Overview Section
Organization Name
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) — a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise.
One-sentence “what’s new” or context
New apprenticeship advertisement (Advt. No. ONGC/APPR/1/2025) calls for 2623 apprentices under the Apprentices Act, 1961, across 25 work centres; selection will be merit-based on qualifying marks and uses both NAPS (apprenticeshipindia.gov.in) and BOAT/NATS (nats.education.gov.in) registration routes depending on trade.
Important Dates
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Date of Notification / Issue of advertisement: 16-10-2025. (Official PDF header.)
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Starting Date for Apply Online / Registration opens: 16-10-2025.
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Starting date for some BOAT/NATS trades: 17-10-2025 (see PDF instructions: BOAT/NATS registration wef 17.10.2025).
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Last Date for Apply Online / Last date of receipt of applications: 06-11-2025 (till 11:59 PM as per portal listing).
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Date of Result / Selection (as indicated in PDF): 26-11-2025.
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Admit card / Exam date: To be notified in the notification for apprentices the selection is merit-based (no exam). (PDF: selection based on marks in qualifying exam.)
All dates extracted from official PDF: OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED — Advt. No: ONGC/APPR/1/2025, Date of Notification: 16.10.2025.
Application Fees & Payment Mode
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Application Fee: No fee stated for Apprentices in the ONGC PDF / associated portal (multiple recruitment portals and news pages all state no fee for apprentices). To verify on the ONGC apply portal when filling form.
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Payment Mode: Not applicable / Not stated (no fee). If any fee appears on portal, pay via the mode offered on the portal during registration.
Eligibility Section
Age Limit (state cut-off date)
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As on 06-11-2025 (cut-off date stated in PDF).
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Minimum age: 18 years.
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Maximum age: 24 years.
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Date of Birth range: Candidates born between 06.11.2001 and 06.11.2007.
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Age relaxation: SC/ST: +5 years; OBC (Non-Creamy Layer): +3 years. PwBD (Persons with Benchmark Disability) relaxations up to 10 years (up to 15 for SC/ST PwBD, up to 13 for OBC PwBD) — as specified in the PDF.
Total Posts
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Total vacancies: 2623 (across Northern, Mumbai, Western, Eastern, Southern, Central sectors).
Qualification (exact wording summarized from PDF)
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Trades and disciplines include: 10th, ITI (various trades), Diploma (3-yr) in engineering disciplines, Graduate / Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc. Chemistry, B.Com, B.B.A, B.Tech/B.E etc.) as applicable to each post/trade. The PDF lists per-trade eligibility; e.g.: Library Assistant — Passed 10th; Mechanic Auto Electronics — ITI in Mechanic Auto Electronics; Executive Finance (Oil & Gas) — B.Com; Lab Chemist/Analyst — B.Sc. (Chemistry); Computer Science Executive (Graduate) — Degree in respective engineering discipline; etc. (See Post Name & Eligibility table below for a compact mapping).
Status
Vacancy Details
Consolidated sector-wise vacancy table (from official PDF)
| Work Centre / Sector |
Vacancy count (total) |
| Northern Sector |
165 |
| Mumbai Sector |
569 |
| Western Sector |
856 |
| Eastern Sector |
458 |
| Southern Sector |
322 |
| Central Sector |
253 |
| Total |
2623 |
(This sector summary and the detailed per-centre / per-trade seat allocations are reproduced from the ONGC official notification PDF — see PDF for full per-trade rows.)
Note: The PDF contains a detailed per-work-centre table (for Dehradun, OVL Delhi, Jodhpur, Mumbai, Panvel, Hazira, Uran, Cambay, Vadodara, Ankleshwar, Ahmedabad, etc.) listing each trade and seats per trade. For exact trade-level seats by centre, consult the Official PDF link in Important Links.
Post Name & Eligibility Table
(Compact table listing each high-level post/trade, required qualification, and total seats aggregated where clearly given or explicitly listed in the PDF rows. This table covers the most common trades listed in the PDF. For the full long per-centre table refer to the notification PDF.)
| Post / Trade |
Required Qualification (short) |
Seats (PDF aggregated where explicit) |
| Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (COPA) |
ITI in COPA |
(Many centres — see PDF; e.g., Dehradun 15, Mumbai 96, Hazira 7, Uran 15, Cambay 2, Ankleshwar 16, Ahmedabad 15 — total tallies in PDF) |
| Electrician |
ITI in Electrician |
(Multiple centres; significant seats — example: Ankleshwar 306, Hazira 84, etc.) |
| Fitter |
ITI in Fitter |
(Multiple centres; e.g., Cambay 115, Ankleshwar 22, etc.) |
| Mechanic (Diesel / Motor Vehicle / Auto Electronics) |
ITI in respective trade |
(Multiple seats across centres) |
| Lab Chemist/Analyst – Petroleum Products |
B.Sc. (Chemistry) / ITI in MLT for some medical lab tech roles |
(Total seats distributed across centres; see PDF) |
| Secretarial Office Assistant – Oil & Gas |
ITI in Steno/Relevant or Graduate (where noted) |
(Multiple centres) |
| Accounts Executive / Executive Finance |
B.Com / Graduation in Commerce |
(Multiple centres) |
| Civil Executive (Graduate / Diploma) |
Degree / 3-yr Diploma in Civil Engg. |
(Multiple centres; e.g., Mumbai 233 for Civil Executive NATS) |
| Electronics / Instrumentation / Mechanical / Electrical Executive (Graduate/Diploma) |
Diploma / Degree in respective engineering |
(See PDF for centre-wise counts) |
| Welder (Gas & Electric), Machinist, Surveyor, Draughtsman (Civil) |
ITI / Trade certificate |
(See PDF) |
| Stenographer (English) |
ITI in Stenography (English) |
(Seats at Mumbai and others; e.g., Mumbai 11) |
Important: The PDF lists every trade per centre with seat counts. The table above is a compact mapping of common trades; for the exhaustive per-trade per-centre seat count table (18 pages) use the Official PDF.
How to Check, Download & Apply
Follow these step-by-step instructions (optimised and reduced to avoid common mistakes):
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Download the official notification PDF (link in Important Links below) and read Eligibility, Age, Trade, and Scheme (NAPS or NATS/BOAT) carefully. File name suggestion for saving: ONGC_APPR_Notification_ONGC_APPR_1_2025.pdf.
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Determine which portal applies to your trade:
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Scanned files to prepare (exact format suggestions in the 1-page checklist below). File naming suggestions: Firstname_Lastname_DOB_DocType.pdf (e.g., Rahul_Shah_06-11-2003_10thMarksheet.pdf).
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Apply on the portal (link text + URL in Important Links). Choose up to one trade/work centre per instructions. Submit before 06-11-2025. Print/save the acknowledgement.
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If registration lists multiple portals for your trade — register on the portal specified for your trade only (NAPS or NATS) — do NOT apply on both unless explicitly allowed. The PDF clarifies which trades use which scheme.
Mode of Selection
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Selection is merit-based: Merit drawn on the basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination (as stipulated in the advertisement). No written exam is specified for many apprentice trades.
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Tie-breaker: In case of equal marks, candidate with higher age is considered.
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Reservation: As per Government of India norms for SC, ST, OBC, PwBD categories.
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No canvassing: Will lead to rejection.
