In the state of Kerala, The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Scheme was introduced in the year 1956 on the 16th of September in seven different centres in the districts of Thrissur, Ernakulam and Kollam for offering social security to the employees belonging to the state of Kerala.

Recruitment by ESIC, Kerala:

ESIC, Kerala calls for applications from eligible candidates for the position of UGC and here are the details regarding the notification issued in this regard:

Name of the Vacancy: Upper Division Clerk

Number of Vacancies: Total number of vacancies is 43, which is divided among the different category of people as follows:

• General – 22

• OBC – 12

• SC – 09

Out of these 43 vacancies, 04 vacancies is reserved for EXS and one vacancy is reserved for PH Candidates of HH category.

Pay scale: Scale of Pay, which includes transport allowances, HRA, DA and other emoluments for the position of Upper Division Clerk will be decided according to the pay scale offered for other central government employees according to the rules of ESIC. The Present scale will be PB-1 Rs.5200-20200+GP of Rs.2400.

Eligibility requirements:

Education: To apply for the position of Upper Division Clerk, candidates must be degree holders from the recognized university and they should have working knowledge of computers inclusive of use of database and office suites.

Age: Candidates, to apply for the position of UDC, should be between the age group of 18 to 27 years as on the 16th of January 2012, which is relaxable for ESIC employees and government servants as 40 years for general category candidates and 45 years for SC/ST canidates. For other reserved category candidates, the relaxation of upper age limit will be five years for SC/ST, 10 years (general), 15 years (SC/ST) and 13 years for OBC candidates of persons with disability, three years for OBC candidates and three years plus service rendered in armed forces subject to a maximum of 50 years for EXS candidates.

Mode of Selection:

Candidates will be selected for the position of UGC, strictly according to the merit in written examination, which will be conducted in two parts being Part I for Written Test and part II for computer skill test. The written test will be of MCQ format and the total marks of the examination will be 200 with each question carrying one mark and negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. For further details, visit the notification page at http://www.kl.esicexams.org/index.php

Application fee:

Application fee to be paid by general category candidates alone is 225 to be remitted through DD drawn in favor of ESIC corporation, drawn in SBI or its subsidiary banks r nationalized banks payable at Thrissur to be submitted along with system generated copy of application.

How to apply:

Candidates will have to apply online through http://www.kl.esicexams.org/index.php before 16th January 2012 and after submission of application, system generated copy should be sent along with required documents before the 20th of January 2012, to the address given below:

The Regional Director,

Regional Office,

ESI Corporation,

‘Panchdeep Bhavan’,

North Swaraj Round,

Thrissur 680 020

Last date of submission of online application: 16th January 2012

Last date of submission of application: 20th of January 2012

For further details visit, http://www.kl.esicexams.org/index.php