Indian Skill Development Service


The Indian Skill Development Services or 'ISDS' is one of the gazetted Central Civil Services under Group 'A' of the executive branch of the Government of India. It's is newest Central service. This service is created for training directorate of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Appointment and cadre

The appointment to this service is done through Combined Engineering Services Exam held every year by Union [Public Service Commission] of India.
It has 263 all India posts, the cadre comprises 3 post at senior administrative grade while 28 are at junior grade. While 120 posts at Senior Time Scale and 112 posts at Junior Time Scale.
Generally they are inducted through training at Administrative Training Institute, Mysuru. The first batch was inducted in 2019.

Area of Work

Roles and responsibilities

The following are the roles and responsibilities of an Indian Skills Development Services Officer,