Introduction
Aspirants of IBPS SO 2019, who are willing to enhance their career with the banking sector can check all details in the IBPS SO 2019 Official Notification issued by IBPS. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection commonly known as IBPS conducts CWE (Common Written Examination) for the recruitment of eligible candidates into 20 public sector banks, which come under this banking selection board. The online examination (Preliminary and Main) for IBPS SO 2019 recruitment is scheduled to be conducted in 28.12.2019 and 29.12.2019.
| Phases | Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| Preliminary Examination | 28.12.2019 and 29.12.2019 |
| Main Examination | 25.01.2020 |
Banks List
IBPS invites applications from eligible candidates for recruitment to 1163 vacancies for Specilaist Officer. This recruitment drive is conducted for selection and appointment of qualified candidates for the post of Specialist Officers in any of the Participating Organizations as listed below:
| List of Public Sector Banks Participating in IBPS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Allahabad Bank | Canara Bank | Indian Bank | Syndicate Bank |
| Andhra Bank | Central Bank of India | Oriental Bank of Commerce | UCO Bank |
| Bank of Baroda | Corporation Bank | Punjab National Bank | Union Bank of India |
| Bank of India | Dena Bank | Punjab & Sind Bank | United Bank of India |
| Bank of Maharashtra | |||
Note: The recruited candidates can be posted anywhere in India.
To initiate the application process, interested and eligible candidates will have to register online through bank’s official website: Register Here. The three-step selection process is as follows: Preliminary and Main Exams conducted online, followed by an Interview. Candidates must pass each exam to get shortlisted and progress to the next stage.
The marks obtained in the Preliminary Examination (Phase-I) will not be added to the final selection and only the marks obtained in Main Examination (Phase-II) will be added to the marks obtained in Interview (Phase-III) for preparation of the final merit list.
Results of the candidates who have qualified for Interview and the list of candidates finally selected will be made available on the Bank’s website: Recruitment Results and will also be published in Employment News/Rozgar Samachar: Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar.
Vacancies
IBPS has released a notification for IBPS SO, with a total vacancy of 1163 posts
Below is the table that depicts the number of post-wise vacancies:
IBPS SO Post wise vacancies in detail
| Post | SC | ST | OBC | EWS | GEN | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Officer (Scale-I) | 10 | 05 | 19 | 07 | 35 | 76 |
| Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) | 100 | 44 | 180 | 67 | 279 | 670 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I) | 03 | 0 | 06 | 03 | 15 | 27 |
| Law Officer (Scale-I) | 06 | 03 | 11 | 15 | 35 | 60 |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) | 02 | 01 | 05 | 02 | 10 | 20 |
| Marketing Officer (Scale-I) | 44 | 18 | 83 | 31 | 134 | 310 |
| Post | Out of Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HI | OC | VI | ID | |
| IT Officer (Scale-I) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Agricultural Field Officer (Scale-I) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale-I) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Law Officer (Scale-I) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| HR/Personnel Officer (Scale-I) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing Officer (Scale-I) | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Schedule
IBPS follows certain schedule for conducting the successful recruitment process. So, as per IBPS Specialist Officer important dates are:
The tentative schedule of recruitment events is as follows: [Official Notification]
| Events | Tentative Dates |
|---|---|
| On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates | 06.11.2019 - 26.11.2019 |
| Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online) | 06.11.2019 - 26.11.2019 |
| Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary | December 2019 |
| Online Examination – Preliminary | 28.12.2019 and 29.12.2019 |
| Result of Online exam – Preliminary | January 2020 |
| Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main | January 2020 |
| Online Examination – Main | 25.01.2020 |
| Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination | February 2020 |
| Download of call letters for interview | February 2020 |
| Conduct of interview | February 2020 |
| Provisional Allotment | April 2020 |
Centers
- The examination will be conducted online in venues across many centres in India.
- No request for change of centre for Examination shall be entertained.
- IBPS, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination Centres and/ or add some other Centres, at its discretion, depending upon the response, administrative feasibility, etc.
- IBPS also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for.
- Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/her own risk and expenses and IBPS will not be responsible for any injury or losses etc. of any nature.
- Any unruly behaviour/misbehaviour in the examination hall may result in cancellation of candidature/ disqualification from this exam and also from future exams conducted by IBPS
The below table presents information about different centers for the IBPS SO – Preliminary and Main Examination:
| State Code | State /UT / NCR | Preliminary Exam Centre | Main examination Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Port Blair |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Puttur, Rajahmundry, Srikakulam, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagaram | Guntur, Kurnool, Vijaywada, Vishakhapatnam |
| 13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar, Naharlagun | Itanagar |
| 14 | Assam | Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Kokrajhar, Silchar, Tezpur | Guwahati |
| 15 | Bihar | Arrah, Aurangabad, Bhagalpur, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Gaya, Hajipur, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea, Samastipur, Siwan | Bhagalpur, Muzzafarpur, Patna, Purnea |
| 16 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| 17 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur | Raipur |
| 18 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Surat, Jamnagar | Surat |
| 19 | Daman & Diu | Surat, Jamnagar | Surat |
| 20 | Delhi | Bahadurgarh, Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gurgaon | Delhi, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Greater-Noida, Gurgaon |
| 21 | Goa | Panaji, Verna | Panji |
| 22 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara | Ahmedabad, Vadodra |
| 23 | Haryana | Ambala, Hissar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Palwal, Panipat, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar | Hissar |
| 24 | Himachal Pradesh | Baddi, Bilaspur, Dharamshala, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Una | Shimla, Solan |
| 25 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Srinagar | Jammu, Srinagar |
| 26 | Jharkhand | Bokaro, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur, Ranchi | Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| 27 | Karnataka | Belgaum, Bengaluru, Bidar, Gulbarga, Hubli, Mangalore, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi | Bengaluru, Hubli, Mangalore |
| 28 | Kerala | Alappuzha, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrichur | Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram |
| 29 | Lakshadweep | Kavarrati | Kavarrati |
| 30 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain | Bhopal, Indore |
| 31 | Maharashtra | Amaravati, Aurangabad, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara | Aurangabad, Mumbai/Thane/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| 32 | Manipur | Imphal | Imphal |
| 33 | Meghalaya | Ri-Bhoi, Shillong | Shillong |
| 34 | Mizoram | Aizawl | Aizawl |
| 35 | Nagaland | Kohima | Kohima |
| 36 | Odisha | Angul, Balasore, Bargarh, Baripada, Berhampur(Ganjam), Bhubaneshwar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Rourkela, Sambalpur | Bhubaneshwar |
| 37 | Puducherry | Puducherry | Puducherry |
| 38 | Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Fategarh Sahib , Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Sangrur | Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala |
| 39 | Rajasthan | Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur | Jaipur, Udaipur |
| 40 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Gangtok |
| 41 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai, Coimbatore, Dindigul, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Nagercoil, Namakkal, Perambalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchirapalli, Thoothukodi, Tirunelvelli, Vellore | Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli |
| 42 | Telangana | Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Warangal | Hyderabad |
| 43 | Tripura | Agartala | Agartala |
| 44 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bulandhshaher, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Unnao, Varanasi | Allahabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi |
| 45 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee | Dehradun |
| 46 | West Bengal | Asansol, Bardhaman, Berhampur, Durgapur, Greater Kolkata, Hooghly, Howrah, Kalyani, Kolkata, Siliguri | Asansol, Greater Kolkata, Kalyani, Siliguri |