Indian Bank Recruitment 2026 – Apply Offline for 8 AI Specialist Officer Posts

Indian Bank, a Government of India undertaking with its Corporate Office in Chennai, is engaging 8 AI Specialist Officers for its AI Cell on a contractual basis. The posts are Assistant Vice President - AI Product Manager (Business & Use-Case Leadership) (2), Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect (1), Deputy Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect (1), Assistant Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect (3) and Assistant Vice President - Responsible AI Officer (1). Remuneration is negotiable, and the posts need 5 to 10 years of post-qualification experience depending on the post. The engagement is Fixed Term Employment for an initial 3 years, extendable up to 5 years. Indian Citizens may apply offline in the Annexure - A format, and the application must reach the Bank's Corporate Office in Chennai on or before 1 December 2026.

Indian Bank Recruitment 2026 at a Glance

The official notification does not specify a pay amount; it states only that remuneration and perquisites are negotiable.

About Indian Bank

Indian Bank describes itself in the notice as a leading Public Sector Bank and a Government of India undertaking, with headquarters in Chennai and a presence all over India and abroad. Its Corporate Office is at 254-260, Avvai Shanmugam Salai, Royapettah, Chennai – 600014. This engagement is for the Bank's AI Cell. The notice groups the posts into three roles: Functional AI Role (Business & Use-Case Leadership), Technical AI Roles (Architecture, Engineering & Platforms) and Risk, Audit & Governance Roles (Responsible AI & Compliance).

Vacancy Details (Post-wise and Category-wise)

Indian Bank has notified 8 vacancies. The notice says the number of vacancies, including reserved vacancies, is provisional and may vary according to the actual requirement of the Bank.

The PwBD columns (VI, HI, OC, ID) show no vacancy for any post. The notice states that EWS vacancies are tentative and subject to further directives of the Government of India and the outcome of any litigation.

Who Can Apply

The posts are open to Indian Citizens. The cut-off date for age, educational qualification, certifications and post-education qualification work experience is 01.11.2026. Qualifications must be from a University/ Institution/ Board recognised by the Govt. of India or approved by Govt. Regulatory Bodies. All certificates stipulated must be valid on the cut-off date and active on the date of submission of application and interview. No equivalent educational qualification will be considered.

Assistant Vice President - AI Product Manager (Business & Use-Case Leadership) (Post Code 01)

Educational qualification (mandatory):

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Technology / Data Science
• OR MBA / PGDM / Master's Degree (M. Tech./M.Sc./MCA/MS) in AI/Machine Learning/Data Science/Analytics/Statistics

Certification: minimum any one of these is mandatory:

• AI for Business / GenAI for Business Leaders
• Product Management or Digital Transformation certifications
• BFSI domain certifications (Banking Operations / Credit / Risk / Payments)

Experience (mandatory): Minimum 5 years of post-education qualification work experience in Public Sector Bank/ Private Bank/ Foreign Bank/ BFSI vertical of IT Firm/Analytics Firm, of which minimum 1 year of experience in AI / GenAI use cases, Agentic AI concepts (task-based agents, decision agents, orchestration flows), digital transformation.

Desirable:

• Executive programs in AI / Digital Strategy or BFSI Digital Transformation
• Experience in full product delivery lifecycle: problem framing, market research, developing use-cases, As-Is analysis, walkthroughs with Solution Architects, and structured delivery through to implementation
• Stakeholder management across business, IT, risk, and compliance teams
• Knowledge of programming languages, SQL etc. will be an added advantage

Technical AI Roles: qualification and certifications for Post Codes 02, 03 and 04

The Vice President, Deputy Vice President and Assistant Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect posts share the same educational qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Computer Science / IT / Data Science
• OR Master's Degree (MTech. /MCA/MS) in AI/Machine Learning/Data Science/Analytics

Desirable for all three: Executive programs in M. Tech / MS in AI/ ML/ Data Science/ Cloud Computing.

For all three posts, minimum any two certifications from these lists are mandatory:

• Core AI / Gen AI: Generative AI / LLM certifications; Machine Learning / Deep Learning certifications; NLP / RAG / Vector DB focused programs
• Cloud & Platform: Cloud AI / Solution Architect certifications (AWS / Azure / GCP / OCI); Kubernetes / Containerization; MLOps / LLMOps certifications
• Security & Enterprise Readiness: Secure AI / Data Privacy certifications; API security / Application security

The desirable experience is also the same for Post Codes 02, 03 and 04:

• Hands-on experience with GenAI / LLM platforms and APIs
• Agentic AI architectures, multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, and workflow automation
• RAG frameworks, vector databases, embeddings, and context engineering
• API integration with core banking, CRM, data platforms, and enterprise systems
• MLOps / LLMOps, model lifecycle management, monitoring, and performance tuning and Compliance
• Data privacy, access control, model isolation & other security controls; experience in cloud/on-prim hybrid environments common to BFSI

Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect (Post Code 02)

Experience (mandatory): Minimum 10 years of post-education qualification work experience in Public Sector Bank/ Private Bank/ Foreign Bank/ BFSI vertical of IT Firm/Analytics Firm, of which minimum 6 year of experience in enterprise architecture framework in Banking domain, API integration, secure AI deployment practices, Cloud solutions, of which 1 year experience in AI solutions on cloud.

Deputy Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect (Post Code 03)

Experience (mandatory): Minimum 7 years of post-education qualification work experience in Public Sector Bank/ Private Bank/ Foreign Bank/ BFSI vertical of IT Firm/Analytics Firm, of which minimum 4 year of experience in enterprise architecture framework in Banking domain, API integration, secure AI deployment practices, Cloud solutions, of which 1 year experience in AI solutions on cloud.

Assistant Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect (Post Code 04)

Experience (mandatory): Minimum 5 years of post-education work qualification experience in Public Sector Bank/ Private Bank/ Foreign Bank/ BFSI vertical of IT Firm/Analytics Firm, of which minimum 2 year of experience in implementing enterprise architecture framework in Banking domain, API integration, secure AI deployment practices, Cloud solutions, of which 1 year experience in AI solutions on cloud.

Assistant Vice President - Responsible AI Officer (Post Code 05)

Educational qualification (mandatory):

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Technology / Law
• OR Chartered Accountant (Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI))

Certification: minimum any two of these are mandatory:

• Risk & Audit: CISA / CISM / CRISC; Internal Audit / IT Audit certifications; Enterprise Risk Management (ERM); RAI Certification (GARP); AIGP Certification (International Association of Privacy Professionals); ISO 42001- Auditor/ Lead Auditor
• AI Governance & Ethics: Responsible AI certifications; AI Risk Management / Model Governance programs; Ethics & Bias in AI certifications
• Security & Compliance: Information Security certifications; Data Privacy / Data Protection certifications

Experience (mandatory): Minimum 5 years of post-education qualification work experience in Public Sector Bank/ Private Bank/ Foreign Bank/ Analytics Firm, of which minimum 2 year of experience in risk management, audit and governance framework in BFSI sector.

Desirable:

• Executive programs in MBA / M. Tech / MS (Risk/Finance) / LLM
• Experience in AI risk management and governance frameworks (model risk, operational risk, third-party risk), Auditability, explainability, and traceability of AI / GenAI systems
• Bias detection, fairness, and ethical AI controls
• Experience in defining policies, SOPs, controls, and review mechanisms for AI systems, collaboration with internal audit, compliance, IT risk, and external auditors

Age Limit (as on 01.11.2026)

The maximum age specified applies to General and EWS category candidates.

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit

For ECOs/ SSCOs, the relaxation also covers those whose assignment is due to be completed within one year from the last date of receipt of application, and excludes release by way of dismissal or discharge on account of misconduct or inefficiency or physical disability attributable to military service or invalidment. Candidates seeking age relaxation must submit the necessary certificate(s) in original/ copies at the time of interview and at any subsequent stage.

Category Certificates

• SC / ST / OBC / PwBD certificates must be issued by the competent authority in the Government of India format; the caste name must match letter by letter with the central list for the candidate's State/UT.
• OBC reservation is only for Non-Creamy Layer candidates. Creamy layer OBC candidates, or those whose caste is not in the Central List, should indicate their category as General.
• The OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) certificate must be issued on or after 1 April 2026; a candidate who fails to produce it at the interview will not be considered.
• EWS candidates must produce an Income & Asset Certificate based on gross annual income for FY 2025-26 and valid for FY 2026-27 on the date of interview; without it they will not be considered.
• EWS identification: family gross annual income below Rs.8.00 lakh, with exclusions for families owning 5 acres of agricultural land and above, a residential flat of 1000 sq. ft. and above, or residential plots of 100 sq. yards (notified municipalities) / 200 sq. yards (other areas) and above.
• There is no reservation for Ex-servicemen in Officers' Cadre.

Candidates should check the official notification for the discipline-specific eligibility of each post.

Pay and Terms

• Remuneration & Perquisites: Negotiable and not a limiting factor for deserving candidate.
• Period of Engagement: Fixed Term Employment (FTE) on contractual basis for an initial period of 3 years, extendable upto 5 years; to be renewed yearly or in less intervals subject to performance review, needs and requirements of the Bank.
• Leave: 30 days per calendar year on pro-rata basis. Leave balance will not be carried forward to subsequent years and no encashment of leave is permitted.
• Place of work: Chennai or as decided by the Bank.
• Termination of Contract: Three months' notice or three month's fixed component of the compensation in lieu thereof from either of the parties, at the sole discretion of the Bank.
• The engagement is governed by the contract and is not to be construed as an employment or a regular employment in the Bank; it ends automatically on completion of the contractual period.
• Engagement is subject to being declared medically fit as per the requirements of the Bank, and to the Rules & Policies of the Bank.

Indian Bank Recruitment 2026 Job Description

The notice says the job description is only illustrative and not exhaustive, and the Bank may assign other jobs from time to time.

Assistant Vice President - AI Product Manager (Business & Use-Case Leadership) (Post Code 01)

• Drive revenue and business growth through AI use cases
• Reduce cost-to-serve and improve operational efficiency through automation of process
• Enhance digital journeys and drive AI adoption e.g. AI feature adoption, Drop-off Reduction in on boarding journeys
• Deliver AI products from ideation to production e.g. Number of AI use cases deployed, Adherence to roadmap milestones
• Ensure accuracy, stability, and scalability of AI systems e.g. model accuracy, model drift detection
• Ensure AI systems are compliant, explainable, and fair
• Drive cross-functional alignment and adoption
• Align AI initiatives with bank strategy

Vice President, Deputy Vice President and Assistant Vice President - AI Engineer/ AI Architect (Post Codes 02, 03, 04)

The notice prints one job profile for the Technical AI Roles, in five areas.

Agentic AI

• Design and develop autonomous AI agents for enterprise banking use cases
• Implement multi-agent orchestration and inter-agent communication workflows
• Develop tool/API integration frameworks for agent execution
• Build reasoning, planning, and decision-making logic for AI agents
• Implement agent memory, context management, and state persistence mechanisms
• Ensure reliable autonomous task execution with guardrails and fallback controls
• Optimize agent performance, scalability, and response quality
• Integrate Agentic AI solutions with enterprise systems
• Implement monitoring, observability, and auditability for agent workflows
• Ensure security, compliance, and responsible AI controls in autonomous systems
• Reduce hallucination, prompt injection, and unsafe autonomous behavior risks
• Support deployment, testing, and productionization of Agentic AI platforms on cloud infrastructure

Cloud Finops

• Optimize cloud infrastructure cost for AI/GenAI workloads across public cloud platforms
• Monitor and govern GPU, compute, storage, and token consumption utilization
• Implement AI cloud cost visibility, showback, and chargeback mechanisms
• Develop cost allocation and tagging frameworks for AI projects and business units
• Optimize Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and on-demand resource utilization strategies
• Improve efficiency of AI/LLM workloads through workload right-sizing and scheduling
• Implement FinOps governance practices for AI platforms and cloud-native services
• Build dashboards and analytics for AI cloud billing, utilization, and cost trends
• Identify and remediate cloud cost anomalies, idle resources, and overprovisioning
• Collaborate with AI, platform, and infrastructure teams for cost-efficient architecture design
• Ensure cost optimization without impacting AI performance, scalability, or resilience

AI Cloud Security

• Design and implement security controls for cloud-hosted AI and GenAI platforms
• Perform AI threat modeling and risk assessment for AI/Agentic AI systems
• Implement protection against prompt injection, jailbreaks, and adversarial AI attacks
• Manage secrets, API keys, tokens, and encryption mechanisms for AI workloads
• Implement Zero Trust security architecture for AI platforms and services
• Secure AI APIs, gateways, MCP integrations, and inter-agent communications
• Ensure secure access control, IAM/PAM, and least-privilege enforcement for AI environments
• Monitor and prevent data leakage, model misuse, and unauthorized AI access
• Implement cloud-native security controls for GPU, containers, and AI infrastructure
• Conduct AI security testing, red teaming, and vulnerability assessments
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, and enterprise security requirements
• Integrate AI security monitoring with SOC/SIEM and incident response processes
• Develop governance controls for secure deployment and operation of GenAI/Agentic AI systems
• Collaborate with AI, cloud, and DevSecOps teams to ensure secure AI lifecycle management

LLMops/MLops

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for AI, ML, and GenAI workloads
• Operationalize deployment, scaling, and lifecycle management of AI models in cloud environments
• Manage prompt, model, and configuration versioning for GenAI applications
• Implement automated model deployment, rollback, and release management processes
• Develop monitoring and observability frameworks for AI models, prompts, APIs, and inference services
• Implement model drift detection, performance monitoring, and alerting mechanisms
• Build automated retraining and revalidation pipelines for AI/ML models
• Optimize AI workload reliability, scalability, and availability across cloud platforms
• Manage ML pipelines using cloud solution such as SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML, or equivalent platforms
• Ensure reproducibility, traceability, and auditability of AI deployments
• Collaborate with AI engineers, data scientists, and platform teams for productionization of models
• Implement infrastructure automation and containerized AI deployment practices
• Optimize GPU, compute, and inference resource utilization for AI workloads
• Ensure compliance, security, and governance controls across the AI operational lifecycle
• Support incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement of AI operations

AI Orchestration

• Design and implement orchestration frameworks for GenAI and Agentic AI ecosystems
• Develop LLM switching, routing, and model selection mechanisms based on use case, cost, latency, and risk
• Implement guardrails, fallback handling, and response validation for AI workflows
• Build and manage multi-step AI workflow orchestration and service chaining logic
• Implement context management, session continuity, and memory orchestration across AI agents and models
• Integrate AI models, APIs, enterprise tools, and external services into unified orchestration pipelines
• Develop scalable orchestration architecture using API gateways, workflow engines, and event-driven systems
• Optimize latency, reliability, and throughput of orchestrated AI services
• Implement observability, logging, tracing, and monitoring for AI orchestration workflows
• Ensure secure orchestration of AI services with authentication, authorization, and policy enforcement
• Support integration with enterprise systems
• Implement governance controls for responsible AI execution and tool usage
• Collaborate with AI engineers, platform teams, and cloud architects for production-grade orchestration deployment
• Ensure resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance across distributed AI orchestration environments

Assistant Vice President - Responsible AI Officer (Post Code 05)

• Design and implement enterprise evaluation frameworks to measure performance, safety, and reliability of AI models, generative AI systems and AI Agents, e.g. establish AI performance metrics and quality KPIs, enable continuous evaluation across AI development and production pipelines
• Establish enterprise Observability capabilities to monitor behaviour, explainability and performance of AI System, e.g. monitor model performance, response quality, latency, data poisoning and drift
• Design and implement Enterprise guardrails and governance frameworks, e.g. monitor model performance, response quality, latency, data poisoning and drift
• Define governance model for autonomous and semi-autonomous AI Agents, e.g. define role based access control for AI Agents, define policies for agent decision boundaries and tool usage

How to Apply for Indian Bank Recruitment 2026

1. Fill the application in the prescribed format at Annexure - A of the notice, ticking the post applied for. Paste a recent passport size colour photograph and sign across it, and sign at the bottom of all pages.
2. Pay the application fee / intimation charges to the account below through Internet Banking / NEFT / RTGS / UPI, and write the Reference number / UTR Number in the application form.
3. Enclose self-attested photocopies of the documents listed below.
4. Put the application in a closed envelope super scribed "Application for the post of AI –Specialist Officers for AI Cell on Contractual Basis - 2026".
5. Send it 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.
6. The application must reach this address on or before 1 December 2026. Applications received after the due date will be summarily rejected.
7. An advance signed and scanned copy of the application may also be sent to [email protected].

Application Fee / Intimation Charges (Non-Refundable)

Bank transaction charges, if any, must be borne by the candidate. A separate application and a separate fee payment are needed for each post applied for.

Documents named in the notice

• Proof of Date of Birth (the form asks for a copy of SSC / Birth Certificate)
• Mark sheet and Passing certificate of all Educational, Technical / Professional qualifications/Certifications
• Experience certificate(s) specifying designation / job profile, period of service (with specific dates), emoluments and activity profile of previous and present employers; the certificate must state that the candidate had experience in the related field as required
• Photo Identity proof and Address proof

The form also asks for educational details, experience details as on 01.11.2026, the fee payment details and a signed declaration. Candidates need a valid personal email ID and mobile number, kept active during the process, as the Bank may send interview call letters by email.

Selection Process

Selection will be 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, a Written Test / Group Discussion / Preliminary interview process, or a combination of these, may be adopted. Only candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria will be called for interview and informed by email.

If a written test is held, the notice's scribe and compensatory-time guidelines for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities apply, including 20 minutes per hour of compensatory time for eligible candidates and the candidate arranging his / her own scribe at his/her own cost.

Important Instructions

• An application without a proper visible passport size photograph, signature or fee payment details will be rejected.
• Signature in CAPITAL LETTERS on the application and supporting documents will not be accepted.
• Original certificates for qualifications, certifications, experience, age and category must be produced at the interview; otherwise the candidate will not be allowed for interview.
• Candidates in Govt. / quasi-Govt. organisations and public sector banks / undertakings must produce a "No Objection Certificate" at the interview and a proper discharge certificate before appointment.
• Requests to change contact number, address, email ID, interview centre, interview date and time or mode of interview will not be entertained.
• The Bank takes no responsibility for delay or loss in postal transit, and will not answer requests seeking advice on eligibility.
• Incorrect information or process violation leads to disqualification and a bar from future recruitment by the Bank; canvassing in any form is a disqualification.
• The Bank reserves the right to alter the eligibility criteria and terms, and to cancel the process partly or entirely without notice. Disputes are subject to the courts at Chennai.
• All further announcements will be published only on the career page of the Bank website www.indianbank.bank.in.

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