Indian citizens are encouraged to apply for the position of Assistant Manager in Grade “A” in the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s Rural Development Banking Service (RDBS) / Rajbhasha Service (NABARD).
Candidates may only apply ONLINE from July 27, 2024, to August 15, 2024, using the NABARD website, www.nabard.org. The Government of India owns all of NABARD, which is an all-India Apex Organization and an equal opportunity employer.
Important Dates
| Online Application Registration and Payment of Online Fees/Intimation Charges | 27 July 2024 to 15 August 2024 |
| Phase I (Preliminary) – Online Examination | 01 September 2024 |
@ NABARD reserves the right to make change in the dates of the examinations.
Post
Assistant Manager (RDBS)
Discipline
Food Processing
No. Of Post
1 (OBC)
Educational Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree in Food Processing /Food Technology/Dairy Technology from a recognized University/Institution with 60% marks (PWBD applicants – 55%) in aggregate OR Post graduate degree in Food Processing /Food Technology /Dairy Technology with 55% marks (PWBD applicants – 50%) in aggregate from a recognized University/Institution.
- The result of final term / semester/ year examination of the required educational qualification must have been declared on or before 01-07-2024. In other words, candidates whose final year/semester results have been declared after 01-07-2024 are not eligible to apply.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a particular discipline means that the candidate must have studied that discipline as main subject in respective degree course, and it must be mentioned in the Degree Certificate issued by the University/Institute.
- In case the certificate of degree/diploma does not specify the field of specialization, the candidate will have to produce a certificate from the concerned university/college specifically mentioning the specialization.
General Instructions
- The reservation will be provided for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWBD category as per extant Government of India instructions.
- NABARD reserves the right to increase / decrease the number of vacancies in any of the disciplines or not to fill up any of the vacancies or cancel the recruitment process, as per its requirement.
- Candidates belonging to OBC category but coming in the ‘Creamy Layer’ are not entitled to OBC reservation. They should indicate the category as ‘General’ (Gen).
- Reserved category candidates desirous of applying for the posts where the vacancies are not reserved, should apply under UR category.
- In case Institute defines criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into percentage of marks, the same will be accepted.
- However, where the Institute does not define criteria for conversion of Aggregate Grade Point into Class and/or percentage of marks, the undefined parameter(s) would be worked out as 6.75 CGPA as 60% (1 Division) amd 6.25 as 55% (2 Division).
Skills
- Identifying and mapping of resource potential under related sectors and sub sectors of rural economy and SWOT analysis thereof, credit-linked planning, preparation of sectoral papers, State Focus Papers, etc.
- Meeting requests from client institutions, especially Banks and Government Departments, for periodic updating of techno-financial parameters and unit costs of various developmental activities.
- Provision of expert views, advisory services, consultancy, etc. to individual entrepreneurs, Corporates, institutions, Government Departments etc. seeking such advice.
- This may be in contexts of preparation of DPRs, standardisation of techno-financial norms with specific reference to new agribusiness ventures such as high value agriculture, value chain financing, processing and value addition, organic farming, etc.
- Connection with National / Regional Research Institutes to support their R&D interventions to develop solutions to field level technical /operational problems and innovative technologies.
- Connection with Line Departments of Central as well as State Governments, ICAR, and State Universities of related disciplines.
- Advisory services at District/State/National level in operationalization of several Government sponsored schemes pertaining to related disciplines.
- Representation on various technical committees/ sub-groups constituted by State / National Level institutions etc. towards policy advocacy.
- Provision, and simultaneous internal capacity building, in the emerging areas of NABARD’s interest and projects being implemented by NABARD requiring specialisations / expertise from related discipline.
AGE (as on 01-07-2024)
- The candidate must be between 21 and 30 years of age as on 01-07-2024, i.e., the candidate must have been born not earlier than 02-07-1994 and not later than 01-07-2003.
- 03 years in case of eligible OBC applicants
Caste Certificate
- For OBCs:
- OBC Certificate shall be in the format as prescribed by GOI and issued by the competent authority.
- The Caste Certificate for OBC candidates should be valid for the financial year 2024-2025, issued on or after 01-04-2024.
- Applicants belonging to OBC category but coming in the ‘CREAMY LAYER’, are not entitled to OBC reservation and age relaxation. Such candidates should indicate their category as ‘UR’ or ‘UR (OC)’ or ‘UR (VC)’ or ‘UR(HI) (as applicable).
- Attested copy/copies of relevant SC / ST / OBC / PWBD / EWS certificates should be submitted in the prescribed format at the time of Interview.
Salary
Selected candidates will draw a starting basic pay of Rs.44,500/- p.m. in the scale of Rs. 44500 – 2500 (4) – 54500 – 2850 (7) – 74450 – EB – 2850 (4) – 85850 – 3300 (1) – 89150 (17 Years) applicable to Officers in Grade ‘A’ and they will be eligible for Dearness Allowance, Local Compensatory Allowance, House
Rent Allowance, and Grade Allowance as per rules in force from time to time. At present, initial monthly gross emoluments are approximately Rs. 1,00,000/-.
Date : Sunday, 4 August 2024 (Mumbai)
Saturday, 24 August 2024 (Delhi)
Time : 10 am to 05 pm
Apply Here
Eligible applicants are required to apply online through website click here. (Rotate your phone to open the link)
No other means/ mode of application will be accepted. The application form should be filled in English only. Option for the use of Hindi language will be available for the Online/Main Examination/Interview.
Detailed Guideline / Procedure for
a. Application Registration
b. Payment of Application Fee
c. Photograph & Signature Scan and Upload
Application fee is Rs. 850
Candidates can apply online only from 27 July 2024 to 15 August 2024 and no other mode of application will be accepted.
Application Details
- Candidates to go to the Bank’s website www.nabard.org/career, click on the option “APPLY ONLINE” which will open a new screen.
- To register application, choose the tab “Click here for New Registration” and enter Name, Contact details and Email-id. A Provisional Registration Number and Password will be generated by the system and displayed on the screen.
- Candidates are advised to carefully fill and verify the details filled in the online application themselves as no change will be possible after clicking the FINAL SUBMIT BUTTON.
SELECTION PROCEDURE
- Qualifying Section – Test of Reasoning, English Language, Computer Knowledge, Quantitative Aptitude, Decision Making.
- Merit Section – General Awareness, Eco & Soc. Issues (with focus on Rural India), Agriculture & Rural Development with Emphasis on Rural India.
- Shortlisting of the candidates for the Mains exam will be based on marks scored in the Merit section only.
- One main exam will be conducted.
- Psychometric Test (Mandatory) MCQ based – 90 minutes duration
- For every wrong answer marked, 1/4th of the marks assigned to that question will be deducted
Help Facility
In case of any problem in filling up the form, payment of fee/intimation charges, or in downloading of Call Letter, complaints may be made at “Candidate Grievance Lodging and Redressal Mechanism” at http://cgrs.ibps.in/. Do not forget to mention “NABARD Officer – Grade ‘A’ (RDBS) – DR” in the subject of the email.
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