UPSSSC Senior Instructor 2026 Notification

UPSSSC Senior Instructor 2026 vacancies by discipline

Advertisement 21-Exam/2026 fills 132 permanent Senior Instructor posts under the Director General, Deendayal Upadhyay State Rural Development Institute, Bakshi Ka Talab, Lucknow. Agricultural engineering has the most posts (30), followed by plant protection and horticulture (16 each), animal husbandry (14), agronomy (12), women welfare (9), cooperative, panchayat and soil science (8 each), agricultural extension (5), public health (3), production (2) and agriculture (1). The notice does not print category totals; adding its post-wise rows gives 67 unreserved, 25 SC, 33 OBC and 7 EWS posts, with no ST post. Of the 132 posts, 21 are reserved for women, 1 for ex-servicemen and 1 for a low-vision candidate.

Qualification for each Senior Instructor post

Each discipline has its own degree requirement. Agricultural engineering needs a graduate degree in agricultural engineering, and plant protection, horticulture, agronomy, soil science and agricultural extension need a B.Sc. in agriculture, all with at least 50%. Animal husbandry takes a B.V.Sc. or M.V.Sc. (animal husbandry), and women welfare a B.Sc. in home science, home economics, nutrition or food. Cooperative accepts an M.A. in economics, M.Sc. in agricultural economics or M.Com.; panchayat accepts an M.A. in economics or sociology or an M.Sc. in agricultural economics. Senior Instructor (Agriculture) needs a postgraduate degree in agriculture with 55%, public health needs graduation with a Sanitary Inspector certificate, and production needs an engineering degree or diploma with two years' experience.

Age limit, PET-2025 and reservation

The age limit is 21 to 40 years on 1 July 2026; for Senior Instructor (Agriculture) it is counted on the first day of the recruitment year. Your date of birth is taken only from the High School certificate. Only candidates who appeared in PET-2025 and received a score card could apply. Reservation applies only to candidates domiciled in Uttar Pradesh; others are treated as unreserved, and an EWS certificate had to be issued between 1 April and 5 October 2026 on the basis of 2025-26 income.

Exam pattern and syllabus

The main exam is one objective paper of 100 one-mark questions in two hours, with a quarter mark deducted for each wrong answer. Part 1 has 50 questions on rural development, covering Indian agriculture and economy, soil and water conservation, cooperatives and sustainable development goals, agricultural extension, public health and rural sanitation, rural development and panchayati raj schemes, agriculture and animal husbandry schemes, and women and child development. It also has 15 questions on analytical ability and data interpretation. Part 2 has 15 questions on computers and information technology, and Part 3 has 20 on Uttar Pradesh.

Fee, dates and selection

Applications and fee payment ran from 14 September to 5 October 2026, and every category paid only the ₹25 online processing fee. Shortlisted candidates pay the main exam fee separately before downloading the admit card. Unreconciled payments and corrections can be completed until 12 October 2026. Selection is by the written exam alone, as interviews have been abolished for these posts, and the exam date will be announced by the Commission in due course.