Indian Bank Apprentice Recruitment 2026–27: 1,500 Seats, State-Wise Vacancies, Exam and Stipend

Indian Bank Apprentice 2026–27: check your graduation date before choosing a state

Indian Bank has advertised 1,500 apprenticeship training seats across 30 States and Union Territories. Online registration, application editing and payment run from 5 to 25 November 2026. This is a twelve-month training engagement under the Apprentices Act, 1961. It does not carry a promise of a permanent bank appointment.

The first eligibility check is unusually specific: graduation must have been completed between 1 April 2022 and 1 November 2026. A degree outside that period cannot be made eligible by a good examination score. The next check concerns previous work and training: one year or more of post-qualification job experience, or an earlier apprenticeship, can exclude an otherwise eligible graduate.

📅 Dates that affect your application

The registration period includes both opening and closing dates. The advertisement does not specify an exact closing clock time. Complete the payment and retain the receipt before the final day rather than treating a saved form as a completed application. The advertised editing window does not mean that every field remains editable after FINAL SUBMIT: the application instructions specifically warn that changes will not be entertained after that action.

Who meets the degree and experience conditions?

Graduation in any discipline from a recognised university, or an equivalent qualification recognised by the Central Government. Graduation must have been passed from 1 April 2022 through 1 November 2026, inclusive. The final result must have been declared by 1 November 2026 and supported by university/board evidence.

A final-year student awaiting results cannot use the application closing date as an extension of the qualification cut-off. Where a result was published online, keep official evidence of the declaration date. A later convocation date and the actual result declaration date are different events; use the qualification evidence requested by the bank.

Candidates should also check their NATS history before paying. Registration on an apprenticeship portal is not itself a guarantee that the bank will accept an applicant’s previous training or employment record. Declare the actual history and retain supporting documents.

Age, reservation certificates and nationality

The unrelaxed age range is 20–28 years on 1 November 2026. The corresponding date-of-birth range is 2 November 1998 to 1 November 2006, inclusive.

SC/ST: 5 years; OBC (Non-Creamy Layer): 3 years; PwBD: 10 years; persons affected by the 1984 riots: 5 years. For eligible widows, divorced women and legally separated women who have not remarried, maximum age is 35 for General/EWS, 38 for OBC and 40 for SC/ST. SC/ST/OBC relaxation may be combined with only one of the PwBD or 1984-riot categories as specified in the advertisement. Supporting certificates are required.

OBC reservation requires non-creamy-layer eligibility; the OBC-NCL certificate should have been issued on or after 1 April 2026. EWS evidence must relate to FY 2025–26 income and be valid for FY 2026–27, with the prescribed certificate available by document verification. PwBD reservation is horizontal, and the disability certificate/UDID evidence must meet the notice’s requirements, including its registration-deadline condition.

Indian citizens are covered. The notice also permits the specified Nepal, Bhutan, Tibetan-refugee and persons-of-Indian-origin categories subject to the Government of India eligibility-certificate conditions. Ex-servicemen and Disabled Ex-servicemen are expressly excluded from engagement as apprentices under this notice; do not apply another bank recruitment’s ex-servicemen rules here.

📍 Complete State/UT and category distribution

Choose one State/UT. These are provisional training seats, and the bank may revise them according to its requirements.

All-India totals: SC 252, ST 82, OBC 348, EWS 142 and UR 676 = 1,500. PwBD seats are already included: VI 12, HI 12, OH 13 and ID 11, giving 48 horizontal seats, not an extra 48 vacancies.

📊 Composition of the 1,500 training seats

📈 Five largest State/UT intakes

Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal together account for 700 of 1,500 seats, or 46.67%. This is a distribution calculation, not a selection-probability estimate. The number of applicants and category-wise competition are not published. Language readiness, documentary eligibility and the ability to train in the allotted district matter more than choosing the largest total on the page.

District preference is not a posting guarantee

The registration instructions refer to three preferred districts within the chosen State/UT. The later conditions explain that the resident district receives first preference, with two neighbouring districts as additional choices. Read these provisions together when filling the actual form. The bank retains discretion to allot any district in the selected State/UT according to vacancies and requirements.

For Jharkhand, 60 seats comprise SC 7, ST 15, OBC 7, EWS 6 and UR 25. The language options are Hindi or Santhali. Jamtara appears in Annexure III, along with other Jharkhand districts; the document does not assign a separate guaranteed number of seats to Jamtara. The state’s 60 seats must not be repeated as 60 seats for each listed district.

The same distinction applies elsewhere: Annexure III identifies districts where training may be provided. It is not a district-by-district numerical vacancy roster. Applicants should consider travel, accommodation and daily training attendance before submitting preferences.

💰 Stipend and the twelve-month commitment

📊 Monthly stipend by branch category

The government component is part of the total, not an additional payment on top of ₹15,000 or ₹12,300. No other allowances or benefits are promised. The notice also states that EPF and ESI contributions do not apply to the bank for this apprenticeship engagement.

At an unchanged monthly rate for all twelve months, the arithmetic totals would be ₹1,80,000 or ₹1,47,600. Actual entitlement remains subject to attendance, training and contract conditions. These figures should not be presented as guaranteed annual salary or a permanent employee’s package.

Normal bank/CSA working hours apply; apprentices cannot work overtime. One casual leave is earned on completing one month, with no more than four casual leaves taken together. The notice requires more than 338 paid days during the twelve-month period for the Certificate of Proficiency. Training includes theoretical and practical assessment, and successful completion leads to a digital certificate through BOAT(SR)/NATS.

Before accepting: understand early-exit conditions

Routine early departure is allowed at the end of the relevant month with a termination cost equivalent to one month’s stipend, including the BOAT-SR component. The notice separately provides relief for gainful employment supported by an appointment order and qualifying medical grounds supported by the prescribed medical evidence. These are distinct provisions; a candidate should use the applicable route rather than simply stop attending.

Dropout or absconding during a quarter carries a separate stipend-recovery condition covering the payments for that quarter. Failure to fulfil the contract can also attract the apprenticeship-adviser provisions. Normally the contract ends after twelve months without extension. Medical fitness is required before engagement, and completion does not create a right to regular or contractual employment with Indian Bank.

Examination and language qualification

The online examination contains 100 objective questions for 100 marks in 60 composite minutes. Reasoning has 15 marks, Computer Knowledge 10, and English, Quantitative Aptitude and banking-focused General Awareness 25 each. There are no individual sectional qualifying cut-offs in the notice; the aggregate qualifying level is decided by the bank. SC/ST/OBC/PwBD candidates receive the stated 5% relaxation in that aggregate standard.

Merit is State/UT-wise and category-wise. Equal scores at the cut-off are resolved by descending age; multiple sessions, if held, use equi-percentile normalization. A wait list will also be prepared. The bank may conduct an interview or dispense with it. Negative marking is not specified in this advertisement, so follow subsequent official test instructions rather than importing a penalty rule from another examination.

Local-language proficiency covers reading, writing, speaking and understanding. Candidates producing an 8th, 10th or 12th-standard certificate/marksheet showing that they studied their opted specified language need not take the language test. Others must qualify in LLPT after the online test; failure prevents engagement. Attendance at that language-test centre is at the candidate’s own expense.

🧾 Application charges and documents

GST and applicable transaction charges are additional. The fee is non-refundable. There is no separate women-only fee concession stated in this notice.

Register on NATS 2.0, complete the profile to 100%, and save the Enrolment ID. Then follow the Indian Bank apprenticeship application route from official Careers. NATS enrolment and successful submission of the bank application are separate checks.

Keep graduation/result-date evidence, date-of-birth proof, identity documents, applicable category certificates and school language evidence ready. Enter the same name as in the supporting records. Only one State/UT application is allowed; where multiple applications exist, only the latest valid completed application is retained and the other fees are forfeited.

Use the exact declaration text in Annexure II. It must be in the candidate’s own handwriting, subject to the disability accommodations stated there. Preview every image before final submission: a blurred thumb impression or cropped declaration can make an otherwise complete form unusable.

Questions worth settling before payment

Can a higher degree replace the graduation passing-date condition? The advertised condition refers to graduation. A recent postgraduate degree does not by itself change the date on which graduation was passed.

Does a school Hindi certificate give exemption everywhere? Only where Hindi is a specified language for the chosen State/UT and is the opted language supported by the required school evidence.

Is the largest state automatically the safest choice? No applicant totals are available. A state with more seats may also attract more applications; select a state where language and practical training requirements can be met.

Are examination and admit-card dates available? They are not announced in this advertisement. Check official Careers and the application correspondence for subsequent notices.

Read the complete official advertisement for certificate conditions, disability accommodations, examination conduct and the complete district list. Current application access and subsequent notices belong on Indian Bank Careers.