DRDO HEMRL Graduate Apprentice Recruitment 2026 - Apply Offline for 50 Posts

High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Sutarwadi, Pune, one of the premier R&D establishments under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, has invited applications from meritorious Indian nationals for One Year Apprentice Training under the Apprentices Act, 1961, and Apprentice Rules, 1992. A total of 50 Graduate Apprentice vacancies are notified across Engineering, Science, Arts, Commerce, Library Science, and Business Administration streams. Only offline applications are accepted, and the last date for receipt of applications is 28 August 2026. Eligible candidates must first register on the NATS 2.0 portal and then apply offline using the form available on the DRDO website.

Only Indian Nationals are eligible to apply. | Candidates must hold the educational qualification specified in the vacancy table from a recognised Board/University. | Only candidates who have passed the qualifying examination in the last five years (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026) are eligible. | Applications of candidates who have appeared in the qualifying examination but whose results have not been declared/available as on the last date of application submission are not eligible. | Candidates with a higher qualification than that specified for the post are not eligible. | Only candidates who completed the qualifying examination as regular candidates are eligible to apply. | Candidates who have already undergone apprenticeship training, are currently undergoing apprenticeship training under any organisation, or have job experience of one year or more after attaining the essential qualification are not eligible. | PwBD candidates are eligible only for the designated trades as per Apprenticeship Rules, 1992. | Candidates must ensure they fulfil all eligibility conditions for the apprenticeship training.

The minimum age is not less than 18 years. Maximum age and age relaxation are as per the Apprentices Act, 1961, Apprentice Rules, 1992, and NATS 2.0 Guidelines; specific maximum age figures are not stated in the notification provided. Candidates should ensure that they fulfill the prescribed age criteria. Calculate your exact age using our Age Calculator before submitting your application to confirm your eligibility.

1. Depending on the vacancies available in various categories and disciplines, candidates will be shortlisted based on academic merit, written test, interview, walk-in interview, or a combination of these, subject to satisfactory document verification.
2. HEMRL reserves the right to adopt its own shortlisting method and is not obliged to shortlist all candidates who meet the minimum requirement; meeting the requirements laid down in the advertisement does not by itself qualify a candidate for selection.
3. The Director, HEMRL, reserves the right to increase or decrease the number of vacancies, or to withdraw the advertisement or cancel the selection process, without assigning any reason.
4. Reservations will be applied as per the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961, and Apprentice Rules, 1992.
5. Canvassing or influencing the selection process in any form will lead to disqualification of the candidate.
6. Selection is deemed final only after the online approval of the apprenticeship contract by the competent authority.