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The document outlines the study and class plan for the RBI Grade B DSIM exam, detailing the job profile, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, syllabus, and cut-off trends. It includes a comprehensive study plan for both Phase I and Phase II, along with key features of the ixamBee course designed to aid candidates in their preparation. Additionally, it provides insights into career progression, salary, and the responsibilities of the Department of Statistics and Information Management at the Reserve Bank of India.
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Rbi Dsim Study Guide

The document outlines the study and class plan for the RBI Grade B DSIM exam, detailing the job profile, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, syllabus, and cut-off trends. It includes a comprehensive study plan for both Phase I and Phase II, along with key features of the ixamBee course designed to aid candidates in their preparation. Additionally, it provides insights into career progression, salary, and the responsibilities of the Department of Statistics and Information Management at the Reserve Bank of India.
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Complete Guide

RBI GR B
DSIM Course
RBI Grade B DSIM – Study and class Plan for Phase I

Demo Course Link- https://www.ixambee.com/online-course/rbi-grade-b-dsim

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Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 4
Job Profile................................................................................................................................................ 4
Career progression at RBI: ................................................................................................................... 5
Salary and perks..................................................................................................................................... 5
Eligibility (as per 2024 notification) ...................................................................................................... 6
RBI Gr B DSIM – VACANCIES TREND, EXAM PATTERN, SYLLABUS AND CUT-OFF .......... 7
Vacancies Trend ................................................................................................................................... 7
Exam Pattern ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Syllabus .................................................................................................................................................. 8
Detailed Syllabus (as per 2025) ........................................................................................................... 8
RBI Grade B DSIM Interview .............................................................................................................. 11
Final Selection ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Cut-off trend .......................................................................................................................................... 11
RBI Grade B DSIM 2025 ixamBee Course .......................................................................................... 12
Key features of the course: ................................................................................................................. 12
Timeline to add remaining content-........................................................................................................ 13
Class Plan for RBI Grade B DSIM Paper 1 .......................................................................................... 13
5 weeks Suggestive Study Plan for Paper 1 and 10 weeks for Paper 2 ......................................... 15
Suggestive Study Plan for Aspirants appearing through the DSIM Stream ........................ 15
Know Your Faculty ............................................................................................................................ 17
Important links........................................................................................................................................... 18

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Introduction

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recruits for its (Department of Statistics and
Information Management (DSIM) every year.
• RBI is the central bank of the country. As per its preamble, RBI is tasked “to regulate the
issue of Bank notes and keeping of reserves with a view to securing monetary stability in
India and generally to operate the currency and credit system of the country to its
advantage; to have a modern monetary policy framework to meet the challenge of an
increasingly complex economy, to maintain price stability while keeping in mind the
objective of growth.”
• The DSIM vacancies are most suitable for the people with a passion for statistics and
research, where one gets to work with the Central Bank of the country, RBI.
• For starting preparation for RBI DSIM 2025 exam, a detailed study plan has been
prepared by the faculty at ixamBee.

Job Profile

The Department of Statistics and Information Management (DSIM) is the analytical and
statistical arm of the Reserve Bank of India. It undertakes collection, compilation, analysis, and
interpretation of data on the banking, corporate, and external sectors and develops
methodologies for measurement and estimation of key economic variables.

The department’s core functions include modelling and forecasting of inflation, growth, and
other macroeconomic indicators, application of econometric and statistical tools for policy
analysis, and use of Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning techniques for
deriving insights from large datasets. It also plans and conducts surveys, maintains centralized
reporting systems and data warehouses, and improves databases for effective information
management and dissemination.

DSIM publishes several important reports and statistical publications such as the Handbook of
Statistics on the Indian Economy, Basic Statistical Returns, and the Database on Indian
Economy (DBIE), supporting the Reserve Bank in evidence-based policy formulation.

Key Roles:

• Provide reliable statistical inputs for monetary policy, financial stability, and
macroeconomic management.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive databases for banking, corporate, and external
sectors.

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• Disseminate high-quality research and statistical publications to policymakers,


researchers, and the public.

Career progression at RBI:

Salary and perks

The gross salary of RBI Grade B officer is approximately Rs.1.5 lakh per month. Including
various other benefits that are provided to a RBI Grade B officer, the total salary and perks go
up even higher.

The Pay scale is given as below RBI:

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Eligibility (as per 2025 notification)

a. A Master's Degree in Statistics/ Mathematical Statistics/ Mathematical Economics/


Econometrics/ Statistics & Informatics/ Applied Statistics & Informatics with a
minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters / years;
OR

b. Master's Degree in Mathematics with a minimum of 55% marks or an equivalent


grade in aggregate of all semesters / years and one year post graduate diploma in
Statistics or related subjects from an Institute of repute; OR

c. Master’s Degree in Data Science/ Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning/ Big


Data Analytics, with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all
Educational Criteria semesters/ years from a recognized University/ Institute, an institute of national
importance, UGC/ AICTE approved programme; OR

d. Four-year Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of 60% marks or equivalent grade


in aggregate of all semesters/ years in Data Science/ AI/ ML/ Big Data Analytics
from a recognized University/ Institute, an institute of national importance, UGC/
AICTE approved programme; OR

e. Two years Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) with a


minimum of 55% marks or equivalent grade in aggregate of all semesters/years from
a recognized University/ Institute, an institute of national importance, UGC/ AICTE
approved programme.

Age limit

Note-II

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(i) Candidates possessing M.Phil. and Ph.D qualification in the specified subjects will be eligible
for relaxation in upper age limit by 2 years and 4 years respectively.

Reserve Bank of India Services Board, Mumbai

Advt. No. 2A /2024-25

(ii) Candidates with research / teaching experience at a recognized Indian / Foreign


University/Institute will be eligible for relaxation in upper age limit to the extent of number of
years of such experience subject to a maximum of three years. For experience, probationary
period will not be reckoned.

RBI Gr B DSIM – VACANCIES TREND, EXAM PATTERN, SYLLABUS AND CUT-


OFF

Vacancies Trend

Year No. of Vacancies


2025
20
2024 7
2023 31
2022 25

Exam Pattern

RBI Grade B DSIM exam is held in 3 phases:

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• Phase I - This is an online examination, consisting of objective paper totaling 100 marks.
Candidates, who secure minimum aggregate marks in Paper-I, as prescribed, will be shortlisted for
Paper-II and Paper-III of the examination based on the aggregate marks obtained in Paper-I.

• Phase II - This is an online examination, consisting of two papers on Descriptive


statistics and Descriptive English, totaling 200 marks. Both papers are descriptive in
nature.
• Phase III – Interview: Candidates who clear the Phase II examination are called for a
final interview. Iinterview carries 75 marks.

Note - Marks of ALL three phases are added for final selection (out of 375 marks).

Syllabus

Paper-I

Questions would cover Probability: Definition of Probability, Standard distribution, Large and
small sample theory, Analysis of Variance, Estimation, Testing of Hypotheses, Multivariate
analysis and Stochastic Processes.

Paper-II

Questions would cover (i) Probability and Sampling, (ii) Linear Models and Economic Statistics,
(iii) Statistical Inference: Estimation, Testing of hypothesis and Non-parametric Test, (iv)
Stochastic Processes, (v) Multivariate analysis, (vi) Econometrics and time series, (vii)
Statistical computing; and (viii) Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Techniques.

Paper-III

English: The paper on English shall be framed in a manner to assess the writing skills including
expression and understanding of the topic.

Detailed Syllabus (as per 2024)

1. Theory of Probability and Probability Distributions

Classical and axiomatic approach of probability and its properties, Bayes Theorem and its
application, strong and weak laws of large numbers, characteristic functions, central limit
theorem, probability inequalities.

Standard probability distributions – Binomial, Poison, Geometric, Negative binomial, Uniform,


Normal, exponential, Logistic, Log-normal, Beta, Gamma, Weibull, Bivariate normal etc.

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Exact Sampling distributions - Chi-square, student’s t, F and Z distributions and their


applications. Asymptotic sampling distributions and large sample tests, association and analysis
of contingency tables.

Sampling Theory:

Standard sampling methods such simple random sampling, Stratified random sampling,
Systematic sampling, Cluster sampling, Two stage sampling, Probability proportional to size etc.
Ratio estimation, Regression estimation, non-sampling errors and problem of non-response,
and Correspondence and categorical data analysis.

2. Linear Models and Economic Statistics

Simple linear regression - assumptions, estimation, and inference diagnostic checks; polynomial
regression, transformations on Y or X (Box-Cox, square root, log etc.), method of weighted least
squares, inverse regression. Multiple regression - Standard Gauss Markov setup, least squares
estimation and related properties, regression analysis with correlated observations.
Simultaneous estimation of linear parametric functions, Testing of hypotheses; Confidence
intervals and regions; Multicollinearity and ridge regression, LASSO.

Definition and construction of index numbers, Standard index numbers; Conversion of chain
base index to fixed base and vice-versa; base shifting, splicing and deflating of index numbers;
Measurement of economic inequality: Gini's coefficient, Lorenz curves etc.

3. Statistical Inference: Estimation, Testing of Hypothesis and Non-Parametric Test

Estimation

Concepts of estimation, unbiasedness, sufficiency, consistency and efficiency. Factorization


theorem. Complete statistic, Minimum variance unbiased estimator (MVUE), Rao-Blackwell and
Lehmann-Scheffe theorems and their applications. Cramer-Rao inequality.

Methods of Estimation

Method of moments, method of maximum likelihood estimation, method of least square, method
of minimum Chi-square, basic idea of Bayes estimators.

Principles of Test of Significance

Type-I and Type-II errors, critical region, level of significance, size and power, best critical
region, most powerful test, uniformly most powerful test, Neyman Pearson theory of testing of
hypothesis. Likelihood ratio tests, Tests of goodness of fit. Bartlett's test for homogeneity of
variances.

Non-Parametric Test

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The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Sign test, Wilcoxon Signed-rank test, Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test,
Mann Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Walls one way ANOVA test, Friedman's test, Kendall's Tau
coefficient, Spearman's coefficient of rank correlation.

4. Stochastic Processes

Poisson Processes

Arrival, interarrival and conditional arrival distributions. Non-homogeneous Processes. Law of


Rare Events and Poisson Process. Compound Poisson Processes.

Markov Chains

Transition probability matrix, Chapman- Kolmogorov equations, Regular chains and Stationary
distributions, Periodicity, Limit theorems. Patterns for recurrent events. Brownian Motion - Limit
of Random Walk, its defining characteristics and peculiarities; Martingales.

5. Multivariate Analysis

Multivariate normal distribution and its properties and characterization; Wishart matrix, its
distribution and properties, Hotelling’s T2 statistic, its distribution and properties, and its
applications in tests on mean vector, Mahalanobis’ D2 statistics; Canonical correlation analysis,
Principal components analysis, Factor analysis and cluster analysis.

6. Econometrics and Time Series

General linear model and its extensions, ordinary least squares and generalized least squares
estimation and prediction, heteroscedastic disturbances, pure and mixed estimation. Auto
correlation, its consequences and related tests; Theil BLUS procedure, estimation and
prediction; issue of multi-collinearity, its implications and tools for handling it; Ridge regression.

Linear regression and stochastic regression, instrumental variable regression, autoregressive


linear regression, distributed lag models, estimation of lags by OLS method. Simultaneous
linear equations model and its generalization, identification problem, restrictions on structural
parameters, rank and order conditions; different estimation methods for simultaneous equations
model, prediction and simultaneous confidence intervals.

Exploratory analysis of time series; Concepts of weak and strong stationarity; AR, MA and
ARMA processes and their properties; model identification based on ACF and PACF; model
estimation and diagnostic tests; Box-Jenkins models; ARCH/GARCH models.

Inference with Non-Stationary Models

ARIMA model, determination of the order of integration, trend stationarity and difference
stationary processes, tests of non-stationarity.

7. Statistical Computing

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Simulation techniques for various probability models, and resampling methods jack-knife,
bootstrap and cross-validation; techniques for robust linear regression, nonlinear and
generalized linear regression problem, tree-structured regression and classification; Analysis of
incomplete data – EM algorithm, single and multiple imputation; Markov Chain Monte Carlo and
annealing techniques, Gibbs sampling, Metropolis-Hastings algorithm; Neural Networks,
Association Rules and learning algorithms.

8. Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques

Introduction to supervised and unsupervised pattern classification; unsupervised and


reinforcement learning, basics of optimization, model accuracy measures.

Supervised Algorithms

Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Penalized Regression, Naïve Bayes, Nearest


Neighbour, Decision Tree, Support Vector Machine, Kernel density estimation and kernel
discriminant analysis; Classification under a regression framework, neural network, kernel
regression and tree and random forests.

Unsupervised Classification

Hierarchical and non-hierarchical methods: k-means, k-medoids and linkage methods, Cluster
validation indices: Dunn index, Gap statistics.

Bagging (Random Forest) and Boosting (Adaptive Boosting, Gradient Boosting) techniques;
Recurrent Neural Network (RNN); Convolutional Neural Network; Natural Language Processing.

RBI Grade B DSIM Interview

• Candidates will be shortlisted for the interview, based on aggregate marks obtained in
Phase I and Phase 2.
• The interview Process will carry 75 marks.
• Psychometric Test will be conducted by the Bank before appearing for the Interview. No
marks will be allotted for the same and this will not form part of the final selection criteria.
• Candidate may opt for interview either in Hindi or English.

Final Selection

Final Selection will be through merit list which will be prepared by adding marks secured by
candidates in Phase I, Phase 2 examination and interview.

Cut-off trend

Over the last few years, the marking pattern has changed. The cut off is presented below in
both actual and comparative format (as % basis).

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General Category 2023 2024


Phase 1 -Paper 1 (out of 100)
61.50 81.50
Phase 1 + Phase 2 (Out of 300) 190.67 228
Phase 1 + Phase 2 + Interview (out of 375) 264 294

RBI Grade B DSIM 2025 ixamBee Course

ixamBee RBI Grade B DSIM 2025 course is a comprehensive course to help you prepare 50%
faster for the exam. This course helps you to cover all aspects of the exam through a unique
combination of videos covering relevant syllabus content, downloadable study notes, summary
notes of key reports, and lot of practise questions for both the objective and descriptive papers.

Key features of the course:

• Video Lessons & Study Notes: Video lessons and study notes which cover all
conceptual and key points of Economics syllabus.
• Live Doubt Classes: Live Doubt Classes are included in this course to provide real-time
support and instant clarification of your queries by expert faculty.
• RBI Grade B DSIM Mock Tests: 7 full length tests for RBI Grade B DSIM phase 1
paper 1 exam (objective type) with detailed solutions for each question and 5 mock tests
for descriptive English for phase 1 paper 2 exam. You will also get 5 practice tests each
for both the papers of descriptive Statistics for the phase 2 exam.
• RBI Grade B DSIM Practice Tests: To help you we provide 250 MCQs for practise.

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• Descriptive Statistics: Our RBI Grade B DSIM online test series have been created to
give you a real exam feel and make you accustomed to writing the paper. These
Descriptive DSIM practice tests will be evaluated by the expert faculty and detailed
feedback will be provided to you. There will be 5 Descriptive Tests each for Phase I
Paper I and II.
• Descriptive English: RBI Grade B DSIM Online Course will give you access to video
lessons and study notes on writing skills, sample essays, suggested topics and 5
Descriptive English Mock Tests with individual Performance Feedback.
• Interview Guidance: At interview stage, our experts will provide interview guidance in
the form of Mock Interviews and personal feedback on your performance

Timeline to add remaining content-

Additional syllabus coverage and mock tests will be released as scheduled; meanwhile,
students are encouraged to begin with the existing resources to build a strong foundation for the
DSIM exam.

Class Plan for RBI Grade B DSIM Paper 1

Date Day Time Topic Faculty


9:00 - 10:00 Vikas and Santosh
12-Sep Friday PM Intro and Strategy for Phase 1 Sir
9:00 - 10:30
13-Sep Saturday PM Probability Santosh Sir
9:00 -
14-Sep Sunday 10:30PM Probability Santosh Sir
8:00 - 10:00
17-Sep Wednesday PM ANOVA Vikas Sir
9:00 -
19-Sep Friday 10:30PM Standard Distributions Santosh Sir
9:00 - 10:30
20-Sep Saturday PM Standard Distributions Santosh Sir
9:00 - 10:00
23-Sep Tuesday PM MCQ Practice Anurag Sir
9:00 - 10:00
26-Sep Friday PM Sample Theory Santosh Sir
9:00 - 10:00
27-Sep Saturday PM Sample Theory Santosh Sir
9:00 - 10:00
28-Sep Sunday PM Testing of Hypothesis Vikas Sir
9:00 -
29-Sep Monday 10:00PM Testing of Hypothesis Vikas Sir

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9:00 -
30-Sep Tuesday 10:00PM Testing of Hypothesis Vikas Sir
9:00 - 10:00
3-Oct Friday PM Estimation Santosh Sir
9:00 - 10:00
4-Oct Saturday PM Estimation Santosh Sir
9:00 - 10:00
5-Oct Sunday PM Estimation Santosh Sir
8:00 - 10:00
6-Oct Monday PM MCQ Practice Anurag Sir
9:00 -
7-Oct Tuesday 10:30PM Multivariate Analysis Vikas Sir
9:00 - 10:30
9-Oct Thursday PM Multivariate Analysis Vikas Sir
9:00 - 10:30
10-Oct Friday PM Stochastic Process Vikas Sir
9:00 - 10:30
11-Oct Saturday PM Stochastic Process Vikas Sir
9:00 - 10:00
12-Oct Sunday PM MCQ Practice Anurag/Vikas Sir
9:00 - 10:00
14-Oct Tuesday PM MCQ Practice Anurag/Vikas Sir
9:00 - 10:00
15-Oct Wednesday PM MCQ Practice Anurag/Vikas Sir

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5 weeks Suggestive Study Plan for Paper 1 and 10 weeks for Paper 2

Suggestive Study Plan for Aspirants appearing through the DSIM Stream

S No. DSIM Stats (Objective + Descriptive)


Theory of Probability and Probability Distributions-
Week 1 Classical and axiomatic approach of probability and its properties, Bayes Theorem and
its application, strong and weak laws of large numbers, characteristic functions, central
limit theorem, probability inequalities.
Standard probability distributions – Binomial, Poison, Geometric, Negative binomial,
Uniform, Normal, exponential, Logistic, Log-normal, Beta, Gamma, Weibull, Bivariate
normal.
Exact Sampling distributions - Chi-square, student’s t, F and Z distributions and their
applications. Asymptotic sampling distributions and large sample tests, association and
analysis of contingency tables.

Sampling Theory:
Week 2
Standard sampling methods such simple random sampling, Stratified random
sampling, Systematic sampling, Cluster sampling, Two stage sampling, Probability
proportional to size etc. Ratio estimation, Regression estimation, non-sampling errors
and problem of non-response, and Correspondence and categorical data analysis.

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Concepts of estimation, unbiasedness, sufficiency, consistency and efficiency.


Factorization theorem. Complete statistic, Minimum variance unbiased estimator
(MVUE), Rao-Blackwell and Lehmann-Scheffe theorems and their applications.
Cramer-Rao inequality.
Methods of Estimation
Method of moments, method of maximum likelihood estimation, method of least
square, method of minimum Chi-square, basic idea of Bayes estimators.
Stochastic Processes
Week 3 Poisson Processes
Arrival, interarrival and conditional arrival distributions. Non-homogeneous
Processes. Law of Rare Events and Poisson Process. Compound Poisson
Processes.
Markov Chains
Transition probability matrix, Chapman- Kolmogorov equations, Regular chains and
Stationary distributions, Periodicity, Limit theorems. Patterns for recurrent events.
Brownian Motion - Limit of Random Walk, its defining characteristics and
peculiarities; Martingales.
Multivariate Analysis
Week 4
Multivariate normal distribution and its properties and characterization; Wishart matrix,
its distribution and properties, Hotelling’s T2 statistic, its distribution and properties, and
its applications in tests on mean vector, Mahalanobis’ D2 statistics; Canonical
correlation analysis, Principal components analysis, Factor analysis and cluster
analysis.
Revision of week 1-4 topics
Week 5

General linear model and its extensions, ordinary least squares and generalized least
Week 6 squares estimation and prediction, heteroscedastic disturbances, pure and mixed
estimation. Auto correlation, its consequences and related tests; Theil BLUS
procedure, estimation and prediction; issue of multi-collinearity, its implications and
tools for handling it; Ridge regression.
Linear regression and stochastic regression, instrumental variable regression,
autoregressive linear regression, distributed lag models, estimation of lags by OLS
method. Simultaneous linear equations model and its generalization, identification
problem, restrictions on structural parameters, rank and order conditions; different
estimation methods for simultaneous equations model, prediction and simultaneous
confidence intervals.
Simulation techniques for various probability models, and resampling methods
Week 7 jack-knife, bootstrap and cross-validation; techniques for robust linear regression,
nonlinear and generalized linear regression problem, tree-structured regression
and classification; Analysis of incomplete data – EM algorithm, single and multiple
imputation; Markov Chain Monte Carlo and annealing techniques, Gibbs sampling,
Metropolis-Hastings algorithm; Neural Networks, Association Rules and learning
algorithms.
Exploratory analysis of time series; Concepts of weak and strong stationarity; AR, MA
Week 8 and ARMA processes and their properties; model identification based on ACF and
PACF; model estimation and diagnostic tests; Box-Jenkins models; ARCH/GARCH
models.
Inference with Non-Stationary Models
ARIMA model, determination of the order of integration, trend stationarity and
difference stationary processes, tests of non-stationarity.
Revision of week 5-8topics
Week 9

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Exact Sampling distributions - Chi-square, student’s t, F and Z distributions and their


Week 10 applications. Asymptotic sampling distributions and large sample tests, association and
analysis of contingency tables.
Sampling Theory:
Standard sampling methods such simple random sampling, Stratified random
sampling, Systematic sampling, Cluster sampling, Two stage sampling, Probability
proportional to size etc. Ratio estimation, Regression estimation, non-sampling errors
and problem of non-response, and Correspondence and categorical data analysis.
Know Your Faculty

Dr. Santosh Kumar Chaudhary, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Central University

Dr. Santosh Kumar Chaudhary is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the
Central University. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics from the Indian Institute of
Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2025. He holds dual master’s degrees — one in Statistics from
IIT Bombay (2021) and another in Mathematics from IIT Delhi (2018).

Vikas Soni

Research Associate at IIT Kanpur, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, with dual master's
degrees — M.Sc. in Mathematics from the Central University of Punjab and M.Sc. in Statistics
from IIT Kanpur. Qualified IIT JAM (MA & MS) and CSIR-NET/JRF thrice with top All India
Ranks.

Dr. Sanjeev Sharma

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English Expert, Ex-CGM RBI, Ex-ED NHB

Ex CGM RBI, Ex Ex. Dir.NHB (on deputation from RBI), Ex Resident Director Kisetsu Saison.
He holds a PhD in English from IIT Kanpur. He has obtained a Master’s degree in English from
Hindu College, DU, and B.A. (Hons) English from BHU. He is also a Visiting Faculty at IIM
Ahmedabad. He is an expert for English writing and for interview and career guidance.

Chandra Prakash Joshi

Ex-AGM RBI, Ex-SVP YES Bank

Ex AGM RBI, Ex SVP Yes Bank, with 13 years of senior-level experience in the banking &
finance sector. He joined as RBI Grade B Officer in 2004 (AIR 5), in 2008 got promoted to AGM
(Grade C), one of the first three in his batch to get promoted. He holds a PhD (Development
Communication) and is an MBA (ISB Hyderabad).

Important links

Past year papers

Mock Tests

IxamBee course Demo page

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Success Story-

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