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INDIAN BANK APPRENTICES RECRUITMENT ADVT NOTIFICATION 2025

Engagement of Apprentices under Apprentices Act, 1961 for F.Y 2025-26

INDIAN BANK, a leading Public Sector Bank, with headquarters in Chennai invites Applications from the eligible

candidates for the engagement of apprentices, under Apprentices Act, 1961 and as per Engagement of

Apprenticeship policy of the Bank.

Tentative Vacancies 1500

Opening and Closing Date for On-line registration including

Edit/Modification of Application by candidates & Payment of INDIAN BANK APPRENTICES RECRUITMENT ADVT NOTIFICATION 2025

Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)

18.07.2025 to 07.08.2025

(both days inclusive)

The State wise vacancies for training of apprentices are as follows:

Sl. No STATE / UT VACANCY SC ST OBC EWS UR VI HI OH ID

1 ANDHRA PRADESH 82 13 5 22 8 34 1 1 1 0

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

3 ASSAM 29 2 3 7 2 15 1 0 0 0

4 BIHAR 76 12 0 20 7 37 0 1 1 1

5 CHANDIGARH 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

6 CHHATTISGARH 17 2 5 1 1 8 0 0 0 0

7 GOA 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

8 GUJARAT 35 2 5 9 3 16 0 0 1 0

9 HARYANA 37 7 0 9 3 18 0 1 0 0

10 HIMACHAL PRADESH 6 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0

11 JAMMU & KASHMIR 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0

12 JHARKHAND 42 5 10 5 4 18 1 0 0 0

13 KARNATAKA 42 6 2 11 4 19 0 1 0 0

14 KERALA 44 4 0 11 4 25 0 0 1 0

15 MADHYA PRADESH 59 8 11 8 5 27 0 0 1 1

16 MAHARASHTRA 68 6 6 18 6 32 1 0 0 1

17 MANIPUR 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

18 MEGHALAYA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

19 NAGALAND 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

20 NCT OF DELHI 38 5 2 10 3 18 0 0 1 0

21 ODISHA 50 8 11 6 5 20 0 1 0 1

No STATE / UT VACANCY SC ST OBC EWS UR VI HI OH ID

22 PUDUCHERRY 9 1 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 0

23 PUNJAB 54 15 0 11 5 23 0 1 0 1

24 RAJASTHAN 37 6 4 7 3 17 1 0 0 0

25 TAMIL NADU 277 52 2 74 27 122 3 3 3 2

26 TELANGANA 42 6 2 11 4 19 1 0 0 0

27 TRIPURA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

28 UTTAR PRADESH 277 58 2 74 27 116 2 3 3 3

29 UTTARAKHAND 13 2 0 1 1 9 0 0 0 0

30 WEST BENGAL 152 34 7 33 15 63 2 1 1 2

Total 1500 255 77 351 137 680 13 13 13 12

The details of the districts where vacancies for training may be filled is attached as Annexure – III.

A candidate can apply for only one state and not more than one application should be submitted by any candidate.

In case of multiple Applications only the latest valid (completed) application will be retained and the application

fee/ intimation charges paid for the other multiple registration(s) will stand forfeited.

Note: The number of vacancies for training and also the number of reserved vacancies for training are provisional

and may vary according to actual requirement of the Bank. The reservation for PWBD is on horizontal basis and

the selected candidates will be placed in the appropriate category (viz. SC/ST/OBC/Unreserved) to which they

belong to. Candidates who wants to avail benefit of reservation under PwBD category have to submit a disability

certificate issued by a Competent Authority as per Government of India guidelines. The certificate should be

dated on or before last date of registration of application.

Abbreviations stand for: –

SC – Scheduled Castes, ST – Scheduled Tribes, OBC – Other Backward Classes, EWS – Economically Weaker

Section, UR- Unreserved, PWBD- Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, OC – Orthopedically Challenged, VI –

Visually Impaired, HI – Hearing Impaired, ID-Intellectual Disability

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

NATIONALITY / CITIZENSHIP

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 favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by

the Government of India.

AGE & EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

Cut-off date

(For fulfillment of eligibility

criteria relating to age,

educational qualification,

etc.)

01.07.2025

Age

Minimum 20 years and Maximum 28 years as on cut-off date. However,

relaxation in upper age limit for categories like SC/ST/OBC/PWBD etc. as per

Govt. of India guidelines is applicable.

Educational

Qualification

Graduate degree in any discipline from a recognized University or any

equivalent qualifications recognized as such by the Central Government.

Candidates should have completed & have passing certificate for their

graduation on or after 01.04.2021.

RELAXATION IN UPPER AGE LIMIT

Sl. No. Category Age Relaxation

A Scheduled Caste/ Scheduled Tribe candidates 5 Years

B Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates 3 Years

Persons with Benchmark Disabilities as defined under “The

Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”

10 Years

D Persons affected by 1984 riots 5 Years

Widows, divorced women and women legally

separated from their husbands who have not remarried

Age concession up to the

age of 35 years for

General/EWS, 38 years

for OBC and 40 years for

SC/ST candidates

Note:

(i) The maximum age specified is applicable to General Category candidates and Economically Weaker

Section (EWS) Category Candidates

(ii) The relaxation in upper age limit to SC/ST/OBC candidates is allowed on cumulative basis with only one

of the remaining categories for which age relaxation is permitted as mentioned in Point No. C & D.

(iii) Candidates seeking age relaxation will be required to submit necessary certificate(s) in original/ copies

at the time of Interview and / or at any subsequent stage of the selection process.

Caste / Category Certificate issued by competent authority in the prescribed format as stipulated by

Government of India in case of SC / ST / OBC/ PWBD category candidates.

In case of candidates belonging to OBC category, certificate should specifically contain a clause that

the candidate does not belong to creamy layer section excluded from the benefits of reservation for

Other Backward Classes in Civil post & services under Government of India. Candidates belonging to

OBC category but coming under creamy layer are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate

their category as General in the online application form. The candidate should possess a valid OBC

certificate with a Non-creamy layer clause as per the Government of India guidelines, from time to time.

The date of issuance of the OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) certificate should be as ‘on or after 01st

April, 2025’ till the date of document verification. No request for extension of time for production

of OBC (NCL) certificate beyond the said date shall be entertained and if a candidate fails to produce

the OBC (NCL) certificate at the time of document verification, he/ she will not be considered for

engagement as Apprentices in the Bank.

No Ex-servicemen / Disable Ex-servicemen shall be engaged as an apprentice and there is no

reservation to Ex-servicemen / Disable Ex-servicemen in the apprentice engagement.

Reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities

Under section 34 of “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016”, persons with benchmark disabilities are

eligible for Reservation. The post is identified suitable for the Persons under categories of disabilities as defined

in the Schedule of RPWD Act 2016 and notified by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

(Divyangjan) from time to time.

A. Visual Impairment (“VI” Category):

Only those Visually Impaired (VI) persons who suffer from any one of the following conditions, after best correction,

are eligible to apply.

a. Blindness:

i. Total absence of sight;

ii. Visual acuity less than 3/60 or less than 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye with best possible correction;

iii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 10 degree.

b. Low Vision:

i. Visual acuity not exceeding 6/18 or less than 20/60 upto 3/60 or upto 10/200 (Snellen) in the better eye

with best possible corrections;

ii. Limitation of the field of vision subtending an angle of less than 40 degree up to 10 degree.

B. Hearing Impaired (“HI” Category):

a. Deaf: means person having 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears.

b. Hard of Hearing: means person having 60 DB to 70 DB hearing loss in speech frequencies in both ears.

C. Orthopedically Challenged/ Locomotor Disability (“OC” / “LD”) Category:

A person’s inability to execute distinctive activities associated with movement of self and objects resulting from

affliction of musculoskeletal or nervous system or both, including Cerebral Palsy, Leprosy Cured, Dwarfism,

Muscular Dystrophy and Acid Attack Victims, Spinal Deformity (SD) and Spinal Injury (SI) without any associated

neurological / limb dysfunction. Orthopedically challenged persons are covered under locomotor disability:

a. “Leprosy cured person” means a person who has been cured of leprosy but is suffering from:

i. Loss of sensation in hands or feet as well as loss of sensation and paresis in the eye and eye-lid but with

no manifest deformity;

ii. Manifest deformity and paresis but having sufficient mobility in their hands and feet to enable them to

engage in normal economic activity;

iii. extreme physical deformity as well as advanced age which prevents him/her from undertaking any gainful

occupation, and the expression “leprosy cured” shall be construed accordingly;

b. “Cerebral palsy” means a Group of non-progressive neurological conditions affecting body movements and

muscle coordination, caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring INDIAN BANK APPRENTICES RECRUITMENT ADVT NOTIFICATION 2025

before, during or shortly after birth;

c. “Dwarfism” means a medical or genetic condition resulting in an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches (147

centimetres) or less;

d. “Muscular dystrophy” means a group of hereditary genetic muscle disease that weakens the muscles that

move the human body and persons with multiple dystrophy have incorrect and missing information in their

genes, which prevents them from making the proteins they need for healthy muscles. It is characterised by

progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and

tissue;

e. “Acid attack victims” means a person disfigured due to violent assaults by throwing of acid or similar

corrosive substance

D. Intellectual Disability (“ID” Category):

Only those persons, who suffer from any one of the following types of disabilities, are eligible to apply under this

category:

a. Autism Spectrum disorder (ASD) means a neuro-developmental condition typically appearing in the first

three years of life that significantly affects a person’s ability to communicate, understand relationships and

relate to others, and is frequently associated with unusual or stereotypical rituals or behaviours.

b. “Specific Learning Disability” (SLD) means a heterogeneous group of conditions wherein there is a deficit

in processing language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself as a difficulty to comprehend, speak,

read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations and includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities,

dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia and developmental aphasia.

c. “Mental Illness” (MI) means a substantial disorder of thinking, mood, perception, orientation or memory that

grossly impairs judgment, behaviour, capacity to recognise reality or ability to meet the ordinary demands

of life, but does not include retardation which is a condition of arrested or incomplete development of mind

of a person, specially characterized by sub normality of intelligence.

E. “Multiple Disabilities”

“Multiple Disabilities” means multiple disabilities amongst clause “A”; “B”; “C”;”D” above.

Note: Only those persons with benchmark disabilities would be eligible for reservation. “Benchmark disability”

means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined

in measurable terms and includes the persons with disability, where disability has been defined in a measurable

terms, as certified by the certifying authority.

SELECTION PROCESS AND OTHER CONDITIONS:

Registration

Process

All eligible candidates need to register himself/herself on the apprenticeship portal (NATS

2.0 Portal) – www.nats.education.gov.in before applying for apprenticeship in the Bank.

(Only for candidates who have passed their graduation examination on or after 1st

April 2021).

It is advised that all candidates who have applied need to make note of their Enrolment

ID generated in NATS 2.0 Portal for future correspondence. In case, candidates are facing

any issues during registration in NATS 2.0 portal, they are advised to go through the

student manual available on the apprenticeship portal.

(https://nats.education.gov.in/assets/manual/student_manual.pdf).

Candidate with 100% completed profile on the apprenticeship portal only is eligible to

apply to the Bank for Apprenticeship.

Note:

 Candidates will be given option to choose any three preferred districts of the

applied state/UT at the time of registration. Mere opting by candidate at the time

of registration at any district of the selected state/UT does not vest any right of final

selection for the district and Bank will allot the same as per availability of vacancies

and at its discretion. Bank reserves the right to allot candidates in any district of

the Selected State/UT as per the requirement.

The Candidate should not have undergone Apprenticeship in any other

organization earlier or pursuing the Apprenticeship Training as per the Apprentices

Act 1961 as amended from time to time or terminated in between the course of

Apprenticeship training due to the fault of candidate himself/herself.

 Candidates who have already undergone apprenticeship training or have job

experience for a period of 01 year or more after completion of educational

qualifications shall not be eligible for being engaged as apprentice.

 The apprentice shall have no right to claim employment in Bank after completion

of the training. Bank does not have any obligation to offer regular/contractual

employment to apprentice during or after successful completion of apprenticeship

period nor shall it be obligatory on part of the apprentice to accept an employment

in the Bank.

Selection Process

Selection for engagement of candidates who apply for apprenticeship in the Bank after

paying requisite online fee shall have to undergo the selection process, which would

comprise the following:

1. Online Test (objective multiple choice type)

i. The Online Test (Objective multiple choice Type) will consist of five parts / sections:

S.No. Name of test No of

Questions

Maximum

Marks

Duration

(minutes)

1 Reasoning Aptitude 15 15

Composite

time of 60

minutes

2 Computer Knowledge 10 10

3 English Language 25 25

4 Quantitative Aptitude 25 25

General Awareness with

Special Reference to

Banking Industry

25 25

Total 100 100

*The Test will be conducted in major regional languages (as may be decided by

the Bank) except General English which will be in English.

ii. There will be negative marks for wrong answers in the Objective tests. 1/4th of

mark assigned for question will be deducted for each wrong answer. If a question

is left blank, i.e. no answer is given by the candidate, there will be no penalty for

that question.

Period of Training

/Engagement

12 Months’ of On-the Job Training.

Hours of Training,

Overtime and

Holidays

i. Apprentice shall be entitled to such holidays as are observed in the Bank.

ii. Apprentice shall be entitled to One Casual Leave on completion of one month of

Apprenticeship. No other type of leave is applicable for the Apprentices.

iii. Apprentice can avail only 4 casual leaves at a time. Leave accumulated, if any will

automatically get exhausted on termination/completion of contract.

iv. The daily hours of training will be as applicable to the Customer Service Associate

(CSA) / normal working hours of the Bank.

v. No apprentice shall be allowed for overtime.

If personal injury is caused to an apprentice, by accident arising out of and in the

course of his training as an apprentice, the Bank will be liable to pay compensation

which shall be determined and paid, so far as may be, in accordance with the Provisions

of the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923, subject to the modifications specified

in the schedule to the Apprentices Act,1961.

Conduct and

Discipline

In all matters of conduct and discipline, you shall be governed by the rules / bipartite

settlement applicable to the clerical cadre / award staffs of the bank. During the

Apprenticeship, if an Apprentice is found to be involved in any act of misconduct /

misbehavior / disobedience / unsatisfactory performance / any other act prejudicial to the

interest of the Bank, etc., Bank has the rights to terminate the Contract of Apprentice after

giving 7 days’ notice period. They shall be prohibited from joining / forming any union

body.

Physical/Medical

Fitness

Engagement of Apprentices will be subject to his/her being declared medically fit by a duly

qualified Medical Practitioner of the Bank or subject to production of medical certificate

from a qualified Doctor as per the discretion of the Bank.

Contract with

Apprentice

Candidates found suitable for engagement on the basis of merit list shall be offered

engagement digitally by the Bank through the apprenticeship portal (NATS 2.0 Portal).

Termination of

Apprenticeship

Contract

i. The Contract of Apprenticeship shall be terminated, if the apprentice does not

report at the Bank’s Training venue / Bank Branch on the date of commencement

of On the Job training.

Application Fees /

Intimation Charges

(Non-Refundable)

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