CBI Officer

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is India's premier investigating agency, responsible for a wide variety of criminal and national security matters. It was established on 1 April 1963 and evolved from the Special Police Establishment (SPE) founded in 1941. Later it was brought under the Home Ministry of the Government of India. This organisation works on referral cases from Home Ministry or when specially called for by the Supreme Court or High Court. The Central Bureau of Investigation has emerged as the most important investigative body for serious crimes from murder to match fixing. It is the official Interpol unit for India.

CBI is a specialized agency meant for investigation of crime relating to Corruption by Public Servants under the control of the Central Government, serious economic offences and frauds and sensational crime having inter-state/all-India ramifications. CBI does not take up investigation of general and routine nature of crime as the Police forces of the State and Union Territories are meant to investigate such crime.

Officers in CBI are responsible for taking care of illegal activities in every field, be it crime, economic offenses etc. Cases handled by CBI are divided into Anti-Corruption Division, Economic Crimes Division and Special Crimes Division.

Anti Corruption Division: Deals with cases of corruption and fraud committed by public servants of all Central Govt. Departments, Central Public Sector Undertakings and Central Financial Institutions. 

Economic Crimes Division: Deals with cases including bank frauds, financial frauds, Import Export & Foreign Exchange violations, large-scale smuggling of narcotics, antiques, cultural property and smuggling of other contraband items etc.

Special Crimes Division: Deals with cases of terrorism, bomb blasts, sensational homicides, kidnapping for ransom and crimes committed by the mafia/the underworld.

CBI has branches for registration of Economic and Special Crime offences in all the four metropolitan cities, viz. Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Any of these branches can be approached for providing information about serious economic offences as well as serious special crimes such as drug and human trafficking, fake currency, poaching of wild life, adulteration of drugs and food products, organized crime having all-India/inter-State ramifications.

Various Posts in CBI

Group A 

Senior Police Posts:

• Director 
• Special Director 
• Additional Director 
• Joint Director
• Deputy Inspector-General of Police
• Senior Superintendent of Police 
• Superintendent of Police
• Additional Superintendent of Police
• Deputy Superintendent of Police 
• Deputy Adviser (Equivalent to the rank of DSP)
• Administration Officer 

Law Officers posts:

• Additional Legal Adviser (ALA)
• Deputy Legal Advise (DLA)
• Senior Public Prosecutor
• Public Prosecutor

Technical Advisory Units Posts:

• Senior Adviser (Equivalent to DIG)
• Technical Adviser
• Technical Officer (A&IT)
• Technical Officer (Banking)
• DPIO
• Executive Engineer
• OSD (Computer)
• Principal System Analyst
• Sr. System Analyst
• Programmer
• Lecturers (Training Academy)

Group B Posts

• Junior Analyst
• Office Superintendent
• APPs
• JTO (A&IT)
• Hindi Officer
• Librarian
• Steno Gr.A/Sr.PS
• Steno Gr.B/PS
• Asst. Programmer

Group C Posts

• Inspector
• Junior Adviser
• Sub-Inspector 
• Assistant Sub Inspector
• Head Constable
• Constable
• Steno Gr.I/PA
• Steno Gr.D/ Sr. Clerk Steno
• Jr. Accounts Officer
• Crime Assistants
• Head Clerks
• UDCs
• LDCs
• Sr.Hindi Translator
• Jr. Hindi Translator
• Asst. Librarian
• Junior Engineers
• Income Tax Inspectors
• C&CE Insprs.
• DPA Gr.B
• DPA Gr.A
• Care Taker
• DEO Gr. A
• Sr.Gest. Operator

Group D Posts

• Dresser
• Jr. Gest. Operator
• Daftry
• Peon
• Safaiwala
• Farash
• Bearer
• Cook

How to become a CBI Officer

CBI recruits candidates through direct recruitment, deputation, promotion by seniority or through Limited Departmental Competitive Examination. All direct recruitment of Group C posts for Sub-Inspectors, Constables and Lower Division Clerk are made through Staff Selection Commission (SSC).

Procedure to join in CBI as sub inspector :

Sub Inspectors are recruited through SSC's Combined Graduate Level Examination (CGLE), followed by medical examination and personal interview.

Candidates holding graduate degree from any recognised university and age limit between 20 to 25 years can apply for Combined Graduate Level Examination which is conducted in two levels :

• Tier -I : Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type)
  Tier I will be of 2 hours duration with a total marks of 200. The paper include in this section are General Intelligence + Reasoning (50 marks); General Awareness (50marks); Quantitative Aptitude (50 marks) and English Comprehension (50 marks)
• Tier -II : Written Examination (Objective Multiple Choice Type) 
  Tier II carries a total of 400 marks with 2 papers, each of 2 hours duration. The first paper carrying 200 marks, contains 100 question from Quantitative Abilities and the second paper include English Language and Comprehension.

Physical Standard Required :

For male candidates:

• Height: 165 cms
  Height relaxable for Hillsmen and Tribals : 5 cms
• Chest: 76 cms. with expansion
• Weight: Proportionate to height and age and also per medical standard specified in Force
• Vision
  Eye-sight (with or without glasses)
  Distant vision : 6/6 in one and 6/9 in the other eye.
  Near vision 0.6 in one eye and 0.8 in other eye.

For female candidates:

• Height: 150 cms
• Weight: Proportionate to height and age and also per medical standard specified
• Vision
  Eye-sight (with or without glasses)
  Distant vision : 6/6 in one and 6/9 in the other eye.
  Near vision 0.6 in one eye and 0.8 in other eye.

Aspirants qualifying the first two levels will have to face a personal interview before the final selection. The final selection will be made on the basis of a personal interview.

For more details of Combined Graduate Level Examination Click Here

Personnel Attributes Needed

Career in investigation is mainly involved in collection and interpretation of information. Hence, the following personal attributes are essential in this field

• Sharp, analytical mind
• Physical fitness
• Stamina
• Mental alertness
• High levels of concentration
• Keen powers of observation
• Logical, rational and analytical thinking
• Willingness to travel
• Ability to adapt to long, erratic working hours
• Willingness to work in remote and dangerous territories

Recruitments Process in various posts

Appointments to all Group A posts are made by the President of India in consultation with the UPSC. Appointments to all Group B posts in the Central Bureau of Investigation, are made by the Director, CBI in consultation with the UPSC, wherever necessary. Appointments to all Group C posts, except the posts of Senior Clerk Stenos, L.D.Cs, Head Constables and Constables in C.B.I., are made by the Dy. Inspector General of Police. Appointments in the posts of Senior Clerk Stenos, Lower Division Clerks, Head Constables and constables in Group C and all posts in Group D in the CBI, are made by the Superintendent of Police.

CBI Training Academy

The institutional training to the CBI Officers is mostly imparted at the CBI Academy, Ghaziabad. It is supplemented by conducting some specialised courses at regional level and also by in situ training programmes at the branch level and need based training to individual officers at reputed institutions of India and abroad. The CBI also runs a special training centre at Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi.

CBI academy conducts Basic Training Programme for Dy. SsP (Probationers)/SI (Cadets). 

Main thrust of the training is on the following areas:

• Basic Law and Procedure
• Crime investigation/supervision including application of science and technology in investigation
• Forensic Science and Forensic Medicine
• Police ethics
• Behavioural Sciences and communication skills 
• Knowledge of computers 
• Drill, Physical Training, Unarmed Combat, Yoga etc.

The newly recruited Constables are imparted basic training for 6 months. The training is conducted in both indoor and outdoor subjects. At the end of the course, a final examination is conducted for which the minimum prescribed pass marks in each subject is 40%.

There are broadly six categories of courses which are as follows:

1. Basic, Refresher, Orientation, Vertical Interaction and Post Promotional Courses
2. Anti-Corruption Courses :
   - Investigation of Disproportionate Assets & Trap Cases
   - Abuse of Official Position by the Public servants
   - Vigilance courses for Vigilance Officers from Government Departments and PSUs
   - Contract & Procurement Frauds
3. Courses on Economic Offences:
   - Bank Frauds
   - Forensic Accounting
   - E-Banking and Plastic Card Frauds
   - Capital Market & Stock Market Frauds
   - WildLife Crimes
   - Spurious Pharmaceuticals
4. Conventional/Special Crime/ Organized Crime Courses :
   - Homicide
   - Crime against Women & Children including Gender Sensitisation
   - Anti Human Trafficking
5. Courses on Investigative & Technical Skills:
   - Mobile Forensics
   - Scientific Interviewing & Interrogation Techniques
   - Scientific Aids to Investigation
   - Assets Tracing.
6. Cyber Crime Courses:Â
   - Level-I
   - Level-II
   - Specialized Courses for Crack Team

In-service and short term courses of one or two weeks duration are conducted by the Academy for the benefit of In-service officers of CBI, State Police, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Vigilance Departments of Public Sector Enterprises and Nationalised Banks.
Contact Details

Central Bureau of Investigation
Plot No. 5-B, 6th Floor, CGO Complex,
Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110003
o11-24362755, 011-24361273
E-mail : Contact Now
Website : http://cbi.nic.in/

CBI Academy
Kamla Nehru Nagar
Hapur Road, Ghaziabad
Uttar Pradesh - India
Phone: +91-120-2782985 / 6 / 7 / 8
Fax: +91-120-2755999
http://cbiacademy.gov.in/index.php