Drug Inspector — medical devices (CDSCO)
This is the medical-devices side of India's central drug regulator (CDSCO). It runs alongside the Drugs Inspector role that handles medicines. You join through UPSC under rules issued in 2024–2025, into a permanent, pensionable central post. You inspect, license, and regulate medical devices under the Medical Devices Rules, 2017. More people can apply than on the drugs side — engineering branches qualify too, along with pharmacy and life sciences. The job carries real regulatory power, but seats are few and the exam is hard.
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Common questions
Yes. Pharmacy and life-science graduates can apply, and so can several engineering branches. You join through the UPSC exam, which now includes the Medical Devices Rules, 2017. More kinds of graduates can apply here than on the medicines side.