DoS Accounts Officer Finance Recruitment 2026

DoS Accounts Officer (Finance) Recruitment 2026: Overview

The Department of Space (DoS), Government of India, wants an experienced finance officer for the Office of the Joint Secretary (Finance) at the DoS Secretariat in Antariksh Bhavan, Bengaluru. The post is filled on deputation, so it is meant for serving Central Services Group-A officers in central ministries and departments — not for fresh candidates.

DoS calls this a pivotal assignment. The officer checks the money side of proposals coming from the department — budgets, projects, civil works, manpower, store and equipment purchases, engineering contracts and global tenders — and gives financial advice, including on service-rule matters. If you have spent your career in financial accounting and proposal scrutiny, this is a chance to work inside India's space programme.

The vacancy was issued as an Office Memorandum in October 2026 to all ministries, departments and cadre authorities, who are asked to publicise it and forward applications from willing officers. It is also posted on the official DoS/ISRO website.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• DoS and ISRO staff excluded: Officers already working in DoS or ISRO cannot apply, because this position independently scrutinises financial proposals of DoS and ISRO.
• Deputation rules: Terms follow DoPT OM No. 6/8/2009-Estt. (Pay-II) dated 17.06.2010, as amended from time to time.
• Tenure cap: Your total deputation, counting any ex-cadre post held just before this one in the same or another central organisation, cannot exceed five years.
• Cooling off: A mandatory three-year cooling-off period applies after every deputation or foreign service up to Joint Secretary level posts, and one year for Additional Secretary level posts.
• What counts in selection: DoS weighs your qualifications, your experience in financial accounts, proposal scrutiny and budget advice, an interview and your APAR gradings.
• Relieving: Your employer must certify that you will be relieved to join if selected.

Application Submission Notes

This is an offline, proper-channel application. Fill and sign the bio-data in the Annexure-A proforma and hand it to your office. Your employer adds the Annexure-B certificate, attested APAR copies and the cadre authority's NOC, and forwards the set to:

Director (Personnel & Administration), Department of Space, Antariksh Bhavan, New BEL Road, Bengaluru - 560 094

• Time limit: Ministries and departments are asked to forward applications within 30 days from the date of issue of the Office Memorandum.
• Incomplete sets: Applications sent without the required certificates and documents will not be considered.

• Scrutinise financial proposals on budget, projects and civil works received from the department
• Examine proposals on manpower, purchase of stores and equipment
• Review engineering contracts and global tenders from a financial angle
• Give financial advice on matters referred to the Joint Secretary (Finance) office
• Advise on service-rule matters referred for financial opinion
• Handle financial accounting work of the Joint Secretary (Finance) office