Kolkata:
The government is likely to change the selection model
for senior bank officers.
To
start with, it will do away with the present practice
of giving a big weightage to interviews while selecting
public sector bank (PSB) chairmen. Critics of the existing
selection process say the interview system, introduced
in 2003, lacked fairness.
The
government now plans to broad-base the number of selection
yardsticks and put separate weightages to parameters like
the candidate''s educational and professional qualifications
or how he or she fared as an executive director.
In
the proposed system, interviews would only be a part of
the process rather than a major criterion for selection.
The new system, if it comes into place, will minimise
subjectivity in the selection procedure.
According
to government sources, the Prime Minister''s Office has
directed the ministry of finance to frame the guidelines.
However,
it is still unclear as to what will happen to the candidates
tipped to be elevated as CMDs from executive directors.
The department of personnel and training is understood
to have prescribed to go by seniority for the time being,
at least until a comprehensive set of guidelines comes
in place.
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