India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), a Government of India Enterprise under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has advertised 46 posts through direct recruitment: Senior Assistant (Civil), Senior Assistant (Electrical), Senior Assistant (Architecture), Assistant (Accounts), Junior Stenographer and Junior Assistant (General Cadre). The advertisement is F.No.4-ITPO(3)/E-I/2026 dated 17 October 2026.
The advertisement sets no new written exam. The merit list is prepared on the marks candidates already scored:
Apply online at jobapply.in/itpo2026 (the portal named in ITPO's advertisement) from 17 October 2026 to 13 November 2026. The fee is ₹1,000; SC, ST, PwBD and Ex-Servicemen do not pay. Maximum age is 28 years (Post Codes 01–04) or 27 years (Post Codes 05–06) on the closing date. Assistant (Accounts) and Junior Assistant also need 2 years' experience.
The total of 46 is our sum of the six post-wise counts; the advertisement does not print a grand total.
| Organisation | India Trade Promotion Organisation |
|---|---|
| Total Vacancies | 46 posts |
| Qualification | Graduate / Degree or Diploma as per post, and a score in SSC JE 2024, CGL 2024 or Steno Grade C 2024 (not finally recommended, details disclosed) or GATE AR 2024–2026 |
| Age Limit | Maximum 28 years (as on 13 Nov 2026) |
| Salary / Pay Scale | IDA pay scales: ₹25,000–85,000 (Junior Assistant), ₹27,500–99,000 (Assistant Accounts, Junior Stenographer), ₹29,000–1,10,000 (Senior Assistant) |
| Employment Type | Direct recruitment at ITPO, a Government of India Enterprise (Ministry of Commerce & Industry) |
| Job Location | Liable to be posted anywhere in India (ITPO headquarters: Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi) |
| Advertisement date | 17 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Online application starts | 17 Oct 2026 |
| Last date to apply online and pay fee | 13 Nov 2026 |
| Call letters for document verification / interview | To be announced |
| UR / EWS / OBC | ₹1,000 |
|---|---|
| SC / ST / PwBD / Ex-Servicemen | Nil (exempted; submit the form without payment) |
| Post Name | Vacancies | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Assistant (Civil) – Post Code 01 | 7 | Degree/Diploma in Civil Engineering (diploma holders: 1 year experience); SSC JE 2024; max age 28 |
| Senior Assistant (Electrical) – Post Code 02 | 4 | Degree/Diploma in Electrical Engineering (diploma holders: 1 year experience); SSC JE 2024; max age 28 |
| Senior Assistant (Architecture) – Post Code 03 | 1 | Degree/Diploma in Architecture (diploma holders: 1 year experience); GATE 2024/2025/2026 AR; max age 28 |
| Assistant (Accounts) – Post Code 04 | 10 | B.Com. (2nd Division), computer knowledge, 2 years Finance/Accounts experience; SSC CGL 2024; max age 28 |
| Junior Stenographer – Post Code 05 | 5 | Bachelor's degree, shorthand/typing 80/40 w.p.m.; SSC Stenographer Grade C 2024; max age 27 |
| Junior Assistant (General Cadre) – Post Code 06 | 19 | Bachelor's degree (2nd Division), typing speed, MS Office, 2 years files/data entry experience; SSC CGL 2024; max age 27 |
| Who can apply (SSC-based posts) | Appeared in SSC JE (Civil, Mechanical & Electrical) 2024, CGL 2024 or Stenographer Grade C & D 2024 (Grade C), not finally recommended, and opted to disclose details (DoPT OM dated 21 December 2020) |
|---|---|
| Who can apply (Architecture) | Qualifying cut-off marks in GATE 2024, 2025 or 2026, Architecture and Planning (paper AR) |
| Qualification | Post-wise: Degree/Diploma in Civil, Electrical Engineering or Architecture; B.Com. (2nd Division); Bachelor's degree (Junior Stenographer); Bachelor's degree with at least 2nd Division (Junior Assistant) |
| Skill | Junior Stenographer: shorthand/typing 80/40 w.p.m. Junior Assistant: typing speed as printed in the advert and MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or equivalent |
| Experience | Assistant (Accounts): 2 years Finance/Accounts. Junior Assistant: 2 years post-qualification files/data entry. Senior Assistant: 1 year for diploma holders only |
| Age | Maximum 28 years (Post Codes 01–04) or 27 years (Post Codes 05–06) on 13 November 2026, with relaxations as per Government of India rules |
| Nationality | Indian nationals only |
Screening
Screening and eligibility are based on the details you give in the application.
Merit list
Prepared on fulfilling the experience criteria where prescribed and on the marks and merit you secured in the SSC JE 2024, CGL 2024 or Stenographer Grade C 2024 exam (as made public by SSC), or on your GATE 2024/2025/2026 Architecture and Planning score for Senior Assistant (Architecture).
Document verification / interview
Provisionally eligible candidates are called for document verification. Names are published on the ITPO website and call letters are sent to registered email IDs only. The advertisement refers to "document verification/interview", and the portal's schedule lists call letters and date(s) for interview as "To be announced later".
Provisional selection
Selection is provisional, subject to documents, character and antecedents, and medical standards. The names of provisionally selected candidates are uploaded on the ITPO website.
Check the post and your score
Pick the post that matches your SSC 2024 exam (or GATE AR score) and check its qualification, experience and age limit on the closing date, 13 November 2026.
Register on the portal
Go to jobapply.in/itpo2026 and click "Fresh Candidate to create Log In". Use a valid email ID; registration details cannot be changed after you submit. Then log in with your Email ID, "Post Applied for" and Password; the login page has a "Forgot password" link.
Fill the form and click SAVE
Enter personal, qualification, experience and other details in English. Nothing is stored until you click SAVE after each section.
Upload photo, signature and documents
Photo and signature as JPG/JPEG up to 50 KB each; documents (proof of birth, qualifications, SSC mark sheet or GATE score, category, experience, NOC if employed) as PDF up to 300 KB each.
Pay or submit
UR, EWS and OBC pay ₹1,000 online through the portal's payment gateway by debit card, credit card, UPI or net banking; the guide says only the ICICI Bank gateway counts and other modes are rejected with the fee forfeited. SC, ST, PwBD and Ex-Servicemen skip payment and submit. Nothing can be edited after submission.
Verify and print
If you paid, log in again and check that the payment shows as received; if it does not, email ITPO with your transaction details. Print the form with your Online Application Number and keep it safe.
Post-wise and category-wise vacancies with the pay scale (IDA pattern), from the ITPO advertisement, pages 1–3:
| Post Code | Post | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total | Pay scale (IDA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Senior Assistant (Civil) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ₹29,000–1,10,000 |
| 02 | Senior Assistant (Electrical) | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ₹29,000–1,10,000 |
| 03 | Senior Assistant (Architecture) | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | ₹29,000–1,10,000 |
| 04 | Assistant (Accounts) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ₹27,500–99,000 |
| 05 | Junior Stenographer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | ₹27,500–99,000 |
| 06 | Junior Assistant (General Cadre) | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | ₹25,000–85,000 |
| Total (our sum) | 19 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 46 |
The score that decides your merit depends on the post (advertisement, para 2):
| Post | Examination and score that counts |
|---|---|
| Senior Assistant (Civil) | SSC Junior Engineer (Civil, Mechanical & Electrical) Examination-2024 |
| Senior Assistant (Electrical) | SSC Junior Engineer (Civil, Mechanical & Electrical) Examination-2024 |
| Senior Assistant (Architecture) | GATE 2024, 2025 or 2026 score in Architecture and Planning (GATE paper: AR) |
| Assistant (Accounts) | SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Examination-2024 |
| Junior Stenographer | SSC Stenographer Examination Grade 'C'-2024 |
| Junior Assistant (General Cadre) | SSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Examination-2024 |
For the SSC-based posts, the advertisement invites only candidates who appeared in these 2024 SSC exams, were not finally recommended for appointment and have opted to disclose their details under DoPT OM No.39020/01/2016-Estt.(B) dated 21 December 2020. You upload your SSC mark sheet (or your GATE qualifying cut-off marks for Architecture) with the form.
Essential qualification and experience for each post (advertisement, para 3):
Qualifications through open or distance learning are considered. Enter your percentage of marks to two decimal places in the form. If your University awards CGPA/OGPA/DGPA/CPI, convert it into a percentage as per the University's conversion norms and bring the University's equivalence certificate to document verification. Percentages are not rounded off (54.99% is less than 55%). The date of the result or mark sheet counts as the date you acquired the qualification, with no relaxation.
Maximum age on the closing date, 13 November 2026 (advertisement, para 5):
The closing date is also the cut-off date for experience and for OBC (creamy layer) status. Upper age relaxation for SC, ST, OBC (NCL), PwBD and Ex-Servicemen is as per Government of India rules. Age relaxation for departmental candidates and for Kashmiri migrants applies as per the guidelines in the advertisement. The advertisement gives no year-wise relaxation table.
Upload these with the online form (advertisement, para 7, and the how-to-apply guide):
The portal's Download page has the prescribed formats: SC/ST category certificate, OBC category certificate, EWS certificate, disability certificate and experience certificate. The experience certificate format is to be issued by the competent authority on the employer's letterhead, with the period, designation and nature of duties relating to the post applied for, and a copy of the appointment letter attached.
Other documents go in as PDF, up to 300 KB each. The guide warns that your signature prints on your call letter and that a mismatch with your answer sheet or interview signature cancels your candidature.
13 November 2026. Online registration, submission of the form and fee payment must all be done by then at jobapply.in/itpo2026. The online application opened on 17 October 2026. The advertisement does not print a closing time.
46 posts in total (our sum of the post-wise counts): Senior Assistant (Civil) 7, Senior Assistant (Electrical) 4, Senior Assistant (Architecture) 1, Assistant (Accounts) 10, Junior Stenographer 5 and Junior Assistant (General Cadre) 19. Category-wise that is UR 19, EWS 5, OBC 12, SC 6 and ST 4.
The advertisement sets no new written exam. The merit list is prepared on the marks and merit you secured in the SSC exam for your post (JE 2024, CGL 2024 or Stenographer Grade C 2024), plus meeting the experience rules where they apply. For Senior Assistant (Architecture) it is your GATE 2024, 2025 or 2026 Architecture and Planning score. Provisionally eligible candidates are then called for document verification. The advertisement also refers to "document verification/interview", and the portal's schedule lists interview call letters and dates as to be announced later.
For the SSC-based posts: candidates who appeared in the SSC Junior Engineer (Civil, Mechanical & Electrical) Examination-2024, CGL Examination-2024 or Stenographer Grade 'C' and 'D' Examination 2024 (Grade C), were not finally recommended for appointment, and opted to disclose their details under DoPT OM dated 21 December 2020. For Senior Assistant (Architecture): candidates with the qualifying cut-off marks in GATE 2024, 2025 or 2026 Architecture and Planning. You must also meet the post's qualification, experience and age limit.
27 years for Junior Assistant (General Cadre) and Junior Stenographer, and 28 years for Senior Assistant (Civil, Electrical, Architecture) and Assistant (Accounts), on the closing date of 13 November 2026. Relaxation for SC, ST, OBC (NCL), PwBD and Ex-Servicemen is as per Government of India rules.
The pay scales (IDA pattern) are ₹29,000–1,10,000 for Senior Assistant (Civil, Electrical, Architecture), ₹27,500–99,000 for Assistant (Accounts) and Junior Stenographer, and ₹25,000–85,000 for Junior Assistant (General Cadre).
Yes. Junior Assistant (General Cadre) needs 2 years' post-qualification experience in dealing with files/data entry in Govt./PSU/reputed private sector organisations. Assistant (Accounts) needs 2 years' experience in Finance/Accounts. For Senior Assistant (Civil, Electrical, Architecture), 1 year's experience is essential for diploma holders only.
₹1,000 for UR, EWS and OBC, paid online through the payment gateway (debit card, credit card, UPI or net banking); bank charges are extra and the fee is non-refundable. SC, ST, PwBD and Ex-Servicemen pay no fee but must still submit the application.
