The IBPS SO 2018 notification has been released for the Common Recruitment Process for selection of personnel in Specialist Officers' cadre posts.

The online examination for the selection will be held in December 2017/ January 2018. IBPS SO recruitment will be held for selecting candidates to the posts of I.T. Officer (Scale-I), Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I), Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I), Law Officer (Scale I), HR/ Personnel Officer (Scale I) and Marketing Officer (Scale I). The CRP involves common written examination (preliminary and main), common interview and provisional allotment. IBPS SO 2018 notification can be found at ibps.in.
Exam schedule of IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment 2017-2018:
- On-line registration and Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online): 7-27 November 2017
- Admit cards for preliminary examination: December 2017
- Preliminary exam date: 30 and 31 December 2017
- Preliminary exam result date: January 2018
- Admit cards for main examination: January 2018
- Main exam date: 28 January 2018
- Main exam result date: February 2018
- Interview call letter: February 2018
- Interview Date: February 2018
- Provisional Allotment: April 2018
Eligibility criteria for IBPS Specialist Officer Recruitment 2017-2018
I.T. Officer (Scale-I): Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & 3 Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation OR 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
Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I): Degree 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
Rajbhasha 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.
Law Officer (Scale I): Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB) and enrolled as an advocate with Bar Council
HR/ 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
Marketing Officer (Scale I): 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 Candidates must be in the age group of 20-30 years and must have obtained the qualifying degree from a recognized University/ institute.
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