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I am a student of 11th and I become an IAS Officer but I reading now science stream. I want after 12th creak diploma engineering but I don't know that after diploma can I become an IAS Officer?

IAS refers to Indian Administrative Service and to be an IAS Officer, you are required to qualify the Civil Services examination held once every year by UPSC.

Further, the minimum education required for appearing in the Civil Services examination is a graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized university.

Since, you are interested in becoming an IAS officer, so in my advice you should directly go for a graduation degree course instead of diploma in engineering degree course as it is not equivalent to a graduation degree course and you are required to have completed graduation degree course for appearing in the Civil Services examination.

For complete information regarding the Civil Services examination, you can refer to the link www.upsc.gov.in.

To be an IAS officer, one must to appear in the Civil Services that is conducted by Union Public Services Commission every year and the minimum educational qualification required to appear in this examination is graduation in any stream from a recognised University.
Therefore, on the basis of diploma you will not be eligible to appear in this examination.

You cannot apply for IAS Officer post after diploma. For this post a graduation degree is compulsory. Age limit to apply for this post is 21 years. You need to attend the UPSC civil services exam as part of the selection process for this position. You should try to clear both preliminary and main level exams first. Personal interview is the last round of selection process for those who clear written exam.

For more information you can visit the official website -
http://www.upsc.gov.in

After completing the diploma, you will not be eligible for applying for the IAS exam which is conducted by UPSC for candidate to join in as a IAS Officer.

To become an IAS officer you have to appear in the UPSC Civil Service exam.

Eligibility to appear in the UPSC Civil Services exam is:-

Educational qualification:-

A bachelor degree in any discipline from a UGC /AICTE University.
Final year appeared/ appearing candidates can also apply.

Age limit:-

For General category - 21 to 30 years
OBC - 21 to 33 years
SC/ST - 21 to 35 years.

Number of attempts -

For General category - 4 times
OBC - 7 times
SC/ST - Unlimited times.

So if you meet the above eligibility then only you can apply.

Selection procedure -

Preliminary Examination
Mains Exam
Interview Test.

Diploma is not equivalent to bachelor degree. To become an I.A.S Officer, you have to appear and qualify in the Civil Service examination.

Civil Service Examination is conducted by UPSC. The eligibility to appear for the examination is that candidate must have passed bachelor degree from a recognised university. The age limit is 21-32 years relaxation for reserved category in upper age limit.

Examination is conducted in three stages for final selection. For more information about the examination visit at www.upsc.gov.on.

For Civil Services, eligibility criteria is a graduation degree.

You are not eligible to appear for Civil Services after Polytechnics diploma. For Civil Services, eligibility criteria is a graduation degree.

You are not eligible to appear for Civil Services after Polytechnics diploma.

Eligibility criteria required to become IAS Officer:

The basic eligibility criteria required to become IAS officer is given below,

Name of the Exam - Indian Administrative Services

Name of the Organization - Union Public Service Commission

>> With Diploma course, you are not eligible to apply for this recruitment.

>> The minimum educational qualification required to apply for this recruitment is "Graduation" or "Bachelor's Degree" from a recognized university or institute in any discipline.

>> As Diploma course is not equivalent to Graduation, I am very sorry to say that you are not eligible. Hence after 11th and 12th class, try to complete general Graduation in order to be eligible.

Diploma is equivalent to 12th board i.e. Intermediate. If you want to become an IAS then you have to complete Bachelor's degree first.
After completing this you will be eligible to appear in UPSC entrance exam.

Eligibility criteria required for an IAS Officer are as follows:-
Candidate must be a holder of Bachelor degree in any stream from a recognized university.
Candidate must have scored at least 55% marks in aggregate.
Candidate age should be not less than 21 years and should not exceed 30 years.
Relaxation in age as well as marks will be given to reserved category candidates.

Education qualification for civil services conducted by UPSC.
Candidates must be bachelor's degree from recognised University and Candidates with professional and technical qualifications recognised by the government are also eligible to apply.
Age limit- 21 years to 32 years.
Age relaxation for Sc/ St - 5 years.
OBC - 3 years.