KESDEE launched an exhaustive e-learning course library on ‘Governance, Risk and Compliance’, consisting of seven courses. These courses provide knowledge and understanding of application of Governance, Risk and Compliance in the banking sector.

San Diego, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 08/28/2007 -- KESDEE Inc., a leading provider of e-learning courses in Finance, has launched its e-learning course library on "Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)". These courses give important insights into the intricate working of Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance in corporate environment with disposition for high risk and spectacular failures around the globe. This calls for increasing stakeholder demands and growing public scrutiny.

Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance, or in short GRC, has evolved from managing risk as a transaction or compliance activity to adding business value by improving operational decision making and strategic planning.

This course library on Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) consists of 7 courses, which include:

1. Classification of Risks
2. Introduction to ERM and its Frameworks
3. Regulatory Landscape
4. Governance, Risk and Compliance - Demystified
5. COSO and CobiT in Support of GRC Needs
6. Operational Risk Management Primer
7. GRC – Case Study

This course library defines risk classes, explains Enterprise Risk Management and its deployment, lists major trends in Global Regulatory Landscape and explains and elaborates COSO and CobiT frameworks for ERM.

There is a case study part of the course library which reviews the approaches adopted by a Global Outsourcing Services provider to cope with risk demands. With the application of the concepts explained like COSO, CobiT, ITIL, eSCM, Basel II ORM, this case presents its successful transformation into a more risk-aligned and better risk managed company.

The course library is interspersed with audio clips containing voice over by the author giving additional insights and information about important concepts.

About KESDEE
KESDEE provides end-to-end e-learning solutions covering all facets – technology, content and services for knowledge management and continuing professional education (CPE) initiatives. KESDEE's focus is on providing turnkey solutions for knowledge management to the Banking and Financial Services Industry. The company's off-the-shelf e-Learning catalog consists of 500 accredited e-Learning courses in Banking, Finance, Accounting, Insurance and Risk Management. The courses consist of approximately 1,500 hours of learning.

These courses serve both as ready reference material and as a learning tool, and can be customized to meet organization's needs in terms of look-and-feel, content and technology. KESDEE's courses speak of its Value Proposition: "e-Learning, Not e-Reading" – KESDEE's courses are full of engaging graphics and interactive simulations, "Content and Context" – Top quality content has been presented in the context of relevant case-studies and best practices, "Learn-By-Doing" – Our courses have practice exercises and interactive applets to help apply the knowledge of theoretical concepts. Simulations represent a major part of our approach. These simulations incorporate specific interactions that prepare the learner for real-life situations, "Conceptually sound, yet practical" – Our e-Learning courses are "Conceptually sound, yet practical". It is developed for practitioners by practitioners. Learning is aligned with real world business objectives, "One size does not fit all" – Customized solutions for enterprise clients.

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KESDEE is headquartered in San Diego, California, with a state-of-the-art development center in Bangalore, India.

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San Diego, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 07/17/2007 -- Indian Bank in its Centenary Year has launched an e-learning programme for the benefit of its employees. Launching the programme here at function held by the Bank today, Mr. M. S. Sundara Rajan, Chairman and Managing Director, Indian Bank said that the Bank is proud to be a "Knowledge Empowering Institution" and that the programme aims at enhancing the capabilities of the employees of the Bank, on a continuous basis. "Banking Industry" is witnessing a sea change. To keep pace, each and every banking personnel needs regular knowledge updating. E-initiative of this nature will help the individual and organization to a great extent, he added. The programme would help the employees gain expertise in their area of operations as well as other areas of their interest, resulting in better and more efficient customer service, he said.

The innovative e-learning initiative has been introduced with the assistance of KESDEE, a US based firm with rich experience in providing e-learning solutions. Through this e-learning package, Indian Bank is hosting KESDEE's 41 user-friendly course libraries covering Risk Management, Asset and Liability Management, Anti-Money Laundering, Areas in Treasury, Foreign Exchange, Credit and an exclusive "Branch Management" module. Each library is modular in structure and had many courses for convenient reading and assessments.

The e-learning will provide an additional avenue to staff for upgradation of skills, supplemental to the existing training system of the Bank. KESDEE's
e-learning courses include several " Learn By Doing", Simulations and actual case studies.

The Bank has already introduced many need based training programmes for the employees and also has been providing incentives to employees for passing courses like CISA, CISSP, KYC, AML, NSDL and ORACLE.

KESDEE's e-learning courses are deployed on Indian Bank's intranet server and customized with the Bank's logo and look & feel.

About Indian Bank:
Indian Bank is one of the premier Public Sector Banks with over 1469 branches all over India, Overseas branches in Singapore and Colombo and over 240 overseas correspondent banks in 70 countries. Apart from providing the deposit and credit functions Indian Bank has diversified banking facilities and has been a front runner in specialized banking with 90 Forex Authorized branches, 1 specialized NRI Branch and 1 SSI Branch. It has attained leadership in rural development and is a pioneer in introducing the latest technology in Banking.

About KESDEE:
KESDEE's provides interactive e-learning solutions to the Banking and Financial Services Industry. KESDEE's off-the-shelf e-learning course catalog consists of 500 accredited e-learning courses in Banking, Finance, Accounting, Insurance and Risk Management. The courses consist of approximately 1,500 hours of learning. These courses serve both as ready reference material and as a learning tool, and can be customized to meet organization's needs in terms of look-and-feel, content and technology.

KESDEE is headquartered in San Diego, California and has a state-of-the-art Development Center located in Bangalore, India.

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