Pharma or Life Science Recruitment in Divisions of the State Forensic Science Service Organization under Home Department | 89 Openings

Online applications are invited from the prospective candidates through Proforma Application to be made available on the website of the Commission. The link for registration and payment of Examination fees shall be available from 06.11.2026 to 26.11.2026 till 5.00 P.M. (Note: 26.11.2026 (5.00 P.M.) is the last date/ dosing date for submission of Registered online Application) for recruitment to 89 (Eighty- nine) posts of Scientific Officer in (Group - B) across 10 (Ten) Divisions of the State Forensic Science Service Organization under Home Department in the scale of pay of Rs. 44,900/- (Level 10, Cell -1 of Pay Matrix under Rule-3 of the ORSP Rules, 2017), with usual Dearness and other Allowances as may be sanctioned by the Government of Odisha from time to time.

Post : Scientific Officer in Group - B in the State Forensic Science Service Organization under Home Department

No. of posts : 89 (29-W)

Age : A candidate must have attained the age of 21(twenty-one) years and must not be above the age of 42 (Forty-two) years on the 1st day of January, 2026 i.e., he/she must have been born not earlier than 2nd January, 1984 and not later than 1st January, 2005.

Educational Qualification :
The candidate must have Post Graduate or Master's Degree from a recognized University or equivalent in various disciplines as mentioned in Annexure-A of the detailed Advertisement for respective Divisions with minimum 55% of the aggregate marks.
(ii) A candidate shall apply for one division only
Chemistry
(i) Master's Degree in Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry or Applied Chemistry or Bio-chemistry or Pharmaceutical Chemistry or Pharmaceutical Quality Assurance,
or
(ii) Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry from a recognized university,
or
(iii) Master's Degree in Forensic Science with Forensic Chemistry or Toxicology as one of the subjects and Chemistry as one of the subjects during all three years at Bachelor of Science level or Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science from a recognized university,
or
(iv) Integrated M.Sc. in Forensic Science with Forensic Chemistry or Toxicology as one of the subjects from a recognized university.
Toxicology
(i) Master's Degree in Chemistry or Analytical Chemistry or Applied Chemistry from a recognized university,
or
(ii) Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry from a recognized university,
or
(iii) Master's Degree in Forensic Science with Forensic Chemistry or Toxicology as one of the subjects and Chemistry as one of the subjects during all three years at Bachelor of Science level or Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science from a recognized university,
or
(iv) Integrated M.Sc. in Forensic Science with Forensic Chemistry or Toxicology as one of the subjects from a recognized university.
Biology (i) Master's Degree in Zoology or Microbiology or Life Science or Genetics or Biotechnology or Biochemistry or Molecular Biology from a recognized university.
or
(ii) Integrated M.Sc. in Biology from a recognized university,
or
(iii) Master's Degree in Forensic Science with Forensic Biology or Serology or DNA as one of the subjects and Botany or Zoology as one of the subjects during all three years at Bachelor of Science level or Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science from a recognized university,
or
(iv) Integrated M.Sc. in Forensic Science with Forensic Biology or Serology or DNA as one of the subjects from a recognized university.
Serology
(i) Master's Degree in Zoology or Microbiology or Life Science or Genetics or Biotechnology or Biochemistry or Molecular Biology from a recognized university.
or
(ii) Integrated M.Sc. in Biology from a recognized university,
or
(iii) Master's Degree in Forensic Science with Forensic Biology or Serology or DNA as one of the subjects and Botany or Zoology as one of the subjects during all three years at Bachelor of Science level or Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science from a recognized university,
or
(iv) Integrated M.Sc. in Forensic Science with Forensic Biology or Serology or DNA as one of the subjects from a recognized university.
DNA
(i) Master's Degree in Zoology or Biotechnology or Genetics or Biochemistry or Molecular Biology or Microbiology or Life Sciences from a recognized university.
or
(ii) Integrated M.Sc. in Biology from a recognized university,
or
(iii) Master's Degree in Forensic Science with Forensic Biology or Serology or DNA as one of the subjects and Zoology as one of the subjects during all three years at Bachelor of Science level or Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science from a recognized university,
or
(iv) Integrated M.Sc. in Forensic Science with Forensic Biology or Serology or DNA as one of the subjects from a recognized university.
Document : Master's Degree in Physics or Chemistry or Forensic Science with Chemistry or Physics as one of the subjects at Bachelor of Science level from a recognized university.

KNOWLEDGE IN ODIA
A candidate must be able to speak, read and write Odia and must have -
a) passed M.E. School or higher examination with Odia as a language subject; or
b) passed Matriculation or equivalent examination with Odia as a medium of examination in non-language subject; or
c) passed in Odia as a language subject in the final examination of Class VII from a school or educational institution recognized by the Government of Odisha or the Central Government; or
d) passed a test in Odia in Middle English School standard conducted by the School & Mass Education Department of the Government of Odisha / Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.
Explanation: if a candidate has not passed Odia as a subject in the High School Certificate Examination or not passed Matriculation or equivalent Examination with Odia as medium of examination in non-language subject; then the candidate may provide any of the following documents:
i. The Certificate issued by the Headmaster of the concerned High School recognized by the Board of Secondary Education, Odisha in compliance with the provision mentioned at sub-para(a) above,
OR
ii. Certificate by the Principal of the recognized School showing that he/she had taken Odia as a subject in Class-VII or Standard VII or above and has passed the said examination in compliance with the provision mentioned at sub-para (c) above,
OR
iii. Odia Test Pass Certificate from the School and Mass Education Department/ Board of Secondary Education, Odisha in support of passing Odia Language Test equivalent to M.E. School Standard in compliance with the provision mentioned at sub-para(d) above. The certificate must be issued before the last date of application form.

NOTE :
a. Any kind of manipulation/forgery/tampering of the Odia Pass Certificates as mentioned supra by the candidate will be treated as criminal offence and legal action will be taken beside rejection of the candidature and debarment from further OPSC recruitment as per procedure.
b. The Commission reserves the right to test the ability of the candidate to read, write and speak Odia during the Interview process.

Examination Fee
The candidates other than SC, ST, and PwD category shall have to pay the examination fee amounting to Rupees Seven Hundred (Rs. 700/-) only through online mode while filling the Online Application Form. The examination fees paid shall be refunded only to those candidates who actually appear in both the papers of Written Examination. Application without payment of examination fees (except SC/ ST/ PwD candidates) will be taken as incomplete and outrightly be rejected.

Refund shall be issued in due course after completion of the Written Examination. Refund will be processed to the original mode of payment used at the time of the transaction by the candidate. (Credit Card, Debit Card, UPI, Net Banking, Wallet etc.)
However, the candidates shall have to furnish their bank account details i.e. Account Number, IFSC Code, Name of the Account Holder and Name of the Bank branch in the required field in the Online Application Form which will be required in case of failure of refund of money through the original mode of payment owing to technical glitches or other issues, if any. The Bank Account must remain valid/active. The onus of furnishing the correct bank account details lies with the candidates and the Commission (OPSC) shall not entertain any correspondence from any candidate in this regard.

METHOD OF SELECTION :
The selection of candidates for recruitment to the posts of Scientific Officer shall be made on the basis of Written Examination (400 marks) and Personality Test (50 marks).
A. WRITTEN EXAMINATION:
a) The total marks for the Written Examination shall be 400.
b) There shall be two papers i.e., Paper-I & Paper-II, which shall be Objective Type-Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ Pattern).
c) Paper-I
A) General English: 50 questions, each carrying one (01) mark.
B) General Awareness, General Aptitude & Reasoning: 50 questions, each carrying one (01) mark.
d) The total marks in Paper-I shall be 100 and the duration of examination shall be 90 minutes (one and half hour).
e) Paper-II (for each Division) shall consist of 150 questions, each carrying two (02) marks.
f) The total marks of Paper-II shall be 300 and the duration of examination shall be 150 minutes (two and half hours).
g) The standard of questions in Paper-II shall be of Master's Degree Level.
h) There shall be Negative Marking for each wrong answer/response by the candidates with a deduction of 25% of the marks allotted to each question in both Paper-I & Paper-II.
i) The Plan/Scheme of Written Examination and syllabus are provided at Annexure-B of this advertisement.
B. PERSONALITY TEST/VIVA VOCE :
a) The Personality Test / Viva Voce shall carry 50 (Fifty) marks.
b) Shortlisting of candidates for Personality /Viva Voce:
i. The Commission shall fix up minimum qualifying marks for each Paper-I and Paper-II for different categories of candidates.
ii. Then the Commission shall shortlist the candidates who secure the minimum qualifying marks as per para (i) supra for the Personality Test/Viva Voce in the order of merit as per marks secured by them in the Written Examination (400 marks) in a ratio of twice the number of vacancy in each category.

DATE OF WRITTEN EXAMINATION :
The Written Examination will be held on 17.01.2027 (Sunday),The detailed Schedule and Centre of Examination will be notified in due course.
N.B.: After completion of the Written Examination, the Provisional Answer Key of the Papers shall be uploaded in the Website immediately after examination inviting suggestions/objections, if any, from the candidates through the applicable online mode. Those candidates who do not challenge the Provisional Answer Key through the applicable online mode within the specific date shall forfeit their right to agitate the matter subsequently in any forum or in any other manner.

The link for registration and payment of Examination fees shall be available from 06.11.2026 to 26.11.2026 till 5.00 P.M.