The Survey of India Service (SIS) is a

cadre Cadre may refer to: *Cadre (military), a group of officers or NCOs around whom a unit is formed, or a training staff *Cadre (politics), a politically controlled appointment to an institution in order to circumvent the state and bring control to th ...

of the Government of India who prepare the

Survey of India The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of Cartography, mapping and surveying.

. In India, topographical map is published by the Survey of India.

Description

The members of this service are responsible for the planning and execution of engineering surveys and meeting the mapping needs of the country. Direct appointment to the service is made on the basis of a competitive examination. An Engineering Services Examination is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission every year. Only candidates having a Bachelor's degree in Engineering are eligible to take the examination. All the Group 'A' Posts of the service are Civil Engineering Posts or Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering posts. The streams have thus respectively been designated as SIS (Civil) and SIS (Electronics). The Direct Entry level Group 'A' post on the basis of Engineering Services Examination is the

Deputy Superintending Surveyor Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, ...

. The candidates recommended for appointment to the service are initially trained at the

Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping The Indian Institute of Surveying & Mapping (IISM), formerly known as Survey Training Institute, is an institution of Survey Education, learning and training. It is situated at the Survey of India campus in Uppal, Hyderabad. History Survey ...

at Uppal, Hyderabad, Telangana.

References

External links

Official website of the Survey of India

Official website of the Survey Training Institute at Uppal, Hyderabad
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