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An overview of some courses on bank management and related areas.
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Money matters: Various institutions now offer specialised courses related to banking and bank management.
Last week, this column discussed in some detail the history, development, functions and trends relating to the Indian banking system. Let us now look at some of the important training facilities in the country.
• National Institute of Bank Management
(Kondhwe Khurd, NIBM PO, Pune 411 048 (ph: 020-26833080; web site: www.nibmindia.org)
It is an autonomous academic institution established in 1969 by the Reserve Bank of India for research, training and consultancy in banking and finance.
The institute endeavours to develop capabilities for world-class banking and financial services in India and other developing countries. Almost all major banks are its members.
The NIBM conducts a wide variety of short programmes involving interdisciplinary modules of theory and practice to train executives who have to function in a multicultural and multinational environment. Areas such as international finance, rural finance and development, strategic planning, industrial relations, risk management and management of NPA (non-performing assets) are covered.
The most significant training endeavour relates to the one-year postgraduate programme in banking and finance, which has been designed as a contemporary, rigorous, innovative and practical source of management education. It focuses on analytical skills and perspectives in the field.
The curriculum covers the basic functional areas of finance and accounting, marketing, human-resource management, strategic planning, management and control and rural finance. The basic principles of economics, behavioural sciences, rural finance, information technology and quantitative methods are taught in the context of management. Students from diverse disciplines such as arts, commerce, science and engineering are admitted. A minimum of 50 per cent marks in the Bachelor’s degree examination is essential. The candidates should be endowed with high levels of initiative and energy, capacity for hard work, strong task orientation, willingness to learn and a temperament suitable for team work.
The preliminary selection is based on the score in the Common Admission Test conducted by the Indian Institutes of Management. Candidates short-listed based on the test scores will be further rated through group discussion and personal interview. Placements have been 100 per cent for those who complete the programme successfully.
• Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology
(Castle Hills, Hyderabad – 500 057; e-mail: recruit2005@idrbt.ac.in; web site: www.idrbt.ac.in)
The IDRBT was established by the Reserve Bank of India in 1996 as an autonomous centre for development and research in banking technology.
The need for computerisation of banking operations had been pointed out by the committees that studied reforms in this vital sector. This institute has been recognised by the University of Hyderabad and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, as a centre for research for Ph.D. students.
The areas of research touch mainly financial networks and applications, electronic payments and settlement systems, security technologies, financial information systems and business intelligence, all of which play an integral role in the effective management of financial institutions in a competitive environment.
Research scholars are drawn from those with first-class ME/M.Tech. (information technology and computer science) or M.Phil. (maths, statistics, electronics and computer science) with sound knowledge of computer science, or MBA (information technology or systems) with graduation in engineering in the areas of information technology, computer science, electronics and communication, electronics and electrical engineering or related areas. The age of the candidates should be around 25 years. Substantial amounts are granted as fellowships.
Apart from this, the IDRBT conducts a variety of short programmes as part of offering assistance in technology absorption in the banking and financial sector. They cover areas such as networking technologies, payment systems, security technologies, cyber crimes, information-system audit, intellectual-property rights, open-source technologies, data warehousing and data mining, web-based learning technologies, software engineering and corporate intranet.
• Bankers’ Training College
(Veer Savarkar Marg Dadar West, Mumbai, web site: www.rbi.org.in)
This college was set up in 1954. It is being run under the control of the Reserve Bank of India. It conducts programmes in forex, bourse, treasury management, asset-liability management and credit management, financial engineering and so on.
• College of Agricultural Banking
University Road, Pune - 411 016 (web site: www.rbi.org.in/cab)
Training programme at the college is divided into five channels:
Rural banking, cooperative banking, information technology, human resources management and international and miscellaneous channel.
• Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research
Gen. A.K. Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (E), Mumbai 400 065, (web site: www.igidr.ac.in)
It is an advanced research institute established by the Reserve Bank of India for carrying out research on development issues from a multidisciplinary point of view. It conducts M.Sc., M.Phil., and Ph.D. programmes in areas of economics, banking and development studies.
Distance education
IICT Business School, Sapt-Rishi, 5/28, Vikas Nagar, Lucknow - 226022; web site: www.iictindia.com: two-year MBA (banking)
Department of Bank Management, Alagappa University , Karaikudy - 630 003: postgraduate programme in bank management
Department of Banking Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605 104: MBA (banking technology)
School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education, Kakatiya University, Warangal – 506 009: postgraduate diploma in banking and cooperation
IGNOU: School of Management Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, MaidanGarhi, New Delhi - 110 068. Master of Business Administration (banking and finance)
IGNOU programme
The IGNOU programme is being conducted in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Bankers, a professional body of banks and financial institutions established in 1928. To bring out the basic structure of management programmes in banking, the syllabus of this programme is given below.
The programme consists of 21 courses — 11 basic, five specialisation and five integrative courses, which include a project course equivalent to two courses.
Compulsory courses (basic courses)
• Management functions and behaviour
• Managing men
• Economic and social environment
• Accounting and finance for managers
• Management of machines and materials
• Marketing for managers
• Information management and computers
• Quantitative analysis for managerial applications
• Managerial economics
• Organisational design, development and change
• Corporate policies and practices
Specialisation courses
• Security analysis and portfolio management
• International financial management
• HRM in financial services sector
• Bank financial management
• Marketing of financial services
• International banking management
• Electronic banking and IT in banks
Integrative courses
• Strategic management
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