Oriental Bank Of Commerce (OBC) 

(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA UNDERTAKING) 

Corporate Office, Plot No. 5, Sector - 32, 

Institutional Area, Gurgaon– 122 001 

Website: www.obcindia.co.in 



Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.obcindia.co.in 



Important Dates: 



Opening date for online registration 10.07.2012 

Closing Date for online registration (including from far flung areas): 28.07.2012 

Payment of application fee: 10.07.2012 to 28.07.2012 



Oriental Bank of Commerce, a leading public sector Bank invites applications from Indian citizens for the posts of Probationary/Agriculture officers as under:- 



Posts: 



1. Probationary Officer 

Post code: 01 

No. of posts: 325 

Grade/Scale: JMGS I 

Pay Scale: Rs. 14500-25700 

Age: 21-30 years 

Educational qualification: A Degree from recognized University or any equivalent qualification recognized as such by the Government of India. 



2. Agriculture Officer 

Post code: 02 

No. of posts: 100 

Grade/Scale: JMGS I 

Pay Scale: 14500-25700 

Age: 21-30 years 

Educational qualification: Degree in Agriculture/Horticulture /Animal Husbandry/Veterinary Science/Dairy Science/Agricultural Engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pissiculture / Agriculture 

Marketing Co-operation. 



Experience: Field experience of agriculture work and agricultural credit desirable but not 

essential 



Total No. of posts: 425, out of which 06 for VH 



It is clarified that it may not be possible to employ Persons With Disabilities in all Offices/Branches of the Bank and they will have to work in the post identified by the Bank suitable for them. 



Visually Impaired (VI) 



(a) Persons who suffer from either of the following conditions: 

(i) Total absence of sight, 

(ii) Visual Acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting 

lenses, or 

(iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degrees or worse and so 

certified by a Medical Board appointed by the State Government. 

(b) A person with Low Vision means one with impairment of visual functioning even after 

treatment of 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. 



All Educational Qualification should be from a recognized University/Institution. 



(C) Candidates applying for the above posts should also have obtained the following scores in the Common Written Examination for Probationary Officers/Management Trainees conducted by IBPS in 2011 & for Specialist Officers conducted by IBPS in March 2012 and should be holding a valid score card issued by IBPS: 



Cut-off in Individual tests- 

Name of the Test: 



Reasoning, English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness with special reference to the Banking Industry, Computer Knowledge, Descriptive Paper on English 

-SC/ST/OBC/PWD: 21 & above 



Cut-off on Total weighted Standard Score: 



SC/ST/OBC/PWD: 

For Probationary Officers: 105 

For Agriculture Officers: 104 



The basic knowledge in operating computer systems in Windows mode, knowledge of MSWord/ 

Office, Spread Sheets like MS-Excel and Internet & Email familiarity is an essential 

qualification which a candidate must either possess before joining the bank services or acquire the same within a period of six months of joining the bank, in case the candidate is selected for appointment. For this purpose, the candidate is required to submit a certificate in support of this computer related qualification. 



Relaxation in Upper age limit: Persons With Disability 10 years 



Depending on the number of vacancies, only those candidates who are qualified in the 

Common Written Examination for Probationary Officers/Management Trainees held in 

September/ November 2011 and for Specialist Officers held in March 2012 conducted by 

IBPS and possess a valid score card issued by IBPS and rank sufficiently high in the order 

of merit based on the Total Weighted Standard Score shall be called for a Personal 

Interview in the ratio of 1:3 for General / Unreserved Candidates and 1:5 in case of 

candidates belonging to the Reserved Categories. In other words, 3 General and 5 

Reserved Category candidates against the vacancies stipulated respectively would be 

called for the Personal interview depending upon their ranking as per the Total Weighted 

Score obtained by them. The Bank reserves its right to call for the Interview candidates 

otherwise than in the above ratio at its sole discretion. 



Application fee: GEN & OBC Rs.100.00, Others Rs. 20.00 



Candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PWD categories must submit at the time of interview 

attested photocopy of certificate regarding Caste/Disability issued by the Competent 

Authority without which their application will be rejected. 



PROBATION PERIOD: 



The selected candidate will be on Probation for a period of 24 months (2 years) from the date of his / her joining the Bank. 



The candidates will have to appear for interview at their own expense. However, eligible 

SC/ST outstation candidates attending the interview will be reimbursed to and fro second 

(sleeper) class rail/bus fare by the shortest route on production of evidence of travel. 



HOW TO APPLY : 



Candidates are required to apply online through website www.obcindia.co.in . 

No other means/ mode of application will be accepted. 



Candidates should ensure that their personal email ID (as specified in the online application form while applying for Common Written Examination (CWE) conducted in September 2011 & March 2012 respectively) is kept active during the currency of the recruitment project. 

Bank may send call letters/ intimations for Interview etc. to the registered e-mail ID. 



Original fee payment challan/ NEFT Receipt will have to be submitted with the Call 

Letter at the time of Interview. Without original fee payment challan/ NEFT receipt 

the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the Interview. Candidates are also 

advised to keep a photocopy of the fee payment challan/NEFT receipt. 



After applying On-Line, take two (2) Print-Outs of the duly filled in Computerised System 

Generated Application Form. One copy of the Application Form along with a set of the 

prescribed documents is to be brought along and submitted when invited for the 

Personal Interview. The other Print-out is to be retained by the applicant for 

future reference. The applicant should sign and affix his/her photograph on the printout 

of application and keep the same ready for submission if selected for Interview along 

with copies of required documents mentioned below: 



1. Original fee payment receipt (CBS challan/ NEFT receipt) 

2. Valid IBPS Scorecard for the stipulated examination 

3. Attested copy of School leaving certificate or any other document showing proof of 

age acceptable to the Bank. 

4. Attested copies of Mark sheets / certificates in support of Educational Qualification; 

5. Attested copy of certificate of Computer Course, as applicable; 

6. Caste / PWD any other related certificate as applicable. 

7. Photo identity proof. 

8. Copy of the online application submitted for the stipulated Common Written 

Examination. 

9. Copy of the online application submitted to the Bank. 



The candidate is also required to bring along the Original Documents for verification 

when invited for the Personal Interview.