DRDO Scientific Entry Test (SET)

DRDO’s Recruitment and Assessment Centre (RAC) conducts screening test named DRDO SET for direct recruitment of Scientist ‘B’.
DRDO invites young and energetic person endowed with a high level of creative abilities, readiness to take up new challenges and inclination to treat learning and professional development as a lifetime passion for its DRDO SET examination.



Important Dates/Information for DRDO-SET exam
DRDO-SET is conducted on all India basis on 1st Sunday of September every year in order to provide equal opportunity to all students from different educational institutions. Click here to see important dates for DRDO-SET exam this year.

In cases, where very few vacancies are available, NO SET exam is conducted and the individuals are directly called for the interview. The advertisement generally appears during the month of April / May every year.

Click here to seeDRDO-SET exam structure

Streams/subjects for which DRDO-SET is conducted
Based upon the organisation's requirements, DRDO SET is conducted in

Subject	Code	No. of Vacancies: 220
		UR	OBC	SC	ST	Total
Electronics & Comm.Engineering	EC	41	21	12	06	80
Mechanical Engineering	ME	31	16	08	05	60
Computer Science & Engineering	CS*	20	11	06	03	40*
Chemical Engineering	CH	11	05	02	02	20
Electrical Engineering	EE	09	06	04	01	20

Note : Out of above reservation, 10 (01 current + 09 backlog) vacancies are reserved for PHP(Physically Handicapped persons), in which 05 vacancies are reserved for Orthopaedic Handicapped(OH) and 05 vacancies for Hearing Handicapped(HH) persons in the non-exempted disciplines marked with asterisk (*). However, DRDS cadre in DRDO, has been exempted from the purview of Section-33 of Persons with Disability Act, 1995, in the areas of Chemical Engg ,Electrical Engg., Electronics & Communication Engg and Mechanical Engg.

DRDO SET exam is conducted only for those subjects where vacancies are sizable in number.

DRDO-SET results and schedule of interviews
Details of eligible candidates, examination schedule, result of the exam, schedule of interviews and list of selected candidates are made available time to time on DRDO website http://www.drdo.com