Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has released an official notification for the recruitment of 04 Staff Consultant Posts. Interested and eligible candidates can apply Offline through the official CERC website. The last date to submit the application form is 27-02-2026. In this article, you’ll find the CERC Staff Consultant Posts recruitment details, including eligibility criteria, age limit, salary structure, selection process, application steps, and direct links to the official notification and Offline application form.
CERC Staff Consultant Recruitment 2026 Overview
Vacancy Details
Eligibility Criteria
- Essential Qualifications: Post Graduate degree in Engineering / Economics / Public Policy/ MBA(Finance/ Infrastructure/ Power Management)/ Regulatory Governance
- Essential Qualifications: Graduate degree in Engineering/ Economics /Public Policy/ MBA(Finance/ Infrastructure/ Power Management)/ Regulatory Governance
- Desired Qualifications: Master's / Post Graduate degree in Engineering/ Economics / Public Policy
- Experience and Competencies: Post qualification minimum ten years of working experience in the Power sector, preferably in regulatory affairs and/or generation/ transmission/ distribution sectors.
- Experience and Competencies: Post qualification minimum four years of working experience in the Power sector, preferably in regulatory affairs and/or generation/ transmission/ distribution sectors.
- Experience and Competencies: Zero to three years' experience in Power Sector/Regulatory work
Salary/ Stipend
- Rs. 1,10,000/- to 1,50,000 per month
- Rs. 64,000/- to Rs. 1,10,000/- per month
- Rs. 45,000/- to Rs.80,000/- per month
Age Limit (as on 01-01-2026)
- The age of the applicant as on 01st January of the year of advertisement would be in accordance to CERC (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations, 2010 and amendments thereafter.
Important Dates
Selection Process
- The selection process is through interaction. However, written examination shall be conducted, if required, based on the decision of the Consultancy Evaluation Committee (CEC);
- Only candidates who strictly fulfill the eligibility criteria will be shortlisted and called for the written examination, which will include report writing and presentation on a given topic on the spot.
- Only the candidates who qualify in the written examination will be called for report writing and presentation followed by interaction
- The final selection of the candidates shall be based on the ranking/merit of combined score of the qualification, experience, written examination and interaction;
- Candidates called for interaction would be required to bring original documents relating to qualification, experience and salary slip for the past six months. These documents shall be examined before interaction with the selection committee;
- In case of non-submission of the salary slip for the past six months, the candidate will be considered for selection at the minimum range of the scale;
- Candidates may apply for one or more posts as per their eligibility. However, no TA/DA shall be admissible for attending written examination and interaction for each advertised post at New Delhi;
- The decision of CERC shall be final
General Information/ Instructions
- The Staff Consultant shall now be engaged for the period of two years. However, the period of engagement may be extended, based on the satisfactory performance of the candidate, for the period upto one year on each occasion, whereas it is limited to total period of four years at the maximum. In deserving cases, an escalation up to 10% on the fee may be given with the approval of the Chairperson based on the performance during the preceding year.
- The Staff consultants shall be entitled to performance-related variable pay of up to 40% of the Monthly fee, which will be admissible on achieving the prespecified annual targets by the Commission for organisation, division or team and individual and released on a quarterly or six-monthly basis as per the procedure issued by the Commission.
- The consultant shall be paid lump sum monthly professional fees on completion of the month. TDS shall be deducted as per relevant rules.
- This agreement is liable to be terminated by either party, by mutual consent, by giving one month notice in writing or month to the other or one month consolidated professional fees in lieu of such notice. In case, any consultant chooses to left CERC within one year, they may have to serve three months' notice in writing or three month's consolidated professional fees in lieu of such notice.
- in case the Staff Consultant is unable to perform the assigned work or the work undertaken by them is not to the satisfaction of the Controlling Officer/Competent authority in CERC, the Staff Consultant shall be liable to be terminated after one month notice in writing.
- in case the Staff Consultant, despite notice as in para 8 above, is unable to perform the given assignment to the satisfaction of the Controlling officer/Competent authority in CERC, consultant, shall be liable to be terminated in public interest, without any notice and without assigning any reason.
- in case the Staff Consultant is absent from duty, for a period of more than 30 days, without prior intimation/prior sanction and is not covered under medical emergency consultant, shall be liable to be terminated, in public interest, without any notice and without assigning any reason.
- On pre-mature termination of the assignment, CERC shall pay the Staff Consultant, the profession fees for the work performed by him till the date of such termination, after deductions, if any.
How to Apply
- Interested and eligible candidates may apply online through CERC's official website http://vacancy.cercind.gov.in/cerc/public. The applicants are also requested to submit a hard copy of the application in the prescribed proforma, given in Annexure-I, to the Dy. Chief (Admin.), 8th Floor, Tower-B, World Trade Centre, Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi 110 029 by 27th February, 2026 up to 5.00 PM. Incomplete applications or applications received after the due date will be rejected.
- Those candidates who wish to apply for more than one vacancy need to fill separate application forms for each post.
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