Eighty-one Drugs Inspector Posts in the Central Drugs Standards Control Organization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

ADVERTISEMENT NO. 16/2010
NORMAL CLOSING DATE: 16.09.2010

(Vacancy No.10081604128)

Eighty-one Drugs Inspector in the Central Drugs Standards Control Organization, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Department of Health and Family Welfare. Out of eighty-one posts, twelve posts(one permanent and eleven temporary) are reserved for SC candidates, six posts(temporary) are reserved for ST candidates & twenty-one posts(one permanent and twenty temporary) are reserved for OBC candidates.

Qualifications : Essential : A. Educational : Degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences or Medicine with specialization in Clinical Pharmacology or Microbiology from a recognized University or equivalent. B.

Experience :
a) Eighteen months’ experience in the manufacture of at least one of the substances specified in Schedule ‘C’ to the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945;
OR
b) Eighteen months’ experience in testing of at least one of the substances specified in Schedule ‘C’ to the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945 in a laboratory approved for this purpose by the licensing authority ;
OR
c) Three years’ experience in the inspection of firms manufacturing any of the substances specified in scheduled ‘C’ to the Drugs and Cosmetic Rules, 1945 during the tenure of their services as Drugs Inspector.

Duties : Duties and functions specified in Rules 51 and 52 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 include inspection of all licensed drugs manufacturing establishments, the plant and the process of manufacture, the means employed for standardizing and testing the drug, the methods and place of storage, the technical qualifications of the staff etc. which are likely to affect the potency or purity of the product, taking samples of drugs from premises of manufacturer / dealers for test or analysis, investigation of cases of spurious drugs and related complaints and launching of prosecutions for breaches of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules.

HQ : Central Drugs Standard Control Organizations(CDSCO) Headquarters, Zonal / Sub- Zonal / Port Offices etc anywhere in India.

NOTES
1.Candidates are requested to apply in the format published along with this Advertisement No.16 and NOT write to the Commission for application forms. They are also requested to go through carefully the details of posts and instructions published below before applying.

2.NATURE OF POST:All posts belong to General Central Service except otherwise mentioned.
6 posts are permanent
75 posts are temporary.

3.PAY SCALE & CLASSIFICATION : (Figures in bracket at the end of the pay scale indicate the approx total emoluments(per month) excluding TA and HRA at the minimum of the scale).
Rs.9300-34800+Rs.4800(Grade pay) (T.E. Rs.19035)Group ‘B’ Gazetted

4. AGE LIMIT AS ON NORMAL CLOSING DATE :

Not exceeding 30 years

N.B.AGE IS ALSO RELAXABLE FOR CENTRAL/UT GOVT SERVANTS UPTO FIVE YEARS AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED BY GOVT OF INDIA FROM TIME TO TIME. For age concession applicable to other categories of applicants please see relevant paras of the Instructions to Candidates for recruitment by Selection.

NOTE: Candidates with disabilities[ as indicated against Item(s)] can apply to the respective posts even if the post is not reserved for them. However, such candidates will be considered for selection to such post by general standard of merit. Persons suffering from not less than 40% of relevant disability shall alone be eligible for the benefit of reservation and other relaxations as permissible under the rules

5.HEADQUARTERS:At places specifically stated against certain posts, otherwise anywhere in India or aboard.

6.PROBATION:The persons selected will be appointed on probation as per rule.


For More Details visit http://www.upsc.gov.in/recruitment/advt/2010/advt1610.htm