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Securities and Exchange Board of India is a regulatory body for the Indian securities market.

SEBI releases notifications for various posts for SEBI Grade A (Assistant Manager). SEBI offers the young aspirants an interesting work domain with challenges to execute its triple functions of the quasi-legislative, quasi-judicial, and quasi-executive body.

Latest Notification

SEBI released the Grade A 2022 exam notification on January 05, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. SEBI Grade A online application process commenced from January 05, 2022 and closed in January 24, 2022.

Registration

The eligible candidates can apply for the respective stream of SEBI Grade A Assistant Manager 2022 Examination through online mode. Candidates need not submit the hard copy of the completely-filled Online application to SEBI’s office.

The following are the steps to be followed for applying to various streams of SEBI Grade A Assistant Manager:-

Step 1: Visit the official website of SEBI and open the “careers” tab

Step 2: Open the Recruitment Notification and click on the option "APPLY ONLINE” which will navigate to another window.

Step 3: Click on new registration and complete the registration process.

Step 4: You will receive the registration number and password on your email ID.

Step 5: Log in with your credential and click on apply now.

Step 6: Fill out your application form and proceed with the document upload.

Step 7: Upload a scanned copy of all the essential documents with good quality and submit them.

Step 8: Complete the application fee payment process and pay your application fees online.

Step 9: After successful fee payment, save the completed application form along with the fee payment receipt either as a PDF soft copy or take a printout for future references.

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates having Indian nationality can apply. Only a Maharashtra domicile can apply for SEBI Grade A Assistant Manager for General Stream.

SEBI Grade A Eligibility: Educational Qualifications

There are six streams for SEBI Grade A Assistant Manager. The educational qualifications for each stream are different. The stream-wise educational qualification is provided here.

Stream	Educational Qualification
General	Master’s Degree in any discipline, Bachelors’ Degree in Law, Bachelors’ Degree in Engineering from a recognized university, CA / CFA /CS /Cost Accountant.
Legal	Bachelor’s Degree in Law from a recognized Institute /University.
Information Technology	Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical /Electronics /Electronics And Communication /Information Technology/Computer Science) OR Masters in Computers Application OR Bachelor’s Degree in any discipline with a postgraduate qualification (minimum 2 years duration) in Computers/Information Technology.
Engineering	Bachelor’s Degree in Civil/ Electrical Engineering from a recognized Institute/University.
Research	Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance) / Commerce / Econometrics /Economics /Statistics from a recognized University/ Institute.
Official Language	Master’s Degree in Hindi with English as one of the subjects at Bachelor’s Degree level or Master’s Degree in Commerce/ Economics / English /Sanskrit with Hindi as a subject at Bachelor’s Degree level from a recognized Institute/University.

SEBI Grade A Eligibility: Age Limit

The candidate must fulfill the age criteria as per the releasing date of the official notification. Age criteria are as follows:

The maximum age limit is 30 years, i.e. the candidate should not be born on or before 01st March 1991.
Age relaxation is provided for the reserved categories as per the government norms. See the table below:-

Category	Age Relaxation
SC/ST	5 years
Other Backward Classes(OBC), Non-Creamy layer (OBC-NCL)	3 years
The person with disabilities(General)	10 years
The person with disabilities (SC/ST)	15 years
The person with disabilities (OBC)	13 years
Ex-Service-men/ Disabled Ex-Service-men	5 years
Domiciled in Jammu & Kashmir from 1st January 1981- 31st December 1982	5 years

Application Fee

The application fees for UG/OBC/EWS category is Rs.1000 and for SC/ST/PwBD category is Rs. 100.

Exam Pattern

There are three stages in this exam. Candidates should clear all three stages to be qualified to join SEBI. They are

Phase-1 Online Screening Test,
Phase-2 Online Test,
Interview

SEBI Grade A Phase-1 Online Test

An online screening examination consists of two papers. There are 100 multiple choice questions for each paper. The exam pattern is:-

Paper	Streams/Subjects	Maximum Marks	Duration	Cut off
Paper 1	All Streams:-Multiple choice questions on the subjects viz. General Awareness (including questions related to the Financial Sector of easy to moderate difficulty level), English Language, Quantitative Aptitude, and Test of Reasoning.	100	60 minutes	30%
Paper 2	General Stream:-Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, and Economics.	100	40 minutes	40%
	Legal, Information Technology, Engineering Stream (Civil & Electrical), Official Language stream: Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ-s) on Specialized subject related to stream	100	40 minutes	40%
	Research Stream:-Multiple choice Questions(MCQ-s) on subjects of Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce	100	40 minutes	40%
Aggregate Cut-off				40%

SEBI Grade A Phase-2 On-Line Test

An online examination consisting of two papers of 100 marks each. See the table:

Paper	Streams/Subjects	Maximum Marks	Duration	Cut off	Weightage
Paper 1	All streams:-English (Descriptive Test) to test the drafting skills	100	60 minutes	30%	1/3rd
Paper 2	General Stream:-Multiple choice questions on subjects Commerce, Accountancy, Management, Finance, Costing, Companies Act, and Economics.	100	40 minutes	40%	2/3rd
	Legal, Engineering Stream (Civil & Electrical) and Official Language stream: Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ-s) on Specialized subject-related to stream	100	40 minutes	40%	2/3rd
	Research Stream:-Multiple choice questions on subjects of Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Finance, and Commerce	100	40 minutes	40%	2/3rd
Aggregate Cut off				40%

Syllabus

Candidates other than General Stream are advised to go to the annexure part of the official notification to see detailed information on their syllabus. The syllabus for Paper 2 of both Phases is as follows:

Here is the SEBI Grade A syllabus for Paper 2 of Phase I & Phase II in General Stream:

Sections	Topics
Commerce & Accountancy	Accounting as a financial information system Accounting Standards with specific reference to Accounting for Depreciation, Inventories, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, Foreign Exchange Transactions, Investments. Cash Flow Statement, Fund flow statement, Financial statement analysis; Ratio analysis Accounting for Share Capital Transactions including Bonus Shares, Right Shares. Employees Stock Option and Buy-Back of Securities. Preparation and Presentation of Company Final Accounts.
Management	Management:-its nature and scope; The Management Processes. Planning, Organization, Staffing, Directing, and Controlling. The Role of a Manager in an Organization. Leadership: The Tasks of a Leader. Leadership Styles;-Leadership Theories;A successful Leader versus an effective Leader. Human Resource Development:-Concept of HRD; Goals of HRD Motivation, Morale, and Incentives:-Theories of Motivation; How Managers Motivate; Concept of Morale; Factors determining morale; Role of Incentives in Building up Morale. Communication: Steps in the Communication Process; Communication Channels; Oral versus Written Communication; Verbal versus non-verbal Communication; upward, downward and lateral communication; Barriers to Communication, Role of Information Technology.
Finance	Financial System:- Role and Functions of Regulatory bodies in the Financial Sector. Financial Markets:- Primary and Secondary Markets (Forex, Money, Bond, Equity, etc.), functions, instruments, recent developments. General topics:- Basics of Derivatives: Forward, Futures, and Swap Recent Developments in the Financial Sector Financial Inclusion- use of technology Alternate source of finance, private and social cost-benefit, Public-Private Partnership Direct and Indirect taxes;-Non-tax sources of Revenue, GST, Finance Commission, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act(FRBM), Inflation:-Definition, trends, estimates, consequences, and remedies (control): WPI, CPI-components, and trends
Costing	Overview of Cost and Management Accounting- Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting, Objectives and Scope of Cost and Management Accounting. Methods of Costing- Single Output/ Unit Costing, Job Costing, Batch Costing, Contract Costing, Process/ Operation Costing, Costing of Service Sectors. Basics of Cost Control and Analysis- (a) Standard Costing, (b) Marginal Costing, (c) Budget, and Budgetary Control. Lean System and Innovation - Introduction to Lean System Just-in-Time (JIT) Kaizen Costing 5 Ss Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Cellular Manufacturing/ One-Piece Flow Production Systems Six Sigma (SS) Introduction to Process Innovation and Business Process Re-engineering(BPR)
Companies Act	The Companies Act, 2013- Specific reference to Chapter III, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII, Chapter X, Chapter XI, Chapter XII, and Chapter XXVII.
Economics	Demand and Supply, Market Structures, National Income:-Concepts and Measurement, Classical Vs Keynesian Approach Determination of output and employment, Consumption Function, Investment Function, Multiplier and Accelerator, Demand and Supply for Money, IS-LM, Inflation and Phillips Curve, Business Cycles Balance of Payments, Foreign Exchange Markets, Inflation, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Non-banking Financial Institutions.

Eligibilty Criteria