The Indian Job market seems to be flooded with vacancies in Public Sector Banks. Central Bank of India, an Indian government-owned public sector bank, one of the oldest and largest commercial banks in India, has also come up with new vacancies for PO and Specialist Officers. This bank was established in 1911 by Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala. It was the first commercial Indian bank completely owned and managed by Indians. In 1923, it acquired the Tata Industrial Bank in the wake of the failure of the Alliance Bank of Simla. In 1969, the Indian Government nationalized the bank on 19 July, together with 13 others private banks. The bank currently has 3,168 branches and 270 extension counters across 27 Indian states. At present Mr S Sridhar is the Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India. It invites applications from Indian Citizens for appointment of Probationary Officers (PO) and Specialist Oficers.

Vacancies in Central Bank of India ::

• Probationary Officers (PO) : 805 posts in JMG-I cadre, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : Rs.10000-18240
• Agriculture Finance Officers : 400 posts in JMG-I Cadre, Age : 21-30 years, Pay Scale : R.10000-18240
• Law Officers : 70 posts in MMG-II Cadre, Age : 21-35 years, Pay Scale : Rs.13820-19920

Application Fee : Rs. 300/- per application. (Rs. 75/- as postal charges only for SC/ST/PWD candidates.) Requisite Fees is to be deposited in any CBS branch of Central Bank by Fee Payment Receipt or can be sent by Demand Draft favouring “CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA – Recruitment of Officers, 2009″ payable at ‘MUMBAI’ only with candidate’s Name and Address mentioned on the reverse of the DD.

You have to Apply Online. Submission of Online application through Central Bank website from 15/06/2009 to 30/06/2009. After applying online, take a printout of the registration and send this system generated printout along with recipt of application fee or DD as the casse may be on or before 06/07/09 (13/07/09 for far-flung areas) in a closed envelope superscribed as “Application for the post of Probationary Officer/ Specialist Officer-2009′ to this address :

Central Bank of India, Recruitment of Probationary Officers/ Specialist Officers 2009, Post Box No. 7744, Borivali (West), Mumbai-400092

Important Dates regarding vacancies in Central Bank of India:

• Opening Date For Online Registration : 15/06/2009
• Closing Date For Online Registration : 30/06/2009
• Last Date for Receipt of System Generated printout of Online Application : 06/07/2009
• Last Date for Receipt of System Generated printout of Online Application. (For Far Flung Areas) : 13/07/2009
• Date of Written Examination For Probationary Officers : 16/08/2009
• Date of Written Examination For Specialists Officers : 09/08/2009

For more details and online submission of form, visit the recruitment portal of Central Bank of India.