30 December 2015 10:58:56 IST

NIIT's finance institute announces banking programme

Programme to be available in select locations including Thrissur, Trivandrum and Coimbatore

NIIT Institute for Finance, Banking and Insurance (IFBI) has announced the launch of its 1st batch for Certificate Programme in Banking Sales and Marketing (CPBSM) in association with Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB).

CPBSM is an exclusive programme that aims to build a pool of probationary officers with marketing skills.

The one-month Certificate Programme in Banking Sales and Marketing is designed for training and recruitment of Probationary Officers to be posted in sales and marketing of various Deposit, Loan, Insurance products of the Bank under various Functional Verticals of the bank.

The programme is a blend of core domain knowledge and usable skill-set requirements like sales and marketing, technology familiarity and customer handling. To start with, the programme will be available in select locations including Thrissur, Trivandrum and Coimbatore, as per immediate requirements.

CPBSM has been specifically designed to develop and empower graduates with robust skill sets and vital insights needed to undertake marketing banking business as a probationary officer in banks.

Graduates/post graduates with minimum of 60 per cent marks in their graduation and less than 28 years of age can apply for this course. On successful completion of the programme, students will be placed with CSB.

The selection to the programme will be through in-house screening process with final interview by CSB officials. Post successful completion of the probation period of 2 years, the PO will be absorbed as Assistant Manager (Grade-1) and will be awarded with the programme certificate.

The first batch candidates have been provided with provisional offer letter and will be absorbed by the bank post completion of training.