OBC (NCL), and 10, 13 or 15 years for PwBD candidates depending on category.

The fee comes partly back, if you sit the test

Every post carries a non refundable processing fee of Rs 600. On top of that, the application fee is Rs 900 for the three officer posts, Rs 700 for Technical Assistant, and Rs 600 for Junior Personal Assistant and Technician B. So the total you pay is Rs 1,500, Rs 1,300 or Rs 1,200 depending on the post.

The part most candidates miss is the refund. Women, SC, ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen candidates who appear in the computer based test get the application fee back, Rs 900, Rs 700 or Rs 600 as the case may be. The Rs 600 processing fee stays with SCL either way. The refund goes to the bank account details you give in the application, so enter them correctly, because the notice says service charges, if any, are borne by the applicant.

Pay by 30 November at 5 pm, the same time the form closes. There is no separate fee deadline after that.

What the test actually asks

Every post starts with a computer based test of objective questions. Each correct answer gets one mark and each wrong answer loses 0.25 marks, so guessing across the paper costs real marks.

The officer posts take a 200 mark test in 120 minutes. Part A is 100 marks of General English, Quantitative Aptitude, General Intelligence and Logical Ability, and General Knowledge and Current Affairs, 25 marks each, in 60 minutes. Part B is a 100 mark curriculum based test in 60 minutes. Candidates who qualify go to a personal interview, and the final panel weighs the test and the interview at 60 to 40.

Junior Personal Assistant takes only the 100 mark Part A paper in 60 minutes, then a stenography skill test. The shorthand is 800 words at 80 words a minute in 10 minutes, with transcription on a computer in 50 minutes for English or 65 minutes for Hindi, and only Pittman shorthand is accepted.

Technical Assistant and Technician B take the same 200 mark, 120 minute test as the officers, with Part A of 100 marks and a trade wise curriculum test of 100 marks. After that comes a trade wise skill test which is purely qualifying, so its marks do not count toward selection. Shortlisting for the skill tests runs at five times the vacancies in each trade and category.

Test centres are New Delhi, Chandigarh, Chennai, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Skill tests and interviews happen at S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, or Chandigarh only. Technical Assistant tests run in the morning session and Technician B tests in the afternoon session on the same day.

Engineering graduates weighing this against other public sector drives should note that BEL has also opened Probationary Engineer posts this month, covered in the BEL Probationary Engineer Recruitment 2026 post here. SCL runs its own test and asks for no GATE score, so the two drives suit different profiles.

How to apply

Go to scl.gov.in/career.html and open the link for Advertisement No. SCL:DR:01/2026. This Semi-Conductor Laboratory recruitment takes applications online only, and the form asks for your photograph, signature, left thumb impression and certificates, so keep those files ready before you start. The site's exam photo resizer sizes a photo and signature to a portal's requirements in a minute.

Register with a valid email and mobile number, log in with your registration number, pick your post and trade, fill in your personal, educational and work experience details, and pay the fee online. If you are applying for both Technical Assistant and Technician B, file two separate applications and pay twice.

Do not wait for 30 November. The notice sets the same 5 pm deadline for the form and the fee, and a failed payment after the deadline leaves no room to fix it. Check your trade, your category and your experience years before you pay, because the fee is only refunded in part, and only if you appear in the test.

Sources & verification: Semi-Conductor Laboratory, Advertisement No. SCL:DR:01/2026 dated 24 October 2026, read 7 November 2026 from the official PDF at scl.gov.in/career/Advertisement30102026.pdf. The post count, dates, fee, age limits, pay, qualifications and exam pattern in this article were read directly from that advertisement. The official portal is scl.gov.in.