India's State-Run Indian Bank Seeks 8 Contract AI Specialist Officers for Its AI Cell; Applications Due 1 December

Indian Bank, a public sector bank headquartered in Chennai, has issued a notice dated 11 November 2026 inviting applications from Indian citizens for engagement as AI Specialist Officers for its AI Cell, on a contractual basis.

The notice does not give a separate advertisement number.

Vacancies, including reserved vacancies, are provisional and may change according to the bank's actual requirement.

The engagement is Fixed Term Employment, not a regular appointment.

The posts

There are five post codes and eight vacancies in all: one reserved for Other Backward Classes (non-creamy layer), one for the Economically Weaker Section, and six unreserved.

No vacancies are earmarked in the table under the visually impaired, hearing impaired, orthopedically challenged or intellectual disability columns.

• Post 01, Assistant Vice President – AI Product Manager (Business & Use-Case Leadership): 2 (OBC 1, unreserved 1)
• Post 02, Vice President – AI Engineer / AI Architect: 1 (unreserved 1)
• Post 03, Deputy Vice President – AI Engineer / AI Architect: 1 (unreserved 1)
• Post 04, Assistant Vice President – AI Engineer / AI Architect: 3 (EWS 1, unreserved 2)
• Post 05, Assistant Vice President – Responsible AI Officer: 1 (unreserved 1)
• Total: 8 posts (OBC 1, EWS 1, unreserved 6)

There are no Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe vacancies in the table.

A candidate may apply for more than one post if they meet each post's eligibility, but must send a separate application and fee for each.

The notice does not assign an IBA officer scale (such as Scale II or III).

The grades are the contractual titles above.

Tenure, pay and place of work

The engagement is on a fixed-term contractual basis for an initial period of three years, extendable up to five years.

It is to be renewed yearly, or at shorter intervals, subject to a performance review and the bank's needs.

The general instructions state that the contract is not to be construed as employment or a regular appointment, and that it ends automatically when the term expires.

Remuneration and perquisites are "negotiable and not a limiting factor for deserving candidate."

The notice does not publish a salary or CTC figure.

Leave is 30 days a calendar year, on a pro-rata basis; unused leave cannot be carried forward or encashed.

Place of work is Chennai, or as decided by the bank.

Eligibility

The cut-off date for age, educational qualification, certifications and post-education work experience is 1 November 2026.

Qualifications must be from a university, institution or board recognised by the Government of India or approved by government regulatory bodies.

Equivalent qualifications will not be considered.

Required certificates must be valid on the cut-off date and still active when the application is submitted and at interview.

Age (as on 1 November 2026; the stated maximum applies to General and EWS candidates):

• Post 01, AVP – AI Product Manager: 28 to 35 years
• Post 02, VP – AI Engineer / AI Architect: 35 to 45 years
• Post 03, DVP – AI Engineer / AI Architect: 30 to 40 years
• Post 04, AVP – AI Engineer / AI Architect: 28 to 35 years
• Post 05, AVP – Responsible AI Officer: 28 to 35 years

Upper-age relaxation is five years for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates, three years for Other Backward Classes (non-creamy layer), ten years for persons with benchmark disabilities, five years for specified ex-servicemen and commissioned officers, and five years for persons affected by the 1984 riots.

Qualifications. For the product-manager post (code 01): a bachelor's degree in engineering, technology or data science, or an MBA, PGDM or master's degree (M.Tech. / M.Sc. / MCA / MS) in AI, machine learning, data science, analytics or statistics.

Executive programmes in AI, digital strategy or BFSI digital transformation are desirable.

For the engineering and architecture posts (codes 02, 03 and 04): a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, IT or data science, or a master's degree (M.Tech. / MCA / MS) in AI, machine learning, data science or analytics.

Executive programmes in M.Tech. or MS in AI, ML, data science or cloud computing are desirable.

For the Responsible AI Officer post (code 05): a bachelor's degree in engineering, technology or law, or membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Executive programmes in MBA, M.Tech., MS (risk/finance) or LLM are desirable.

Experience, all post-education, in a public sector bank, private bank, foreign bank, or, for posts 01 to 04, the BFSI vertical of an IT or analytics firm (for post 05, a bank or an analytics firm):

• Post 01: at least five years, including at least one year in AI / GenAI use cases, agentic AI concepts and digital transformation.
• Post 02: at least ten years, including at least six years in enterprise architecture in banking, API integration, secure AI deployment and cloud solutions, of which at least one year in AI solutions on the cloud.
• Post 03: at least seven years, including at least four years in the same architecture, integration, secure deployment and cloud areas, of which at least one year in AI solutions on the cloud.
• Post 04: at least five years, including at least two years implementing those same areas, of which at least one year in AI solutions on the cloud.
• Post 05: at least five years, including at least two years in risk management, audit and governance frameworks in the BFSI sector.

Certifications (must be valid on the cut-off date). Post 01 requires at least one certification from: AI for Business / GenAI for business leaders; product management or digital transformation; or a BFSI domain certificate in banking operations, credit, risk or payments.

Posts 02, 03 and 04 require at least two certifications drawn from core AI / GenAI (generative AI or LLMs; machine learning or deep learning; NLP, RAG or vector databases), cloud and platform (cloud AI or solution architect on AWS, Azure, GCP or OCI; Kubernetes or containerisation; MLOps or LLMOps), and security and enterprise readiness (secure AI or data privacy; API or application security).

Post 05 requires at least two certifications from risk and audit (including CISA, CISM, CRISC, internal or IT audit, enterprise risk management, GARP RAI, IAPP AIGP, or ISO 42001 auditor / lead auditor), AI governance and ethics, or security and compliance, including data privacy.

Desirable experience listed for the technical posts includes hands-on work with GenAI and LLM platforms, agentic and multi-agent architectures, RAG and vector databases, core-banking and CRM integration, MLOps / LLMOps, and model lifecycle management.

Selection

Selection is by (1) scrutiny of applications by a Screening Committee and (2) interview of shortlisted candidates by a Selection Committee.

If the number of applicants is substantially large, the bank may add a written test, group discussion or preliminary interview, or a combination of those.

Only candidates who meet the eligibility criteria will be called, and they will be informed by email.

Government, quasi-government and public-sector employees must produce a no-objection certificate at interview.

How to apply

Applications are offline.

A completed form in the prescribed format (Annexure A to the notice), with self-attested copies of the required documents, must be sent in a closed envelope superscribed “Application for the post of AI –Specialist Officers for AI Cell on Contractual Basis - 2026” to:

Chief General Manager (CDO & CLO), Indian Bank, Corporate Office, HRM Department, Recruitment Section, 254-260 Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai, Pin 600 014, Tamil Nadu.

The application must reach that address on or before 1 December 2026.

Applications received after that date will be rejected.

The bank will not be responsible for postal delay.

An advance signed and scanned copy may be sent to IBRECRUITMENT@indianbank.bank.in.

Application fees and intimation charges are non-refundable: Rs 175 (inclusive of GST) for SC, ST and PwBD candidates, and Rs 1,000 (inclusive of GST) for all other candidates.

Fees are to be paid by internet banking, NEFT, RTGS or UPI to Indian Bank Recruitment Fee Collection Account, account number 7422772966, Indian Bank, Royapettah, current account, IFSC IDIB000R021.

The UTR or reference number must be entered on the form.

Bank transaction charges, if any, are to be borne by the candidate.

The detailed notice is on the bank's careers page at https://indianbank.bank.in/en/career.

The official advertisement PDF is at https://indianbank.bank.in/documents/20117/34414/Final%20Detailed%20Advertisement%20for%20engagement%20of%20AI%20Specialist%20officers%202026%20along%20with%20Annexure2026_11_11_02_45_08.pdf/28d05aba-a6bf-f22a-2201-7e8eb32db92b.

Further announcements will be published only on the careers page of www.indianbank.bank.in.