PNB Recruiment 2024 For Various Posts
PNB Recruiment 2024 For Various Posts
PNB Recruiment 2024 For Various Posts
Punjab National Bank invites applications from Retired/ Retiring Officers of Indian Army
and Indian Air Force, who fulfill the eligibility criteria as mentioned hereunder and have
honourably retired/ are going to retire within three months from the date of
advertisement i.e. on or before 10.04.2024 with satisfactory service record, for
empanelment as Senior Defence Banking Advisor and Defence Banking Advisor on
contractual basis. Empanelled serving officers shall get their assignment only after
their retirement.
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Senior Defence Banking Advisor Defence Banking Advisor
• Conducting mass account
opening/ loan campaigns in
large cantonments,
participating in monthly Sainik
Sammelans/ Darbar etc.
• Number of vacancies mentioned above are provisional and may vary as per the
requirement of the Bank.
• Applicants who have served in the higher ranks other than the mentioned Last
Cadre as above will not be eligible for the position. It is clarified that highest
decided rank for the position of SDBA & DBA are Brigadier and Selection Grade
Colonel (or equivalent) respectively.
• Age shall be calculated as on 01/01/2024 in completed years.
• Any Officer who is under investigation or has been imposed major penalty/ proved
guilty in any departmental or judicial enquiry in his/ her entire service career is not
eligible for consideration.
Place of posting mentioned above is tentative/ provisional and may vary as per the
requirement of the Bank. SDBA and DBAs may be posted at above mentioned place
of posting but can be relocated anywhere in India as per Bank’s requirement.
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3. TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT
The term of office of the holder of any of the above mentioned post shall be initially for
one year and will be further reviewed on yearly basis subject to the condition of good
health and performance of Defence Advisor (SDBA/ DBA). The term of engagement
will automatically expire permanently on attaining total 05 years of engagement or 65
years of age, whichever is earlier.
a. Senior Defence Banking Advisor: The compensation package per annum will be
Rs.22.38 lacs including fuel expenses, vehicle cost, leased accommodation facility
and telephone bill.
b. Defence Banking Advisor: The compensation package per annum will be
Rs.18.60 lacs including conveyance expenses, leased accommodation facility and
telephone bill.
c. Engaged executive will not be entitled to dearness allowance or any other allowance
other than the one which is a part of the compensation package.
d. Engaged executive will not be eligible for any kind of staff loan, medical aid/ benefits,
superannuation benefits, travel concessions, leave encashment, entertainment,
newspaper, cleaning expenses, insurance and any other staff benefit scheme.
e. Income tax, professional tax, any other tax/ statutory liability will be borne by
engaged executive.
f. Reimbursement of expenses incurred on official visit: Expenses incurred on travel
on duty (out of station of place of posting) will include travel fare, lodging and diem
as per entitlement of Bank’s Deputy General Manager for SDBA and Assistant
General Manager for DBA respectively, wherever applicable.
g. Leave Rules: Leave for one day will be provided in every month to the engaged
executive if his/ her job profile requires visiting office regularly, otherwise, if the
executive is engaged on work from home/ offsite basis, no leave of any kind will be
provided.
• The tenure of the advisor would be initially for one year and would be reviewed on
yearly basis subject to condition of good health and performance of advisors.
• Key Responsibility Area/ Performance of SDBA/ DBA will be subject to review on
quarterly basis.
• The engaged executives, who have been assigned the job of advisors, will have to
execute a non-disclosure/ confidentiality agreement.
• Empaneled executive will have to sign a legal undertaking stating that there will be
no conflict of interest of any kind from their side with the Bank.
• In case of serving officer, he/ she will have to produce letter of No Objection from
his/ her current organization at the time of interview and will have to resign/ get
relieved from the services of current organization if he/ she gets selected.
• Engagement will be of full time nature i.e. once engaged, the executive cannot
involve in any other kind of employment by any other employer.
• Executive once selected have to produce a report of medical fitness from a medical
practitioner (MBBS Doctor) to the Bank.
• This engagement will not be treated as re-employment as the engagement will be
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purely contractual and of temporary nature (non- official) and either party will have
the right to terminate the contract with prior notice of 15 days.
• In case of unsatisfactory performance, the engagement will be cancelled, even
before completion of the period of assignment.
• The Advisor who is so selected for the assignment should attend the allotted work
on all working days and should be present in the office during the working hours
except the events when he/ she is supposed to go on approved visits.
4. SELECTION PROCEDURE
• Valid applications will be shortlisted and shortlisted candidates will be called for
Interview. Names of the shortlisted candidates shall be placed on the Bank’s
website on www.pnbindia.in .
• Shortlisting for Interview will be strictly based on the profile.
• Final selection will be on the basis of performance in the Interview. The officers
retiring within three months from the date of advertisement (i.e. on or before
10.04.2024) from Defence services may also be shortlisted but they shall get their
assignment only after their retirement.
Note:
• A candidate will not be allowed to appear for the Interview if he/ she fails to produce
the relevant eligibility documents as mentioned above. Non production of relevant
eligibility documents as and when demanded by the Bank shall make the candidate
ineligible for further process of engagement.
• The prescribed format for the certificate to be produced by the candidates belonging
to the reserved category (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PWBD) is available at www.pnbindia.in
under the Recruitments/Careers → Joining formalities while joining Bank tab.
5. HOW TO APPLY
Candidates can only apply online from 15.01.2024 to 04.02.2024 and no other mode
of application will be accepted.
Before applying online, candidates should keep ready a scanned copy each of their
Photograph, Signature, Left hand thumb impression, Proof of age, Complete Service/
Discharge Book (for retired officials) or Certificate of Service (for officials retiring on or
before 10.04.2024), Pension Payment Order, Certificate of Disability (if applicable),
Highest Educational Qualification Mark sheet/ Degree and Certificates of Honours/
Awards received during Defence Service keeping in view the guidelines contained in
para 5.3 below.
ii. Candidates are required to have a valid personal Email ID and Mobile Number.
It should be kept active till completion of this engagement project. Bank may send
call letters for Interview through the registered Email ID. In case, a candidate
does not have a valid personal email ID, he/ she should create his/ her new email
ID before applying Online. Under no circumstances, he/ she should share/
mention email ID to/ or of any other person.
iii. Candidates will have to click on “CLICK HERE FOR NEW REGISTRATION”,
under the Recruitments/Careers → Engagement of Defence Advisors tab at our
website www.pnbindia.in to register application by entering their basic
information in the online application form. After that a provisional registration
number and password will be generated by the system and displayed on the
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screen. Candidate should note down the Provisional Registration Number and
Password. An Email & SMS indicating the Provisional Registration Number and
Password will also be sent. They can reopen the saved data using Provisional
Registration Number and Password and edit the particulars, if needed.
iv. Candidates are advised to carefully fill in the online application themselves as no
change in any of the data filled in the online application will be possible/
entertained. Prior to submission of the online application, candidates are advised
to use the ‘SAVE AND NEXT’ facility to verify the details in the online application
form and modify the same if required. No change is permitted after clicking on
COMPLETE REGISTRATION button.
v. Use of special characters while filling the form will not be allowed. In case the
candidate is unable to fill in the application form in one go, he/ she can save the
data already entered. They can reopen the saved data using Provisional
Registration Number and Password and edit the particulars, if needed. Once the
application is filled in completely, candidate should submit the data.
vi. There is a provision to modify the online application prior to final submission only.
Candidates are requested to make use of this facility to correct the details in
online application, if any.
vii. The name of the candidate and his/ her father/ husband etc. should be spelt
correctly in the application as it appears in the certificates/ mark sheets/ photo
identity proofs etc. Any change/ alteration found may disqualify the candidature.
viii. An Email/ SMS intimation with the Registration Number and Password generated
on successful registration of the application will be sent to the candidate’s Email
ID/ Mobile Number specified in the online application form as a system generated
acknowledgement. If candidates do not receive the email and SMS intimations
at the email ID/ mobile number specified by them, they may consider that their
online application has not been successfully registered.
ix. An online application which is incomplete in any respect such as without proper
passport size Photograph, Signature, Left hand thumb impression, Proof of age,
Complete Service/ Discharge Book or Certificate of Service, Pension Payment
Order, Certificate of Disability (if applicable), Highest Educational Qualification
Mark sheet and Degree and Certificates of Honours/ Awards received during
Defence Service uploaded in the online application form will not be considered
as valid.
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5.3 Guidelines for Scanning and Upload of Documents
Before applying online, a candidate will be required to have a scanned (digital) image
of his/ her Photograph, Signature, Left hand thumb impression, Proof of age, Complete
Service/ Discharge Book or Certificate of Service, Pension Payment Order, Certificate
of Disability (if applicable), Highest Educational Qualification Mark sheet/ Degree and
Certificates of Honours/ Awards received during Defence Service as per the
specifications given below.
ii) Signature:
• The applicant has to sign on white paper with Black Ink pen.
• File type: jpg/ jpeg
• Dimensions 140 x 60 pixels (preferred)
• Size of file should be between 10kb – 20kb
• Ensure that the size of the scanned image is not more than 20kb
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v) Complete Service/ Discharge Book:
• Complete Service/ Discharge Book (for retired officials) or Certificate of
Service (for officials retiring on or before 10.04.2024).
• File type: PDF
• File Size: not exceeding 500KB
Note:
• The signature and left hand thumb impression should be of the applicant and not by
any other person.
• If the applicant’s signature on the attendance sheet or call letter, signed at the time
of the Interview, does not match the signature uploaded, the applicant will be
disqualified.
• Signature in CAPITAL LETTERS shall NOT be accepted.
• Ensure that Photograph, Signature, Left hand thumb impression, Proof of age,
Complete Service/ Discharge Book or Certificate of Service, Pension Payment
Order, Certificate of Disability (if applicable), Highest Educational Qualification Mark
sheet and Degree and Certificates of Honours/ Awards received during Defence
Service are uploaded at the specified spaces only in the online application form.
• Set the scanner resolution to a minimum of 200 dpi (dots per inch)
• Set Colour to True Colour
• File Size as specified above
• Crop the image in the scanner to the edge of the Photograph, Signature, Left
hand thumb impression, Proof of age, Complete Service/ Discharge Book or
Certificate of Service, Pension Payment Order, Certificate of Disability (if
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applicable), Highest Educational Qualification Mark sheet and Degree and
Certificates of Honours/ Awards received during Defence Service, then use
the upload editor to crop the image to the final size (as specified above).
• The image file should be JPG or JPEG format. An example of file name is:
image01.jpg or image01.jpeg. Image dimensions can be checked by listing the
folder files or moving the mouse over the file image icon.
• Candidates using MS Windows/MSOffice can easily obtain documents in .jpeg
format by using MS Paint or MSOffice Picture Manager. Scanned documents
in any format can be saved in .jpg / .jpeg format by using ‘Save As’ option in
the File menu. Size can be adjusted by using crop and then resize option.
• In case of document being scanned, please ensure it is saved as PDF and
size not more than 500 KB as PDF. If the size of the file is more than 500KB,
then adjust the setting of the scanner such as the DPI resolution, number of
colors etc. during the process of scanning. Please ensure that documents
uploaded are clear and readable.
• While filling in the Online Application Form the candidate will be provided with
separate links for uploading Photograph, Signature, Left hand thumb
impression, Proof of age, Complete Service/ Discharge Book or Certificate of
Service, Pension Payment Order, Certificate of Disability (if applicable),
Highest Educational Qualification Mark sheet and Degree and Certificates of
Honours/ Awards received during Defence Service.
• Click on the respective link to upload the required scanned documents.
• Browse and Select the location where the scanned documents file has been
saved.
• Select the file by clicking on it
• Click the ‘Open/ Upload’
• If the file size and format are not as prescribed, an error message will be
displayed.
• Preview of the uploaded file will help to see its quality. In case the uploaded
file is unclear/ smudged, the same may be re-uploaded to the expected clarity/
quality.
Note:
• Online Application will not be registered unless Photograph, Signature, Left hand
thumb impression, Proof of age, Complete Service/ Discharge Book or Certificate
of Service, Pension Payment Order, Certificate of Disability (if applicable), Highest
Educational Qualification Mark sheet and Degree and Certificates of Honours/
Awards received during Defence Service is not uploaded as specified.
• In case the uploaded documents (as discussed in Para 5.3 above) are unclear/
smudged the candidate’s application may be rejected.
• After uploading the documents in the online application form, candidates should
check that the images are clear and have been uploaded correctly. In case the
Photograph, Signature, Left hand thumb impression, Proof of age, Complete
Service/ Discharge Book or Certificate of Service, Pension Payment Order,
Certificate of Disability (if applicable), Highest Educational Qualification Mark sheet
and Degree and Certificates of Honours/ Awards received during Defence Service
is not prominently visible, the candidate may edit his/ her application and re-upload
his/ her documents, prior to submitting the online application form.
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• Candidate should also ensure that photo is uploaded at the place of photo and
signature at the place of signature. If photo in place of photo and signature in place
of signature is not uploaded properly, candidate will not be allowed to appear for the
Interview.
• Candidate must ensure that Photo to be uploaded is of required size and the face
should be clearly visible.
• If the photo is not uploaded at the place of Photo, admission for Interview will be
rejected/ denied. Candidate him/ herself will be responsible for the same.
• Candidates should ensure that the signature uploaded is clearly visible
• After registering online, candidates are advised to take a printout of their system
generated online application forms and also preserve a soft copy of it for future
reference.
The date of the Interview will be intimated in the Call Letter along with the Centre/
Venue for the Interview, well in advance of the date of the Interview.
All eligible candidates will be required to download their call letter for Interview from the
Bank’s website www.pnbindia.in - (under Recruitment/Career section). Date of
commencement of downloading Interview call letters for all the posts will be intimated
by way of separate notice on Bank’s website. Hence, the candidates are advised to
visit the Bank’s website frequently for the date of commencement of downloading of
Interview call letters. Candidates should note that the call letters will not be sent through
any other mode.
7. APPLICATION FEE
Application Fee for all candidates applying for the post of Senior Defence Banking
Advisor/ Defence Banking Advisor is NIL.
8. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
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