Aasm Gramin vikas Bank Recruitment for the post of Office Assistants (Multipurpose), Officer Junior Management Scale – I & Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Assam Gramin Vikash Bank

Recruitment for the post of Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Assam Gramin Vikash Bank
Advertisement No. AGVB/PER/50(A)/07 /2010-11 dated 20-10-2010

Post	Date of Written Examination	LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	13.02.2011	24-11-2010

1. VACANCIES:

Post Code	Posts	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	Total	Out of which for
							PWD	EXS
02	Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	4	7	17	38	66	2	8

(Abbreviations stand for: SC – Scheduled Caste; ST – Scheduled Tribes; OBC – Other Backward Classes; GEN – General; PWD – Persons with Disability; EXS – Ex-servicemen

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA :
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 to India before 1^st 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 Africa 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) or (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Govt. of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the interview conducted by the Bank but on final selection the offer of appointment may be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate have been issued to him by the Govt. of India. The candidate should be a domicile of Assam and should have proficiency in local language(s).

AGE LIMIT (as on 01-09-2010) :
For Office Assistant (Multi Purpose) (Post Code 02): Minimum 18 years – Maximum 28 years

RELAXATION OF UPPER AGE LIMIT: (For Post Code 01 & 02)

Sl. No	Category	Age Relaxation
i)	Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe	5 Years
ii)	Other Backward Classes	3 Years
iii)	Ex-Servicemen	For Post Code No.02 : 3 Years (in addition to the actual period of service rendered in defence services), subject to maximum age of 50 years
iv)	Widows, Divorced Women & judicially separated from their husbands & who are not remarried (subject to maximum age of 35 years for General and 40 years for SC/ST candidates)	9 Years
v)	Persons domiciled in Kashmir Division of Jammu & Kashmir State during the period from 01.01.1980 to 31.12.1989	5 Years
vi)	In case of ‘Persons with Disability’(VH / HI / OH)	10 years

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (as on 01.09.2010)
Post Code No. 02:
Bachelor Degree or its equivalent of a recognised University in any discipline;
(a) Essential: Proficiency in local language(s)
(b) Desirable: Knowledge of Computer skills.
5.APPLICATION FEES

Sr. No	Category	Application Fees + Postage (Post Code-02)
1	SC / ST / PWD / EXS	Rs. 50.00 (Only postage)
2	OBC/GENERAL	Rs. 250.00

Note:
Application fee including postage must be paid only by means of A/C Payee Crossed Bank Pay Order / Bankers’ Cheque / Bank Demand Draft issued by a Scheduled Bank payable at Guwahati in favour of “Assam Gramin Vikash Bank – Recruitment Project-II, 2010.”
Candidate must write his/her name, date of birth and address on the reverse side of the Bank Draft/Pay Order/Bankers’ Cheque
Payment of application fee and postage charges by Cash/Cheques/Money Orders/IPO etc. will not be accepted.
Bank Demand Draft/Bankers’ Cheque/Pay Order must be purchased on or after the date of advertisement but on or before the last date for receipt of application.
Candidates, who apply for both the posts, must send separate applications for each post accompanied by separate fee and separate certified copies of required certificates in separate envelops.
Application once made will not be allowed to be withdrawn and postage charges once paid will not be refunded on any account nor can it be held in reserve for any other selection process.
6. SELECTION PROCEDURE
The selection of the candidates shall be made on the basis of written test and interview. All the eligible candidates who apply with the requisite fee and whose applications are received in time will be called for a written test, which will be objective type comprising the following:
(2) Office Assistant (Multi Purpose)

Sr. No.	Name of the Test	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Time
1	Test of Reasoning	English	50	50	Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2	Test of Numerical Ability	English	50	50
3	Test of General Knowledge	English	50	50
4	Test of General English	English	50	50
	TOTAL ::::		200	200*

* Marks will further be reduced to 70.
Note:

• There will be penalty for wrong answers, for every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.

• Marks obtained in the written test will be reckoned for merit ranking. Accordingly, candidates will be called for interview based on merit. Depending upon the number of vacancies only those candidates who ranked sufficiently high in the written test will be called for the interview in the ratio of 1:3 (three time of the number of vacancies). Mere eligibility/pass in the test shall not vest any right for being called for interview.

• Detailed information regarding the written test will be given in the “Acquaint Yourself’ booklet this will be sent to the candidates along with the call letter for written examination.

• The candidates securing minimum of 40% marks (35% for SC/ST ) in each paper of the Written Test will qualify for Interview.

• Final selection will be on the basis of the ranking accorded after adding the marks obtained in the written test and interview.

WRITTEN TEST:

TEST CENTRES AND DATE OF EXAMINATION – (For POST CODE NO 1 & 2)
i) The written test is tentatively fixed on the following dates. The exact date will be communicated to the candidates through call letters, for examination. The Bank, however, reserves the right to cancel or make any change in the date of examination, if need arises.

POST CODE NO. 02: 13.02.2011
ii) The written test will be scheduled at following Centre(s) and the address of the Venue will be advised in the Call Letters:

Centre Code No.	Name of Centre	Centre Code No.	Name of Centre
11	GUWAHATI	16	DIBRUGARH
12	BONGAIGAON	17	JORHAT
13	NALBARI	18	GOLAGHAT
14	TEZPUR	19	SILCHAR
15	LAKHIMPUR	20	KOKRAJHAR

Officer Junior Management Scale – I & Office Assistants (Multipurpose) in Assam Gramin Vikash Bank

Advertisement No. AGVB/PER/50(A)/07 /2010-11 dated 20-10-2010

Post	Date of Written Examination	LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATION
Officer Junior Management Scale – I	20.02.2011	24-11-2010

1. VACANCIES:

Post Code	Posts	SC	ST	OBC	GEN	Total	Out of which for
							PWD	EXS
01	Officer Junior Management Scale – I	4	2	8	16	30	1	0

(Abbreviations stand for: SC – Scheduled Caste; ST – Scheduled Tribes; OBC – Other Backward Classes; GEN – General; PWD – Persons with Disability; EXS – Ex-servicemen


EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (as on 01.09.2010)
Post Code No. 01:
Bachelor degree of a recognized University in any discipline or its equivalent. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy;
Proficiency in local language(s)
Computer knowledge or awareness will be an added qualification.
5.APPLICATION FEES

Sr. No	Category	Application Fees + Postage (Post Code-01)
1	SC / ST / PWD / EXS	Rs. 50.00 (Only postage)
2	OBC/GENERAL	Rs.400.00

Note:
Application fee including postage must be paid only by means of A/C Payee Crossed Bank Pay Order / Bankers’ Cheque / Bank Demand Draft issued by a Scheduled Bank payable at Guwahati in favour of “Assam Gramin Vikash Bank – Recruitment Project-II, 2010.”

SELECTION PROCEDURE
The selection of the candidates shall be made on the basis of written test and interview. All the eligible candidates who apply with the requisite fee and whose applications are received in time will be called for a written test, which will be objective type comprising the following:
(1) Officer Jr. Management Scale I

Sr. No.	Name of the Test	Medium of Exam	No. of Questions	Max. Marks	Time
1	Test of Reasoning	English	50	50	Composite Time of 2 hours and 30 minutes
2	Test of Numerical Ability	English	50	50
3	Test of General Knowledge	English	50	50
4	Test of General English	English	50	50
	TOTAL		200	200*

* Marks will further be reduced to 70.
Note:

• There will be penalty for wrong answers, for every wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.

• Marks obtained in the written test will be reckoned for merit ranking. Accordingly, candidates will be called for interview based on merit. Depending upon the number of vacancies only those candidates who ranked sufficiently high in the written test will be called for the interview in the ratio of 1:3 (three time of the number of vacancies). Mere eligibility/pass in the test shall not vest any right for being called for interview.

• Detailed information regarding the written test will be given in the “Acquaint Yourself’ booklet this will be sent to the candidates along with the call letter for written examination.

• The candidates securing minimum of 40% marks (35% for SC/ST ) in each paper of the Written Test will qualify for Interview.

• Final selection will be on the basis of the ranking accorded after adding the marks obtained in the written test and interview.

WRITTEN TEST:
TEST CENTRES AND DATE OF EXAMINATION – (For POST CODE NO 1 & 2)
i) The written test is tentatively fixed on the following dates. The exact date will be communicated to the candidates through call letters, for examination. The Bank, however, reserves the right to cancel or make any change in the date of examination, if need arises.
POST CODE NO. 01: 20.02.2011
ii) The written test will be scheduled at following Centre(s) and the address of the Venue will be advised in the Call Letters:

Centre Code No.	Name of Centre	Centre Code No.	Name of Centre
11	GUWAHATI	16	DIBRUGARH
12	BONGAIGAON	17	JORHAT
13	NALBARI	18	GOLAGHAT
14	TEZPUR	19	SILCHAR
15	LAKHIMPUR	20	KOKRAJHAR

The Bank, however, reserves the right to cancel and/or add any other Centres, depending on the response, administrative feasibility, etc. The Bank also reserved the right to allot the candidate to any centre other than the one he/she has opted for and this right to waive any of the criteria for selection looking at the requirement and exigencies.