Bank of India SO Exam Date 2026- How to Check

Bank of India (BOI) Bank of India SO Exam Date 2026, Admit Card, Hall Ticket Download Link, Bank of India has announced the dates for the Specialist Officer (SO) Examination 2025. The exam will be held on January 31, 2026. Candidates who are scheduled to appear for the exam can check the details by visiting the official website of Bank of India.

Candidate will need Enrollment Number, Registration Number and Date of Birth to check Bank of India SO Exam Date 2026. Candidates can check the complete exam schedule for Specialist Officer (SO) Recruitment through the official website or the direct link given below.

Vacancy Details

Scale	Post Name	No. of Posts
SCALE IV Posts (15 Vacancies)
IV	Chief Manager – IT Database Administrator	02
IV	Chief Manager – IT Network	02
IV	Chief Manager – IT Infra	02
IV	Chief Manager – IT Incident Manager	01
IV	Chief Manager – IT Digital Payments	02
IV	Chief Manager – IT Cloud Operations	02
IV	Chief Manager – IT Application Maintenance Admin	01
IV	Chief Manager – IT Middleware Administrator	01
IV	Chief Manager – IT with CISA/CISM/CISSP	01
IV	Chief Manager – Economist	01
SCALE III Posts (54 Vacancies)
III	Senior Manager – IT Network Security	05
III	Senior Manager – Project Manager	03
III	Senior Manager – Risk	08
III	Senior Manager – IT with CISA/CISM/CISSP	03
III	Senior Manager – Various IT Posts	35
SCALE II Posts (46 Vacancies)
II	Manager – Law Officer	02
II	Manager – Civil Engineer	03
II	Manager – Electrical Engineer	02
II	Manager – Risk	05
II	Manager – IT with CISA/CISM/CISSP	04
II	Manager – Finance & Accounts	02
II	Manager – Various IT Posts	28

Age Limit

• Manager – Risk (Scale II): 22 to 35 years
• Manager – Law Officer (Scale II): 25 to 32 years
• Manager – Civil/Electrical Engineer (Scale II): 23 to 35 years
• Manager – IT Posts (Scale II): 25 to 35 years
• Senior Manager – IT Posts (Scale III): 27 to 38 years
• Senior Manager – Risk (Scale III): 25 to 35 years
• Chief Manager – IT Posts (Scale IV): 28 to 40 years
• Chief Manager – IT with CISA/CISM/CISSP (Scale IV): 28 to 42 years
• Chief Manager – Economist (Scale IV): 28 to 45 years

Eligibility Criteria

Chief Manager – IT Database Administrator (Scale IV)

Educational Qualifications:

• Minimum 60 Marks in B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science/Information Technology/Electronics/Electrical Electronics/Electronics Communication
• OR MCA/M.Sc. Computer Science/IT
• Institute should be recognized/approved by Government bodies/AICTE
• Mandatory Certifications: Oracle Certified Associate and/or Oracle Certified Professional

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Fine tune the system, Manage roles and Privileges
• Analyze all the needed data warehouse activities and identify what essential resources they require
• Prepare a design for all metadata relating to various Extract Transform Load (ETL) processes
• Create both logical and physical data models
• Design Data warehouse, Data Models, OLAP system, Experience in Oracle PL/SQL
• Replication and high-availability solutions (Data Guard, AlwaysOn, Clustering, Replication/Mirroring)

Work Experience:

• With Bachelors Degree: Minimum total Experience in IT/BFSI – Minimum 7 years in which 5 years experience in database, data modelling and Exadata Platform
• With Masters Degree: Minimum 5 years in which 3 years experience in database, data modelling and Exadata Platform

Chief Manager – Economist (Scale IV)

Educational Qualifications:

• 02 years regular Post-Graduation degree in Economics/Econometrics from a University/Institution recognized by Govt. of India
• Candidates with specialization in Financial Economics/Behavioral Economics will be preferred
• Candidates from premier Institutes/Universities such as Delhi School of Economics, Madras School of Economics, JNU, Jamia Millia Islamia University, IGIDR etc., OR from institutes of national importance as published by MHRD, Govt. of India will be preferred

Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in Rating Agencies/Banks/PDs
• Work experience should preferably be in Analysis and forecasting of economic indicators, writing research reports on topics related to banking and Economics, Application of econometric models in Banking, evaluation of issues related to monetary and fiscal policy, Analysing market trends

Chief Manager – IT with CISA/CISM/CISSP qualifications (Scale IV)

Educational Qualifications:

• Essential: B.E./B.Tech in Information Technology/Computer Science/Electronics/Electronics Instrumentations OR Master in Computer Application OR Master of Science (M.Sc) in Computer Science or IT with minimum 60 Marks
• Institute must be recognized/approved by Government bodies/AICTE
• Essential Certifications: CISA (Certified Information Security Auditor) OR CISM (Certified Information Security Manager) OR CISSP (Certified Information System Security Professional)
• Desirable: ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, CEH, CRISC, C-CISO etc.

Work Experience:

• Minimum 7 years experience in IT Information Security (IS Audit Domain) within Banking/BFSI/CERT-In empanelled Information Security Organisations engaged in BFSI sector
• In which minimum 3 years experience in conducting Information Systems (IS Audit)/Cyber Security Audit of Systems such as Core Banking Solution, Digital Payment channels, DC/DR Sites including Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing, Cloud Security Audits, Network Security Audits etc.
• Experience in VAPT tools like Nessus, Retina, SAINT and Kali Linux and other system tools

Senior Manager – Risk (Scale III)

Educational Qualifications:

• Essential: Graduate/Post-graduate in any discipline from a University/Institution recognized by Govt. of India/approved by Govt. Regulatory bodies
• AND Certificate in Financial Risk Management from Global Association of Risk (GARP) OR Professional Risk Management Certification from PRIMA Institute
• OR Masters in Math/Statistics or Econometrics with minimum of 60% marks in aggregate from a University/Institution recognized by Govt. of India (Minimum 55% for SC/ST/OBC/PwBD candidates)

Work Experience:

• Overall 5 years of experience in Scheduled Commercial banks
• With minimum 2 years of experience in the Risk Management department, preferably in head office/corporate office of any organization
• Presently working at Scale III designation or equivalent posts

Senior Manager – Gen AI Developer (Scale III)

Educational Qualifications:

• Mandatory: B.Tech/MCA with Minimum 60 marks

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Review data, refine algorithms and train models to improve accuracy
• Answer business challenges using AI software
• Design, develop, implement and monitor AI systems
• Explain AI systems to top management and stakeholders
• Develop data ingest and data transformation architecture
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to generative AI models and implementations
• Create and maintain documentation for generative AI models and their applications

Work Experience:

• Minimum experience of 5 years in the Banking or Financial Services
• Out of which minimum 3 years should be in AI preferably on Banking Projects

Manager – Law Officer (Scale II)

Educational Qualifications:

• Graduate in law (3 years/5 years full time regular course) from a recognized University

Work Experience:

• As on date of notification the candidate must possess professional experience of minimum 4 years post qualification experience
• As practicing lawyer and/or with law firm and/or as law officer in any Bank/Financial Institution/State or Central Government and/or as a judicial officer
• The experience as above can be cumulative

Manager – Civil Engineer (Scale II)

Educational Qualifications:

• B.E./B.Tech in Civil engineering from a recognized institute/university

Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years experience in the field of construction and maintenance of buildings, facility management etc.
• Well versed in estimating, preparation of tender and supervision of work and certification of bills

Manager – Risk (Scale II)

Educational Qualifications:

• Essential: Graduate/Post-graduate in any discipline from a University/Institution recognized by Govt. of India/approved by Govt. Regulatory bodies
• AND Certificate in Financial Risk Management from Global Association of Risk (GARP) OR Professional Risk Management Certification from PRIMA Institute
• OR Masters in Math/Statistics or Econometrics with minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (Minimum 55% for SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates)

Work Experience:

• Overall 2 years of experience in Scheduled Commercial banks
• With minimum 1 year of experience in the Risk Management department, preferably in head office/corporate office of any organization
• Presently working at Scale III designation or equivalent posts

• For More Details Read the Official Notification.

Salary

• Middle Management Grade Scale-II (MMGS-II) : Rs. 64,820 – 2,340(1) – 67,160 – 2,680(10) – 93,960
• Middle Management Grade Scale-III (MMGS-III) : Rs. 85,920 – 2,680(5) – 99,320 – 2,980(2) – 1,05,280
• Senior Management Grade Scale-IV (SMGS-IV) : Rs. 1,02,300 – 2,980(4) – 1,14,220 – 3,360(2) – 1,20,940
• Basic pay as above and other allowances and perquisites as applicable

Selection Process

• Selection Procedure: Through online test and/or personal interview, depending on the number of applicants/eligible candidates
• Online Examination Structure:
  • English Language: 25 Marks (Qualifying Nature)
  • Professional Knowledge: 100 Marks
  • Composite Time: 100 Minutes
• Minimum Qualifying Marks:
  • General/EWS: 35% in each section
  • SC/ST/OBC/PWD: 30% in each section (5% relaxation)
• Penalty for Wrong Answers: 1/4th of marks deducted for each wrong answer
• Interview: Total Marks: 100
  • Minimum Qualifying Marks for General/EWS: 50
  • Minimum Qualifying Marks for SC/ST/OBC/PWD: 45
• If both Online Exam and Interview conducted: Weightage ratio 80:20 (Online Exam:Interview)
• Final Selection: Based on combined merit list in descending order for respective categories

Bank of India SO Exam Date 2026 : How to Download

• Visit the official website (https://bankofindia.bank.in/) of Bank of India (BOI).
• On the homepage, click on the “Careers / Recruitment” section.
• Find the notice related to Bank of India SO Exam Date 2026.
• Open the exam date notification PDF.
• Check all details such as: Exam date, Exam shift, Exam city information, and Admit card release details.
• Download and save the exam date PDF.

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