National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL)

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://nmk.co.in/s/wp-
content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/NICL_150-Accounts_Apprentices.pdf

Last Date for Online Registration 27th November, 2018

National Insurance Company Ltd. invites applications for recruitment of 150 (One Hundred Fifty) Accounts Apprentices from open market. 

Post: Accounts Apprentices
No. of Posts: 150, out of which 03 for Persons with Disabilities 
Educational Qualification: A candidate must possess the minimum qualification of a Graduate in COMMERCE discipline from a recognized University with at least 60% marks in the degree examination (at least 55% for SC/ST) candidates
AND
must have qualified the Intermediate Level of Chartered Accountancy Examination conferred by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
OR
must have qualified the Intermediate Level of Cost & Management Accountancy Examination conferred by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (erstwhile ICWAI)
OR
must have qualified as MBA (Finance) from a UGC recognized University or Management Institute.
OR
must have qualified the Post Graduate degree in Commerce from a UGC recognised university, with at least 60% marks in aggregate for General Candidate and at least 55% marks in aggregate for SC/ST candidate.

Age: 21-27 years

Relaxation in upper age limit shall be as follows: PWD 5 years

State wise vacancies for Accounts Apprentices are stated as follows:
State Vacancies for Accounts
Apprentice
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana 9
Assam & North Eastern states 5
Bihar & Jharkhand 10
Gujarat 7
J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh 12
Karnataka 9
Kerala 4
Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh 8
Maharashtra & Goa 19
Delhi-NCR 10
Orissa 4
Rajasthan 8
Tamil Nadu 12
Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand 8
West Bengal & Sikkim 25
Grand Total 150

The period of apprenticeship shall be TWO YEARS (Twenty four months), which may be extended at the discretion of the Company

Time Period from the date of appointment Stipend 1st Year Rs.25,000/- per month (all inclusive) and Medical
Coverage  2nd Year Rs.30,000/- per month (all inclusive) and Medical Coverage 

A. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: Under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act 1995 only such persons would be eligible for reservation who suffer from not less than 40% of relevant disability and are certified by a Medical Board appointed by the
Central/State Govt. Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply:
I. Visually Impaired (VI)
Blindness refers to condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (a) Total absence of sight, (b) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses. (c) Limitation of the field of vision subtending in angle of 20 degrees or worse.
Low vision means a person with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.

Guidelines for Persons with Disabilities using a Scribe:

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is adversely affected permanently for any reason can use their own  scribe at their cost during the online examination, subject to limits as in (ii) and (iii) below. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:
• The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.
• The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same examination .If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favourably entertained.
• A person acting as a scribe for one candidate cannot be a scribe for another candidate.
• The scribe may be from any academic stream. However for Specialist Officers’ posts the scribe should be from an academic stream different from that prescribed for the post.
• Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above.
Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfil any laid down eligibility criteria or  suppressed material factsthe candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of
the online examination.
• Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the
examination or as otherwise advised.
• Only candidates registered for compensatory time will be allowed such concessions since compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, it shall not be possible for the test conducting agency to allow such time if he / she is not registered for the same. Candidates not registered for compensatory time shall not be allowed such concessions.

Visually Impaired candidates
• Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise advised of examination.
• The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination. 

LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW (AS APPLICABLE):
The following documents in original and self attested photocopies in support of the candidate’s eligibility and
identity are to be invariably submitted at the time of interview failing which the candidate may not be permitted to appear for the interview. Non submission of requisite documents by the candidate at the time of interview will debar his candidature from further participation in the recruitment process.
i) Printout of the valid Interview Call Letter  ii) Valid system generated printout of the online application
form registered for the online examination.
iii)Proof of Date of Birth (Birth Certificate issued by the Competent Municipal Authorities or SSLC/ Std.X Certificate with DOB)
iv)Photo Identify Proof as indicated in *IDENTITY VERIFICATION of the advertisement
v) Mark-sheets & certificates for Std X, XII and Graduation or equivalent qualification etc. Proper document from Board /University for having declared the result on or before 27.11.2018 has to be submitted.
vi) Caste Certificate, along with caste validity certificate, issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by
Government of India in the case of SC / ST / OBC category candidates.
In case of candidates belonging to OBC category, certificate should specifically contain a clause that the candidate does not belong to creamy layer section excluded from the benefits of reservation for Other Backward Classes in Civil posts & services under Government of India. OBC caste certificate containing the Non-creamy layer clause should be valid as on the date of online registration as given in point no. 13(b). Caste Name mentioned in certificate should tally letter by letter with Central Government list /notification.
Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming under creamy layer and/ or if their caste does not find place in the Central List are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate their category as General in the online application form.
vii) Disability certificate in prescribed format issued by the District Medical Board in case of Persons With Disability category.
If the candidate has used the services of a Scribe at the time of online examination, the duly filled in details of the Scribe in the prescribed format as available in our website.
viii) Experience certificates, if any 
ix) Persons falling in categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Nationality criteria should produce a certificate of eligibility
issued by the Govt. Of India
x) Any other relevant documents in support of eligibility
Note: Candidate will not be allowed to appear for the interview if he/she fails to produce the relevant eligibility documents as mentioned above. 
Application Fee (Non-Refundable):

SC/ ST / PWD Rs. 100/-(Intimation Charges Only)

(a) Examination Centres: 

The examination will be conducted online in venues given in the respective call letters. 

HOW TO APPLY:

Candidates to go to the Company’s website http://www.nationalinsuranceindia.com and click on the option "APPLY ONLINE" which will open a new screen. 

 Candidates are required to take a printout of the e-receipt and online Application Form containing fee details. Please note that if the same cannot be generated, online transaction may not have been successful.

PHOTOGRAPH IMAGE
• Photograph of the applicant must be a recent passport size colour picture.
• The picture should be in colour, against a light-coloured, preferably white, background. Look straight at the camera with a relaxed face.
• If the picture is taken on a sunny day, have the sun behind you, or place yourself in the shade, so that you are not squinting and there are no harsh shadows.
• If you have to use flash, ensure there's no "red-eye".
• If you wear glasses make sure that there are no reflections and your eyes can be clearly seen.
• Caps, hats and dark glasses are not acceptable. Religious headwear is allowed but it must not cover your face. Dimensions 200 x 230 pixels (preferred).
• Size of file should be between 20kb-50kb.
• Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 50KB. If the size of the file is more than 50KB, then adjust the settings of the scanner such as the DPI resolution, no. of colours etc., during the process of scanning. 

SIGNATURE IMAGE
• The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.
• The signature must be signed only by the applicant and not by any other person.
• The Signature will be used to put on the attendance sheet and wherever necessary.
• The Applicant’s signature obtained on the call letter and attendance sheet at the time of the examination should match the uploaded signature . In case of mismatch, the candidate may be disqualified.
• Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred).
• Size of file should be between 10kb —20kb.
• Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20KB.
SCANNING THE PHOTOGRAPH & SIGNATURE
• Set the scanner resolution to a minimum of 200 dpi (dots per inch). Set Colour to True Colour
• File Size as specified above.
• Crop the image in the scanner to the edge of the photograph/signature, then use the upload editor to crop the image to the final size (as specified above).
• The image file should be JPG or JPEG format. An example file name is: image01.jpg or image01.jpeg.
• Image dimensions can be checked by listing the folder files or moving the mouse over the file image icon. Candidates using MS
Windows/MS Office can easily obtain photo and signature in .jpeg format not exceeding 50KB & 20KB respectively by using MS Paint
or MS Office Picture Manager. Scanned photograph and signature in any format can be saved in .jpg format by using 'Save As' option in the File menu and size can be reduced below 50KB (photograph) & 20KB (signature) by using crop and then resize option [Please see point “C. above for the pixel size] in the 'Image' menu. Similar options are available in other photo editors also.