Bank of India (BOI) Probationary Officer (PO) Recruitment 2010 (2000 General Banking Officers)

BANK OF INDIA
(A GOVERNMENT OF INDIA UNDERTAKING)
Star House, C-5, “G” Block, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051.

Probationary Officers – 2000 General Banking Officer Recruitment
Recruitment Project 2010

Recruitment of 2000 post of General Banking Officers

Probationary officers (PO) – Recruitment project 2010-2011

Notice dated 07.08.2010

Bank of India, a leading public sector bank having head office in Mumbai, invites applications for recruitment of 2000 post of General banking officers in scale-I, II & III

IMPORTANT DATES

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/Ex-S): 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

Details of the post/vacancies/reservations:

General Banking officers; Scale I; SC 300; ST 150; OBC 540; General 1010; Total 2000

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/General) to which they belong

Pay scale: JMG Scale I; Rs 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

Relaxation in upper age limit: SC candidates by 5 years; OBC candidates by 3 years; PwD category candidates by 10 years; in the case of ex-servicemen and commissioned officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/SSC Officers who have rendered at least 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; all persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of Jammu and Kashmir state during 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989, by 5 years

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) and (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 govt of India has issued the necessary eligibility certificate to him

Education qualification: Graduate with minimum 60% marks in aggregate from UGC recognized University; the percentage marks shall be arrived at by dividing the marks obtained by the candidate in all the subjects in all semester/years 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; 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

Working knowledge in computers will be added advantage

Structure of written test and interview: The written test will consist of an objective and descriptive test

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

Descriptive test: Higher order cognitive abilities to assess knowledge on current developments and communication skills; duration 60 minutes

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

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)

Call letters for written examination: The written test examination will be tentatively held on 31.10.2010 (Sunday) at examination centres. 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 website 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

Written test centers: Written test will be held at following 31 centers. The address of the venue will be advised in the call letters; Hyderabad; Visakhapatnam; Patna; Bhagalpur; Ahmedabad; Vadodara; Chandigarh; Raipur; Ranchi; Jamshedpur; Bangalooru; Bhopal; Indore; Mumbai; Pune; Aurangabad; Nagpur; New Delhi; Bhubaneshwar; Keonjhar; Jaipur; Chennai; Coimbatore; Cochin; Kolkata; Guwahati; Lucknow; Agra; Varanasi; Ghaziabad; Panaji

The candidate is required to indicate written test centre in his/her application form. Any request for change of centre of examination shall not be entertained

Pre-examination training (PET): The Bank intends in consonance with the guidelines issued by the govt of India, to impart free non-residential Pre-examination training (PET) of six working days to a limited number of candidates belonging to SC/ST 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

Application fee (non-refundable): For SC/ST/PwD/Ex-Servicemen candidates - Nil; for all other candidates application fees Rs 400/-

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

How to apply: Candidate should have a valid e-mail id. The candidate should apply on-line through website www.bankofindia.co.in. As a first step, candidate should take out print-out of challan from page 14 of the notice on bank website (this will not be applicable for SC/ST/PWD and Ex-Servicemen candidates)

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. Once the payment of fees is made, the concerned branch will give him a transaction no.

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 website

Transaction number should be correctly filled in the application at appropriate place (this will not be applicable for SC/ST/PWD and Ex-Servicemen candidates)

Application should be checked and after verification be submitted by click to submit button

Application should be printed and photo affixed on that, to be kept ready for submission at the time of interview at the Interview venue

You should note/remember your registration number and password for future reference and use

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

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

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 along with 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