NPS Grade A (Assistant Manager) Eligibility Criteria 2024- Check Age Limit, Educational Qualification

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    NPS Trust Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) Eligibility Criteria 2024

    The NPS Grade A Officer notification is expected to be released in the upcoming months. it is essential for you to know whether you are eligible to apply for this exam or not. Before filling out the form for the NPS Trust Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) online application, it is very necessary that you fulfill all the NPS Grade A eligibility criteria 2024 for the post. The National Pension System Trust notification 2024 possesses all the details of the NPS Trust Grade A eligibility criteria. Make sure to note all the details pertaining to the NPS Grade A age limit and NPS Grade A qualifications in order to avoid any inconveniences later on.

    The NPS Trust Officer Grade A Eligibility criteria will be comprised with the official notification. You are supposed to give attention to each and every detail mentioned under it to evaluate whether you are fulfilling every required criterion or not. In case of non fulfilment of any criteria, you will not be able to apply for the NPS Trust Officer Grade A Exam.

    If NPS Trust discovers that a candidate has provided incorrect information regarding any of the eligibility criteria, like age, educational qualification, etc., your candidature will immediately be canceled. Please refer below for detailed NPS Trust Grade A eligibility criteria 2024.

    NPS Trust Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) Educational Criteria

    There are two types of eligibility criteria, which you are required to fulfil, i.e, Educational and Age Criterion. Make sure you fulfil both the criteria to become eligible for this exam. Nonfulfillment of either of them will lead to the cancellation of your candidature. There is a reason why this NPS Trust Officer Grade Eligibility criteria exist, that is to ensure that the candidate has the basic knowledge and has the ability to learn and adapt to the new job schedule. Please note that here all the information will be according to the previous recruitment drive because this year the notification is yet to be released.

    There are two types of eligibility criteria, which you are required to fulfil, i.e, Educational and Age Criterion. Make sure you fulfil both the criteria to become eligible for this exam. Nonfulfillment of either of them will lead to the cancellation of your candidature. There is a reason why this NPS Trust Officer Grade Eligibility criteria exist, that is to ensure that the candidate has the basic knowledge and has the ability to learn and adapt to the new job schedule. Please note that here all the information will be according to the previous recruitment drive because this year the notification is yet to be released.

    StreamEducational QualificationExperience
    General Master’s Degree in any discipline, Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a recognized university, Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) or Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) from ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)/ Associate Cost and Management Accountant (ACMA) [erstwhile Associate of Institute of Cost & Works Accountant of India (AICWA)] or Fellow Cost and Management Accountant (FCMA) [erstwhile Fellow of Institute of Cost & Works Accountant of India (FICWA)] from Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) [erstwhile Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India(ICWAI)] / Associate Company Secretary (ACS) or Fellow Company Secretary (FCS) from Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) / Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from CFA Institute NIL
    Risk Management Full time Master’s degree in Business administration or equivalent with specialization in Finance / Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) or Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) from ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)/ Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from CFA Institute. Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in dealing with the problems relating to pension/ financial sectors, special knowledge in Risk Management and Investment Management.
    Investment & Research Full time Master’s degree in Business administration or equivalent with specialization in Finance / Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) or Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) from ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India/ Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) from CFA Institute Minimum 2 years post qualification experience in the relevant field

    NPS Trust Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) Age Criteria

    Apart from the educational qualification, there is a fixed age criteria needed to fulfil the eligibility criteria of the NPS Trust Officer Grade A exam. There is fixed age criteria based on the fixed date that you are required to fulfill as on the date which will be mentioned in the notification. Make sure your birth date matched with the birth date you have mentioned in your authentication documents like Aadhar card, Birth certificate or high school marksheet. In case your birth year mentioned in the application does not synchronizes with the birth date mentioned in your documents, will lead to the cancellation of your candidature.

    Besides NPS Trust Grade A educational criteria, the NPS Grade A age limit criteria must be followed while applying for NPS Trust Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) recruitment. You must not exceed the age of 30 years. Also, this 30 years of age should be completed as on the date mentioned in the notification. Here please note that this information is completely based on the previous recruitment drive because this year’s notification is yet to be released in the coming months. So all the details here are just for the sake of representation and to give you an overview of the NPS Trust officer Grade A eligibility criteria. Further details can be inferred from the table below.

    StreamAge Criteria
    General Not exceeding 30 years
    Risk Management
    Investment & Research

    NPS Trust Officer Grade A (Assistant Manager) Age Relaxation

    Once you are well inclined with the age required for the NPS Trust officer Grade A Exam, it is also important for you to know that there is a rule of giving age relaxation to some selected reserved categories. Yes y, you read that right. Age relaxations are provided to the candidates belonging to the reserved categories. Age relaxation means, some candidates can refrain from fulfilling the necessity of the upper age limit criteria. They can apply for this exam, based on the relaxation of some years given to them which will be mentioned in the official notification. This relaxation can be from 5 years to 2 years. In other words, candidates from the reserved category do not necessarily have to be 30 years of age, they can be of 32 or 35 based on the relaxations given in the notification.

    Again, please note that this information is on the basis of previous recruitment drive. The age criteria have some relaxation for candidates belonging to the reserved categories, for example, SC/ST/OBC/Ex-servicemen, etc. This upper age relaxation varies for different categories. If you want to claim the age relaxation, then you have to produce all the certificates in support as and when asked by the NPS. Failing to produce and support documents will lead to the cancellation of your candidature.

    CategoryAge Relaxation
    Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe 5 years
    Other Backward Classes (OBC) 3 years
    Person with Disabilities (PwD)
    • General : 10 years
    • OBC : 13 years
    • SC / ST : 15 Years
    Ex-Servicemen 5 years after deduction of the military service rendered from the actual age as on closing date of receipt of online application

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    Nps Trust Grade A Officer Eligibility Criteria FAQs

    Yes. There is no percentile criteria in the NPS Trust Grade A exam. However, you have to have a Bachelor's Degree in Law, Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from a recognized university, and be CA, CFA, CS, or CWA. Basic graduation degrees such as B.Sc/B.Com and B.A are not eligible.
    Yes, as you don't have to possess any experience in order to apply for the NPS Trust Grade A exam. Even freshers can apply for this exam.
    Yes. As there is no minimum percentile criteria in NPS Trust Grade A exam. You can apply for the same. However, 59.99% will be treated as less than 60%.
    No. There is no such relaxation mentioned specifically for the EWS category. However, they get relaxation in the cut off and final merit list.
    You should not attain the maximum age limit of 30 years if you want to apply for the NPS Trust Grade A exam.
    Vacancies reserved for the OBC category are available only to the 'Non-creamy layer' OBC candidates. 'Creamy layer' OBC candidates should indicate their category as 'General'.
    As a female candidate, you don't have to pay anything. For SC/ST/PwBD/Women candidates, application fee is nil.
    Yes, as per the notification, a change of category will not be permitted at any stage after the registration of the online application. It is advised to apply afresh and carefully this time.
    Yes, candidates serving in Government/ Quasi-Government offices, public sector undertakings including nationalized banks and financial institutions are advised to submit a "No Objection Certificate'' from their employer at the time of the interview, failing which their candidature may not be considered.
    The maximum age to apply is 30 years as mentioned in the NPS Trust Grade A officer recruitment notification.

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