Srinagar, Nov 4: J&K Bank, state’s premier financial institution, today conducted written test for the posts of Relationship Executives in the bank.
 The test was held at 92 centres set up across the state.
 Over 30,000 candidates appeared in the test held under the auspices of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). 35,000 aspirants had applied.
 Special teams constituted by the Bank visited the examination centres to observe the test. Chairman and CEO, J&K Bank, Mushtaq Ahmad also visited some of the centres and expressed satisfaction over the smooth conduct of the examination, the bank in a statement said.
 “It is a moment of elation for us to see that the Bank staff organized this grand exercise so efficiently and with such a sense of collective responsibility”, he said.
 Meanwhile, extending “gratitude to all who contributed to make the day possible”, Bank’s President HRD Abdul Rauf Bhat said, “We are grateful to all the educational institutions, their staff, state police and every individual who made this valuable exercise possible.”
 He thanked the IBPS and its observers for their support.
 “We hope the exercise will culminate in further enrichment of our diversely talented HR”, he added.
 “The recruitment drive is part of the Bank’s consolidation process following its aggressive expansion policy while inching closer to its FY-13 targets i.e. Rs one lakh crore business and one thousand crore profit,” it said.
 “The candidates,” the statement said, “were satisfied with the kind of arrangements made by the Bank at their test venues.”
 Notably, this was the first recruitment drive conducted in J&K wherein everything related to registration process, issuance of roll number slips and other information related to the examination was made available on-line, it said.

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