Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS)
CRP SPL-XVI
COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS (CRP) FOR
RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS IN PARTICIPATING BANKS
(Vacancies of 2027-28)
Official Website: www.ibps.in
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Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit:https://www.ibps.in/wp-content/uploads/Detailed-Notification-CRP-SPL-XVI...
The last date to apply online is: 21.07.2026

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.

Applications are invited from eligible and interested candidates aspiring to join any of the Participating Public Sector Banks listed at (A) as Specialist Officers. The candidates are required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP SPL-XVI) for vacancies of 2027-28. The examination will be two tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, Online Preliminary and Online Main. Candidates who will qualify in Online Preliminary Examination and shortlisted will have to appear for Online Main Examination and shortlisted candidates in the Online Main examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted by the Participating Banks and co-ordinated by the Nodal Bank. Depending on the actual vacancies to be filled in during the financial year 2027-28 based on the business needs of the Participating Banks and as reported to
IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Banks keeping
in view the spirit of Govt. Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative exigencies etc. The validity for CRP- SPL-XVI will automatically expire on the day which is one year after the date of Provisional Allotment or until a fresh provisional allotment is made, whichever is earlier, with or without any notice

Indicative category-wise vacancies of each of the Participating Banks for each post are given vide Annexure I. Recruitment in Participating Banks is a dynamic process which depends upon restriction imposed, business volume, business growth, health of the banks, branch expansion, internal and external factors, structural changes etc. Vacancies mentioned here are indicative and anticipated as communicated by the Participating Banks. However, Provisional allotment will be made based on the actual vacancies reported by the Participating Bank

SPECIALIST OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 2027-28

1. AGRICULTURAL FIELD OFFICER (SCALE-I)
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BANK OF BARODA: 01 
Qualifications: 4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture/ Agri. Marketing & Cooperation/ Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry/Forestry/ Agricultural Biotechnology/ B.Tech Biotechnology/ Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/Agricultural Engineering/ Sericulture / Fisheries Engineering

2. BANK OF MAHARASHTRA: 01
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2. IT OFFICER(SCALE-I)
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BANK OF INDIA: 01

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PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK: 01
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

3. LAW OFFICER (SCALE-I)
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CANARA BANK: 01

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CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA: 01
Qualifications: A Bachelor Degree in Law (LL.B) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council

Total: 06 posts for Visually Impaired

Specialist Officers – Scale I: Rs. Basic: ₹ 48480-2000/7-62480-2340/2-67160-2680/7-85920
The official will be eligible for allowances & perquisites as per rules of the Participating Bank in force from time to time

Age: 20-30 years
Age relaxation: 10 years

Visual Impairment (“VI” Category):

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/ Medical 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 himself/herself for the online examination under (CRP-SPL-XVI). 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 XVI 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. 

Please ensure that the scribe that you select should not have appeared as a scribe with a candidate who was debarred in 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 

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.

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 01.07.2026 to 21.07.2026 (Only online payment),
both dates inclusive] shall be as follows
Rs. 175/- (inclusive of GST) for SC/ST/PwBD candidates. 

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

Interviews will be conducted at select centres. The centre, address of the venue, time & date of Interview will be informed to the shortlisted candidates in the call letter. 

Candidates are required to download their interview call letters from official IBPS website: 
www.ibps.in.

Apply online: https://ibpsreg.ibps.in/crpspxvimy26/