About Specialist Officer

“Banking in India is graduating from general to specialized.” The sector therefore needs

specialist officers in various fields like IT, Technical, Agriculture, Legal, Marketing, HR, etc. and

also in Rashtrabhasha.

Having successfully held similar examinations, IBPS will conduct CWE on behalf of following 19

banks, for candidates to qualify for recruitment in the aforesaid specialist areas.

PARTICIPATING BANKS

Post

Code POSTS

Allahabad Bank Indian Overseas Bank 01

I.T. Officer (Scale-I)

Andhra Bank

Oriental Bank of Commerce 02 Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)

Bank of Baroda Punjab National Bank 03

Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

Bank of India Punjab & Sind Bank 04

Law Officer (Scale I)

Bank of Maharashtra Syndicate Bank 05

Technical Officer (Scale I)

Canara Bank UCO Bank 06

HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)

Central Bank of India Union Bank of India 07

Marketing Officer (Scale I)

Corporation Bank United Bank of India 08

I.T. Officer (Scale-II)

Dena Bank Vijaya Bank 09

Law Officer (Scale II)

Indian Bank

Any individual who aspires to join any of the above Public Sector Banks in one of these Specialist Officer’s

posts will necessarily be required to take the CWE. Prospective candidates who wish to appear for the CWE

will have to apply to IBPS and should carefully read the advertisement regarding eligibility criteria, online

registration process, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters and score cards.

Candidates who appear for the CWE will be able to check their status after the examination. Scorecards will

be issued to candidates who secure minimum qualifying marks and above in each test of the examination.

It should, however, be noted that successful candidates in the CWE who have been issued scorecards and

who meet the stipulated eligibility criteria are then required to apply to any of the participating banks they

wish to as and when individual banks call for applications for the Specialist Officers’ posts for which a

Common written Examination has been conducted, quoting their personal details and their CWE scores.

Each bank will then individually shortlist candidates and carry out their own selection processes such as

Interviews etc. for final selection.

Each participating Public Sector Bank will independently issue a separate recruitment notification, specifying

their vacancies and stipulating the eligibility criteria in terms of age, educational qualification, experience (if

any), minimum required level of IBPS score in each test and on Total Score (if any) etc.

B. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01.12.2011)

Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria specified by

IBPS before applying for the Common Written Examination (CWE):

Please note that the eligibility criteria specified herein are the basic criteria for applying to various

Public Sector Banks. However merely applying for CWE/ appearing for and qualifying in the

examination does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in all or any

of the 19 Public Sector Banks as each Bank will stipulate its own eligibility/ qualifying criteria.

Candidates are allowed to apply for only one post. The applications of candidates applying for more

than one post will be summarily rejected.

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I. Nationality / Citizenship:

A candidate must be either -

(i) a Citizen of India or

(ii) a subject of Nepal or

(iii) a subject of Bhutan or

(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1

st January 1962 with the intention of permanently

settling in India or

(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries

of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia,

Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India,

provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour

a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

II. Age, Educational Qualifications & Post Qualification Work Experience (As on

01.12.2011):

Post

Code

Name of the Post Age

(As on 01.12.2011)

Educational Qualifications

(As on 01.12.2011)

Post Qualification

Minimum

Experience

(As on 01.12.2011)

01

I.T. Officer

(Scale-I)

Minimum- 20 Years

Maximum-35 Years

Degree in Computer Science/ Computer

Applications/ Information Technology/

Electronics/ Electronics &

Telecommunications/ Electronics &

Communication/ Electronics &

Instrumentation

OR

Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/

Electronics & Tele Communication/

Electronics & Communication/

Electronics & Instrumentation/

Computer Science/ Information

Technology/ Computer Applications

from a recognised University/ Institution

OR

Graduate from a recognized university

having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level

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02

Agricultural Field

Officer

(Scale I)

Minimum- 20 Years

Maximum-35 Years

Degree in Agriculture or allied

specialisations such as

Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/

Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science/ Agri.

Engineering/ Fishery Science/

Pisciculture/ Agri Marketing &

Cooperation etc. from recognized

university.

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03

Rajbhasha

Adhikari

(Scale I)

Minimum- 20 Years

Maximum-35 Years

A post Graduate Degree in Hindi with

English as a subject at the degree level

OR a post graduate degree in Sanskrit

with English and Hindi as subjects at the

degree level.

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04

Law Officer

(Scale I)

Minimum- 20 Years

Maximum-35 Years

A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB)

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05

Technical Officer

(Scale I)

Minimum- 20 years

Maximum- 35 years

Degree in Engineering in Civil/

Electrical/ Mechanical/ Production/

Metallurgy/ Electronics/ Electronics &

Telecommunication/ Computer Science/

Information Technology/ Textile/

Chemical etc./ B.Pharm.

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06

HR/Personnel

Officer (Scale I)

Minimum- 20 years

Maximum- 35 years

Graduate from a recognized university

and Post Graduate degree or diploma

recognized by AICTE in Personnel

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3

Management / Industrial Relations/

HRD/Social Work / Labour Law OR

Degree/Diploma in Business

Administration/ Management with

specialization in HRD from a recognized

University.

07

Marketing Officer

(Scale I)

Minimum- 20 years

Maximum- 35 years

MBA (Marketing) / 2 years PGDBA /

PGDBM or any other equivalent degree

or diploma with specialization in

Marketing from a recognized University/

Institution.

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08

I.T. Officer

(Scale-II)

Minimum- 21 Years

Maximum-40 Years

Degree in Computer Science/ Computer

Applications/ Information Technology/

Electronics/ Electronics &

Telecommunications/ Electronics &

Communication/ Electronics &

Instrumentation

OR

Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/

Electronics & Tele Communication/

Electronics & Communication/

Electronics & Instrumentation/

Computer Science/ Information

Technology/ Computer Applications

from a recognised University/ Institution

OR

Graduate from a recognized university

having passed DOEACC