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One milestone achieved — another journey begins! IFBI crosses 10,000 placement mark!

When Sunil Gavaskar, the original Little Master of cricket (now more famous as an IPL commentator), crossed

the 10,000 Test runs mark—he was the first batsman in the world to do so. When an interviewer asked him what the

achievement meant, Gavaskar replied ―Everyone remembers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay as being the first to

climb the Everest‖.

In anyone's life—there are moments to re-

member and milestones to cherish for a lifetime.

So, dear readers, even though this issue of IFBI

WINGS has been late in making its appearance,

we could not think of a better leading story than

the 10,000 placements milestone. What a mile-

stone it has been !

It is the result of students who placed their

trust in a new organization like IFBI. It is the rec-

ognition of Partner Organizations who guided

IFBI in its initial days giving it corporate training

business and placement opportunities. It is the ger-

mination of an idea taken to fruition by NIIT and

ICICI Bank. It is the work of committed and dedi-

cated staff of IFBI all over the country.

S. Venkatesh, President, IFBI said, ―We

achieved a major landmark as we drew the curtains

for 2010 – IFBI crossed the 10,000 placement

mark, since inception. This is by all means is a great and rare achievement, especially in such a short span of time. No

matter what the other significance of this milestone, to me it will always been the proverbial lighting of lamp in many

houses—of a youngster who decided to make a career in BFSI and made it a reality‖ .

Every student would like to belong to in institution which not just provides him or her the first job, but continues to

grow in stature. Few would know that IFBI has trained over 34,000 people in Banks and Financial Services organizations or

conducts training programs in Nepal or in Invest-

ment Banking. There is an IFBI that we all know,

and some that we all don't know. So, read on and

enjoy the pages ahead—success stories of alumni,

new initiatives, celebrations and so on. It is a story

that you are very much a part of and one which you

helped build! Congratulations, thanks and wish you

great times ahead—Editor

Volume 2, Issue 5

2 March 2010

IFBI WINGS

IFBI Student and Alumni newsletter

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Student connect @ IFBI Kolkata—celebrating 10,000 placements

IFBI Student Connect

Alumni Meet @ IFBI Hyderabad The IFBI Hyderabad team had this news to share ―On 2nd March we had some of our Alumni students who came to IFBI Hy-

derabad to share some of their experiences with our current students. Students were thrilled to get their doubts and queries clari-

fied. They realized the importance of IFBI curriculum and the inputs given by faculty—and how each point would be useful in

work life. The Alumni explained clearly that each & every word written in IFBI books is really useful during work experience

and also suggested our students to use the same as a Bible‖

A Student Connect event was organized on

13th Feb 2011 by IFBI Kolkata centre ,

with an objective to bring the IFBI Alumni,

current students and aspiring candidates on

one platform. The idea was to showcase the

latest developments at IFBI, and also mark

the occasion of 10,000 placements in short

span of 5 years.

The event was a big success with over 135

people participating. Invitees were wel-

comed by IFBI Kolkat Sales Head Abhik

Chatterjee and the function was inaugurated with a small talk on IFBI, by the

Territory Head Surmayee Shrisath.

IFBI Students made more than the right career moves! Exciting per-

formances-(Vocal & Instrumental)-Dance and Music– all helped to raise the

tempo. Many students grooved on stage. Alumni were felicitated by Faculty.

Alumni shared their success stories and experiences at work. All in all it was a

day to remember for everyone assembled and IFBI Kolkata.

IFBI Alumni addressing current students Current students actively participated in the session

Its dancing time in the aisles

IFBI Alumni being felicitated by Faculty

City of Joy having fun

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IFBI Student Journeys Here is a selection of IFBI Alumni success stories. For a longer list, visit —http://www.ifbi.com/aboutifbi

FEEDBACK ZONE We would love to hear from you—issues, questions, feedback, ex-periences, support requests ! contact us at - IFBI.assist@niit.com

ALUMNI RECONNECT

INITIATIVE!

If you are an IFBI Alumni or you know of an IFBI Alumni Contact us at - alumniifbi@niit.com

Arunabha , PGDBFS Student

IFBI Kolkata

―IFBI Kolkata gave me my first job in

December 2010. Its was with Kotak

Mahindra Bank. It gave me a new

light at the end of the tunnel. I was a bit

hesitant with the compensation, but I

was not worried that much.

When I reached Mumbai and joined

work on 13th December the scenario

was different. I was given Cash Man-

agement with a package of 2.8 lacs-

Designation-Assistant Manager. After

that my life changed. New city, new

life, what else what else does a fresher

need out of college.

I thank IFBI for providing this opportu-

nity to look at life and banking, the way

it should be. IFBI has been a positive

step in my life‖.

Prakash N, PGDBO, IFBI Chennai

Prakash N , received appreciation from Vanaja Shankar, Chief Man-

ager, HRMG, ICICI Bank for contributing a business of 4.5 lakhs (

Life Insurance) in a span of just 3 days!!

He expressed his gratitude to his peer Mr. Manesh who by coinci-

dence is his IFBI Senior . He says, ‗In this world filled with full of

competition, to help me out in sales by providing leads; giving in-

puts on closing the leads, to give training on the office job and to

take pleasure out of my success speaks of the man's quality.‘

Editor Comment—It is amazing how the growing community of IFBI

Alumni are helping each other achieve greater goals.

Maghizhan V, HDBFS, IFBI Bangalore

Maghizhan V has been selected as Probationary Officer in SBI.

He says, ―The learning at IFBI helped me a lot during GD and inter-

view. The subject learning and teaching of staff at IFBI helped me to

understand banking better. I whole heartedly thank my faculty team for

all the support you have rendered me‖.

Editor Comment—IFBI has always focused on giving students a good

break in their careers. It is interesting to see how IFBI Students are

progressing in their careers post their first job. We wish him all the

best for career success.

Pankaj Matta, PGDBO Alumni, IFBI Chandigarh

Mr. Pankaj Matta, an IFBIian from Chandigarh Center still keeps in

touch with IFBI to share his success. He wrote to our faculty re-

cently and communicated that he has joined IndusInd Bank as a As-

sistant Manager

Editor Comment—Seems like all banks should brace themselves to

welcome more IFBIans!

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New initiatives @ IFBI

The Environment—As the BFSI industry grows in India, banks and financial or-

ganizations have decided to proliferate and make use of their core strengths to ad-

dress a larger area. When this happens, the first need is to increase the business and

therefore the demand for sales qualified personnel increases. Many Banks are also

getting out of the ―off rolls‖ concept and moving to Branch based sales as a core

strategy.

The Opportunity—Readers will appreciate that the Business and Profit of organizations are driven strongly

by the Sales Function. No wonder then, that organizations like ICICI Bank are planning to hire more than

7,000 people in the sales function. Similar strategy is visible in many other banks as well, including Public

Sector Banks.

The Pathway—IFBI, which has made a mark in large volume placements in the Banking Sector has tied up

with ICICI Bank to provide training and career opportunities in sales. The program is

a blend of domain, customer service and selling skills. This program is managed by

IFBI Sales Academy and aims to build well-skilled sales professionals for the BFSI

Industry. The programs offer career options of executive level sales career in lead-

ing Banks & Financial Services organizations. The

programs are conducted by experienced industry ex-

perts.

.

IFBI launches Preparation for PSU Clerical & PO Exams (PCPO) State-owned Public Sector (PSU) banks are on a recruitment drive

to hire clerical staff and officers. Aspiring candidates for banking jobs in

PSU banks, have to undergo a Test conducted by Institute of Personal

Banking Selection ( IBPS) and a personal interview. Intense preparation

and practice is one of the sure shot ways of clearing the recruitment test. I

In addition, going through professional coaching from a reputed

institute which offers specific courses will be a catalyst for success in clear-

ing these exams. Recognizing the need for a scientific and systematic ap-

proach required for preparation for these exams, NIIT IFBI has launched

Preparation for Clerical & PO Exams (PCPO) courses. These courses

would enable youth to realize their aspiration of joining leading Public sec-

tor banks by having access to superior coaching.

IFBI President S Venkatesh says ―As 4th March 2011 dawned, IFBI

witnessed a major launch in the form of PCPO. To me personally it gives

the same feeling as I had on October 5th 2006, when we launched the first

advertisement for IFBI. It is the start of a new journey of success‖ .

When HR Man-agers are look-ing for high quality training

options, there is a new des-tination for Change Man-agement Training and Soft Skills Training!

IFBI has slowly but surely made its mark in training in Soft Skills, Sales and Domain areas for Pub-lic Sector Banks.

Canara Bank and Corporation Bank kept IFBI trainers very busy from Oc-tober 2010 to March 2011. Over 3000 bankers at-tended IFBI training.

IFBI launches programs under Sales Academy

Key Statistic

Crossed 500 place-ments in less than 6 months through IFBI

Sales Academy Training

breakthroughs

in PSU Banks

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Activities @ IFBI Centres

Graduation ceremony for pilot batch of IFBI Goa

Students share a lighter moment with faculty members at IFBI Mumbai

IFBI Chandigarh– moment to cherish

IFBI staff visited IFBI Alumni at ICICI Branch location in Secunderabad— “Keep in Touch”

IFBI Ahmedabad celebrated 10,000 placement milestone achievement with theme of

Over 10,000 placed, I am the next... Me, Rajitha… part of 10,000 landmark

T Srinivas of IFBI Bangalore points to the crowning achievement !

When the 10,000 placements milestone was announced in January 2011, many centres erupted with joy and happi-ness. The hard work of many students and staff, and the confidence of the BFSI industry, now had a clear validation and achievement! Seen below is a selection of activities in connection with the 10,000 placements milestone.

Chennai staff in traditional attire and in celebra-tory mood. A mix of IFBI Placement record, Pongal and Tradition Wear can make for an interesting combination !

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Achieving outside Campus!

For the last one year IFBI has been partnering with Computer

Age Management Services Pvt Ltd(CAMS) to conduct Investor

Awareness seminars in various locations nationwide. Many IFBI faculty

have been involved in this process. One such IFBI Faculty from Hy-

derabad Ms Padmavathy Selvam is seen here addressing a public audi-

ence in Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh on Mutual Funds investing. The vent

was widely covered by multiple publications. Here is a ―Hats off‖ to all

IFBI faculty!

Awareness Campaign on Mutual Funds through CAMS at Nalgonda

IFBI’ians scoring A+ in ICICI BANK Internship

Deepak Singh, PGDBO student of IFBI Delhi, commenced his internship and placement at ICICI Bank, Mumbai. How-

ever he did not put a stop to his learning and continued on the path. He not only successfully completed DBF/JAIIB -

IIBF with over 60% and but also cleared – AMFI-MF exam with 91.25%. No stopping there! He went on to clear Anti-

Money Laundering & KYC certifications at IIBF with over 80% and Advanced Diploma in Management from ICFAI.

He is currently pursuing an MBA too. As we said earlier, some people, - just like MS Dhoni, continue to add to their

trophy collection !

Some add qualifications like Dhoni collects trophies!

Since Mid 2010—ICICI Bank has been awarding grades for Internship Performance. Some of our students are truly the

stars, securing the coveted A+ grade in ICICI Bank. Here is a selection of the IFBI stars! We salute their success!

Vinod Yogendra Dhiriya ( IFBI Ahmedabad), Vikramjit Bhullar ( IFBI Chandigarh), Gurpreet Kaur ( IFBI Chandigarh),

Neha Garg ( IFBI Chandigarh), Kadambari P ( IFBI Mysore), Golden Prabhu ( IFBI Madurai), Shobhit Jain ( IFBI Jaipur),

Rajini Muralidharan Nair ( IFBI Bangalore), Kunthavai Perumalsamy ( IFBI Chennai), Shivani Sinha ( IFBI Lucknow), Ve-

golam Santhosh ( IFBI Hyderabad), Bapathi Manohar Reddy ( IFBI Hyderabad), Rohit Ghosh ( IFBI Kolkata), Sailendu

Samantaray ( IFBI Bhubneshwar),Ankita Tripathy ( IFBI Bhubneshwar), Batchu Thishya Madhuri ( IFBI Hyderabad), Nee-

lam Yadav ( IFBI Mumbai), Khushboo Shah ( IFBI Guwahati), Nitesh Yadav ( IFBI Patna),

Mohammad Ahmad ( IFBI Patna), Ojaswini Devnani ( IFBI Bhopal), Manoj Bhargava ( IFBI Delhi),

Abhishek Ghosaliya ( IFBI Delhi), Shone Manjooran ( IFBI Cochin), Chahna Shukla ( IFBI Mum-

bai), Anamika Kumari ( IFBI Kolkata), Kedar Wagdeo ( IFBI Nagpur), Nitin Kale ( IFBI Nagpur), Ra-

mya Singetham ( IFBI Hyderabad), Abdul Munaf ( IFBI Hyderabad), Sonali Sharma ( IFBI Bhopal),

SobanaKumaresan ( IFBI Chennai), Ashish Kamal ( IFBI Chandigarh), NehaSahni ( IFBI Chandigarh), RoshniT T ( IFBI

Bangalore), Neethu Pulickal ( IFBI Bangalore), SourabhJain ( IFBI Mumbai), GurpreetWalia ( IFBI Chandigarh), Niran-

janaRajendran ( IFBI Chennai), ShubhangiGupta ( IFBI Delhi), DhiyaAnn Mathew ( IFBI Bangalore), SaurabhSharma

( IFBI Delhi), Mayank Kalra ( IFBI Chandigarh), Rachana K CChandran ( IFBI Chennai), NehaSharma ( IFBI Chandigarh),

Nidh iKhera ( IFBI Hyderabad), KavitaKane ( IFBI Mumbai), PrajaktaDabke ( IFBI Mumbai), Rajitha Doli ( IFBI Hydera-

bad), Shweta Helekar ( IFBI Mumbai), ZeliaDantis ( IFBI Mumbai), Ramya Velusamy ( IFBI Chennai), Satheeshkumar

Kuppusamy ( IFBI Coimbatore), Varsha Sonawane ( IFBI Mumbai).