Bharath Electronics Limited (BEL) is a Navartna status company and it generally recruits engineering graduates as probationary engineer (ECE). The recruitment process is done through a written test and interview. Syllabus for BEL probationary engineer will cover areas of technical and general aptitude. Technical aptitude section contains questions from topics studied in qualifying exam. General aptitude section contains topic such as quantitative aptitude, logical reasoning, general English and general awareness.

Reference books on Technical Section

Technical section includes main topics such as Network, Digital Logic Design, Electrical Machine, Advance Electronics, Control Theory and Micro processor and Interfacing etc.

Books on Network

• Electric Circuits and Networks by K. S. Suresh Kumar
• Linear Circuits Analysis by DeCarlo Lin
• Network Analysis by M.E Van Valkenburg
• Engineering Circuit Analysis by W H Hayt, J E Kemmerly, S M Durbin
• Network Analysis & Synthesis by Franklin S. KUO

Books on Electrical Machine

• Electrical machines by Mulukutla S. Sharma, and Mikesh K. Pathak
• A Text of Electrical Technology by B. L. Theraja, and A. K. Theraja

Books on Digital Logic Design

• Digital Logic and Computer Design by M Morris Mano
• Principle of digital Electronics by Malvino & Leach
• Modern Digital Electronics by R.P.Jain

Books on Electrical Machine

• Electrical machines by Mulukutla S. Sharma, and Mikesh K. Pathak
• A Text of Electrical Technology by B. L. Theraja, and A. K. Theraja

Books on Advanced Electronics

• Integrated Electronics by Jacob Millman and Christos C. Halkias,
• Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Robert Boylestad and Louis Nashelsky

Books on Control Theory

• Modern Control Engineering by Katsuhiko Ogata
• Automatic Control Systems by Benjamin C.Kuo

Books on Micro processor and Interfacing

• Microprocessor Architecture, Programming, and Applications by Ramesh S. Gaonkar
• Microcomputers and Microprocessors: Programming, Interfacing and Troubleshooting by John E. Uffenbeck.
• Microprocessor and Microcontroller fundamentals. Hardware and
• Software by William Kleitz

Reference books on General Aptitude

General aptitude section contains questions from Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness and General English.

Books on Reasoning

• Analytical Reasoning by Shri M.K. Pandey
• Verbal Reasoning by R.S.Agarwal
• All about Reasoning (Verbal) by Anjani A Gupta

Books on Quantitative Aptitude

• The Aptitude Test Workbook by Jim Barrett
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Abhijit Guha S.Chand
• Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by R S Aggarwal

Books on General English

• Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis
• Ramesh Advance General English by H. S. Bhatia
• Arihant Objective General English for All Competitive Examinations by S P Bhakshi

Books on General Awareness

• Pratyogitha Darpan
• Current Affairs India
• Handbook of General Knowledge by B. N. Ahuja
• Objective General Knowledge by Edgar Thorpe and Showick Thorpe

In addition to these books, candidates can download previous question papers from the internet for further reference. Thorough preparation is needed to qualify the written test.