ISRO Scientist EC Eligibility Criteria 2025: Age Limit & Qualifications!

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will release the ISRO Scientist EC Eligibility Criteria to recruit candidates along with the official notification. The aspirants who are willing to appear for the examination must fulfill all the ISRO Scientist EC Eligibility Criteria. The eligibility includes criteria, such as age limit, educational qualification, nationality, work experience, number of attempts, etc. 

• The candidates must read the notification of ISRO carefully to avoid any mistakes during the process of filling up the form.
• All the candidates must check the ISRO Scientist EC eligibility criteria carefully to see whether they are eligible for the recruitment examination.
• The candidates who have successfully filled out the application form and fulfill all the criteria can download the ISRO Scientist EC Admit card once it has been released.
• Candidates failing to meet any one of the ISRO Scientist EC eligibility criteria will be disqualified from the selection process.

In this article, the ISRO Scientist EC Eligibility criteria have been mentioned as released by the ISRO. Read on to know all!

ISRO Scientist EC Eligibility Criteria 2025

The candidates must be familiar with the ISRO Scientist EC eligibility criteria before applying for the recruitment examination. The details of these criteria are as follows:

Age Limit 

The minimum age limit to be eligible for the ISRO Scientist EC posts is not notified yet and the maximum age limit is 28 years as on 19.12.2025. Serving Govt. employees, Ex-Servicemen; Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, meritorious Sports persons are eligible for age relaxation as per Govt. of India orders. 

Educational Qualification 

The candidates must meet the required ISRO Scientist EC eligibility for education to be eligible for the post. The candidates must have: 

• Completed BE/ B.Tech or equivalent in Electronics & Communication Engineering with First Class with an aggregate minimum of 65% marks or CGPA 6.84/10.
• GATE Qualification: Valid GATE score in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Paper Code: EC)

Note: Candidates will be Screened-in for Interview on the basis of a valid GATE – 2024 or GATE – 2025 Score. The GATE paper and the subject of the qualifying degree of the candidates must be as per the discipline as mentioned above in the table. Candidates are advised to be careful while filling in their GATE Score (not GATE marks or GATE Rank), as the shortlisting will be based on the ScoresFilled in the Application Form. 

Nationality 

The candidates who want to apply for the ISRO Scientist EC job profile must be citizens of India. 

Number of Attempts 

The candidates are free to apply as many times until they have cleared the recruitment process of the ISRO Scientist EC post or until they have reached the maximum age limit prescribed as per their category.

Experience

As per the notification released by the ISRO, the candidates applying for the post are not required to have any prior experience. Freshers are also eligible to apply for the Scientist EC post. 

Read how to download the ISRO Scientist EC Result here!

ISRO Scientist EC Eligibility Criteria 2025: Important Points 

Along with the ISRO Scientist EC eligibility criteria, candidates must also keep the following things in mind while filling out the application form.

• The candidates must submit all the necessary documents within the prescribed size and quality, for successful verification of the ISRO Scientist EC application.
• The candidates must score minimum qualifying ISRO Scientist EC cut-off marks to get recruited for the post.
• If any information provided by the candidate is found to be false, he/she will be disqualified immediately from the ISRO Scientist EC Recruitment process.

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