State Bank of India
Central Recruitment & Promotion Department
Corporate Centre, Mumbai
Phone: 022-22820427; e-mail: crpd@sbi.co.in
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Closing Date & Time for online submission of Application: February 18, 2026

Applications are invited from eligible Indian Citizens for appointment as Circle Based Officer in State Bank of India. The selected candidates shall be posted in the applied Circle only.

Post: Circle Based Officer i
Circle wise No. of posts 
Amaravati: 01
Bengaluru: 07 (02 regular and 05 backlog)
Bhopal: 01
Bhubaneswar: 01
Chandigar:  03 (02  regular and 01 backlog)
Chennai : 03 (02 regular and 01 backlog)
Gandhinagar: 03 ( 02 regular and 01 backlog)
Guwahati: 04 (01 regular and 03 backlog)
Hyderabad: 01 
Jaipur: 02
Kolkata: 05 (02 regular and 03 backlog)
Lucknow: 02
Maharashtra: 02
Mumbai Metro: 04 (02 regular and 02 backlog)
New Delhi: 01
Thiruvananthapuram: 03 (01 regular and 02 backlog)
Total no. of posts: 43 for Visually Impaired

Essential Academic Qualifications: Graduation in any discipline from a recognised University or any equivalent qualification recognised as such by the Central Government including Integrated Dual Degree (IDD). Candidates possessing qualifications such as Medical,Engineering, Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant would also be eligible

Age: 21-30 years

Age relaxation: 10 years

The candidate will have to apply for vacancy of one Circle only. A candidate applying against vacancy of one Circle will not be eligible to apply against vacancy of any other Circle.

Selected candidates will be posted in the Circle against whose vacancy they are selected.

Reservation for Person with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) candidates is horizontal and will be guided by various guidelines of Government of India. Candidates who wants to avail benefit of reservation under PwBD category have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines. The certificate should be dated on or before last date of registration of application.

) Local Language: The candidates applying for vacancies of a particular Circle, should be proficient (reading, writing and understanding) in any one of the specified opted local language of that Circle (mentioned against each Circle). The test of knowledge of specified opted local language of the applied circle will be conducted as a part of selection process. It will be conducted for provisionally selected candidates (based on performance in online test, Screening and interview) before joining the Bank. Candidate who fails to qualify this test will not be offered appointment. Candidates who produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet/ certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language of the applied circle as one of the subjects will not be required to undergo the language tes

Visual Impairment (VI): Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction, are eligible to apply.
a. Blindness:
i. Total absence of sight; OR
ii. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction; OR
iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree. OR
b. Low Vision:
i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible corrections; OR
ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.

Guidelines in respect of PwBD Candidates with Temporary Disability: In terms of Office
Memorandum No. 18-25/2024-Policy dated 17.12.2025 issued by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt of India,
i. PwBD candidates with disability conditions falling under the category “likely to improve” under temporary disability category, are not eligible for reservation.
ii. The Conditions i.e. “Progressive, non-progressive or not likely to improve” are treated eligible for reservation.

A person who wants to avail benefit of reservation will have to submit a disability certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines. Such certificate will be subject to verification/ re-verification as may be decided by the competent authority. The certificate should be dated on or before last date of registration of application

Backlog vacancies reserved for PwBD would be filled by a person with benchmark disability in the respective sub-category. If no suitable person from that sub-category is available, such
backlog would be filled up by interchange among the four sub-categories of disabilities viz. VI,HI, LD and d&e, at one percent to each category.

Guidelines for use of scribe & compensatory time:
a). The facility of scribe would be allowed to a person who has disability of 40% or more if so desired by the person and is meant for only those persons with disability who have physical limitation to write including that of speed. In all such cases where a scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

• Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the services of scribe in the examination should carefully indicate the same in the online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favorably entertained

Both the candidate and the scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking, in the prescribed format with passport size photograph of the scribe at the time of online examination

Such candidates who are eligible to use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination whether availing the facility ofscribe or not

Candidate will have to arrange his/ her/ their own scribe at his/ her/ their own cost. 

 Any candidate who is not eligible to use scribe as per guidelines, as referred above, uses scribe in the online examination shall be disqualified to participate further in the process of recruitment, in addition to any other action that Bank may deem fit against the candidate and the scribe. Any candidate using scribe in violation of the above guidelines can be removed from the service without notice, if already joined the Bank.

During the examination, at any stage, If it is found that scribe is independently answering / solving the questions himself, the examination session for such candidate will be terminated, and candidate’s candidature will be cancelled. The candidature of such candidates using the services of a scribe will also be cancelled if it is reported after the examination by the test administrator personnel that the scribe independently answered the questions

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same online examination. If violation of the above is detected at any stage of process, candidature of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled

 Scribe will be allowed to be used as per the guidelines issued vide Office Memorandum F.No.16-110/2003-DDIII dated February 26, 2013 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry of Financial, Deptt. of
Financial Services vide letter No. F. No. 3/2/2013-Welfare dated 26.04.2013.

Use of Scribe & Compensatory time (persons with specified disabilities covered under the definition of section 2(s) of the RPwD Act 2016 but not covered under the definition of section 2(r) of the said act, i.e persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing): In terms of Office Memorandum F. No .29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10/08/2022 of Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment , Department of Empowerment of persons with Disabilities(Divyangjan)) , In addition to the instructions applicable to PwBD candidates (who have disability 40% or more) the facility of scribe and /or compensatory time shall be granted solely to the persons with disabilities covered under section 2(s) of the RPwD Act 2016 but not covered under the definition of section 2(r ) of the said act ( i.e persons having less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing ), to those having difficulty in writing,
subject to production of a certificate to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/ her behalf from the competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per prescribed Proforma at Appendix-I of the said O.M. In case the candidate opts to bring his / her own scribe, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking the examination. Candidate opting for own s

Local Language Proficiency Test: The candidates applying for vacancies of a particular Circle, should be proficient (reading, writing and understanding) in any one of the specifiedopted local language of that Circle (mentioned against each Circle). The test of knowledge of specified opted local language of the applied circle will be conducted as a part of selection process. It will be conducted for provisionally selected candidates (based on performance in online test, Screening and interview) before joining the Bank. Candidate who fails to qualify this test will not be offered appointment. Candidates who produce 10th or 12th standard mark sheet/ certificate evidencing having studied the specified opted local language of the applied circle as one of the subjects will not be required to undergo the language test. Final selection will be subject to Qualifying in test of specified opted local language, where applicable, as detailed above.

.The examinations will be conducted online at venues across many centres in India. A tentative list of centres for Online Examination is attached as Annexure-I

No fee for PwD candidates

Apply online:https://ibpsreg.ibps.in/sbicbonov25/

List of documents to be uploaded: The list of the documents to be uploaded is as below

i. Recent Photograph (jpg/jpeg)
ii. Signature (jpg/jpeg)
iii. Left Thumb Impression (jpg/jpeg)
iv. Hand written declaration (jpg/jpeg)
v. ID Proof (PDF) 
vi. Proof of Date of Birth (PDF)
vii. Job Profile (certified by
existing/previous employers) (PDF)
viii. Brief Resume – detailing educational/
professional qualification, experience and
assignments handled (PDF)
ix. Educational Certificates - Relevant MarkSheets/ Degree/ Certificate (PDF)
x. Experience Certificate/ Appointment Letter
/Job Offer Letter (PDF)
xi. Latest Form-16 issued by employer (PDF)
xii. Latest Salary Slip (PDF)

b. Guidelines for scanning the documents, photograph & signature:
Before applying online, the candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image of his/ her documents, photograph and signature as per the guidelines given in Annexure-II.
Online application will not be registered unless candidates upload photo, signature and documents as specified.

Note:
i. If, the face in the photograph or signature is unclear, the applicant’s candidature may be rejected.
ii. In case the required documents are not uploaded or documents uploaded are not clear and readable, the applicant’s candidature may be rejected.
iii. In case, the photograph, signature or documents is unclear, the candidate may edit his/ her application and re-upload his/ her photograph, signature or documents prior to submitting the form.
iv. Candidate should ensure that Photo is uploaded at the place of Photo, Signature is uploaded at the place of Signature. If photo in place of photo and/or signature in place of signature are not uploaded properly, candidate will not be allowed to appear in the online exam.