900 Prob.Officer's vacancy in Bank of Baroda

Bank of Baroda, India's International Bank, with a network of more than 3200 branches in India enjoys the unique distinction of overseas presence in 26 countries. The global business of the Bank is over Rs. 4,60,000 crores. The Bank's Mission is "To be a top ranking National Bank of International Standards committed to augmenting stakeholder value through concern, care and competence". The Bank believes that its people, process and technology are the key drivers for delivering customer service. The Bank firmly believes that its Human Resources are the most valuable asset and the HR Mission of the Bank is "Creating Competence and Passion for Business Excellence".

The Bank is transforming itself into a 'Technology-enabled Customer-centric Financial Services Organization', in order to be in tandem with the modern customers' aspirations. Having completed 102 years of our purposeful existence, we are architecting and laying a strong foundation for creating "A Bank of the Future for the Next Century and for emerging as a Financial Conglomerate and as a One-Stop Shop for Financial Services", to deliver world-class banking experience to our customers.

We are looking for young, qualified, mobile and active minds to be partners in the transformation programme of the Bank as Probationary Officers in Junior Management Grade / Scale-I.

Candidates are advised to apply only 'online' & requested to carefully go through the detailed advertisement in Bank's website www.bankofbaroda.com before applying online.

1. VACANCIES :-

The total number of vacancies and reserved vacancies given hereunder, are provisional and which may vary depending upon future needs of the Bank :-

Note: 27 posts are reserved for PWD (OH (09), HI (09) & VH (09)). The reservation for PWD is on horizontal basis. The selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category (viz. SC/ST/OBC/Others) to which they belong to.

Abbreviations stand for :- SC - Scheduled Castes, ST - Scheduled Tribes, OBC - Other Backward Class, PWD - Persons with Disability, OH - Orthopedically Handicapped, HI - Hearing Impaired, VH - Visually Handicapped.

* Bank may increase the number of vacancies maximum by further 300, as per administrative requirements.

2. HOW TO APPLY :-

Fees deposited after the last date i.e. 25.01.2011 will not be entertained by the Bank.

3. EMOLUMENTS :-

PAY :- Selected Candidates will be on probation for a period of one year. They will draw salary in the scale of Rs. 14500-600x7/18700-700x2/20100-800x7/25700 applicable to Junior Management Grade/ Scale I. They will also be eligible for DA, HRA & CCA, as per rules in force from time to time. At present, initial monthly emoluments of Junior Management Grade/ Scale I Officer, including DA, HRA, CCA are approximately Rs. 23,000/- in a Metropolitan Centre.

4. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND GENERAL INFORMATION:-

1. Qualification (As on 01.01.2011)
   
   Degree in any discipline from a recognized University OR
   Any equivalent qualification recognized by Central Government
   Should possess a certificate in Computer Literacy (Proficient in MSOffice, Basic Applications, Internet Usage etc.)
   
   
2. Age (As on 01.01.2011) Minimum 21 years, Maximum 30 years Relaxation in Upper Age Limit
   
   
   1. Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe candidates by 5 years
   2. Other Backward Classes candidates by 3 years
   3. In the case of Ex-servicemen and Commissioned Officers including ECOs/ 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 being declared as invalid, by 5 years for selection through written test & interview, subject to ceiling, as per Govt. Guidelines.
   4. All persons who have ordinarily been domiciled in Kashmir Division of J & K State during 01.01.1980 and 31.12.1989 by 5 years
   5. For Persons with Disability by 10 years which by cumulation becomes (a) by 15 years for SC/ST (b) by 13 years for OBC and (c) by 10 years for General.
      
      Note:
      1. An ex-serviceman who has once joined a Government Job on the civil side after availing the benefits given to him as Ex-serviceman for his re-employment including a job in Public Sector Undertaking, ceases to enjoy Ex-serviceman status for his further employment.
      2. The relaxation in upper age limit is cumulative, as per the Government Guidelines.
      3. All Persons eligible for age relaxation under para 4B (d) 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 Government of J & K to the effect that the candidate had ordinarily been domiciled in the Kashmir Division of the State of J&K during 1^st January 1980 and 31^st December 1989.
         
         
3. 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) 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.
   
   
4. Persons with Disabilities :-
   
   
   1. Only those OH persons who have locomotor disability or cerebral palsy with locomotor impairment of minimum of 40% and only those who fall in the following categories are eligible to apply under OH category :-
      
      BL - Both legs affected but not arms
      OA - One arm affected (R or L)
      
      
      1. Impaired reach
      2. Weakness of grip
      3. Ataxia
         
         
      CL - One leg affected (R or L)
      MW - Muscular weakness and limited physical endurance
      
      
      
   2. Only those Visually handicapped persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions are eligible to apply under VH category:-
      
      
      1. Total absence of sight
      2. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses
      3. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle or 20 degrees or worse.
      4. Candidates having low vision, as defined in Chapter 1, Para 2(u) of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995.
         
         
   3. At the time of written examination, only blind/ low vision candidates and those candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use own scribe/ writer at his/ her own cost. In all such cases, where a scribe/ writer is used, the following rules will apply :-
      
      
      1. The candidate will have to arrange his/ her own scribe/ writer at his/ her own cost.
      2. The academic qualification of the scribe should be one grade lower than the stipulated eligibility criteria.
      3. Scribe/ writer should be one possessing 60% or less marks.
      4. Scribe/ writer can be from any academic discipline.
      5. Both the candidate as well as the scribe/ writer will have to give a suitable undertaking, confirming that the scribe fulfills all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe, as mentioned above. Further, in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfill any of the laid-down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts, the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the written test.
      6. Only those candidates who use a Scribe/ Writer shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes and/ or part thereof for every hour of the examination.
         
         
   4. It is clarified that Persons with Disabilities will have to work in branches/ offices.
      
      
5. THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUE OF THE CERTIFICATE TO SC/ST/OBC/PWD IS AS UNDER :-
   
   

   1. For SC/ST/OBC
      1. District Magistrate/ Additional Dist. Magistrate/ Collector/ Deputy Commissioner/Additional Dy. Commissioner/ Dy. Collector/ First Class Stipendiary Magistrate/Sub-Division Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra Assistant Commissioner
      2. Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate
      3. Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tahsildar
      4. Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate and/or his family normally resides.
         
         
   2. For Persons with Disability :-
      1. Authorised Certifying Authority will be a Medical Board duly constituted by the Central/ State Government having at least 3 members consisting of Chief Medical Officer, Sub-Divisional Medical Officer in the District and an Orthopaedic Surgeon, Ophthalmology Surgeon, ENT Surgeon, as the case may be.

5. SELECTION PROCEDURE:-

Selection will be on the basis of performance in Written Test and Interview. The details of Written Test and Interview are as under :-

1. Written Test - Eligible candidates will be required to appear for written test comprising (i) Objective Test on (i) Reasoning (ii) Quantitative Aptitude (iii) General Socio Economic & Banking Awareness (iv) English Language (v) Marketing Aptitude
   
   There will be negative marking for wrong answers in the Objective test. Further details regarding the Written Test i.e. number of questions, duration etc shall be advised along in the 'Acquaint Yourself Booklet' sent with the call letter.
   
   The Bank reserves the right, if required to hold a second stage of written test on the basis of order of merit in the written examination of first stage, as referred above. If the second stage of written test is held, the subsequent process of interview and further process would be on the basis of order of merit of the second stage examination.
   
   The written test will be held at the following centres and the address of the venue will be advised in the call letters. List of written test centres with the Centre Codes is given below :-
   
   

   Centre Code	Name of the Centre		Centre Code	Name of the Centre
   11	Agra		37	Jamshedpur
   12	Ahmedabad		38	Jodhpur
   13	Ajmer		39	Kanpur
   14	Allahabad		40	Kolkata
   15	Amritsar		41	Kota
   16	Anand		42	Lucknow
   17	Aurangabad		43	Ludhiana
   18	Bareilly		44	Mehsana
   19	Baroda		45	Mumbai
   20	Bengaluru		46	Muzaffarpur
   21	Bhagalpur		47	Mysore
   22	Bhopal		48	Nagpur
   23	Bhubaneshwar		49	Panaji
   24	Bulsar		50	Patna
   25	Chandigarh		51	Pune
   26	Chennai		52	Raipur
   27	Coimbatore		53	Rajkot
   28	Delhi		54	Ranchi
   29	Ernakulam		55	Sambalpur
   30	Faridabad		56	Surat
   31	Gurgaon		57	Thiruvanathapuram
   32	Guwahati		58	Udaipur
   33	Hyderabad		59	Varanasi
   34	Indore		60	Vijaywada
   35	Jaipur		61	Visakhapatnam
   36	Jamnagar

   NOTE :-

   1.  
      1. Request for change of Centre of Examination shall NOT be entertained.
      2. Bank reserves the right to cancel any of the centres and/ or add some other centres, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility etc. Bank also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any of the centres other than the one he/ she has opted for.
         
         
2. Interview :- Those shortlisted candidates in the order of ranking in the written test, as per the cut-off marks determined by the Bank shall be called for an interview and/ or group discussion and the decision of the Bank, in this regard shall be final

6. PRE-EXAMINATION TRAINING (FOR SC/ST/PWD/ MINORITY COMMUNITY CANDIDATES ONLY)

It is proposed to impart Pre-Examination Training to a limited number of candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes/ Persons with Disability/ Minority Communities at Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai Centres at the discretion of the Bank. An eligible candidate who wishes to avail of Pre-Examination Training should fill in the relevant column in the ONLINE APPLICATION. All expenses regarding travelling, boarding, lodging etc will be borne by the candidate for attending the pre-examination training programme at the concerned centres.

7. APPLICATION FEE (INCLUDING POSTAGE CHARGES) (NON-REFUNDABLE)

8. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS :-

The date of the Written Examination is TENTATIVELY FIXED as 13.03.2011. However, it will be intimated in the Call Letter along with the Centre/Venue for the Examination, well in advance of the date of the Written Examination.

Call Letters for the Written Test will be sent by ORDINARY POST to the eligible candidates to the address given in the online application. An eligible candidate who does not receive the call letter by 07.03.2011 should contact the Offices at the address of the respective centres (details of which will be released in Bank's website on 05.03.2011. Candidates can download their call letters from 08.03.2011 to 12.03.2011 from the Bank's website.

Decision of the Bank in respect of all matters pertaining to this recruitment would be final and binding on all candidates.