Axis Bank has signed an agreement with the open online education provider Coursera to nurture and up skill its human capital through online certification courses from top universities globally.
Coursera will design tailor-made curricula relevant for the bank’s employees, covering topics like leadership, data analytics, and innovative thinking, among others.
"By offering our employees learning opportunities with the world’s top universities, we hope to not only increase the value they gain as individuals but also the value they bring to the organisation and the economy as a whole,” said Rajesh Kumar Dahiya, Group Executive, Axis Bank in a statement.
“Axis Bank is the first Indian company to use Coursera courses in this way, and we will be working with a select number of other companies in India to develop and attract the country’s top talent," said Nikhil Sinha, who was recently appointed Senior Advisor, Coursera.