🐝 National Bee Board (NBB) Recruitment 2026

📋 Post Details

🎓 Essential Qualifications

📌 Consultant (2 Posts)

• Essential: Master's degree in Agriculture / Horticulture / Entomology / Apiculture and allied subjects (including Agri-business, Agricultural Marketing) with First Division or 60% marks.
• Experience: Minimum 2 years in project formulation, execution, implementation, extension/management of Government schemes/programmes/missions.
• Preference: Candidates with good academic record / NET certificate will get preference.
• Desirable: Doctorate in Agriculture/Horticulture/Entomology/Apiculture; Good knowledge of Computer/ICT tools, MIS portal, mobile apps; Hands-on experience in beekeeping/Apiculture.

📌 Technical Assistant (1 Post)

• Essential: Master's degree in Agriculture / Horticulture / Entomology / Apiculture and allied subjects (including Agri-business, Agricultural Marketing).
• Experience: Minimum 1 year in relevant field will be preferred.

📋 Job Responsibilities

Consultant

• Policy planning & new initiatives in beekeeping
• Formulation, execution, implementation, monitoring of activities/schemes/projects under NBHM
• Good beekeeping practices, publication, publicity
• Capacity building programmes, trainings, awareness programmes, seminars, conferences
• Registration/development of traceability source of Honey & other bee hive products/blockchain
• Promoting scientific beekeeping for quality production of Honey & other bee hive products
• Post harvest management of beehive products (Honey, wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, bee venom)
• Field visits/monitoring of activities under schemes
• Record & maintaining all data related to projects and submission of monthly & quarterly progress reports

Technical Assistant

• Analysis of data and preparation of reports
• Documentation of success stories
• Providing technical inputs on the subject to seniors
• Maintenance of records
• Any work assigned by consultant/higher authority

📝 Contract Terms & Conditions

• Period: Initially for 1 year, extendable based on performance and mutual willingness.
• Termination: Either side can terminate with one month's notice.
• TA/DA: As applicable in DA&FW, Govt of India for official tours.
• Leave: As prescribed in DA&FW's O.M. No. 12034/8/2016-E-I dated 30.12.2016.
• Travel: Candidate should travel anywhere in India as directed by authority.
• Selection: Purely on "Performance/Merit" basis by Selection Committee.

📬 How to Apply

1. Download the prescribed application format (Annexure-I) from the official notification.
2. Fill the application form with original signature and photograph.
3. Attach self-attested copies of supporting documents (Date of Birth, Qualifications, ID Proof - Aadhar & PAN, Work Experience, etc.).
4. Submit 2 sets of application physically by Indian Speed Post only to:
   The Section Officer, National Bee Board (NBB), B-Wing, 2nd Floor, Janpath Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi – 110001
5. Applications must reach by 28 May 2026, 5:30 PM.
6. Important: Applications must be page-numbered with checklist. Applications without page numbers will be rejected.
7. For both posts: Submit separate applications for Consultant and Technical Assistant.
8. Bring original documents at the time of interview.

📂 Documents Checklist (Page-numbered required)

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

⚠️ Important Instructions

• Application without page numbers will be outrightly rejected.
• Only Indian Speed Post accepted; no other mode of submission.
• Separate application for each post if applying for both.
• Original documents to be presented during interview.
• Age relaxation possible for candidates with proven domain expertise.

Source: National Bee Board, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare – For exact terms, refer to official notification.