IBPS SO Eligibility Details

IBPS SO Eligibility Details

IBPS Specialist Officers Eligibility Details: Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) conducts Common Recruitment Process (CRP) for the recruitment of Specialist Officers in various cadres like IT, Agriculture Field, Rajbhasha Adhikari, Law, HR, Marketing in various public sector banks. Candidates, intending to apply for CRP SPL-VIII should ensure that they fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria specified by IBPS.

Eligibility Criteria:

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 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) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Age limit: (As on 01-11-2018)
A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-11-1988 and not later than 01-11-1998 (both dates inclusive).

S. NoPost Name                                Age Limit
MinimumMaximum
1I.T. Officer (Scale I)20 Years30 Years
2Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)20 Years30 Years
3Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)20 Years30 Years
4Law Officer (Scale-I)20 Years30 Years
5HR/ Personnel Officer (Scale I)20 Years30 Years
6Marketing Officer (Scale I)20 Years30 Years

Relaxation of Upper Age Limit:
S.NoCategoryAge Relaxation
1Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe5 Years
2Other Backward Classes3 Years
3Persons With Disability10 Years
4Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) 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 one year from the last date of receipt of application) otherwise than by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment.5 Years
5Persons ordinarily domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of Jammu & Kashmir during the period 1-1-80 to 31-12-895 Years
6 Persons affected by 1984 riots5 Years

Educational Qualification:
Si.NoPost NameEducational Qualification
 1I.T. Officer
(Scale-I)
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.
2Agricultural
Field Officer
(Scale I)
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/ Sericulture.
3Rajbhasha
Adhikari
(Scale I)
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.
4Law Officer
(Scale I)
A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council.
5HR/Personnel
Officer
(Scale I)
Graduate and Two Years Full time Post Graduate degree or Two Years Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / Industrial Relations/ HR/ HRD/ Social Work/ Labour Law.
6Marketing
Officer
(Scale I)
Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ MBA (Marketing)/ Full time 2 years PGDBA/ PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing.

For posts other than IT Officer Scale I: Candidates should have Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree in computer operations/ Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/ College/ Institute.