NPCIL Narora Apprentice Recruitment 2026: 80 Seats, Apply by 18 November 2026

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has opened applications for 80 apprentice seats at the Narora Atomic Power Station in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. The NPCIL Narora Apprentice Recruitment 2026, advertised as NAPS/HRM/APPRENTICE/02/2026, opened on 29 October 2026 at 10.00 am and closes on 18 November 2026 at 4.00 pm. Only Indian nationals can apply, so readers in Nepal cannot apply for this drive, and no agent can secure a seat in it.

The seats are for training under the Apprentices Act, 1961, for a maximum of 12 months. This is an apprenticeship, not a regular salaried post: the monthly payment is a training stipend, trainees have no automatic right to a job with NPCIL afterwards, and no hostel or transport is provided.

At a glance: NPCIL Narora Apprentice Recruitment 2026	Detail
Organisation	NPCIL, Narora Atomic Power Station
Advertisement number	NAPS/HRM/APPRENTICE/02/2026
Total seats	80 (50 Trade, 16 Diploma, 14 Graduate)
Location	Narora, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Applications open	29 October 2026, 10.00 am
Last date to apply	18 November 2026, 4.00 pm
Age and qualification cut-off	18 November 2026
Training period	Maximum 12 months

NPCIL Narora Apprentice Recruitment 2026 seat break-up

The 50 Trade Apprentice seats are split across three ITI trades: 25 for Electrician, 16 for Fitter and nine for Electronics Mechanic. The 16 Diploma Apprentice seats cover Mechanical (five), Electrical (three), Electronics (two) and Civil (six). The 14 Graduate Apprentice seats cover Mechanical (four), Electrical (three), Human Resource (three), Finance and Accounts (two), and Contract and Material Management (two).

Reservation is applied trade by trade and discipline by discipline, and the published split shows no ST seat in any trade or discipline. Seats for candidates with benchmark disabilities are counted inside these totals: two for Trade, one for Diploma and one for Graduate Apprentices, with a disability of 40 per cent or more required. OBC reservation means Non-Creamy Layer only. NPCIL may cancel or change the seats of any trade, or the whole process, without giving reasons.

Who can apply for the NPCIL Narora apprentice seats

Trade Apprentice applicants must hold a full-time ITI pass certificate in their own trade. Diploma Apprentice applicants must hold a full-time diploma in engineering or technology in the relevant discipline from a recognised institution. Graduate Apprentice applicants for Mechanical and Electrical must hold an engineering or technology degree or an equivalent recognised professional-body examination. Graduate Apprentice applicants for Human Resource, Finance and Accounts, and Contract and Material Management must hold a general-stream degree such as a BBA, BA, B.Sc. or B.Com. Diploma and Graduate candidates must have passed the qualifying examination within five years of 18 November 2026.

Age is counted on 18 November 2026: 18 to 24 years for Trade Apprentices, 18 to 25 for Diploma Apprentices and 18 to 26 for Graduate Apprentices. Upper-age relaxation is five years for SC and ST candidates, three years for OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates, and 10, 13 or 15 years for PwBD candidates in the General and EWS, OBC (Non-Creamy Layer), and SC and ST categories respectively. Applicants must also be at least 137 cm tall, weigh at least 25.4 kg, have chest expansion of not less than 3.8 cm, be free from contagious or infectious disease and tuberculosis in any form, and be declared medically fit.

Two bars deserve attention. Only Indian nationals above 18 years can apply. Candidates who have done, or are doing, an apprenticeship under the Apprentices Act anywhere are not eligible, and apprentices who absconded from earlier training are not eligible either. Candidature stays provisional until certificates are verified.

NPCIL Narora apprentice stipend and selection

The monthly stipend is Rs. 10,560 for Trade Apprentices who completed one year of ITI, Rs. 11,040 for those who completed two years, Rs. 10,900 for Diploma Apprentices and Rs. 12,300 for Graduate Apprentices, for a maximum of 12 months. The notification states no application fee, so any demand for payment outside the official portals should be treated as fraud.

There is no written examination. Shortlisting is based on the percentage of marks in the candidate's own trade or discipline. First preference goes to eligible candidates living within a 16 km radius of Narora Atomic Power Station, within the reservation rules; if enough eligible local candidates are not found, candidates from outside the local area are considered on merit. Where marks are equal, the older candidate ranks higher, and if the date of birth is also the same, the higher Class 10 percentage ranks higher. Shortlisted candidates then face document verification, medical fitness checks and police verification, which is mandatory because Narora is a highly protected plant site.

How to apply for NPCIL Narora Apprentice Recruitment 2026

First, register on the correct national portal: Trade Apprentices on the NAPS 2.0 portal, Diploma and Graduate Apprentices on the NATS 2.0 portal. Registration is not complete without uploading the documents asked for, and candidates should note the registration number they receive. Second, on the same portal, apply to Narora Atomic Power Station using the correct Establishment ID: E05200901473 for Trade Apprentices and NUPBUC093592 for Diploma and Graduate Apprentices. Applications under the wrong ID will not be accepted.

Third, fill in the online form on the NPCIL careers website between 29 October 2026 at 10.00 am and 18 November 2026 at 4.00 pm. Upload a recent colour photograph in JPG format, up to 50 KB, with a light background, and a scanned signature in JPG format, up to 20 KB. Fourth, save the confirmation pages from both the portal and the NPCIL site. Keep date-of-birth proof, marksheets, a CGPA conversion certificate if applicable, residence proof if claiming the local preference, and caste, EWS or disability certificates ready. Keep the email ID and mobile number used at registration active, because no change is allowed once registered.

What to do next

For readers in Nepal, the position is plain: this drive is open to Indian nationals only, so do not pay any agent who claims to arrange a seat in it, and do not send money or documents to anyone outside the official portals. For eligible Indian candidates, register on the correct portal, check the Establishment ID twice, and submit well before 18 November 2026 at 4.00 pm. Any corrigendum will appear only on the NPCIL careers website. That page did not open during our check, so confirm the details in the official notification, Advertisement No. NAPS/HRM/APPRENTICE/02/2026, before applying.

Growentix also covers the IBPS direct recruitment and the Bharat Electronics Limited probationary engineer recruitment for 350 posts. The NPCIL Narora reporting here is drawn from the GovtJobsAlert report and the Daily Kiran report, which agree on the seat counts, dates, stipends and application route; verify the trade-wise and discipline-wise conditions in the official notification before applying.