Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is a state-owned Indian company with its headquarters situated in New Delhi. BSNL was incorporated on September 15, 2000. It deals with the business of providing telecom services and network management on a going-concern basis. BSNL is the largest provider of permanent telephone and broadband services with more than 60% market share in India.
It recruits the candidates for the post of JTO (Junior Telecom Officer) who are Graduate Engineers. BSNL JTO is an executive job where the vacancies for this year are 198. The interested and talented candidates can apply for the JTO posts in BSNL for the year 2019. The candidates who are willing to appear for JTO 2019 exam must have appeared for GATE exam 2019.
Important Dates:
| Events | Important Dates |
| Start of Application | February 11, 2019 |
| End of application | March 12, 2019 |
| Last date for online fee payment | February 11, 2019, to March 12, 2019 |
| Admit card | To be notified soon |
| Exam date | To be notified soon |
The candidates can start to apply for the exam before the last date (March 12, 2019) to avoid the last minute delay. As the registration process after the completion of the last date will not be allowed.
Vacancy details for BSNL JTO 2019:
The vacancies provided below are provided on a temporary basis. BSNL has the right to increase or decrease the number of vacancies as per their requirement.
Discipline Wise vacancies:
| Discipline | Number of vacancies |
| Electrical | 132 |
| Civil | 66 |
| Total | 198 |
Circle wise vacancies:
| States | Number of vacancies | States | Number of vacancies |
| Andhra Pradesh | 06 | Madhya Pradesh | 10 |
| Assam | 06 | Northern Telecom Region | 04 |
| Bihar | 07 | North East- I | 06 |
| Chattisgarh | 08 | North East- II | 07 |
| Gujarat | 07 | Orissa | 07 |
| Haryana | 02 | Punjab | 06 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 04 | Rajasthan | 10 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 06 | Tamil Nadu | 13 |
| Jharkhand | 08 | Uttar Pradesh (East) | 09 |
| Karnataka | 10 | Uttar Pradesh (West) | 03 |
| Kerala | 26 | Uttarakhand | 06 |
| Maharashtra | 13 | West Bengal | 14 |
Eligibility Criteria for BSNL JTO 2019:
Age limit:
| Criteria | Age limit |
| Minimum age | 18 years |
| Maximum age | 30 years |
Age relaxation category wise:
The age relaxation or various categories will be given according to the rules and regulations of the Government. The candidates seeking the age relaxation must provide the necessary documents and can avail the age relaxation.
| Category | Age relaxation |
| SC/ST candidates | 5 years |
| OBC candidates | 3 years |
| SC/ST- PWD candidates | 15 years |
| OBC- PWD candidates | 13 years |
| OC- PWD candidates | 10 years |
| BSNL Employees | 5 years |
Educational qualification:
| Post |
Educational qualification |
| Junior Telecom Officer (JTO) |
The candidates should have successfully completed B.E/ B.Tech or any equivalent in Civil Engineering/ Electrical Engineering from a recognized University/ College and The candidates should have appeared for the2019 GATE exam. The candidates should have opted one paper from selected GATE paper codes of 2 disciplines i.e. Electrical (EE) & Civil (CE). |
Application fee payment:
The mode of application fee payment for BSNL JTO 2019 can be done through online mode using Debit card, Credit card, and Net Banking. The fee amount will not be accepted in any other form by BSNL. The fee amount once paid is not refundable under any circumstances.
| Category |
Application fee |
| OC/ OBC candidates | Rs 1000 |
| SC/ ST candidates | Rs 500 |
The candidates who are willing to apply for JTO must have their GATE registration ID which will be of 13 digits. The selection mode in BSNL JTO will be done through the GATE score 2019 that will be conducted by IIT Madras, Chennai in the February month.
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The selection will be done on the declaration of the 2019 GATE exam result, circle-wise merit list that will be done on the basis of 2019 GATE scores and the number of vacancies available for 2019. No further interview or examination will be conducted from the side of BSNL for the selection process. The mere appearance of the name of the candidates in the merit list of BSNL will not guarantee any employment for the candidate. The final call letter will be issued after the completion of the entire required formalities.