I have completed my engineering degree and want to prepare for the Indian Engineering Services (IES) exams want details about this exam. Will you please tell me can I use calculator in the IES Exam and tell me dates of exam also suggest me some civil and ECE books for exam prep?

Sorry, Calculators are not allowed in IES examinations.

Neither mobile phones are also not allowed in this examination.

IES stands for Indian Engineering Services.

It is organized by UPSC (union public services commission).

The basic educational requirement is that you should have done your engineering in the following branches:

Electrical engineering.
Mechanical engineering
Electronics engineering
Civil engineering

Tentative Schedule for IES
Notification of Examination January/February
Conduct of Examination June/July

Books for preparation:

Books for IES Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering
- Network Analysis: Van Valkenburg
- Network and Systems: D. Roy Choudhary
- Integrated Electronics: Jacob Milman & C. Halkias, Millman & Grabel
- Integrated Circuits: K.R. Botkar
- Op. Amps & Linear Integrated Circuit: Gayakwad
- Digital Logic & Computer Design: Moris Mano
- Signals and System: Oppehum, Willsky & Nacob
- Automatic Control System: Benjamin C. Kuo
- Control System Engineering: Nagrath & Gopal
- Principle of Communication System: Taub & Schilling
- Communication System: A. Bruu Carlson
- Electromagnetic Waves & Radiating Systems: Jardon & Balmain, JD Kraus

Books for IES Civil Engineering
- Strength of Materials: Gere & Temoshenko, B C Punamia
- Structural Analysis: Negi, S Ramamurtham, C K Vang
- Concrete Structures: Punamia & Jain, H J Shah
- Steel Structures: Duggal
- Soil Mechanics & Foundation Engineering: Ranjan & Rao, Venkat Ramaiha, S K Garg
- Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics: Modi & Seth, R K Bansal, Subramanyam
- Hydrology: Subramanyam
- Irrigation: S K Garg
- Highway Engineering: Khanna & Jasto, Kadiyali