SEBI invites applications from Indian citizens for the post of Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) for 
the General Stream, Legal Stream, Information Technology Stream, Engineering Stream, Research 
Stream and Official Language Stream. SEBI reserves the right to fill up the posts or not to fill up the 
posts at all.



MODE OF SELECTION: Mode of selection shall be a three stage process i.e. Phase I (on-line screening 
examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each), Phase II (on-line examination consisting of two
papers of 100 marks each) and Phase III (Interview).
a. Phase I On-Line Examination:
An online screening examination consisting of two papers (Multiple Choice questions of 100 marks each)
will be held on April 12, 2020. The exam will consist of:



Examination centre:



Application fees:

HOW TO APPLY:
Candidates are required to apply On-Line through the website www.sebi.gov.in from March 07, 2020 to 
March 23, 2020 and no other mode of application will be accepted. Candidates need not submit the system 
generated print out of the ON-LINE application to SEBI's office.
Detailed Guidelines/Procedures for:
A. Application Registration 
B. Payment of Fees 
C. Uploading of Photograph 
D. Uploading of Signature, Left Thumb impression and Handwriting declaration
A. APPLICATION REGISTRATION 
I. IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE NOTED BEFORE REGISTRATION 
Before applying online, candidates should 
i. Scan their photograph and signature ensuring that both the photograph and signature adhere to 
the required specifications as given under Guidelines for uploading of photograph & signature 
scan.
ii. The left thumb impression should be properly scanned and not smudged. (If a candidate is not 
having left thumb, he/she may use his/ her right thumb for applying.)
iii. Scan the handwriting declaration ensuring that the document adheres to the required 
specifications as given under Guidelines for uploading of handwriting declaration. The text for the 
hand written declaration is as follows:
“I, _______ (Name of the candidate), hereby declare that all the information submitted by me in 
the application form is correct, true and valid. I will present the supporting documents as and when 
required.”
iv. The above mentioned hand written declaration has to be in the candidate’s hand writing and in 
English only. If it is written and uploaded by anybody else or in any other language, the application 
will be considered as invalid. (In the case of Visually Impaired candidates who cannot write 
may get the text of declaration typed and put their left hand thumb impression below the 
typed declaration and upload the document as per specifications.)
v. Have a valid personal email ID and mobile number, which should be kept active till the completion 
of this Recruitment Process. SEBI may send call letters for the Interview etc., through the 
registered e-mail ID. In case a candidate does not have a valid personal e-mail ID, he/she should 
create his/her new e-mail ID and mobile number before applying on-line and must maintain that 
email account and mobile number. Under no circumstances, a candidate should 
share/mention e-mail ID to/ of any other person.
II. APPLICATION PROCEDURE 
1. Applicants are required to go to SEBI’s website ‘www.sebi.gov.in’ and open the link “Careers”. 
Thereafter, open the Recruitment Notification entitled “SEBI RECRUITMENT EXERCISE -
RECRUITMENT OF OFFICER GRADE A (ASSISTANT MANAGER) - 2020” and click on the option "APPLY ONLINE" which will open a new screen.

2. To register application, choose the tab "CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION" and enter 
Name, Contact details and Email-ID. A Provisional Registration Number and Password will be 
generated by the system and displayed on the screen. Candidate should note down the 
Provisional Registration Number and Password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional 
Registration number and Password will also be sent. 
3. In case the candidate is unable to complete the application form in one go, he/ she can save the 
data already entered by choosing "SAVE AND NEXT" tab. Prior to submission of the online 
application, candidates are advised to use the "SAVE AND NEXT" facility to verify the details in 
the online application form and modify the same if required. 
4. Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application 
themselves as no change will be possible/ entertained after clicking the “FINAL SUBMIT” 
BUTTON. 
5. The Name of the candidate and his/her Father/ Husband etc. should be spelt correctly in the 
application as it appears in the Certificates/ Mark sheets. Any change/alteration found may 
disqualify the candidature. 
6. Validate your details and Save your application by clicking the "VALIDATE YOUR DETAILS" and 
"SAVE & NEXT" button. 
7. Candidates can proceed to upload Photo, Signature, Left Thumb impression and hand writing 
declaration as per the specifications given in the Guidelines detailed under point "C" given below. 
8. Candidates can proceed to fill other details of the Application Form.
9. Click on the Preview Tab to preview and verify the entire application form before “FINAL SUBMIT”. 
10. Modify details, if required, and click on "FINAL SUBMIT" only after verifying and ensuring that 
the photograph, signature uploaded and other details filled by you are correct. 
11. Click on "PAYMENT" Tab and proceed for payment. 
12. Click on "SUBMIT" button.
13. Candidates shall be solely responsible for filling up the online applications correctly. In case of 
invalid applications due to errors committed by the applicant no claims for refund of application 
fees/intimation charges so collected shall be entertained by the Board.
14. To avoid last minute rush, candidates are advised to pay the application fees/ intimation charges 
and register online at the earliest.
15. Board does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit their 
applications within the last day on account of aforesaid reasons or any other reason.


Syllabus for this Recruitment:





Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Engineering Stream - Civil
(Common Syllabus for both phases)
1. Building Materials: Stone, Lime, Glass, Plastics, Steel, FRP, Ceramics, Aluminium, Fly Ash, Basic 
Admixtures, Timber, Bricks and Aggregates: Classification, properties and selection criteria; Cement: Types, 
Composition, Properties, Uses, Specifications and various Tests; Lime & Cement Mortars and Concrete: 
Properties and various Tests; Design of Concrete Mixes: Proportioning of aggregates and methods of mix 
design.
2. Solid Mechanics: Elastic constants, Stress, plane stress, Strains, plane strain, Mohr’s circle of stress and 
strain, Elastic theories of failure, Principal Stresses, Bending, Shear and Torsion.

3. Structural Analysis: Basics of strength of materials, Types of stresses and strains, Bending moments and 
shear force, concept of bending and shear stresses; Analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures; 
Trusses, beams, plane frames; Rolling loads, Influence Lines, Unit load method & other methods; Free and 
Forced vibrations of single degree and multi degree freedom system; Suspended Cables; Concepts and use of 
Computer Aided Design.
4. Design of Steel Structures: Principles of Working Stress methods, Design of tension and compression 
members, Design of beams and beam column connections, built-up sections, Girders, Industrial roofs, 
Principles of Ultimate load design.
5. Design of Concrete and Masonry structures: Limit state design for bending, shear, axial compression and 
combined forces; Design of beams, Slabs, Lintels, Foundations, Retaining walls, Tanks, Staircases; Principles 
of pre-stressed concrete design including materials and methods; Earthquake resistant design of structures; 
Design of Masonry Structure.
6. Construction Practice, Planning and Management: Construction - Planning, Equipment, Site investigation 
and Management including Estimation with latest project management tools and network analysis for different 
Types of works; Analysis of Rates of various types of works; Tendering Process and Contract Management, 
Quality Control, Productivity, Operation Cost; Land acquisition; Labour safety and welfare.
7. Flow of Fluids, Hydraulic Machines and Hydro Power:
(a) Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Pipe Flow: Fluid properties; Dimensional Analysis and Modelling; 
Fluid dynamics including flow kinematics and measurements; Flow net; Viscosity, Boundary layer and control, 
Drag, Lift, Principles in open channel flow, Flow controls. Hydraulic jump; Surges; Pipe networks.
(b) Hydraulic Machines and Hydro power: Various pumps, Air vessels, Hydraulic turbines – types, classifications 
& performance parameters; Power house – classification and layout, storage, pondage, control of supply.
8. Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering: Hydrological cycle, Ground water hydrology, Well hydrology 
and related data analysis; Streams and their gauging; River morphology; Flood, drought and their management; 
Capacity of Reservoirs.
Water Resources Engineering : Multipurpose uses of Water, River basins and their potential; Irrigation systems, 
water demand assessment; Resources - storages and their yields; Water logging, canal and drainage design, 
Gravity dams, falls, weirs, Energy dissipaters, barrage Distribution works, Cross drainage works and head-
works and their design; Concepts in canal design, construction & maintenance; River training, measurement 
and analysis of rainfall.
9. Environmental Engineering:
(a) Water Supply Engineering:
Sources, Estimation, quality standards and testing of water and their treatment; Rural, Institutional and industrial 
water supply; Physical, chemical and biological characteristics and sources of water, Pollutants in water and its 
effects, Estimation of water demand; Drinking water Standards, Water Treatment Plants, Water distribution 
networks.
(b) Waste Water Engineering:
Planning & design of domestic waste water, sewage collection and disposal; Plumbing Systems. Components 
and layout of sewerage system; Planning & design of Domestic Waste-water disposal system; Sludge 
management including treatment, disposal and re-use of treated effluents; Industrial waste waters and Effluent 
Treatment Plants including institutional and industrial sewage management.
(c) Solid Waste Management:
Sources & classification of solid wastes along with planning & design of its management system; Disposal 
system, Beneficial aspects of wastes and Utilization by Civil Engineers.
(d) Air, Noise pollution and Ecology:
Concepts & general methodology.

10. Geo-technical Engineering and Foundation Engineering:
(a) Geo-technical Engineering: Soil exploration - planning & methods, Properties of soil, classification, various 
tests and inter-relationships; Permeability & Seepage, Compressibility, consolidation and Shearing resistance, 
Earth pressure theories and stress distribution in soil; Properties and uses of geo-synthetics.
(b) Foundation Engineering: Types of foundations & selection criteria, bearing capacity, settlement analysis, 
design and testing of shallow & deep foundations; Slope stability analysis, Earthen embankments, Dams and 
Earth retaining structures: types, analysis and design, Principles of ground modifications.
11. Surveying and Geology:
(a) Surveying: Classification of surveys, various methodologies, instruments & analysis of measurement of 
distances, elevation and directions; Field astronomy, Global Positioning System; Map preparation; 
Photogrammetry; Remote sensing concepts; Survey Layout for culverts, canals, bridges, road/railway 
alignment and buildings, Setting out of Curves.
(b) Geology: Basic knowledge of Engineering geology & its application in projects.
12. Transportation Engineering:
Highways - Planning & construction methodology, Alignment and geometric design; Traffic Surveys and 
Controls; Principles of Flexible and Rigid pavements design
Tunneling - Alignment, methods of construction, disposal of muck, drainage, lighting and ventilation.
Railways Systems – Terminology, Planning, designs and maintenance practices; track modernization..
Harbours – Terminology, layouts and planning. Airports – Layout, planning & design.
Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Engineering Stream - Electrical
(Common Syllabus for both phases)
1. Electrical Materials: Electrical Engineering Materials, crystal structures and defects, ceramic materials, 
insulating materials, magnetic materials – basics, properties and applications; ferrities, ferro-magnetic materials 
and components; basics of solid state physics, conductors; Photo-conductivity; Basics of Nano materials and 
Superconductors.
2. Electric Circuits and Fields: Circuit elements, network graph, KCL, KVL, Node and Mesh analysis, ideal 
current and voltage sources, Thevenin’s, Norton’s, Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, 
transient response of DC and AC networks, Sinusoidal steady state analysis, basic filter concepts, two-port 
networks, three phase circuits, Magnetically coupled circuits, Gauss Theorem, electric field and potential due 
to point, line, plane and spherical charge distributions, Ampere’s and Biot-Savart’s laws; inductance, dielectrics, 
capacitance; Maxwell’s equations.
3. Electrical and Electronic Measurements: Principles of measurement, accuracy, precision and standards; 
Bridges and potentiometers; moving coil, moving iron, dynamometer and induction type instruments, 
measurement of voltage, current, power, energy and power factor, instrument transformers, digital voltmeters 
and multi-meters, phase, time and frequency measurement, Q-meters, oscilloscopes, potentiometric recorders, 
error analysis, Basics of sensors, Transducers, basics of data acquisition systems.
4. Computer Fundamentals: Number systems, Boolean algebra, arithmetic functions, Basic Architecture, Central 
Processing Unit, I/O and Memory Organisation; peripheral devices, data representation and programming, 
basics of Operating system and networking, virtual memory, file systems; Elements of programming languages, 
typical examples.
5. Basic Electronics Engineering: Basics of Semiconductor diodes and transistors and characteristics, Junction 
and field effect transistors (BJT, FET and MOSFETS), different types of transistor amplifiers, equivalent circuits 
and frequency response; oscillators and other circuits, feedback amplifiers.
6. Analog and Digital Electronics: Operational amplifiers – characteristics and applications, combinational and 
sequential logic circuits, multiplexers, multi-vibrators, sample and hold circuits, A/D and D/A converters, basics 
of filter circuits and applications, simple active filters; Microprocessor basics- interfaces and applications, basics 
of linear integrated circuits; Analog communication basics, Modulation and de-modulation, noise and

bandwidth, transmitters and receivers, signal to noise ratio, digital communication basics, sampling, quantizing, 
coding, frequency and time domain multiplexing, power line carrier communication systems.
7. Systems and Signal Processing: Representation of continuous and discrete-time signals, shifting and scaling 
operations, linear, time-invariant and causal systems, Fourier series representation of continuous periodic 
signals, sampling theorem, Fourier and Laplace transforms, Z transforms, Discrete Fourier transform, FFT, 
linear convolution, discrete cosine transform, FIR filter, IIR filter, bilinear transformation.
8. Control Systems: Principles of feedback, transfer function, block diagrams and signal flow graphs, steady-
state errors, transforms and their applications; Routh-hurwitz criterion, Nyquist techniques, Bode plots, root loci, 
lag, lead and lead-lag compensation, stability analysis, transient and frequency response analysis, state space 
model, state transition matrix, controllability and observability, linear state variable feedback, PID and industrial 
controllers.
9. Electrical Machines: Single phase transformers, three phase transformers - connections, parallel operation, 
auto-transformer, energy conversion principles, DC machines - types, windings, generator characteristics, 
armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors, Induction motors - principles, types, 
performance characteristics, starting and speed control, Synchronous machines - performance, regulation, 
parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications, servo and stepper motors.
10. Power Systems: Basic power generation concepts, steam, gas and water turbines, transmission line models 
and performance, cable performance, insulation, corona and radio interference, power factor correction, 
symmetrical components, fault analysis, principles of protection systems, basics of solid state relays and digital 
protection; Circuit breakers, Radial and ring-main distribution systems, Matrix representation of power systems, 
load flow analysis, voltage control and economic operation, System stability concepts, Swing curves and equal 
area criterion. HVDC transmission and FACTS concepts, Concepts of power system dynamics, distributed 
generation, solar and wind power, smart grid concepts, environmental implications, fundamentals of power 
economics.
11. Power Electronics and Drives: Semiconductor power diodes, transistors, thyristors, triacs, GTOs, MOSFETs 
and IGBTs - static characteristics and principles of operation, triggering circuits, phase control rectifiers, bridge 
converters - fully controlled and half controlled, principles of choppers and inverters, basis concepts of 
adjustable speed dc and ac drives, DC-DC switched mode converters, DC-AC switched mode converters, 
resonant converters, high frequency inductors and transformers, power supplies.
Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Research Stream
(Common Syllabus for both phases)
1. Economics: Demand and Supply, Market Structures, National Income, Determination of output and 
employment, Investment Function, Multiplier and Accelerator, Demand and Supply for Money , IS – LM, 
Inflation and Phillips Curve, Business Cycles, Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Non-banking Financial 
Institutions.
2. Public Economics: Public Goods, Tax & Non-Tax Revenue, Direct & Indirect Taxes, Progressive and non-
Progressive Taxation, Incidence and Effects of Taxation, Public expenditure , Public Debt, Public Budget and 
Budget Multiplier. 
3. Statistics and Econometrics: Measures of Central tendency & dispersions, Correlation, Sampling methods, 
Sampling Distribution, Statistical Inferences, Hypothesis testing, Regression Analysis.
4. International Economics: Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Role of International Financial 
Institutions: BIS, IOSCO, IMF & World Bank.
5. Financial Markets: Asymmetric Information, Market Model, Market Efficiency, Primary Market, Secondary 
Market, Commodity Markets, Mutual Funds, Stock Exchanges, Depositories, Clearing Corporations, Credit 
Rating Agencies, Corporate Debt Market. Forwards, Futures, Options, Hedging, Speculation and Arbitrage.

Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Official Language Stream
(Common Syllabus for both phases)
1. भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीतत (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) सेसंबंतित प्रश्न
2. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
3. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences]
4. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी - तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
5. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी - तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology)
6. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी – प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market 
Terminology)
7. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी - प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market 
Terminology) 
Paper 1 of Phase- II :- English Writing Skills
The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and 
understanding of the topic including precis writing/ essay writing/ comprehension.Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Official Language Stream (Common Syllabus for both phases) 1. भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीतत (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) सेसंबंतित प्रश्न 2. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences] 3. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences] 4. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी - तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology) 5. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी - तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology) 6. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी – प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology) 7. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी - प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology) Paper 1 of Phase- II :- English Writing Skills The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and understanding of the topic including precis writing/ essay writing/ comprehension.Syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in Official Language Stream (Common Syllabus for both phases) 1. भारत सरकार की राजभाषा नीतत (Official Language Policy of the Govt. of India) सेसंबंतित प्रश्न 2. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences] 3. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी अनुवाद [शब्द / वाक्ांश / वाक् / Terms / Phrases / Sentences] 4. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी - तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology) 5. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी - तवतिक शब्दावली (Legal Terminology) 6. तिन्दी सेअंग्रेजी – प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology) 7. अंग्रेजी सेतिन्दी - प्रशासतनक / बैंतकं ग / प ंजी बाजार संबंिी शब्दावली (Administrative / Banking / Capital Market Terminology) Paper 1 of Phase- II :- English Writing Skills The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including expression and understanding of the topic including precis writing/ essay writing/ comprehension.

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