GPSC Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online for 48 Assistant Professor, Assistant Public Prosecutor and More Posts

GPSC Recruitment 2026: overview

• This recruitment fills posts in the Public Health Department (Goa Medical College), the Department of Home (General) (Directorate of Prosecution), the Department for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and the Directorate of Technical Education (Goa College of Engineering).
• The official notification does not specify the application fee amount.

Important dates

Application fee

• Online: make the online payment and download the e-receipt showing successful status.
• Offline: generate an e-challan and make cash payment at any SBI Branch situated in Goa only, on or before the last date. The e-challan is valid for seven days from generation, a bank stamp on it is essential, and the stamped e-challan must be produced to the Commission's office on or before the last date of submission.
• After filling the application form, candidates pay the application fee in one of two ways. The notice does not print the fee amounts.
• Applications where fee payment is made after the last date will be summarily rejected and no refund will be provided. The application form can be downloaded only after successful payment.
• The fee is paid online with an e-receipt, or by e-challan with cash payment at any SBI Branch in Goa on or before the last date. Late payment leads to rejection with no refund.

Vacancy details

48 posts in 18 roles; the largest is Assistant Public Prosecutor with 20.

Age limit

• The age limit is not exceeding 45 years for all direct recruitment posts. The notice prints no age limit for the Professor in Surgical Gastroenterology post by transfer on deputation, and it does not print a cut-off date for counting age or any age relaxation.
• For direct recruitment posts the age limit is not exceeding 45 years. The notice prints no age limit for the deputation post.

About GPSC Goa

The Goa Public Service Commission is based at EDC House, Block 'C', Dada Vaidya Road, Panaji-Goa, 403001. It has issued this advertisement for posts in Goa Government departments and institutions. Applications can be made on its own website or on the Government of Goa portal.

GPSC Goa Vacancy 2026

• The notice lists 48 posts in total across 18 posts. The break-up by post is below.

GPSC Goa Eligibility Criteria 2026

Lecturer (Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Paediatric, Orthopaedic Surgery, Radiodiagnosis, General Surgery)

• A recognized medical qualification included in the First or the Second Schedule or Part II of the Third Schedule (other than Licentiate qualifications) to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Act No. 102 of 1956). Holders of Part II of the Third Schedule qualifications must also fulfil the conditions in sub-section (3) of section 13 of that Act.
• Post graduate degree or equivalent qualification in the speciality concerned from a National Medical Commission (then Medical Council of India) recognized medical college/institution.
• At least three years experience in the concerned speciality as Senior Resident/Registrar/Tutor/Demonstrator in a recognised Medical College/Teaching Institution after the requisite post graduate degree.
• Knowledge of Konkani. Desirable: Knowledge of Marathi.

Assistant Professor in Paediatric Surgery

• A recognised medical qualification included in the First or the Second Schedule or Part II of the Third Schedule (other than licentiate qualifications) to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, with the same section 13(3) condition for Part II holders.
• Post-graduate degree or equivalent qualification in the speciality concerned from a National Medical Commission (then Medical Council of India) recognized medical college/institution.
• At least three years experience in the concerned speciality as a lecturer or in an equivalent teaching post in a Medical College/Teaching Institution after the requisite post-graduate degree.

Assistant Professor in Science and Humanities (Chemistry)

• A Master's degree with 55% marks (or an equivalent grade in a point-scale wherever the grading system is followed) in a concerned/relevant/allied subject from an Indian University, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign University.
• Must have cleared the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the UGC or CSIR, or a similar test accredited by the UGC such as SLET/SET. Those who are or have been awarded a Ph. D degree under the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M. Phil/Ph. D Degree) Regulation, 2009 or 2016 and their amendments are exempted from NET/SLET/SET.
• Candidates registered for the Ph. D Programme prior to July 11 2009 are governed by the then existing Ordinances/Bye-laws/Regulations of the awarding Institution and are exempted from NET/SLET/SET subject to: the Ph. D awarded in regular mode; thesis evaluated by at least two external examiners; an open viva voce conducted; two research papers published from the Ph. D work, at least one in a refereed journal; at least two papers presented in conferences/seminars sponsored/funded/supported by the UGC/ICSSR/CSIR or a similar agency. Fulfilment is to be certified by the Registrar or the Dean (Academic Affairs) of the University concerned.
• NET/SLET/SET is not required for Masters Programmes in disciplines for which NET/SLET/SET is not conducted by UGC, CSIR or a similar UGC-accredited test.
• OR a Ph. D degree from a foreign University/Institution with a ranking among top 500 in the world University Ranking (at any time) by any one of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), the Times Higher Education (THE) or the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
• Candidates who did Ph. D. after the Bachelor's Degree from an institution of National importance with GATE/GPAT/CEED are eligible for the post of Assistant Professor.

Other Conditions

• Knowledge of Marathi is desirable for the direct recruitment posts; for the posts in the table above it is printed as desirable.
• If suitable candidates with knowledge of Konkani are not available, the Commission may recommend a candidate if otherwise found fit. The Government may relax this requirement on the Commission's recommendation for Group 'A' posts in Professional Colleges and Consultants in the Directorate of Health Services.

GPSC Goa Salary 2026

GPSC Goa Important Instructions

• Check emails, mobile phones and the Commission's website regularly for updates and notices about the application.
• Late fee payment leads to summary rejection with no refund.
• One Assistant Public Prosecutor post out of 20 is reserved for PwD (Blindness and low vision).
• The period of deputation for the Professor post shall ordinarily not exceed four years.
• If the translated version of the advertisement differs, the English version is authentic.

Salary

The Associate Professor posts in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Information Technology carry pay as per pay matrix level 13-A1.

Selection process

1. 1
   Stage 1

   Shortlisting: where the number of applications received is large, the Commission will short list candidates to be called for interview, as mentioned in the Instructions on its website.

2. 2
   Stage 2

   Interview: the prescribed essential qualifications are minimum, and mere possession of them does not entitle a candidate to be called for interview.

3. 3
   Stage 3

   For the Assistant Professor in Science and Humanities (Chemistry) post, the notice says the academic score under the UGC Regulations, 2018 is considered for shortlisting for interview only, and selection is based only on performance in the interview.

How to Apply Online for GPSC Goa Recruitment 2026

1. 1
   Step 1

   Read the Instructions available on the Commission's website https://gpsc.goa.gov.in before filling the application.

2. 2
   Step 2

   Apply online through the Commission's website https://gpsc.goa.gov.in or the Government of Goa portal https://cbes.goa.gov.in/.

3. 3
   Step 3

   Give an email address and mobile number in the application form; the Commission sends all communications through them.

4. 4
   Step 4

   Pay the application fee online and download the e-receipt, or generate an e-challan and pay cash at an SBI Branch in Goa.

5. 5
   Step 5

   For offline payment, produce the bank-stamped e-challan at the Commission's office on or before the last date.

6. 6
   Step 6

   The last date is 27.11.2026 for all posts other than the deputation post, and 27.12.2026 for the deputation post only.