IBPS SO 2021 Notification Released: 1828 vacancies

Dear Bankersdaily Aspirants,

IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) has announced the notification for IBPS SO 2021 for 1828 Vacancies.

This IBPS SO (Specialist Officer) notification which is released now is to recruit aspirants for the post of I.T Officer (Scale I), Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I), Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I), Law Officer (Scale I), HR/ Personnel Officer(Scale I) & Marketing Officer (Scale I).

The examination will be two-tier i.e. the online examination will be held in two phases, preliminary and main. Candidates who will qualify in Online Preliminary Examination and are shortlisted will have to appear for Online Main Examination and shortlisted candidates in the main examination will subsequently be called for a Common Interview to be conducted by the Participating Organisations and co-ordinated by the Nodal Bank.

Candidates can apply for only one post. Multiple applications will be summarily rejected

Interested candidates who wish to apply for these Specialist Officer Vacancies, are advised to read the notification carefully and Submit the application on or before 23rd November, 2021.

Important Dates – IBPS SO 2021 Recruitment

Events	Tentative Dates
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates	03.11.2021- 23.11.2021
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)	03.11.2021- 23.11.2021
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary	December 2021
Online Examination – Preliminary	26.12.2021
Result of Online exam – Preliminary	January 2022
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main	January 2022
Online Examination – Main	30.01.2022
Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination	February 2022
Download of call letters for interview	February 2022
Conduct of interview	February/March 2022
Provisional Allotment	April 2022

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS – IBPS SO 2021 Recruitment

Totally 11 Banking Organizations are taking part in this IBPS SO recruitment 2021 which are listed below.

Bank of Baroda	Canara Bank	Indian Overseas Bank	UCO Bank
Bank of India	Central Bank of India	Punjab National Bank	Union Bank of India
Bank of Maharashtra	Indian Bank	Punjab & Sind Bank

Total Vacancies – IBPS SO 2021 Recruitment

The total number of vacancies available for the IBPS SO 2021 recruitment is 1828. The individual and category-wise vacancies are provided below in the table.

Post	Total Vacancies	SC	ST	OBC	EWS	GEN
IT Officer	220	30	14	53	22	101
Agriculture Field Officer	884	120	58	210	99	397
Rajbhasha Adhikari	84	9	3	15	10	47
Law Officer	44	4	2	8	5	25
HR/Personnel Officer	61	6	3	12	6	34
Marketing Officer	535	55	26	89	76	289

Age Limit – IBPS SO 2021

Minimum Years: 20 years
Maximum Years: 30 years

i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.11.1991 and not later than 01.11.2001 (both dates inclusive)

The Age Limit will be considered as on 1st November, 2021.

Educational Qualification – IBPS SO 2021

The Educational Qualification will be considered as on 1st November, 2021.

Post Code

Name of the Post

Age

Educational Qualifications **

(from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies)

I.T. Officer

(Scale-I)

Min- 20 Years

Max-30 Years

a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation

b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Computer Applications

Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level

02	Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)	Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years	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
03	Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)	Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years	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.
04	Law Officer (Scale I)	Min- 20 Years Max-30 Years	A Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
05	HR/Personn el Officer (Scale I)	Min- 20 years Max- 30 years	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.*
06	Marketing Officer (Scale I)	Min- 20 years Max- 30 years	Graduate and Two Years Full time MMS (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time MBA (Marketing)/ Two Years Full time PGDBA / PGDBM/ PGPM/ PGDM with specialization in Marketing *

In case of dual specialisations, one of the fields of specialisation should be in the field prescribed. In case of major/ minor specialisations, major specialisation should be in the stream prescribed. Candidates having PG Degree (MMS or MBA)/PG Diploma with more than two specialisations are not eligible to

** Candidates should ensure that the educational qualification possessed by them shall be as per the prescribed educational qualifications mentioned in the advertisement and they fulfill the above eligibility criteria. No equivalent educational qualification shall be considered as eligible by IBPS or Participating Organisations.

All the educational qualifications mentioned should be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by Govt. Of India/ approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies and the final result should have been declared on or before 23.11.2021.
Proper document from Board / University for having declared the result on or before 23.11.2021 has to be submitted at the time of interview.

The date of passing the eligibility examination will be the date appearing on the mark-sheet or provisional certificate issued by University / Institute. In case the result of a particular examination is posted on the website of the University / Institute and a web-based certificate is issued then proper document/certificate in original issued and signed by the appropriate authority of the University / Institute indicating the date of passing properly mentioned thereon will be reckoned for verification and further process.

Exam pattern – IBPS SO 2021

Prelims Exam – IBPS SO 2021

For the post of Law Officer and Rajbhasha Adhikari – IBPS SO 2021

Sr. No	Name of Tests	No. of Qns	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	General Awareness with Special Reference to Banking Industry	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
Total	150	125

For the Post of IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer – IBPS SO 2021

Sr. No	Name of Tests	No. of Qns	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
1	English Language	50	25	English	40 minutes
2	Reasoning	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
3	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English and Hindi	40 minutes
Total	150	125

Candidates have to qualify in each of the three tests by securing minimum cut-off marks to be decided by IBPS.
An adequate number of candidates in each category as decided by IBPS depending upon requirements will be shortlisted for Online Main Examination.

Mains Exam – IBPS SO 2021

For the Post of Law Officer, IT Officer, Agriculture Field Officer, HR/Personnel Officer and Marketing Officer

Name of the Test	No. of Qns	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge	60	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes

For the Post of Rajbhasha Adhikari – IBPS SO 2021

Name of the tests	No of Qns	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Duration
Professional Knowledge (Objective)	45	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes
Professional Knowledge (Descriptive)	2	60	English & Hindi	30 minutes

Penalty for Wrong Answers (Applicable to both – Online Preliminary and Online Main examinations)

There will be penalty for wrong answers marked in the Objective Tests. For each question for which a wrong answer has been given by the candidate one fourth or 25 of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted as penalty to arrive at corrected score.
If a question is left blank, i.e. no answer is marked by the candidate, there will be no penalty for that question.

CUTOFF SCORE (Online Main Examination)

Each candidate will be required to obtain a minimum score in the test of Online Main examination and also secure sufficiently high scores to be considered to be shortlisted for interview.
Depending on the number of vacancies available, cut-offs will be decided and candidates will be shortlisted for interview.
Prior to the completion of the interview process, scores obtained in the online Main examination will not be shared with the candidates shortlisted for interview.

IBPS reserves the right to modify the structure of the examination which will be intimated through its website. Other detailed information regarding the examination will be given in an Information Handout, which will be made available for the candidates to download along with the call letters from the authorised IBPS website www.ibps.in