Page 1 IFBI WINGS IFBI Student and Alumni newsletter VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 IFBI launches innovative product for success in PSU Bank exams Over 50,000 employees of PSU banks will retire every year for the next three years. This will create a big gap in PSU Bank manpower in the near future. Selection for PSU Bank Exams is done through a special exam conducted by IBPS. Many youngsters are aspiring to clear this exam. IFBI has launched an exciting product to address this need. IFBI President S. Venkatesh says “All of us are aware of the tremendous brand salience IFBI enjoys in the recruitment scenario of Private Sector Banks. IFBI has placed over 14,000 stu- dents in this industry. It is only logical that IFBI move into the adjacent space of providing en- trance exam training for PSU Banks. IFBI has launched an Academy for Bank Exams which offers a special, well-researched preparation kit for aspirants”. These programs are offered in multiple modes including a special, self-study package. The program includes video-based lectures, courseware, online-diagnostic tool and assessments. Ex- pert help is also available at hand. Some current students who purchased this kit to give them an edge to prepare for PSU as well as Private Sector Bank entrance exams have found the experience enriching and informative.
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Volume 3, Issue 10
2 March 2010
IFBI WINGS
IFBI Student and Alumni newsletter
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IFBI launches innovative product for success in PSU Bank exams
Over 50,000 employees of PSU banks will retire every year for the next three years. This will create a big gap in PSU Bank manpower in the near future. Selection for PSU Bank Exams is done through a special exam conducted by IBPS. Many youngsters are aspiring to clear this exam. IFBI has launched an exciting product to address this need. IFBI President S. Venkatesh says “All of us are aware of the tremendous brand salience IFBI enjoys in the recruitment scenario of Private Sector Banks. IFBI has placed over 14,000 stu-dents in this industry. It is only logical that IFBI move into the adjacent space of providing en-trance exam training for PSU Banks. IFBI has launched an Academy for Bank Exams which offers a special, well-researched preparation kit for aspirants”. These programs are offered in multiple modes including a special, self-study package. The program includes video-based lectures, courseware, online-diagnostic tool and assessments. Ex-pert help is also available at hand. Some current students who purchased this kit to give them an edge to prepare for PSU as well as Private Sector Bank entrance exams have found the experience enriching and informative.
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News from the world of IFBI
IFBI Sales Academy Thane places first batch of 12 students
SPORTY SPOTLIGHT: IFBI Chennai student B. Sushma repre-
sented Indian Ball Badminton team at Birming-
ham, United Kingdom and secured 7th position
for the country. She has been continuously repre-
senting Tamil Nadu Ball Badminton team since
2003 and has tasted success in many tourna-
ments. She has won many titles and has also been
awarded by former President of India, Dr. A.P.J
Abdul Kalam for best performance.
Recently IFBI has introduced a number of new activities in its PGDBO curriculum. One such
popular activity gives the PGDBO students an opportunity to play
the role of a Bank Teller in a simulated environment. Students are
given opening cash envelope and some guidelines. Other students
act as customers and make deposits and ask for receipts, using
dummy cash and other payment instruments.
This exciting activity has proved to be a great hit with
students and faculty and there is a buzz in the center on these
days. Students take back great learning from this event.
In the adjoining picture, you can see students of IFBI In-
dore, handling real life situations as a part of their curriculum.
If you are at an IFBI center, make sure you ask your fac-
ulty for an opportunity to view this exciting activity! All of us need to be ready for Day-1 Hour-1!
CUSTOMER APPRECIATION FOR FACULTY IFBI Faculty are the envy of industry. They combine decades of expertise with oodles of passion and a “can-do” attitude. Not a day passes without a compliment being received for our faculty from many quarters—be it students or industry. Sample this—
Mr Sukumar, Regional Manger (East) CAMS (Computer Age Management Services Pvt Ltd) says—The innovative style of narration & handling of Q&A Session was simply remarkable.
Ankit Bhoola (Pune student) says— Neel sir has this uncanny knack of explaining the difficult things in very simple way through his stories and real life examples. Derivatives was explained to us by him really well. He is a really energetic person to be around.
Aravind K says—We attended good knowledgeable lectures at IFBI. The teaching faculty at IFBI have good knowledge of the Banking Sector. Their teaching skills are very good.
IFBI Sales Academy Thane has placed its first batch of 12 students in ICICI Bank in the month of Dec’11. IFBI Sales Academy, a special initiative of IFBI offers industry focused sales programs to build sales competency in individ-uals. Special Sales Academy centers have been opened in Mumbai to meet this emerging need of modern private sector banks.
“Have you met an IFBI student teller?”
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“Who coaches the Coach and sharpens the saw?”
Ratnakar Bank added to
the IFBI partner list How many of us know that ICICI Bank
did not exist as a bank till the mid 90s? Now
look where they are! Similarly a new set of
banks are grow-
ing at a rapid
pace. One such
bank, Ratnakar
Bank recruited
IFBI students in
November 2011.
For banks that
want to grow
fast, they know
where to come for talented people.
As we know, the ABC of being a professional is
“Appearance, Behaviour and Communication” Here are a set
of IFBI students who have taken the message very seriously
to make a great first impression as a professional !
Dress your way to success and make a great positive impression
Faculty are the back-bone of any educational institution. They are the ones who convert
knowledge into skills that can be imparted to the students and make them ready for industry. IFBI is
proud to have a diverse set of 150 faculty from different organisations. They bring their passion, expe-
rience and teaching skills to the service of over 2500 students at any point of time.
“Agreed, the Coach coaches, but
who coaches the Coach ?”. IFBI has a pro-
cess of training and retraining faculty in line
with the emerging needs of the industry. Our
faculty participate in training programs con-
ducted from time to time. They are also ex-
posed to Corporate Trainings which hones
their skills in line with the modern banking
practices. Many faculty also undertake certi-
fication exams and benchmark themselves
against the industry.
Ms. Porkodi Palani, National Educa-
tion Delivery Head IFBI says “A special
recent initiative is that many faculty are
part of ICICI Bank Immersion program.
The first set of faculty have now spent
time in ICICI Bank branches and are able
to bring back the ICICI flavor into the
classroom. This process will quicken and
soon include all the faculty”
Seen alongside are some IFBI
faculty who attended training recently at
IFBI Chennai Head office, along with
their trainers.
News from the World of IFBI
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New initiatives @ IFBI
HSBC is one of the top international banks with a massive global presence. Your IFBI has now joined hands with HSBC in an innovative venture to turn non-banking sales professional into modern bankers through a 5-week intensive residential program at NIIT University. IFBI Industry Alliances Head Manish Srivastava says “The participants will be trained on a wide range of topics - banking prod-ucts and services; investments and regulatory practices; customer relationship and management skills; as well as selling skills and techniques”
By the end of the program, the participants will be mod-eled into highly com-petent profes-sionals who can take up challenging sales assign-ments in Re-tail Banking. In short, a modern day banker who aids customers with wealth management solutions..
A cool tool to prepare you for PSU exams!
IFBI’s first national level tie up with a MNC Bank
IFBI has launched an Online Diagnostic
Tool for their students which has a Full Length Exam
as well as Performance Feedback for various sections.
It helps students identify their strengths and areas of
improvement. The exam is mapped for the require-
ments of PSU exams. Enrolling for this facility helps
the student to practice multiple times and identify are-
as requiring more effort.
Poonam Sharma, IFBI’s
Systems Head says —“ The biggest advantage on of-
fering Practice Test in online mode is to allow stu-
dents to assess themselves at time of enrolment and
after completion of program. Student can take a test
either on a specified section or the Full Length Test.
The Links can be assessed post registration of the pro-
gram and are accessible from anywhere, any time.
Student can practice well by appearing for the exam
multiple times. This is a great value add for all our
students preparing for PSU Exams”.
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