Executive Programme in Banking and Financial Sector (EPBFS)

• Introduction - Constituents of the Financial Sector – Institutional Structure (Banking, Insurance, Mutual Funds, Pension Funds, Foreign Institutional Investors) – Financial Markets (Money, Equity, Debt, G-Sec, Forex & Commodities) – Financial Sector and the Pandemic.
• Accounting & Finance - Understanding the basics of Financial Accounting and Financial Statements; Financial Statement Analysis; Understanding Cost behavior for managerial internal decision-making (CVP); Accounting challenges in the context of Pandemic, understanding the concepts of Financial Management & innovative financial instruments like options, future and swaps
• Economics - Microeconomic Forces, Macroeconomic Policies (Fiscal and Monetary) – International Economics impacting financial sector (FED Announcements, Exchange rates), Basics of Insurance Markets, Economic Policies in a Post-Pandemic World
• Banking - The three pillars of Basel regulation (including Risk Management), Challenges in Value Creation, Corporate banking products (including working capital loans); Mergers & Acquisitions in Banks; Credit Assessment in post-pandemic world
• Organizational Behavior - Inter-personal & leadership skills specifically needed to excel in financial sector, Managing Change, Working with teams in virtual environment
• Marketing - Customer Relationship Management in financial sector, Developing innovative financial products and services, Digital Marketing, Marketing Challenges in a Post-Pandemic World
• Strategy - Understanding strategy formulation and implementation, Expertise to assess the strategic positioning in the context of competition and growth & strategies in Post-Pandemic Digital World
• Fintech - Digital finance, Financial analytics, Understanding opportunities and threats of Big Data, Rethinking Cybersecurity in the context of pandemic.
• Regulation - Latest updates on dynamic changes in the regulatory environment of financial sector, Post-Pandemic Regulatory Adaptations
• Quantitative tools - Customer data analysis for improvement, Service process management, Decision making under uncertainty and Risks

*66% attendance 'per module' is mandatory for successful completion of the course. Attendance at both the campuses is mandatory.

Capstone Project:

There would be a capstone group project to be submitted by the participants before the end of the programme.

Four grades namely, Excellent, Good, Fair and Poor, would be awarded.

Assessments:

Written Test, Assignments, Project & Online Examinations

Evaluation:

Evaluation shall be conducted by the institute. Participants are evaluated on the basis of examinations for all the courses.