IBPS SO Marketing Officer Eligibility: 2023

The IBPS SO Marketing Officer Eligibility for various streams including Marketing Officers & others must be a Graduate or Post graduate in respective fields with 60% marks for the general category. However, the applicant must be Minimum of 20 Years of Age and Maximum of 30 Years of age subject to relaxation in age category wise. In other words, i.e. A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1993 and not later than 01.08.2003 inclusive of both dates.Candidates having PG Degree (MMS or MBA)/PG Diploma with more than two specialisations are
not eligible to apply.

IBPS SO Educational Qualification (As on 21.08.2023)

The educational qualification for various specialist officers must be compliance up to 21.08.2023. Although, the applicant must pass his qualifying examination on or before 21.08.2023. The detailed information post-wise is given below:

Name of the Post	Age	Educational Qualification
Marketing Officer	Min - 20 Years; Max - 30 Years	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 *
Agricultural Field Officer	Min - 20 Years; Max - 30 Years	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 / Fisheries Engineering
IT Officer	Min - 20 Years; Max - 30 Years	a) 4 year Engineering/ Technology Degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology/ Electronics/ Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Communication/ Electronics & Instrumentation OR b) 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
Rajbhasha Adhikari	Min - 20 Years; Max - 30 Years	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.
HR Officer	Min - 20 Years; Max - 30 Years	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.*

Revised Educational Qualification:

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

2. 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 Nationality

To fill out the application form, one of the most important eligibility criteria is nationality. To be eligible for specialist officer one must be a citizen of India. However, being a foreign national following conditions to be fulfilled

a subject of Nepal
a subject of Bhutan
a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of
permanently settling in India
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

In addition to, a candidate belonging to categories (1), (2), (3) & (4) above shall be a person in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.

IBPS SO Age Limit

The age limit for specialist officers has been categorized depending on the categories to which the applicant belongs. For the general category, it should be a Minimum of 20 Years and a Maximum of 30 Years irrespective of the post applied. In other words, A candidate must have been born not earlier than 02.08.1993 and not later than 01.08.2003

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit

For other categories such as SC, ST, OBC, PWD, Ex-Serviceman, etc the recruitment board has provided the relaxation in the upper age limit as per regulations of the Government of India. The detail information are given below:

Category		Age Relaxation
Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe		5 years
Other Backward Classes (Non- creamy layer)		3 years
Persons With Benchmark Disability		10 years
Ex-Servicemen, Commissioned Officers including Emergency Commissioned Officers (ECOs)/ Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs)		5 years

IBPS SO Marketing Officer Eligibility : Age Limit

The minimum Age limit for Marketing officers to appear in the examination is 20 Years and the Maximum age limit is 30 years. However this criterial is applicable to the General category. In addition to it reservation has been provided as per government norms to other categories such as OBS, SC/ST etc.

IBPS SO Marketing Officer Eligibility : Educational Qualification

The applicant must be a Graduate and Two years of full-time MMS in Marketing or Two years of full-time MBA or Two years full-time PGDBA/PGDBM/PGPM/PGDM with a specialization in marketing. In the case of Dual Specialisation, one of the fields must be in marketing with equal weightage. In addition to a candidate having a major and minor specialization, the major should be in marketing.

IBPS SO Marketing Officer Eligibility: Nationality

The nationality to be a marketing officer in Nationalised banks must fulfill either of these 3 conditions namely

Citizen Of India
Subject of Nepal and Bhutan
Tibetian refugees prior to 1st of January 1962

IBPS SO Participating Banks

The list of nationalized banks who participated in the recruitment process for the year 2023-24 for the post of specialist officers is given below

Bank of Baroda
Canara Bank
Indian Overseas Bank
UCO Bank
Bank of India
Central Bank of India
Punjab National Bank
Union Bank of India
Bank of Maharshtra
Indian Bank
Punjab & Sindh Bank

IBPS Marketing Officer Participating Banks

For Marketing officers as per the 13th common recruitment advertisement, only one of the nationalized banks has reported its requirement. Rest nationalized banks haven’t reported their requirement. For Marketing Officers, PNB has reported 700 vacancies inclusive of all the categories.

IBPS SO Exam: Highlights

The IBPS examination will be conducted in various phases. Henceforth, the tentative schedule for the specialist officer examination is given below:

Tentative Schedule		Tentative Dates
On-line registration including Edit/Modification of Application by candidates		01.08.2023- 21.08.2023
Payment of Application Fees/Intimation Charges (Online)		01.08.2023- 21.08.2023
Download of call letters for Online examination – Preliminary		December 2023
Online Examination – Preliminary		30.12.2023/ 31.12.2023
Result of Online exam – Preliminary		January 2024
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main		January 2024
Download of Call letter for Online exam – Main
Online Examination – Main		28.01.2024
Online Examination – Main
Declaration of Result of Online Main Examination		February 2024
Download of call letters for interview		February/ March 2024
Conduct of interview		February/March 2024
Provisional Allotment		April 2024

About IBPS

IBPS is a recruitment body solely responsible for conducting recruitment examinations for the Post of Probationary Officers, Specialist Officers and Clerical Staffs in Nationalised Banks & Regional Rural Banks. The IBPS also conduct examinations for other financial institutions such as General Insurance Companies .

Reason to Join IBPS

Primarily there are numerous reason to pursue for IBPS Examinations. Few of them are

Timely Recruitment
Schedule of Calendar for tentative exams to be conducted
Transparency in examination
Affordable application form price.

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