NIA Jaipur Accounts Consultant Recruitment 2026

NIA Jaipur Accounts Consultant Recruitment 2026: Overview

National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA), Jaipur is a deemed university and an Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of Ayush. It wants a Consultant (Accounts/Audit Officer) to support its finance wing. The job is purely contractual and full-time, and it follows the Ministry of Ayush guidelines for engaging consultants and young professionals issued on 1 April 2026.

You can come in through two routes. Retired government accounts and audit officers form the first group, and open-market professionals with a commerce, finance or management postgraduate degree or a CA/CMA qualification form the second. You tick one route on the application form, and the contract length, pay rule and age cap are different for each.

If you have handled budgets, audit paras, utilisation certificates or PFMS and GeM work in a government office, this role is built around that experience. Retired officers who served at a senior level in the C&AG office, the Controller General of Accounts or Defence Accounts get preference.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Tenure for retired officers: usually one year at first, extendable by one more year based on your performance, the institute's need, funds and approval. The engagement can never run beyond five years after your superannuation, and staying past two years after retirement needs a special review.
• Tenure for open-market candidates: an initial three-year term with a yearly performance review. The first three months after joining count as an assessment period.
• No permanent job: the contract gives you no right to regular appointment, absorption or continuation beyond the approved tenure.
• Ending the contract: either side can end it with one month's written notice or one month's pay instead. NIA can end it at once for misconduct, breach of confidentiality, false documents or a conflict of interest.
• Agreements: you sign a Contract Agreement and a Non-Disclosure Agreement before joining.
• Working hours and leave: you work the same hours as institute staff and may be asked to stay late without extra pay. Leave follows Ministry of Ayush guidelines, and income tax is cut at source.
• Interview travel: no TA/DA is paid for attending the interview.
• Place of posting: the job is at the NIA campus on Amer Road, Jaipur.

Application Submission Notes

Fill in the application form given as Annexure-I at the end of the notice. Tick whether you are applying as a retired government servant or from the open market, paste a recent photograph, and attach self-attested copies of your certificates.

Send it so that it reaches the Joint Director (Admn.), National Institute of Ayurveda (Deemed to be University), Jorawar Singh Gate, Amer Road, Jaipur – 302002 by 5:30 PM on the closing day. Late or incomplete applications are not considered.

• Prepare budget estimates (BE/RE), budget demands and grant-in-aid proposals
• Prepare annual accounts, the balance sheet and bank reconciliations
• Draft replies to CAG and internal audit paras and follow up on compliance
• Check bills, pay fixation, pension/NPS cases and procurement files from the finance side
• Prepare utilisation certificates and handle PFMS and GeM financial compliance
• Handle EPF, income tax, TDS and GST matters
• Review tenders from the finance angle
• Handle finance correspondence with the Ministry of Ayush