Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank Recruitment for Various Posts 2011

Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank is a regional rural bank in India. It was established in 1976 as a Scheduled Commercial Bank as per Regional Rural Banks Act of 1976 to provide banking facilities for farming and non-farming sectors in North Malabar region. It invites applications for recruitment to the posts mentioned below.

Name of the Post and Number of Vacancies

• Officer MMG Scale III: 1 vacancy
• Officer MMG Scale II: 20 vacancies
• Officer MMG Scale I: 82 vacancies
• Office Assistant (Multipurpose): 128 vacancies

Important Dates

• Opening date for online registration: 29 September 2011
• Closing date for online application: 28 October 2011
• Date of closure to edit online application: 25 September 2011
• Written Test Date (for Officer scale III, II, and I): 8 January 2012
• Written Test Date (for Office Assistant): 15 January 2012
• Dates for downloading Pre-Examination Training Call Letter: 9 December 2011 to 26 December 2011
• Dates for downloading Pre-Examination Training Call Letter: 16 December 2011 to 2 January 2012

Eligibility Criteria

Educational qualification

• Officer Middle Management Scale-III: Degree from a recognized University in any discipline or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having Degree/Diploma in Banking, Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy. Experience: Minimum 5 years experience as an Officer in any Bank or Financial Institutions.
• Officer Middle Management Scale-II
  
  a)   Information Technology (1 post): Degree from a recognized University in Electronics/ Communication/ Computer Science/ Information Technology or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Desirable: Certificate in ASP, PHP, C++, Java, VB, VC, OCP etc. Experience: One year.
  
  b)   Chartered Accountant: Experience of one yearin relevant field
  
  c)   Law Officer (1 post): Degree from a recognized University in Law or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Experience: Two years as an advocate or should have worked as Law Officer in Banks or Financial Institutions for a period not less than two years.
  
  d)   Treasury Manager (1 Post): Candidate should be a Chartered Accountant or MBA in Finance from a reputed Institute. Experience: One year as an Officer with experience in Investments/ Treasury Transactions i.e. Govt. Securities, Bonds, T Bills etc.,
  
  e)   Marketing Officer (2 Posts): MBA in Marketing from any Institute of repute. Experience: One year with relevant experience as an Officer.
  
  f)    Agricultural Officer (2 Posts): Degree from a  recognised University in any discipline in Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairy, Animal Husbandry, Forestry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, or its equivalent, with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Experience .- Two years as an Officer with relevant experience.
  
  g)   General Banking Officer (12 posts): Degree from a recognized University in any discipline or its equivalent with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate. Preference will be given to the candidates having degree/diploma in Banking Finance, Marketing, Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Pisciculture, Agricultural Marketing and Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy. Experience: Two years experience as an Officer in Bank or Financial Institution.
• Officer Junior Management Scale-I: 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 Co-operation, Information Technology, Management, Law, Economics and Accountancy. Essential: Proficiency in Kannada language - candidates must be able to Read, Write, and Speak Telugu. Computer knowledge or awareness will be an added qualification.
• Office Assistant (Multipurpose): Bachelor Degree or its equivalent of a recognized University in any discipline. Essential: Proficiency in Kannada language - candidates must be able to Read, Write, and Speak Telugu. Desirable: Knowledge of computer skills.

Age Limit (as on 31 August 2011)

• Officer MMG Scale-III: Above 21 years but below 40 years
• Officer MMG Scale-II: Above 21 years but below 32 years
• Officer JMG Scale-I: Above 18 years but below 28 years
• Office Assistants (M): Above 18 years but below 28 years

Pay Scale

• Officer MMG Scale-III: 25700 - 800/5 - 29700 - 900/2 - 31500
• Officer MMG Scale-II: 19400 - 700 /1 - 20100 - 800 /10 - 28100
• Officer JMG Scale-I: 14500 - 600 /7 - 18700 - 700 /2 - 20100 -800 / 7 -25700
• Office Assistants: 7200 - 400 /3 - 8400 - 500 /3 - 9900 - 600 /4 12300 - 700 /7 - 17200 - 1300 /1 - 18500 800 - 19300

Application Fee: Application fee for General, OBC and Ex- Servicemen candidate is Rs 300 and fee for SC/ ST/ PWD candidate is Rs 50.

Application fees need to be paid through the four Challans available on the website http://www.apgbank.com/ After filling up the required information on the Challan Form, they should make payment of the fee applicable to them in any branch of Syndicate Bank for credit of account OR by NEFT from any other Bank to the account of Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank with Syndicate Bank, Main Branch, Kadapa.

Selection Procedure: The selection of the candidates shall be made on the basis of performance in written test (70 marks) and interview (30 marks).

How to Apply

Eligible candidates are required to apply only ‘online' through the bank's website. No other means/ mode of application will be acceptable. Candidates should keep two copies of the Application printout, a copy of the printout with the recent photograph of the candidate duly pasted thereon will have to be submitted at the time of interview; the other copy may be retained for personal record of the candidate. A Photo copy of the Challan (indicating Transaction ID) may be retained for the candidate's record. The candidate's copy of the Challan will have to be submitted with the call letter at the time of written examination.

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