Challenges of Managing Inclusive Finance in India

Programme Objective
To provide high level Management and Leadership training to those shaping the micro finance industry on topics of practical relevance

Programme Content
The prorgramme would cover issues pertaining to the larger ecosystem of inclusive finance in India and its changing contours. It will also cover the following aspects:

    Growth opportunities and managing growth
    Risk management in financial institutions
    Dealing with external shocks
    Understanding the consumer ecosystem
    Understanding the emerging technological solutions and digital finance

Pedagogy
The programme will largely be based on real life cases and analysis. In addition there would be a series of eminent speakers from the domain of regulation, rating, credit bureau and investments interacting the participants.

Key benefits/takeaways
Understanding of the policy/regulatory ecosystem
Deep insights into the customer behavior and customer profiling
Insights into the political system and external threats
Risk profiling and management (both at the customer level as well as the portfolio level)
Product design and delivery mechanisms
Institutional forms and emerging opportunities

Participant profile / Who should participate
Policy makers and regulators of microfinance industry, COOs/CFOs/Department heads/ Board Members of leading micro finance institutions, SFBs, senior officials of Bank, SROs, DFS (GoI), RBI, NABARD, SIDBI.

Selection Procedure
Applications will be shortlisted by the programme faculty to enhance diversity as well as off-classroom learning.

Programme Fee
INR 1,35,000/- Residential  (+ Applicable GST) per person for participants from India and its equivalent in US Dollars for participants from other countries.

The participants are required to work on assignments, cases and prepare for the classes the next day during the programme days. The programme therefore has been structured as a residential programme. Non-residential option is not available.

Early Bird Discount
Nominations received with payments on or before 13-Nov-23 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.
Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 1,21,500/-(+ Applicable GST)

Group Discount
Group Discount of 5% percentage can be availed for a group of 3 or more participants when nominations received from the same organization.

Please Note
All enrolments are subject to review and approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior the start of the programme. Kindly do not make your travel plans unless you receive the letter from IIMB.

A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants by IIMB.

The programme fee should be received by the Executive Education Office before the programme commencement date.
In case of cancellations, the fee will be refunded only if a request is received at least 15 days prior to the start of the programme.
If a nomination is not accepted, the fee will be refunded to the person/ organisation concerned.

Programme Director

Professor M S Sriram is a faculty member of IIM Bangalore, and a Distinguished Fellow at the IDRBT – an institute set up by the RBI. Prior to this he was the ICICI Bank Lalita D Gupte Chair Professor in Microfinance at IIM Ahmedabad. He is a graduate from Institute of Rural Management Anand and a Fellow of IIM Bangalore.

Prof. Sriram recently chaired the Expert Committee on Kerala Cooperative Bank; was on the External Advisory Committee of the RBI for licencing Small Finance Banks; and was on the Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee of the RBI. He serves on the boards of NDDB Dairy Services, Indian Dairy Machinery Company, Micro-Credit Ratings International and Centre for Budget and Policy Studies. He is also a Trustee of Pratham Books, Sanket Trust (that runs Ranga Shankara in Bengaluru) and Dastkar Andhra.

How to Apply

Sample Certificate

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