The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
CRP SPL-XV
Vacancies of 2026-27)
 Official Website: www.ibps.in

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visiit: https://www.ibps.in/wp-content/uploads/Detailed-Advt.-CRP-SPL-XV_Final1.pdf

Last Date for Apply Online :21.07.2025

CRP SPL-XV
COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS IN PARTICIPATING BANKS

The Online Examination (Preliminary and Main) for the upcoming Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for Recruitment and Selection of Personnel in Specialist Officers’ Cadre posts in the Participating Public Sector Banks will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as per the tentative schedule provided below: 

Post: Spcialist Officers
01  IT Officer (Scale I)
02: Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
03: Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
04: Law Officer (Scale I)
05: HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
06: Marketing Officer (Scale I)

Applications are invited from eligible and interested candidates aspiring to join any of the Participating
Public Sector Banks listed at (A) as Specialist Officers.

AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE-I
Bank: INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK
Sl.No. 7
No. of post: 01

PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
Sl. No. 9
No. of post: 01

Qualifications: 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ AgroForestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ B.Tech Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture / Fisheries Engineering

Total No. of posts: 02 for Visually impaired

I.T.OFFICER(SCALE-I)
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
Sl. No. 09
No. of Post: 01 for Visually Impaired
Qualifications: a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation
OR
b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/
Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications
OR
Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level

MARKETING OFFICER (SCALE-I)
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK
Sl. No. 09
No. of posts: 03 for Visually Impaired
Qualifications: Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing *

Total No. of posts: 06 for Visually Impaired

SCALE OF PAY: Basic: Rs. 48480--85920/-

Age: 20-30 years

i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.07.1995 and not later than 01.07.2005 (both
dates inclusive).

Age Relaxations; 10 years

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 for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/ Specified Disabilities using a Scribe

The 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 by Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs, New Delhi and clarification issued by Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services vide letter F. No. 3/2/2013- Welfare dated 26.04.2013 and Office Memorandum F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022 issued by Government of India, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan). 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. 

For candidates availing scribe in accordance with OM – F. No. 29-6/2019-DD-III dated 10.08.2022, shall be allowed scribe facility subject to production of a certificate at the time of online examination to the effect that person concerned has limitation to write and that scribe is essential to write examination on his/her behalf from competent medical authority of a Government healthcare institution as per proforma attached as Appendix I. Such candidates shall also, upload their certificate while filling the application form. Also, the qualification of the scribe should be one step below the qualification of the candidate taking examination. Letter of undertaking as per Appendix II should be submitted by such candidates at the time of examination. 

The scribe may be from an academic stream different from that stipulated 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 facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the CRP

Deliberate wrong information about the candidate/ scribe in declaration form submitted at the time of online application or at the time of examination or at any stage would render the candidate and scribe being debarred either permanently or for specified periods of time for CRP examinations.

Those candidates who are eligible to use scribe facility shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes or otherwise advised for every hour of the examination

In view of the importance of time element, the examination being of a competitive nature, the candidate must fully satisfy the Independent Medical Officer/ Board of the Bank that there was necessity for use of a scribe as he/she has physical limitation to write including that of speed by the disabilities as mentioned in the guidelines regarding Persons with Benchmark Disabilities/Specified Disabilities using the services of a scribe. 

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.

The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the online examination under (CRP-SPL-XV). If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature for CRP of both the candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. 

A scribe can act as Scribe only for one candidate for CRP- SPL XV process. If violation of the same is detected at any stage of the selection process, candidature of the candidates for CRP will be cancelled and scribe will be debarred from future CRP examinations

Only candidates registered for compensatory time (at the time of online registration) 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

During the exam, at any stage, if it is found that scribe is independently answering the questions or prompting answers in any direct/ indirect manner, the exam session 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 or prompted the answers in any direct/indirect manner. In such cases, the Candidate and scribe may also be debarred either permanently or for specified periods from all CRP – examinations

Those candidates who have been debarred from appearing in CRP examinations for specified periods in terms of communication made to that effect by IBPS, may act accordingly. 

Guidelines for Visually Impaired (VI) 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.

 PwBD reservation is not applicable on the basis of temporary certificate of disability. The reservation is only for persons with Benchmark Disabilities with irreversible permanent
disability in terms of O.M. No. 36035/8/2023-Estt. (Res-ll) dated 19.05.2023 issued by Government of India, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of
Personnel and Training (DoPT).

For posts other than IT Officer Scale I: Candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/ Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/ College/ Institute.

Candidates can apply for only one post. Multiple applications will be summarily rejected.

APPLICATION FEES & INTIMATION CHARGES

Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD candidates. 

Apply online: https://ibpsreg.ibps.in/crpspxvjun25/

The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India. The tentative list of Examination centres for the Online Preliminary Examination and those for Online Main Examination is available in Annexure II. 

Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/her own risk and expenses and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.