IFBI and Dhanalaxmi Bank tieup gives a career start to over 300 students.

New Delhi, India-- (SBWIRE) -- 03/11/2010 -- The Institute of Banking, Finance and Insurance (IFBI) was founded on September 26, 2006. In a short span of over 3 years, IFBI has trained over 24,000 students and professionals of the BFSI industry. IFBI has also placed over 7000 students who have graduated from IFBI after successfully completing its Industry oriented PG Diploma Programs like Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Operations, PG Diploma in Financial Planning and Relationship Management and PG Diploma in Banking & Financial Services and Post Graduate Diploma in Retail Banking.

IFBI's President Mr. S. Venkatesh who has been associated with IFBI since inception said "It gives us immense satisfaction to be able to contribute to the BFSI industry and also launch so many student careers ".

To demonstrate IFBI Success, Mr. Venkatesh mentioned about the partnership with Dhanalaxmi Bank.

IFBI partnered with Dhanalaxmi Bank (DBL) in June '09 to help it realize its ambition of becoming one of the Top 5 private banks in the country in record time. The DBL-IFBI partnership opened up opportunities for placement, special programs in retail banking, testing and examination services from IFBI as well as corporate training.

In a short time the DBL-IFBI collaboration has proved fruitful. Five special batches were conducted at Chennai to meet the requirements of the bank at Tamil Nadu and Kerala—to serve the Bank's needs for domain knowledge, application skills as well as familiarity with local language. In addition to the special batches, students from various centres got placed at Dhanalakshmi Bank including Delhi, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Mysore, Lucknow, Bangalore, Chennai, Nagpur, Bhopal, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar to name a few.

Another milestone of IFBI"s successful journey was achieved when the IFBI Corporate Training team added Genpact BPO, Allahabad Bank and Dhanalakshmi Bank to their already formidable client list including Deutsche Bank and L&T Finance. Mr. Venkatesh further added , "The industry is constantly evolving with new requirements and there are a number of opportunities for students and professionals. We look forward to serving the needs of increased number of students and industry".

In addition, the IFBI Industry Alliances Team has added many new organizations to their Recruiters List. As a result, many IFBI students have been recently recruited for various profiles across the sector. While New India Cooperative Bank and Calyon Bank opened up opportunities in select locations for Banking Operations, Kotak Mahindra Bank reopened recruitments and selected 34 students at different locations pan-India. ING Vysya Financial Services & ING Vysya Life Insurance, have also commenced placements with IFBI for Sales & Bancassurance.

About IFBI
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI), formed by NIIT with equity participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs for individuals and corporates in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance.

Contact :
Sakshi Jain , Program Coordinator
Institute of finance banking and insurance
011 – 46509472 ,46527600
Email: Sakshi.Jain@niit.com

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IFBI Rated as “Best Training School” in the Banking, Finance and Insurance Domain, says THE WEEK-Nielsen survey

New Delhi, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/09/2010 -- The respected magazine 'THE WEEK' and the 'Nielsen' Survey on the happening sectors listed the IFBI's Post Graduate Diploma in Banking & Financial Services program as one of the best programs and IFBI as the best training institute in the BFSI sector. The achievement is a much deserved pat on the back for the institute that has always been respected for its industry oriented career programs designed for Graduate students and the industry professionals.

IFBI has constantly strived to provide more value to its students and the industry. The institute has been conceptualizing and updating its BFSI sector program since October 2008, in order to launch many more student careers in addition to the 7000+ students who are in industry already.

The BFS series of programs prepare the student for multiple industry opportunities in Financial Services, Banking and Insurance —besides industry certifications. Programs are backed with Placement Assistance/ Assurance options based on eligibility and student performance.

"Our new BFS series programs offer multiple career opportunities, suitable for a variety of opportunities in the growing BFSI sector. We are grateful for the recognition of this initiative from a reputed magazine"- says Samir Kumar National Retail Sales Head, IFBI.

For more details on the admission process, eligibility and programs, visit http://www.ifbi.com or contact nearest IFBI centre.

About IFBI
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI), formed by NIIT with equity participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs for individuals and corporates in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance.

Contact :
Sakshi Jain , Program Coordinator
Institute of finance banking and insurance
011 – 46509472 ,46527600
Email : Sakshi.Jain@niit.com

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IFBI announces admissions for its March academic session of its comprehensive employability driven career program-Honors Diploma in Banking & Financial Services

New Delhi, India -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/21/2010 -- Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance (IFBI), an initiative of NIIT Ltd, Asia's No. 1 IT trainer and ICICI Bank , the largest Private sector bank in India , has achieved a 100% placement track record , with over 7000 IFBI Graduates commencing their careers in the Banking & Financial Services sector.

Founded over 3 years ago, IFBI offers career programs under its "Banking & Financial Services" curriculum and is today one of the largest providers of industry ready talent to the BFSI sector. IFBI students are recruited by over top 20 leading organizations such as ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Prudential, ICICI Securities, Kotak Mahindra Bank , Lakshmi Vilas Bank, HDFS Securities , Wealth Advisors , ICICI Lombard , Deutsche Bank , New Cooperative Bank , Unicon Investment Solutions , Fullerton Securities etc for multiple roles in BFSI.

IFBI has announced admissions for its March academic session with the launch of a highly robust and comprehensive program under the Banking and Financial Services curriculum series - "Honors Diploma in Banking & Financial Services" - the program content has been developed by experienced industry experts with relevant inputs from industry for enhanced employability.

The institute offers full-time programs for graduates, while under graduates are given the unique opportunity to earn dual a qualification – an IFBI Professional Diploma along with a graduation degree. It is conveniently scheduled – 2 hrs 3 days a week - to assist college students to pursue it easily.

Mr S Venkatesh, President IFBI, while announcing the launch of the career programs for March academic session emphasized, "The HDBFS Program is offered with 100% Placement assistance, thus enabling a young career aspirant to avail career opportunities with the leading BFSI sector organizations due to strong credentials of IFBI". The program also allows candidates an opportunity to further fine tune the knowledge and build in professionalism".

About the program:
The HDBFS program is a Career program of over 470 Hrs spread across 4 terms. The Program equips a student on preferred industry Skills –Customer Acquisition, Customer relationship management and Domain knowledge /Skills.

The program is aimed at creating a new age BFSI Professional, A person with the rare ability to undertake several roles at the same time – sales person, banking processes / transaction handling capability, customer relationship skills, financial planning abilities and most importantly customer acquisition skills.

The program is offered at all IFBI Centres and is taught by experienced Industry faculty. The IFBI training methodology covers case studies, Seminars, integrated e-learning, Application projects and intensive class room exercises to build solid skill sets.

For more details on the admission process and program, visit http://www.ifbi.com/ or contact:
Sakshi Jain , Program Coordinator
Institute of finance banking and insurance
011 – 46509472 ,46527600
Email : Sakshi.Jain@niit.com

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Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance (IFBI), an initiative of NIIT Ltd and ICICI Bank, has achieved the unique feat of a 100% placement track record and launched 7000 careers in the leading Banking & Financial Services organizations.

New Delhi, Delhi -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/05/2010 -- Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance (IFBI), an initiative of NIIT Ltd - Asia's No. 1 IT trainer and ICICI Bank - one of the largest private sector banks in India, has achieved the unique feat of a 100% placement track record and launched 7000 careers in the leading Banking & Financial Services organizations like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Dhanalakshmi Bank , Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Prudential, ICICI Lombard, HDFC Securities, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Fullerton Securities, Religare Enterprises Ltd, ING Vysya Bank, Development Credit Bank Ltd, Bajaj Capital, RBS Business Services, Wealth Advisors and many more. Apart from being one of the largest Providers of industry ready talent to the BFSI sector, IFBI has also trained over 15000 working professionals in the Banking & Financial Services sector.

IFBI offers a range of career programs under its "Banking & Financial Services" curriculum to equip a student on preferred industry Skills –Customer Acquisition, Customer relationship management and Domain knowledge /Skills. These courses provide graduates and college students with a fast career growth in the area of Banking, Finance and Insurance. They are designed with intense inputs from the industry and content is developed by experienced industry professionals. IFBI career programs are offered with 100% placement Assistance and enable students to get their first job or career start in the BFSI sector. For under graduates, IFBI offers a unique proposition to earn dual qualification – an IFBI Professional Diploma along with a graduation title.

Mr. S Venkatesh, President –IFBI , while announcing the launch of the academic session Jan-March 2010 said , "IFBI has established its position as leading manpower provider to reputed organizations by offering "industry ready professionals". Recently the BFSI sector has announced many career opportunities for young graduates. In this academic session, IFBI is also inviting applications for its prestigious "Post Graduate Program in Banking Operations", to train graduates for the 1000 Banking Officer jobs available at ICICI Bank. Mr. Venkatesh added "Along with imparting relevant skills to manage banking Sales & Operations, the program is offered with a unique proposition of appointment letter at the time of enrolment for qualified candidates, thus ensuring complete assurance of placement".

Post graduate Diploma in Banking Operations is a 6 months program with 3 months of supervised internship. IFBI is offering the program at all its locations nationally to train students for availing 1000 job opportunities at ICICI bank. The program is also being offered at 16 IFBI Centre's nationally and is taught by experienced Industry faculty.

For more details on the admission process, eligibility and programs, visit http://www.ifbi.com/ or contact nearest IFBI centre.

About IFBI :
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI), formed by NIIT with equity participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs for individuals and corporates in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance.

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