IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021, Age Limit, Education Qualification

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021: The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection has already released the notification for the IBPS SO Recruitment 2021 on 2nd November 2021 on the official website of IBPS i.e. www.ibps.in. The IBPS has announced a total number of 1828 vacancies for the recruitment of eligible candidates for the post of Specialist Officers. The online application process has been started from 2nd November 2021 which will last up to 23rd November 2021. All the candidates who are interested and eligible for the recruitment must apply online from the official website. Before applying for the IBPS SO 2021, a candidate must check the IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021, Age Limit, Education Qualification provided in the article below.

IBPS has released the vacancies released for the various posts which are:

• Agriculture Field Officer
• Marketing Officer (Scale I)
• HR/Personnel Officer (Scale I)
• IT Officer (Scale I)
• Law Officer (Scale I)
• Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

IBPS SO 2021 Apply Online Link

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021: Important Dates

Before jumping on to the IBPS SO 2021 eligibility criteria, the candidate must check the important data as well related to the recruitment, provided below.

IBPS SO 2021 Notification PDF

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021

Candidates who all are inserted for the IBPS SO recruitment 2021 and are aiming for the banking examinations, must check the detailed eligibility criteria provided below, so that they can apply online for IBPS SO 2021 successfully.

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021: Age Limit

The Insititute of Banking Personnel Selection has mentioned the minimum and maximum age limit in the IBPS SO official notification PDF 2021. The detailed IBPS SO 2021 Age limit is provided in the table below.

Candidates belonging to reserved categories are given age relaxation by the Government of India. The category wise age relaxation given to candidates for the post of IBPS SO is discussed below:

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021: Educational Qualification

Candidates applying for the IBPS SO 2021, must be qualified well for the recruitment. The educational qualification for the various posts are:

I.T. Officer (Scale-I):

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

OR

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

OR

(c) Graduate having passed DOEACC ‘B’ level.

Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)

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.

Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)

(a) Post Graduate Degree in Hindi with English as a subject at the degree (graduation) level.

OR

(b) Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as subjects at the degree (graduation) level.

Law Officer (Scale I)

A 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 / Labor 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 *

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

NOTE: For posts other than IT Officer Scale I: Candidates should have Certificate/Diploma/Degree in computer operations/ Language/ should have studied Computer / Information Technology as one of the subjects in the High School/ College/ Institute.

IBPS SO Eligibility Criteria 2021: Nationality

A candidate must be either –

(i) a Citizen of India or

(ii) a subject of Nepal or

(iii) a 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 favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

Also Check:

• IBPS SO Category Wise Vacancies 2021
• IBPS SO Handwritten Declaration 2021