J&K Bank concludes recruitment test for POs, BAs

Winding first phase of its recruitment drive, J&K Bank on Friday concluded the online examination, the largest in the state, for the posts of probationary officer (PO) and banking associate (BA) successfully. Around 1.17 lakh candidates appeared at 52 centres set up in Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh divisions, besides outside the state.

More than 1.44 lakh aspirants had applied for the onlinetests that were held directly by the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection(IBPS), Mumbai with technical expertise from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

   

In five-shifts every day, out of 37512 applicants, 30198candidates appeared in the online tests for the post of Probationary Officer(PO) on April 22 while as out of 107198 aspirants, 86683 candidates appearedfor the post of Banking Associate (BA) on April 24, 25, and 26 across the stateand outside. The centers included numerous educational institutions andtraining institutes across the state besides the bank’s Corporate Office, Zonalheadquarters and other offices.

Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed, who personally oversaw theexaminations online from the bank’s corporate headquarters expressed happinessover the smooth and successful conduct of the overall exams.

Chairman said, “Given the huge number of applicationswe received and the kind of massive infra-structural arrangements that wererequired to conduct these examinations online in J&K, I really think thatthe team J&K Bank has really pulled off a great feat with exceptionalcompetence and required patience.

Commending the teamwork and flawless execution, he said, “Ireally feel proud to see that every staff member took pains to ensure thatevery candidate is treated with compassion and made comfortable whileconducting the examination in a fair and transparent manner. I believe that thecandidates must have found it one of their best experiences of the BrandJ&K Bank”, he added.

The chairman who looked visibly satisfied, asserted, “Therecruitment drive for POs and BAs is part of our larger strategy to augment ourresource base further by hiring the best available talent in the state andsustain the organizational momentum towards excellence in business besidescreating right-mix of experience, energy, and innovation in our HR base.”

In order to ensure smooth conduct of the online recruitmentexaminations, the bank had established a three-tier Executive Committeestructure headed by Executive President (C) and supported by Presidents andVice Presidents down the line. The designated Presidents and Vice Presidentswere part of the special supervisory teams constituted to oversee the smoothconduct of the tests besides monitoring the entire process and progress ofthese examinations.

Besides, control rooms were set up at the corporateheadquarter and at Zonal Office Jammu for monitoring the examinations onlineand special teams headed by officers from the executive committee the structurewere constituted that visited the centers throughout these days ensuring utmosttransparency.

On the occasion, Executive President Rajesh Kumar Chhibber,who headed the Multi-tier Executive Structure thanked all the state agenciesfor extending their support to accomplish such an uphill task and hoped theywill continue to do so in future as well.

He said, “On behalf of J&K Bank I extend heartfeltgratitude to all the institutions, agencies and individuals in the state andoutside for their kind and timely support that made this hugely valuableexercise for the youth of state successful today.”

“I also congratulate my colleagues in the bank, for smoothconduct of exams and hope, we shall continue to accomplish the assigned taskswith exceeding diligence and commitment to realize our leadership’s 2022vision”, said the executive president.

The bank had conducted many mock test drills across thedesignated venues besides making links for demo/mock online test available forthe candidates on its website for hands-on experience.

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