As the State Bank Group and many other PSBs would require a newly joined officer to undergo probation of 2 years, other Banks in India like Bank of India etc. are having this stipulation for 1 year. During the probation period, an officer is officially called 'Probationary Officer' in the rank of 'Asstt. Manager'. But the same tag remains there for outside people and they will term you 'Probationary Officer' even after 2 years.
After that probation period (during which you can be expelled, giving a suitable reason like Misbehavior at any time, but it is rare), a confirmation exam is held in few Banks (State Bank conducts it and SBI even provides direct promotion chance to Scale II on the basis of performance in this exam) after passing of which probationary officer gets confirmed as an "Assistant Manager".
Our batch of probationary officers got confirmed (including ME) w.e.f. 1st July 2011 except 4 probationary officers because of one or other reasons.
After that probation period (during which you can be expelled, giving a suitable reason like Misbehavior at any time, but it is rare), a confirmation exam is held in few Banks (State Bank conducts it and SBI even provides direct promotion chance to Scale II on the basis of performance in this exam) after passing of which probationary officer gets confirmed as an "Assistant Manager".
Our batch of probationary officers got confirmed (including ME) w.e.f. 1st July 2011 except 4 probationary officers because of one or other reasons.