The eligibility requirement/ criteria for Specialist Officer Post Exam conducted by IBPS (Institute of Banking Personnel Selection) are as follows:

Eligibility Criteria:

Nationality/ Citizenship: A candidate must be either -
(i) a Citizen of India or
(ii) a subject of Nepal or
(iii) a subject of Bhutan or
(iv) a Tibetan Refugee who came over to India before 1st January 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India or
(v) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India, provided that a candidate belonging to categories (ii), (iii), (iv) & (v) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India.


Academic Qualification
There are various posts under the Specialist Officers vacancies and all of them will have a different academic qualification requirement:

IT Officer (Scale I)
4 year Engineering Degree in Information Technology/ Electronics / Computer Science/ Computer Applications / Electronics & Telecommunications/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Electronics & Communication
OR
b) Post Graduate Degree in Electronics/ Electronics & Instrumentation/ Computer Science/ Information Technology / Electronics & Tele Communication/ Electronics & Communication / Computer Applications
OR
Graduate with DOEACC ‘B’ level PASS

Law Officer (Scale I)
Bachelor Degree in Law (LLB)
PLUS
Enrolment with Bar Council as an advocate

Agricultural Field Officer (Scale I)
4 year Degree (graduation) in Agriculture/ Horticulture / Agri. Engineering/ Fishery Science/ Pisciculture / Animal Husbandry/ Veterinary Science/ Dairy Science / Co-operation & Banking/ Agro-Forestry / Agri Marketing & 3 Cooperation

HR / Personnel Officer (Scale I)
Graduation
PLUS
Full time Post Graduate degree
OR
Full time Post Graduate diploma in Personnel Management / HR/HRD/ Social Work / Industrial Relations / Labour Law

Rajbhasha Adhikari (Scale I)
Post Graduation in Hindi with English as a subject at graduation or Degree level
OR
Post graduate degree in Sanskrit with English and Hindi as graduation level subjects.

Marketing Officer (Scale I)
Graduate
PLUS
Full time MBA (Marketing) / Full time 2 years PGDBM / PGDBA with specialization in Marketing

Age Limit

One’s age should be in between 20 and 30 years

There is relaxation in the age criteria for the reserved category candidates as:

Category Years

ST/SC 5
OBC 3
Persons with Disability 10

Ex Servicemen, Emergency
Commissioned Officers
and other Military
Background people 5