ISRO ISTRAC Apprentices Recruitment 2026 Notification Out - Apply Online for 95 Graduate, Diploma & ITI Apprentices Posts

ISRO ISTRAC has announced approximately 95 apprentice vacancies across Graduate, Diploma, and ITI Trade categories under Advt. No. ISTRAC:01:2026 dated 22 June 2026. Positions are distributed across training locations at Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Sri Vijaya Puram in disciplines including Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, and Commercial Practice.

The last date to submit the email application for ISRO ISTRAC Apprentice Recruitment 2026 is 31 July 2026. Applications must be sent to the dedicated email ID of the respective training location before this date.

Candidates must hold a B.E./B.Tech (Graduate Apprentice), Diploma in Engineering from a recognised State Board (Diploma Apprentice), or ITI certificate (Trade Apprentice) in the relevant discipline. Crucially, candidates must have passed in 2024, 2025, or 2026 only. Only regular candidates are eligible — private, correspondence, and sandwich course qualifications are not accepted.

No. ISRO ISTRAC has not prescribed any application fee for this apprenticeship recruitment. All candidates can apply free of cost.

Graduate Apprentice Trainees will receive ₹12,300/month, Diploma Apprentice Trainees will receive ₹10,900/month, and ITI Trade Apprentice Trainees will receive ₹9,600/month during the one-year training period.

Applications are accepted via email only. Candidates must first register on the NATS portal (nats.education.gov.in), then send an email with the Post Code in the subject line and all required details and documents in the body/attachments to the location-specific email ID — [email protected] (Bengaluru), [email protected] (Lucknow), or [email protected] (Sri Vijaya Puram).

No written exam is conducted. Selection is based on shortlisting of email applications followed by document verification and an interview. The final merit panel is drawn based on academic percentage in the qualifying degree/diploma/ITI and performance in the interview.

Interviews will be held at ISTRAC Lucknow on 27–28 August 2026, at ISTRAC Sri Vijaya Puram on 03–04 September 2026, and at ISTRAC Bengaluru on 09–11 September 2026. Reporting time at all three centres is 8:30 AM. No request to change the interview venue will be entertained.

The training period is 12 months for all categories — Graduate, Diploma, and ITI Trade Apprentices — commencing from the execution of the Apprenticeship contract as per the Apprentices Act 1961.

No. Apprentices will have no claim whatsoever for regular employment in ISRO or any other Centre/Unit of ISRO or the Department of Space after completion of the one-year training period. The apprenticeship is purely a training engagement under the Apprentices Act.