Sr. Assistant Secretary (Official Language) at Kolkata Dock System (KDS)

- Direct Recruitment (DR) for the post of Sr. Assistant Secretary (Official Language) under the General Administration Department of Kolkata Dock System (KDS), Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata.
- The post may be redesignated later.
- Applications are invited from eligible Indian nationals only.

- Essential Qualifications:
• Must hold either:
- A Master’s Degree (M.A.) in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree level, or
- A Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. Honours) in English with a degree or Post Graduate in Hindi from a recognized university.
• Must have 5 years of experience in:
- Terminological work in Hindi, or
- Translation work between English and Hindi, or
- Teaching, research, writing, or journalism in Hindi.
- Physical Requirements (for PwBD candidates): Sitting (S), Reading & Writing (RW), Seeing (SE), Communication (C), Manipulation by Fingers (MF).
- Eligible Disability Categories (PwBD): Blind (B), Low Vision (LV), Deaf (D), Hard of Hearing (HH), One Arm (OA), Both Arms (BA), One Leg (OL), Both Legs (BL), One Arm & One Leg (OAL), Both Legs & One Arm (BLOA), Both Legs & Arms (BLA), Cerebral Palsy (CP), Leprosy Cured (LC), Dwarfism (Dw), Acid Attack Victims (AAV), Muscular Dystrophy (MDy), Mental Illness (MI).
- Age Relaxation:
• For Persons with Benchmark Disability: 10 years relaxation in the upper age limit.
• For existing regular employees of any major port of India: Up to 55 years of age.

- Selection will be based on a written examination and personal interview in Kolkata.
- The written exam will include:
• General Awareness (20 marks, 20 questions, 120 minutes),
• Quantitative Aptitude (20 marks, 20 questions, 120 minutes),
• General English (20 marks, 20 questions, 120 minutes),
• Logical Reasoning (20 marks, 20 questions, 120 minutes),
• Hindi (100 marks, including translation, grammar, comprehension, summary writing, and letter writing).
- Scribe Guidelines for PwBD Candidates:
• Visually impaired candidates with affected writing speed may use their own scribe at their own cost.
• Scribe must be from a different academic stream than the prescribed post.
• Both candidate and scribe must provide an undertaking confirming the scribe’s eligibility.
• Compensatory time of 20 minutes per hour of examination will be provided.
• Misconduct by the scribe (e.g., answering independently) will lead to disqualification.

UR, PwBD

- Self-attested copies of:
• Caste certificate (if applicable),
• Educational qualification certificates,
• Professional qualification certificates,
• Age proof (e.g., Aadhar, Voter ID, Passport, Board Admit Card).
- For age relaxation: Original certificates must be produced during scrutiny/verification.
- For PwBD candidates: Certificates proving disability and eligibility for scribe use (if applicable).
- Application Form: Must be submitted in hard copy with Annexure-I, passport-sized photographs, and a sealed envelope.

• Summary: No explicit mention of an application fee is provided in the raw job notification text.