RBI recruitment: Important instructions

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has invited applications for recruitment at various posts. The interested and eligible candidates can apply by March 30.
Candidates who are willing to apply for the same should go through the following instructions carefully before applying:

• Fees/intimation charges sent in any other manner and/or the application submitted without depositing the fee/intimation charges (unless exempted) would be rejected and no correspondence shall be entertained in this regard;

• All educational qualifications must have been obtained from recognised universities/institutions in India or abroad. If grades are awarded instead of marks, candidates should clearly indicate their numerical equivalent;

• Candidates should satisfy themselves about their eligibility for the post applied for. The Board would admit to the written examination, wherever applicable, all the candidates applying for the above posts with the requisite fee/intimation charges (wherever applicable) and meeting experience criteria, on the basis of the information furnished in the online application and shall determine their eligibility only at the final stage i.e. interview stage. If at any stage, it is found that any information furnished in the online application is false/ incorrect or if according to the Board, the candidate does not satisfy the eligibility criteria for the post, his/ her candidature for interview will be cancelled and he/she will not be allowed to appear for interview;

• The Board shall not entertain requests from the candidates seeking advice about their eligibility to apply;

• Board does not assume any responsibility for the candidates not being able to submit their applications within the last date on account of any reason beyond the control of the Board;

• Not more than one online application should be submitted by a candidate. In case of multiple applications, only the last valid (completed) application will be retained and the application fee/intimation charges paid for the other registrations will stand forfeited. Multiple attendance/appearance by a candidate in examination and/interview will be summarily rejected/ candidature cancelled;

• Candidates are advised to keep their e-mail ID alive for receiving advices viz. admission letters/interview letters, etc;

• Candidates already in service of govt./quasi-govt. organisations and public sector banks/undertakings will have to produce a "No Objection Certificate" from their employer, at the time of interview. Without 'NOC', no such candidate shall be allowed to appear in the interview. However, before appointment in RBI, a proper discharge certificate from the employer will have to be produced;

• Issue of Admission Letters (AL): The AL for written examination, wherever applicable, shall be sent only by e-mail to all the admitted candidates at their registered e-mail address at the appropriate time but well before the WE date. No hard copy of the AL will be sent by the Board. All such candidates will have to download/take a print out of their AL through their e-mail and must bring the AL (hardcopy) on the day of examination(s) along with their recent passport size photograph (in original) which they have uploaded in their application form at the time of applying to the Board. No candidate shall be allowed to appear in the WE without AL. If the admitted candidate does not receive AL for WE through his/her e-mail, he/she should contact the in-charge of the RBI Office, during office hours, at the examination centre indicated in the application, along with a valid identity proof and a passport sized signed photograph, on any day starting from four days before the date of examination for necessary guidance. Failure to comply with the above instructions will deprive the candidate of any claim for consideration;

• The list of admitted candidates for the WE along-with the time table (i.e. date, time and venue of WE) will be displayed on RBI website (www.rbi.org.in) at the appropriate time;

• Candidates for AM (security) will be advised about their inclusion for interview or otherwise in due course. The list of shortlisted candidates for interview along-with the time table (i.e. date, time and venue of interview) will be displayed on RBI website (www.rbi.org.in) at the appropriate time;

• In all correspondence with the board, registration number received on submission of application and Roll no. indicated in 'AL' must be quoted;

• The Board does not furnish the mark-sheet to candidates. Marks obtained in exam will be made available on the website in an interactive mode, only after declaration of the final result;

• In all matters regarding eligibility, conduct of examinations, interviews, assessment, prescribing minimum qualifying standards in both the examination and interview, in relation to number of vacancies and communication of result, the Board's decision shall be final and binding on the candidates and no correspondence shall be entertained in this regard;

• Mobile phones, pagers, laptops, I-pads or any other communication devices are not allowed inside the premises, where the examination is being conducted. Any infringement of these instructions shall entail disqualification including ban from future examinations