RECOMMENDED READING

“The Institute has prepared comprehensive study material in the

form of kits modelled on IGNOU pattern to facilitate preparation for

the examination without intervention of teacher. Attempt has been made

to cover fully in the write-ups the syllabus prescribed for each subject/

paper. The presentation of topics in the self study material may not

always be in the same sequence as given in the syllabus. The said course

material can be purchased by members from Zonal Offices. The same

will be also available at Macmillan outlets. Candidates are also expected

to take note of all the latest developments relating to the subjects covered

in the syllabus by referring to Economic Journals, Financial Papers,

latest books and publications on the subjects concerned.”

PASSING CRITERIA

a) Pass: Minimum 50% or more marks in each subjects

b) First Class with Distinction: 75% or more marks in any individual

subject and 60% or more marks in the aggregate and pass in all

subjects in the first attempt.

c) First Class: 60% or more marks in aggregate and pass in all the

subjects in the first attempt.

d) Candidates will be allowed to retain credits for the subject he/she

has passed in one attempt till the expiry of the time limit.

e) First Class / First Class with Distinction will not be applicable to

the candidate availing the facility of credit transfer as they would

not be passing the examination in first attempt.

PENALITIES FOR MISCONDUCT / UNFAIR PRACTICES

The Institute shall have the right to impose penalties on any

member for committing an act of misconduct/ unfair practice in respect

of any matter affecting the Institute or at or in respect of any examination

conducted by the Institute or disqualifying any candidate who, they

have reason to believe has received or given unfair assistance at the

examination and

a) to cancel the result of such candidate in all or any of the subjects

of the examination at which he/she may have appeared

b) to exclude him/her from future examinations either permanently

or for a specified number of examinations;

c) to report his/her name to his/her employer and

d) to take such other action against him/her as the Institute shall in

their sole discretion deem fit and the decision of the Institute shall

be final and binding on the candidate concerned.

The Institute shall also have a right to cancel the results of any

subsequent examination at which the candidate may have appeared if

such examination falls within the exclusion period in the penalty, as by

reason of imposition of such a penalty of exclusion from the future

examination, the candidate would not have been eligible to appear at

such subsequent examinations.

In case any member including former member, desires to institute

any legal proceedings against the Institute in respect of anything done

or proposed to be done by the Institute in relation to him/her such legal

proceedings shall be instituted only in the courts at Chennai, Kolkata,

New Delhi and Mumbai in whose jurisdiction the application is

submitted by him/her and not in any other court.

CONDUCT & DISCIPLINE IN THE EXAMINATION HALL

1. No candidate shall be permitted to enter the examination hall after

the expiry of 15 minutes from the commencement of the

examination and no candidate shall be permitted to leave the hall

before the expiry of one hour from the commencement of the

examination. Candidates should be present at the examination

venue at least 15 minutes before the commencement of the

examination.

2. Candidates should ensure that he/she signs the Attendance Sheet.

3. Candidates should not possess and/or use books, notes, periodicals

etc. in the examination hall at the time of the examination /or use

mathematical tables, slide rules, stencils etc. during the examination

except for the examination for which such use is expressly

permitted. A candidate found in possession of such unauthorised

material during the examination is liable to be proceeded against

for adoption of unfair means in the examination in addition to

reporting the matter to his/her employer for disciplinary

proceedings for the misconduct. They should hand them over to

the Hall Superintendent before the commencement of the

examination. Generally candidates appearing for Accounting and

Finance for Bankers, Financial Management will be permitted to

use calculators while appearing for the Associate Examination

subject to the following:

Calculators should:

a) be pocket size and fully portable

b) be silent while operation

c) be battery operated

d) not be capable of being programmed by the insertion of tapes

or otherwise.

e) Not have print out facilities

f) be of the type upto 6 functions and 12 digits.

g) not be capable of retaining/storing data in memory when

the calculator is switched off.

Calculators which do not comply with the above conditions and

found in possession of candidate during the examination will be

confiscated by the Examination Supervisors and returned to the

candidate at the end of the examination. In case a candidate is

found using the calculator not complying with the above conditions

in the course of the examination it will amount to adoption of

unfair practice at the examination by the candidate concerned and

the Institute shall take such action against the candidate as may be

deemed appropriate.

4. Communication of any sort between candidates or with outsiders

is not permitted and complete silence should be maintained during

the examination.

5. Copying the answers from the answer books of other candidates

or permitting others to copy from one’s answer book will attract

the rules relating to unfair practices in the examination.

6. No candidate should leave the examination hall without handing

over the answer books to the Hall Supervisor / Invigilator. Once

the answer book is handed over to the Supervisor / Invigilator the

same cannot be taken back by the candidate.

7. No candidate shall impersonate others or allow others to

impersonate himself at the examination.

8. Candidates are not permitted to carry mobile phone in the

examination hall.

If any candidate violates any of the above rules it will be considered to

be an act of misconduct and he/she will be liable for punishment

mentioned in next post.

PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING FOR EXAMINATION & ADMIT CARD

Examination Application Forms will be available on the Institute’s

web site at www.iibf.org.in which could be downloaded and filled

in. The applications will be available at the Institute’s zonal offices,

Corporate Office and also at such other centres/offices as may be

notified from time to time. Examination Application Forms duly

filled in (for the detailed instructions refer the Examination

Application Form) alongwith requisite examination fee should be

submitted to the respective zonal office at Mumbai, Chennai, New

Delhi, Kolkata or at such other centres/offices as may be notified

from time to time. The Institute accepts no responsibility for delay

or inconvenience arising from the candidate’s failure to reach the

Examination Application Form in time or if the form is incomplete

or failure to furnish all the essential information about himself/

herself and the details of his/her examination.

ADMIT CARD

On-line Examination

1) The Institute will issue Examination Admit Card for every

examination containing details of venue and time of the

examination as well as User id, password to be used while

appearing at the examination.

2) The Examination Admit Card along with the Permanent

Membership Identity Card should be produced to the Examination

Authority each time in the examination hall for identification.

3) In absence of the Admit Card / Permanent Membership Identity

Card the candidate is liable to be denied permission in the

examination venue.

4) Permanent Membership Identity Card is issued by the respective

Zonal Office at the time of admission as a member or renewal of

membership or on receipt of examination application form

whichever is earlier.

5) Candidates will have to appear at the Centre which they choose

while applying for the examination first time and for the subsequent

examinations also. The venue for the examination will be advised

while issuing the Examination Admit Card. In case of any change

in centre due to transfer or any other valid reason, the candidate

should inform the Institute well in advance (at least one and half

month before the commencement of the examination) to enable

the Institute to intimate the changed venue.

6) The Institute reserves a right to close any of the existing centres

on account of less number of candidates appearing from that

centre or any other reason which it may think fit. In such case

candidates will be advised to appear from the nearest available

centre.

Off-line Examination

Institute’s zonal offices will send ‘Examination Admit Cards/Hall

Tickets’ containing the Examination dates, venue details, examination

time etc.

MEDIUM OF EXAMINATION

1) Candidates are allowed to write the examination either in Hindi

or English. They should fill in the Examination Application Form

in his/her own hand under his/her signature and indicate the choice

of medium as Hindi or English for answering the question paper.

In the absence of a clear indication about the medium opted by the

candidate, English will be presumed as the medium. In any case

change of medium will not be allowed at a later stage.

2) Answers to all questions in all subjects of an examination should

be written through chosen medium only, and it should be the

medium opted by the candidate in the Examination Application

Form for the examination. The candidates are not permitted to

answer different subjects in the same examination in different

mediums.

TIME LIMIT FOR PASSING THE EXAMINATION

a) A Candidate will be allowed to take up the first examination only

after 4 months from the date of registration for the examination

i.e. after submission of the Examination Application Form.

b) Candidates will be required to pass the examination within a time

limit of 2 years (i.e. 4 attempts). Initially a candidate will have to

pay examination fee for a block of one year i.e. for two attempts.

In case a candidate is not able to pass JAIIB / CAIIB Examination

within a time limit of one year, he can appear for a further period

of one year i.e. two attempts on payment of requisite fee.

c) Candidates not able to pass JAIIB / CAIIB Examination in the

stipulated time period of 2 years are required to enrol themselves

afresh by submitting a fresh Examination Application Form after

a cooling period of one year from the last attempt. Such candidates

will not be granted credit/s for subject/s passed if any earlier.

However, they will continue to be granted exemption in certain

subject/s based on the qualifications acquired by them earlier.

d) Attempts will be counted from the date of application irrespective

of whether a candidate appears at any examination or otherwise.