IBPS COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION [CWE] for Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Office Assistants in Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)

A Common Written Examination (CWE) will be conducted by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) as a pre-requisite (pre-qualification) for recruitment of personnel for Group-"A"-Officers (Scale-I, II & III) and Group-"B"-Office Assistants (Multipurpose) posts in the Regional Rural Banks, listed below.

Start date for Online Registration	01-06-2012
Online Payment of Application Fees	01-06-2012 to 25-06-2012
Offline Payment of Application Fees	04-06-2012 to 30-06-2012
Last date for Online Registration	25-06-2012
Last date for Editing (prior to submission of online application) Application Details	27-06-2012
Download of Call letter for Written Examination-
Officer Scale-I, II and III	After 22-08-2012
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	After 28-08-2012
Tentative Date of Written Examination-
Officer Scale-I, II and III	02-09-2012
Office Assistant (Multipurpose)	09-09-2012

This system of Common Examination for recruitment of Officers and Office Assistants (Multipurpose) has been approved by the Government of India, notified by NABARD and has the mandate of each of the RRBs.

IBPS, an autonomous body registered under Societies Registration Act 1860 and a Public Trust under Bombay Public Trust Act 1950, has been authorised to conduct the Common Written Examination. The CWE for Officers and Office Assistants (Multipurpose) posts will be conducted twice a year by IBPS.

Sr. No.	Name of the RRB	Head Office	State
1	Allahabad UP Gramin Bank	Banda	Uttar Prad esh
2	Andhra Pradesh Gra meena Vikas Bank	Warangal	Andhra Pr adesh
3	Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank	Kadapa	Andhra Pr adesh
4	Arunachal Pradesh R ural Bank	Naharlagun	Arunachal Pradesh
5	Aryavart Gramin Ba nk	Lucknow	Uttar Prad esh
6	Assam Gramin Vika sh Bank	Guwahati	Assam
7	Baitarni Gramya Ban k	Baripada	Orissa
8	Ballia Etawah Gramin Bank	Ballia	Uttar Prad esh
9	Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank	Murshidabad	West Beng al
10	Baroda Gujarat Gram in Bank	Bharuch	Gujarat
11	Baroda Rajasthan Gramin Bank	Ajmer	Rajasthan
12	Baroda UP Gramin B ank	Raebareilly	Uttar Prad esh
13	Bihar Kshetriya Gra min Bank	Munger	Bihar
14	Cauvery Kalpatharu Grameena Bank	Mysore	Karnataka
15	Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank	Guntoor	Andhra Pr adesh
16	Chhatisgarh Gramin Bank	Raipur	Chhatisgarh
17	Chikmagalur Kodaguu Grameena Bank	Chikmagalur	Karnataka
18	Deccan Grameena Bank	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh
19	Dena Gujarat Grami n Bank	Gandhinagar	Gujarat
20	Durg Rajnandgaon G ramin Bank	Rajnandgaon	Chhatisgarh
21	Ellaquai Dehati Bank	Srinagar	Jammu & Kashmir
22	Gurgaon Gramin Ba nk	Gurgaon	Haryana
23	Hadoti Kshetriya Gra min Bank	Kota	Rajasthan

24	Haryana Gramin Bank	Rohtak	Haryana
25	Himachal Gramin Bank	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh
26	J &K Grameen Bank	Jammu	Jammu & Kashmir
27	Jaipur Thar Gramin Bank	Jaipur	Rajasthan
28	Jhabua Dhar Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Jhabua	Madhya Pradesh
29	Jharkhand Gramin Bank	Ranchi	Jharkhand
30	Kalinga Gramya Bank	Cuttack	Orissa
31	Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank	Dharwad	Karnataka
32	Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh
33	Krishna Grameena Bank	Gulbarga	Karnataka
34	Kshetriya Kisan Gramin Bank	Mainpuri	Uttar Pradesh
35	Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank	Diphu	Assam
36	Madhya Bharath Gramin Bank	Sagar	Madhya Pradesh
37	Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank	Patna	Bihar
38	Mahakaushal Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Jabalpur	Madhya Pradesh
39	Maharashtra Gramin Bank	Nanded	Maharashtra
40	Malwa Gramin Bank	Sangrur	Punjab
41	Manipur Rural Bank	Imphal	Manipur
42	Meghalaya Rural Bank	Shillong	Meghalaya
43	Mewar Anchalik Gramin Bank	Udaipur	Rajasthan
44	MGB Gramin Bank	Marwar	Rajasthan
45	Mizoram Rural Bank	Aizwal	Mizoram
46	Nagaland Rural Bank	Kohima	Nagaland
47	Nainital Almora Kshetriya Bank	Haldwani	Uttarakhand
48	Narmada Malwa Gramin Bank	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
49	Neelachal Gramya Bank	Bhubaneswar	Orissa
50	North Malabar GraminBank	Kannur	Kerala
51	Pallavan Grama Bank	Salem	Tamil Nadu
52	Pandyan Grama Bank	Virudhnagar	Tamil Nadu
53	Parvatiya Gramin Bank	Chamba	Himachal Pradesh
54	Paschim Banga Gramin Bank	Howrah	West Bengal
55	Pragathi Gramin Bank	Bellary	Karnataka
56	Prathma Bank	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh
57	Puduvai Bharthiar Grama Bank	Puducherry	Puducherry
58	Punjab Gramin Bank	Kapurthala	Punjab
59	Purvanchal Gramin Bank	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh
60	Rajasthan Gramin Bank	Alwar	Rajasthan
61	Rewa Sidhi Gramin Bank	Rewa	Madhya Pradesh
62	Rushikulya Gramya Bank	Berhampur	Orissa
63	Samastipur Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Samastipur	Bihar
64	Saptagiri Grameena Bank	Chittoor	Andhra Pradesh
65	Sarva UP Gramin Bank	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh

66	Satpura Narmada Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Chhindwara	Madhya Pradesh
67	Saurashtra Gramin Bank	Rajkot	Gujarat
68	Sharda Gramin Bank	Satna	Madhya Pradesh
69	Shreyas Gramin Bank	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
70	South Malabar Gramin Bank	Mallapuram	Kerala
71	Surguja Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Ambikapur	Chhatisgarh
72	Sutlej Gramin Bank	Bhatinda	Punjab
73	Tripura Gramin Bank	Agartala	Tripura
74	Utkal Gramya Bank	Bolangir	Orissa
75	Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Coochbehar	West Bengal
76	Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank	Muzzafarpur	Bihar
77	Uttaranchal Gramin Bank	Dehradun	Uttarakhand
78	Vananchal Gramin Bank	Dumka	Jharkhand
79	Vidharbha Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Akola	Maharashtra
80	Vidisha Bhopal Kshetriya Gramin Bank	Vidisha	Madhya Pradesh
81	Visveshvaraya Grameena Bank	Mandya	Karnataka
82	Wainganga Krishna Gramin Bank	Solapur	Maharashtra

As per the procedure for recruitment individual who aspire to join any of the above Regional Rural Bank either as an Officer (Scale-I, II & III) or as an Office Assistant (Multipurpose) will necessarily be required to qualify through the CWE. Prospective candidates who wish to appear for the CWE will have to apply to IBPS after carefully reading the advertisement and in compliance of eligibility criteria, online registration process, pattern of examination, issuance of call letters and score cards.


ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA (as on 01-06-2012)

Prospective Candidates should ensure that they fulfill the specified eligibility criteria before applying for the Common Written Examination (CWE):

However it should be noted that the eligibility criteria specified is the basic criteria for applying to various Regional Rural Banks. However merely applying for and qualifying in CWE does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be eligible for employment in all or any particular Regional Rural Bank as each Bank will stipulate its own eligibility/ qualifying criteria, followed by Interviews etc.

Age (As on 01-06-2012)
For Officer Scale- III	Below 40 years
For Officer Scale- II	Above 21 years - Below 32 years
For Officer Scale- I	Above 18 years - Below 28 years
For Office Assistant	Between 18 years and 28 years

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Language Proficiency * - Candidates are required to possess proficiency in the Official Language of the State/UT in which RRB is located and must have passed “ local language”as one of the subjects at Matriculation/Xth Standard.