Indian Overseas Bank
(A Govt of India Undertaking)
Central Office, 763, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600002
Website:  www.iob.in
Advt No.: HRDD/RECT/ 01 / 2013

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.iob.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 13 July  2013, page no. 6

Important dates:

OPENING DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION: 10.07.2013
CLOSING DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION: 29.07.2013
PAYMENT OF APPLICATION FEE /INTIMATION CHARGE: 10.07.2013 to 29.07.2013
DOWNLOAD OF CALL LETTERS FOR ONLINE EXAMINATION (TENTATIVE) AFTER 19.08.2013
TENTATIVE DATE OF ONLINE EXAMINATION 01.09.2013
TENTATIVE MONTH OF INTERVIEW SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER 2013

RECRUITMENT OF 480 PROBATIONARY OFFICERS THROUGH TIE-UP WITH ACADEMIC INSTITUTION

Indian Overseas Bank, a Nationalized Bank with pan India presence has entered into a MoU with Manipal Global Education Services Pvt. Ltd (MaGE), Bangalore a leader in education field to provide World Class training in Banking and Finance to prospective candidates aspiring to join Indian Overseas Bank as Probationary Officers so that they are fully equipped to discharge their duties effectively from day one of joining the services of the bank.

IOB is lookig for young, qualified and dynamic graduates who can be inducted into Indian Overseas Bank as Probationary Officers in Junior Management Grade Scale-I after imparting them with the necessary knowledge and skills required for allround bankers through the 1 year Post Graduate Diploma in Banking and Finance course in Indian Overseas Bank Manipal School of Banking (IOBMSB).

Post: Probationary Officers in Junior Management Grade Scale-I
No. of posts: 480, out of which 05 for V.I.
Educational qualifications: i) Graduation from a recognised University/Institution with minimum 60% Marks. (For Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PC category minimum 55% Marks). Graduation results should be declared by the University/Institution on or before 01.09.2013. The candidates should produce the Semester/Year wise Mark Sheets, Consolidated Degree Mark Sheet and Provisional Certificate at the time of Interview, failing which the candidates will not be allowed to attend the Interview.

Age: 20-28 years
AFTER JOINING THE BANK’S SERVICES AS PROBATIONARY OFFICERS ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF TRAINING:
Pay Scale: Rs. 14500 - 25700

COURSE FEE DETAILS:

The fees for this Course will be Rs. 3.30/- lakhs (all inclusive of Boarding, Lodging and course fees, other fees, etc.) plus service taxes, as applicable to be paid by the selected candidates.

Note: The candidates selected for training can finance the Course fees by availing an Educational Loan under IOB Vidya Jyoti Educational Loan Scheme. The details of the Scheme are available in our Bank’s website under the following link http://www.iob.in/Vidya_Jyothi.aspx .

RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT: 10 years for Physically Challenged Category candidates.

DEFINITION: PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED (PC)

Reservation is available for Physically Challenged candidates under section-33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full participation) Act 1995.

VISUALLY IMPAIRED (VI): The visually impaired persons are those suffering from blindness or low vision. Blindness – refers to a condition where a person suffers from any of the following conditions namely (i) total absence of sight, (or) (ii) Visual acuity not exceeding 6/60 or 20/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with correcting lenses, (or) (iii) Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of 20 degree or worse. A Person with low vision means one with impairment of visual functioning even after treatment or standard refractive correction, but who uses or is potentially capable of using vision for the planning or execution of a task with appropriate assistive device.

Guidelines for Persons with Disabilities using a Scribe

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is affected by cerebral palsy can use their own scribe at their cost during the online examination. 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/her own cost.

The scribe should be from any academic discipline.

Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above. Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfill any laid down eligibility criteria or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled, irrespective of the result of the online examination.

Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for extra time of 20 minutes for every hour of the examination.

Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt to view the contents of the test in magnified font.

This facility will not be available to Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

PROBATION PERIOD:

The selected candidates will be on probation for a period of two years (24 months of active service) from the date of joining the services of the Bank as per the rules of the Bank.

Only candidates willing to serve anywhere in India should apply.

All candidates called for Interview, will have to produce originals as well as attested photocopies of the prescribed certificates in support of their educational qualification, experience, date of birth, caste, etc.

The candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PC Category are required to submit originals as well as attested photocopies of their caste certificate/certificate of disability issued by the competent authority, in addition to the other certificates in support of their eligibility criteria.

The candidates will have to appear for interview at their own expense. However, outstation eligible SC/ST/PC candidates who are not employed and attending the interview will be reimbursed to and fro second-class ordinary train/bus fare by the shortest route on production of evidence of travel ( as per extant Govt. Guidelines ).The Bank will not be responsible for any injury / losses, etc. of any nature.

HOW TO APPLY:

Eligible candidates are required to apply 'ONLINE' only through our Bank’s website www.iob.in and no other means / mode of application will be acceptable. Candidates are advised to follow the following sequence of steps while applying online.

Candidates are required to have a valid personal e-mail ID and the same should be specified in the online application form while applying for Online Examination for recruitment of Probationary Officers through tie-up with academic institution in our Bank. It should be kept active for the duration of this recruitment process. Under no circumstances, he/she should share/mention e-mail ID to / of any other person.

Examination centres:

State/UT and Centres:

1. Andhra Pradesh: Hyderabad, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam
2. Assam: Guwahati
3. Bihar: Patna
4. Chandigarh: Chandigarh
5. Chhattisgarh: Raipur
6. Gujarat: Ahmedabad
7. Haryana: Gurgaon
8. Jharkhand: Ranchi
9. Karnataka: Bengaluru, Mangalore
10. Kerala: Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram
11. Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal
12. Maharashtra: Mumbai, Pune
13. New Delhi: New Delhi
14. Odisha: Bhubaneshwar
15. Puducherry: Puducherry
16. Punjab: Bhatinda, Ludhiana
17. Rajasthan: Jaipur
18. Tamilnadu: Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Thiruchirapalli, Tirunelvelli
19. Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow, Meerut
20. West Bengal: Kolkata