Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) Website: www.ibps.in

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.ibps.in/ or refer to the Employment News dated 19 November 2016, page no. 24

Online Registration including edit/modification of application of candidates 16.11.2016 to 02.12.2016 
COMMON RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR RECRUITMENT OF SPECIALIST OFFICERS IN
PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS- (CRP SPL-VI)

The online examination for the next Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers’ cadre posts listed below in the Participating Organisations is tentatively scheduled in January 2017. 

Posts:

1. I.T. Officer (Scale-I)
Age: 20-30 years
Qualification: 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 
2. Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I) 
Age: 20-30 years
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/Food Science/ Agriculture Business Management/ Food Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering.

3. Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
Age: 20-30 years
Qualification: Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level 
OR 
Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level. 
4. Law Officer (Scale I) 5. HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) 
Age: 20-30 years
Qualification: A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council 

5. HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I) 
Age: 20-30 years
Qualification: Graduate 
and 
Full time Post Graduate degree or Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR/ HRD/ Social Work / Labour Law.
6. Marketing Officer (Scale I)
Age: 20-30 years
Qualification: Graduate 
and 
Full time MMS (Marketing) / MBA (Marketing) / Full time 2 years PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing.
 
Any eligible candidate, who aspires to join any of the Participating Organisations listed at (A) as one of the Specialist Officers’ post, is required to register for the Common Recruitment Process (CRP SPL-VI). 
Candidates who appear and are shortlisted in the examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and co-ordinated by the Nodal Bank.
Depending on the final vacancies to be filled in during the financial  year 2017-18 based on the business needs of the Participating Organisations and as reported to IBPS, candidates shortlisted will be provisionally allotted to one of the Participating Organisations keeping in view the spirit of Govt. 

Guidelines on reservation policy, administrative convenience, etc. The validity for CRP SPL-VI will automatically expire at the close of business on 31.03.2018 with or without giving any notice. 

IBPS, an autonomous body, has received a mandate from the organisations mentioned at (A) below, to conduct the recruitment process as mentioned above, once a year. IBPS will make arrangements for conducting online examination, declare result of online examination and inform the shortlisted candidates about the interview. Interviews will be  conducted by the participating organisations and coordinated by the Nodal Bank in each state/ UT. Prospective candidates will have to apply to IBPS after carefully reading the advertisement regarding the process of examination, interview and provisional allotment, eligibility
criteria, online registration processes, payment of prescribed application fee/ intimation charges, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters etc. and ensure that they fulfil the stipulated criteria and follow the prescribed processes. 

PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:

Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, IDBI Bank, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Oriental Bank of
Commerce, Punjab National Bank,Punjab & Sind Bank, Syndicate Bank, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India, Vijaya Bank .

Age Relaxations: Persons With Disability 10 years 

Definition of 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 constituted by the Central/State Govt. 

Accordingly, candidates with the following disabilities are eligible to apply (as per GOI guidelines dated 29.07.2013). Candidates claiming such benefits should produce certificate in original (by the Competent 
Authority issued on or before the last date of online submission of application in the prescribed format available at the end of this advertisement) in support of their claim at the time of Interview/at any
stage of the process if allotted to any of the Participating Organisations. Persons With Disabilities will have to work in Branches/ Offices as identified by the respective Participating organisation. 

Visually Impaired (VI) 

Blindness refers to condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (i) Total absence of sight, (ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (snellen) in the better eye with
correcting lenses. (iii) 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 of 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. 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 should 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 CWE. 

• Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes or otherwise advised for every hour of the examination. 

• The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the examination (CRP SPL-VI). If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process, candidature for CWE 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.

• 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.

Guidelines for 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 or otherwise advised for every hour of 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 / her 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 CWE SPL-VI.

(iii) Proof of Date of Birth (Birth Certificate or SSLC/ Std. X Certificate with DOB).

(iv) Photo Identify Proof as indicated in Point F below.

(v) Marksheets & certificates for educational qualifications. Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 02.12.2016 has to be submitted. 

(vi) Caste Certificate issued by competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by Government of India in case of SC / ST / OBC category candidates.
 
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 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 CWE the duly filled in details of the scribe in the prescribed format (viii) An Ex-serviceman candidate has to produce a copy of the Service or Discharge book alongwith pension payment order and documentary proof of rank last / presently held (substantive as well as acting) at the time of interview. Those who are still in defence service should submit a certificate from a competent authority that they will be relieved from defence services, on or before 01.12.2017. 

(ix) Candidates serving in Government / quasi govt offices/ Public Sector Undertakings (including Nationalised Banks and Financial Institutions) are required to produce a “No Objection Certificate” from their employer at the time of interview, in the absence of which their candidature will not be considered and travelling expenses, if any, otherwise admissible, will not be paid. The No Objection Certificate  should not be issued for appearing in interview for selection to any particular participating organization as the Common Recruitment Process
is for all participating organisations. Production of such conditional NOCs at the time of interview will not be considered and such candidates will not be permitted to participate in interview/will not be considered
for further selection process.

(x) Persons eligible for age relaxation under B IV (5) must produce the domicile certificate at the time of interview/ at any stage of the subsequent process from the District Jurisdiction where he / she had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this regard by the Government of Jammu & Kashmir to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily domiciled in the State of J&K during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989. 

(xi) Persons eligible for age relaxation under B IV (6) must produce a certificate from the District Magistrate to the effect that they are eligible for relief in terms of the Rehabilitation Package for 1984 Riot Affected Persons sanctioned by the Government and communicated vide Ministry of Finance, Dept. of Financial Services communication No.F.No.9/21/2006-IR dated 27.07.2007. 

(xii) Persons falling in categories (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) of Point B (I) should produce a certificate of eligibility issued by the Govt. Of India 

(xiii) Any other relevant documents in support of eligibility 

HOW TO APPLY:

G. HOW TO APPLY 
Candidates can apply online only from 16.11.2016 to 02.12.2016 on website: http://www.ibps.in and no other mode of application will be accepted. 

Application Fees/ Intimation Charges [Payable from 16.11.2016 to 02.12.2016 (only Online payment) shall be as follows: 

Rs. 100/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates. 

The Centre, venue address, post applied for, date and time for examination and interview shall be intimated in the respective Call Letter. An eligible candidate should download his/her call letter from the IBPS’s website www.ibps.in by entering his/ her details i.e. Registration Number and Password/Date of Birth. No hard copy of the call letter/ Information Handout etc. will be sent by post/ courier.

The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India. The tentative list of Examination centres is available in Annexure II.