Sunday, August 8, 2010

Bank of India General Banking Officers Recruitment Notification

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Bank of India
Head Office, Star House,
Plot C-5, “G” Block,
Bandra-Kurla Complex,
Bandra (East),
Mumbai 400 051.

Probationary Officers (PO) – Recruitment Project 2010-11

Notice dated 07.08.2010


BANK OF INDIA, a leading Public Sector Bank with its Head Office in Mumbai, invites applications for recruitment of 2000 General Banking Officers in Scale- I.

For  Challan,  click “Print Challan” Button on Page 14  in our Notice at our website- www.bankofindia.co.in and after making fee payment (for other than SC/ST/PWD & Ex-Servicemen candidates) “ Apply online” through the link provided at the website Notice– Page- 14  .

Challan available from: 09.08.2010(Monday)
Submission of on – line application commencing from: 09.08.2010
Last date for submission of on – line application: 31.08.2010
Payment of application fee (other than SC/ST/PWD/EXS)   
From 09.08.2010 To 31.08.2010
Tentative date of Written Examination (Sunday): 31.10.2010
Relevant date of Age/Qualification/Experience reckoned as on: 31.07.2010

Name of the Post: General Banking Officers

Scale: I

No. of Vacancies: 2000

SC    ST    OBC*    GEN
300    150    540    1010

Out of which PWD

OC    VC    HI
20    20    20

* Under Non-Creamy Layer Category as on 31.03.2010.

The designation / name of the post is only indicative. The bank reserves the right to change the name of post / designation at any time without notice.

As the reservation for PWD candidates is on horizontal basis, the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category (viz. SC/ST/OBC/GEN) to which they belong.
                                     
PAY SCALE : BASIC PAY AS BELOW  AND OTHER ALLOWANCES AND PERQUISITES AS APPLICABLE:
Present Scale of Basic Pay  (in Rs.) –   
JMG Scale I  :     14500- 600/7 - 18700-700/2 – 20100-800/7-25700

(The above Scale of Basic pay is subject to amendments of appropriate provisions in the Bank of India Officers’ Service Regulations, 1979) .

Age : Minimum 21 years – Maximum 30 years.

1. RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT :

i) Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates by 5 years.
ii) Other Backward Classes candidates by 3 years.
iii) PWD category candidates  - 10 years in addition to their respective category i.e. (a) by total 15 years for SC/ST Category  (b) by total 13 years for OBC category  and (c) by total 10 years for General Category.
iv) In the case of ex-servicemen and commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs) / Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) who have rendered atleast 5 years military service and have been released on completion of assignment (including those whose assignment is due to be completed within the next one year from the last date for receipt of application) other than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or on account of physical disability attributable to military service or  on invalidment, by 5 years, subject to ceiling as per Government guidelines. Candidates still serving in Defence Service and desirous of joining us should submit a certificate from the Competent Authority that they would be released / retired on or before 31.08.2011.
v) All persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of Jammu  & Kashmir State during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989, by 5 years.  

Note: 
a) An Ex-Serviceman who has once joined a government job on the civil side after availing of the benefits given to him as an ex-serviceman for his re-employment, his ex-serviceman status for the purpose of re-employment in Government ceases.
b) The relaxation in upper age limit is cumulative as per Government guidelines.
c) All persons eligible for age relaxation under (v) above must produce the domicile  certificate at the time of interview from the District Magistrate in the Kashmir Division within whose jurisdiction he/she had ordinarily resided or any other authority designated in this regard by Govt. of J & K to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J & K during 1st January 1980 to the 31st day of December 1989.

2. DEFINITIONS /RESERVATIONS UNDER PWD :

i) Orthopedically Challenged (OC)

A person having a minimum of 40% physical defect or deformity which causes interference with the normal functioning of the bones, muscles and joints and is so certified by a Medical Board appointed by the State Government.

ii) Visually Challenged (VC)

Blindness refers to a person who suffers from either of the following conditions:

(a) Total absence of sight.
(b) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses, Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse and so certified by a Medical Board appointed by the State Government.
(c) 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 assisting device.

iii) Deaf & Hearing Impaired (HI) :

(a) Deaf are those persons in whom the sense of hearing is non-functional for ordinary purposes of life, i.e. with total loss of hearing in both ears. They do not hear and understand sounds at all – even with amplified speech.
(b) Hearing Impairment means loss of more than 60 decibels in the better ear in the conversational range of frequencies

Locomotors Disability or Cerebral Palsy -  Person who has a minimum of 40% of physical defect or deformity which causes an interference with the normal functioning of the bones, muscles and joints.
   
Note: 
(a) In case of non-availability of reserved candidates, Bank reserves its right to interchange these categories as per Government Directives.

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

(c)    The number of vacancies as also the number of reserved vacancies are provisional and may vary according to actual requirements of the Bank. 

Use of a Scribe / Paper Writer :
            
A SCRIBE, to write the written test / examination, on behalf of a Visually Challenged (VC) candidate [Blind] and Orthopedically Challenged (OC) candidate [whose writing speed is affected by Cerebral Palsy], may be used. In all such cases where a Scribe is used, the following rules will apply:

The candidate will have to arrange his own Scribe at his own cost.
The Scribe may be from any academic stream
The academic qualification of the Scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated minimum eligibility criteria  and the Scribe should  possess less marks than the candidate and in no case more than 60% marks.
               
Both the candidate as well as the Scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the Scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria as mentioned above. In case it later transpires that the scribe did not fulfill any of the laid down eligibility criteria or had suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written examination.

Candidates who use a Scribe will be eligible for extra time @ 20 minutes for every hour of the examination. Such candidates should visit our Zone-contact Office as given in para  6   and get the name of scribe authorized by them one week before the test.

3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
      
NATIONALITY/ CITIZENSHIP:
A candidate must be either i) a Citizen of India or ii) a subject of Nepal or iii) subject of Bhutan or iv) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India before 1st  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) as above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.  A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the examination/ interview conducted by the Bank but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the Government of India has issued the necessary eligibility certificate to him

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION :
                  
Graduate with minimum 60% marks in AGGREGATE from  UGC recognized University.
                     
Note:-
   
1. The percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all semester/year(s) by aggregate maximum marks in all the subjects irrespective of honours / optional / additional optional subject, if any.  This will be applicable for those Universities also where Rank / Class / Grade is decided on basis of Honours marks only.
   
2. Candidates belonging to the Reserved Category (SC / ST / OBC / PWD), filling in vacancies reserved for the relevant category, will be entitled to a relaxation of 5% Marks in relation to that stipulated for General Category Candidates. Candidates belonging to SC / ST / OBC / PWD categories filling in “unreserved” vacancies will not be entitled to the above referred relaxation.
   
3.The percentage of marks in fraction will not be rounded up on higher side (i.e. 59.99% will be treated as less than 60% and 54.99% will be treated as less than 55%).

Working knowledge in computers will be added advantage.

4. STRUCTURE OF WRITTEN TEST & INTERVIEW :  

The written test will consist of an Objective and descriptive test.

Written Test -  Objective  & Descriptive

i) Objective Tests - Medium of Examination : English OR Hindi

Name of the Test:

1. Test of Reasoning Ability
No.of Questions: 100
Max. Marks: 150

2. Test of Quantitative Aptitude
No.of Questions: 50
Max. Marks: 75

3. Test of General Awareness on current developments
No.of Questions: 50
Max. Marks: 75

Duration: Composite 120 minutes (i.e. 2 hours)

Note: Candidates have to secure minimum qualifying marks in each of the objective test i.e. 40% for General Category (35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) and 50% average marks in all the objective tests taken together for General Category (45% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD). The  Bank reserves  the right to vary above said cut-off.  In Objective Test there will be Negative Marks for wrong answers @ 0.25 for each wrong answer.

ii) Descriptive Test  - Medium of Examination : English OR Hindi

Test Contents:
Higher order cognitive abilities to assess knowledge on current developments and communication skills

Duration: Composite 60 minutes (i.e. 1 hour)

Marks: 5 compulsory questions with internal options for 100 marks

Note:    The minimum qualifying marks in the descriptive test shall be 50% (45% for
SC/ST/OBC / PWD candidates)  and the Marks so obtained shall be added to the marks obtained in the Objective Test, for preparing merit list.  The descriptive papers of only those candidates who qualify in all the objective tests and also rank sufficiently high in the merit list will be assessed.

Interview Marks :  Maximum marks for interview will be 100. Minimum qualifying marks in interview are 50% for General Category and 45% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD category. 

Selection Procedure : 
Depending on the number of vacancies, only those candidates who have secured the minimum qualifying marks stipulated for Written Tests (Objective plus Descriptive) and rank sufficiently high in the order of merit shall be called for a Personal interview in the ratio of 1:3. – Mere pass in the Written Tests shall not vest any right in a candidate for being called for Personal Interview.

Merit list of the candidates based on the marks obtained by them in Written Test [i.e. 300 Marks (Objective Test) + 100 Marks (Descriptive Test)] and Personal Interview of 100 Marks will be prepared in descending order on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained, under the respective SC / ST / OBC / GEN Category. The final selection will be made on the basis of this merit list.

Note:  In case of similar marks to two or more candidates the merit order of such group of candidates will be as per their  aggregate written test marks and further as per their date of birth (i.e. more senior in age will be placed first before less senior in age)

Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct :

1. Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any particulars that are false, tampered, fabricated or should not suppress any material information while filling up the application form.

2. At any stage of  recruitment, if a candidate is (or has been) found guilty of :
           
(i) using unfair means during the examination or
(ii) impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person or
(iii) misbehaving in the examination hall or taking away the question booklet/answer sheet from the examination hall or 
(iv) resorting to any irregular or improper means in connection with his/her candidature during the selection process or
(v) obtaining support for his/her candidature by any means.
   
Such a candidate may in addition to rendering himself/herself liable to criminal prosecution, may also be liable :

a. to be disqualified from the examination for which he/she is a candidate
b. to be debarred, either permanently or for a specified period, from any examination or recruitment conducted by Bank.
c. for forfeiting the fees paid by such candidate.
3. The Bank would be analyzing and comparing the responses of a candidate with other  candidates, who appeared for the examination  to detect patterns of similarity.  If as per the laid down procedure it is suspected that the responses have been shared and the scores obtained are not genuine/valid, the Bank reserves the right to cancel his/her candidature.

5. CALL LETTERS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATION
The Written Test Examination will be tentatively held on 31.10..2010 (Sunday)at Examination Centres given below.  The full address of the examination venue will be given in the Call Letter.  All eligible candidates will be issued Call Letters at the correspondence address given by them in their on-line application which will be sent by post. E-mail advices will also be sent, if e-mail address is available. Candidates can down load call letters from our Web site in case of non-receipt of the same from the separate link provided.
   
A candidate who does not receive the Examination Call Letter by 25.10.2010 should contact the concerned Zonal Office of BANK OF INDIA located at the concerned State,  he/she has opted for at the addresses given below, with a written application
indicating his / her Name, Address, and details of payment made for issue of Duplicate Call Letters.

6. WRITTEN TEST CENTERS
Written Test will be held at following 31 centers.  The address of the venue will be advised in the call letters

7. PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING (PET)   

The Bank intends in consonance with the guidelines issued by the Government of India, to impart free non-residential Pre-Examination Training (PET) of six working days to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes at Centres located at Navi Mumbai, Pune, Bhopal, NOIDA (New Delhi), Kolkata, Chennai, Guwahati and Ranchi.  Selection for the PET from among the candidates will be made on the priority of the date of online registration  of Application Form. Candidates belonging to the above categories and desirous of availing of such Pre-examination Training may indicate choice of  PET Centre in the Application Form.

All expenses for attending the Pre-Examination Training (PET) programme at the concerned Training Centre relating to travel, boarding, lodging, etc. will have to be made and borne by the candidate. The Bank has discretion to add to or delete from the Centers for PET indicated above.

8. APPLICATION FEE  (NON-REFUNDABLE) :

(a) For SC/ST/PWD/Ex-service-men Candidates –  Nil.

(b)  For all other candidates –  Application Fees : Rs.400/-

NOTE: Application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and fees once paid will NOT be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for   any other examination or selection.

11. HOW TO APPLY

(i) Candidate should have a valid e-mail id.

(ii) The candidate should apply on-line through website www.bankofindia.co.in

(iii) As a First Step, candidate should take out Print-out of  Challan from Page 14 of the Notice on our website  (This will not be applicable for SC / ST / PWD &      Ex-Servicemen Candidates).

(iv) Against the above-said Challan, the candidate should make the payment of fees in any of the Bank of India branches on or before 31.08.2010.

(v) Once the payment of fees is made, the concerned branch will give him a  Transaction No.

(vi) Candidate should visit again our website www.bankofindia.co.in under the caption “Recruitments / Career” and should fill up the application available on Page 14 of the Notice on our website.

(vii) Transaction No. should be correctly filled in the application at appropriate place (This will not be applicable for SC / ST / PWD & Ex-Servicemen Candidates,).

(viii) Application should be checked and after verification be submitted by click to submit button.

(ix) Application should be printed and photo affixed on that, to be kept ready for submission at the time of interview at the Interview Venue.

 (x)  You should note / remember your Registration No. and Password for future reference and use.

 (xi)  Please note that the above procedure is the only procedure for applying.  Physical  mode of application or incomplete application would not be accepted and if submitted such application would be rejected outright.

As per the above said procedure, we summarize the steps as below :

i. Print Challan
ii. Pay the fees in any of the Bank of India Branch and take Transaction No.
iii. Fill-up the application Form - On-line and after verification - Submit.
iv. Print Application and affix photograph – to submit the same at the time of interview with following documents :

a. Copy of receipted challan;
b. Attested copy of School leaving certificate or any other document showing proof of age acceptable to the Bank.
c. Attested copies of Mark sheets / certificates in support of Educational Qualification;
d. Attested copy of certificate of Computer Course, as applicable;
e. Caste / PWD any other related certificate as applicable.
f. Candidates serving in Government / Public Sector Undertakings will be required to submit “No Objection Certificate” from their employer, in the absence of which their candidature will not be considered.

It is for the candidate to ensure that he / she has met with the eligibility criteria and complied with the requirements and adhered to the instructions contained in this advertisement as well as in the application form. Candidates are, therefore, urged to carefully read the advertisement and complete the application form and submit the same as per instructions given in this regard.

There is provision to modify the submitted on-line application. Candidates are requested to make use of this facility to correct the details in on-line application, if any. This Modification facility shall be available after 2 days of registration & up to 02.09.2010 including 2 days time for modification. Modification will be allowed only 3 times. After the last date i.e. 02.09.2010, no modification will be permitted.

Even  if the last date of registration is changed due to technical reasons, the valid dates for payment of application fee will not be changed. Payment of fee by Demand Draft / Cheque / Money Orders / Postal Orders etc will not be accepted.  After registration the application printout need not be sent to the Bank. The said application alongwith challan and copies of required documents mentioned above should be kept ready for submission at the time of interview.

For online Application and Challan visit Bank of India’s website www.bankofindia.co.in

Last but not the least, please note importantly that candidate who has been declared successful, but subsequently found ineligible, will not be allowed to take part in the Process / join the bank and inconvenience caused thereby will be at his/her cost and consequences.    
                                        
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