Since its inception, CGC University, Mohali, has strived to rewrite the playbook for several core academic concepts. However, if we talk about the biggest talking points of its journey so far, we won't be able to complete without touching upon the institution's esteemed School of Management. The said school, designed to train 500+ students on an annual basis, has been essentially conceived to offer comprehensive insights in the context of modern business concepts, such as Finance, Business Analytics, Digital Marketing, Operations Management, and Human Resources. In case the given proposition wasn't strong enough, CGC University, Mohali, has now joined hands with WNS, a Capgemini company, to set up a dedicated Banking, Finance, and Insurance (BFSI) Academy, where students can come expecting to gain a thorough understanding of digitalization, evolving regulatory frameworks, and data-driven decision-making.
With each component featuring the undertones of management, this joint brainchild of CGC and WNS will leverage a brand-new Centre of Excellence (CoE) to develop industry-ready professionals with BFSI domain expertise. Here, the idea is to help students pursue an assortment of rewarding professional roles. For instance, aspirants who are looking to build a career in banking can confidently go after roles like Personal Banker, Loan Officer, Investment Banker, whereas on the other hand, students in the finance domain can tap into CGC's Centre of Excellence to become qualified candidates for roles like Financial Analyst, Financial Consultant, Treasurer Officer, Asset Manager, and more. As for the contingent interested in insurance, they can also hope to secure promising positions like Insurance Claims Investigator, Insurance Claims Adjuster, Insurance Broker, as well as Underwriter.
Next up, the BFSI academy will aim to cultivate robust analytical capabilities. To fulfill that on a granular level, the facility is going to educate students on data visualization, predictive modelling, machine learning for business, big data analytics, and decision sciences. Another detail worth a mention is rooted in the prospect of producing a sustainable talent pipeline for WNS. Exposing students to industry-best practices, our BFSI academy will groom students to enter the corporate world on a high, with globally-recognized credentials of both WNS and Capgemini aiding their case. In fact, the facility has already ensured placement for well over 30 students, a number which is only projected to grow multifold in the near future.
Having referred to the academy's overarching objective, we now must turn our attention towards the pedagogical approach that will govern its day-to-day operations. This approach, on its part, will markedly feature expert-led sessions by WNS professionals. Complementing that would be an intention to leverage case-based learning and let students fine-tune their learning using real-world facts and figures. Not just that, students will also be bestowed with a chance to participate in heavily-industrialized live projects, all for the purpose of strengthening their problem-solving instinct.
Then, there is the commitment to dispatch student-level feedback. Such a commitment, like you can guess, paves the way for precision learning, thus empowering students to realize every ounce of their true potential. Moving on, the WNS-led BFSI academy at CGC University, Mohali, will further polish your professional journey with a collection of highly-valuable skill certifications. Hence, as the facility works to upskill you in a holistic manner, these certifications fetch you that extra edge required to succeed in today's competitive job market.
Looking beyond the academy's goal and underlying strategy, it's time for us to dig a little deeper into its training curriculum. At first, the curriculum relays substantial insights on Mortgage & Lending services, and by doing so, it instills a professional-grade awareness of concepts like loan lifecycle management, documentation, credit evaluation, underwriting, risk assessment, and more. Staying with risk assessment, the academy's second major training objective relates to the process of financial risk assessment. Here, one can gauge typical credit, market, and operational risk fundamentals. This particular facet is joined by an extensive lowdown on risk analytics and mitigation strategies, while simultaneously traversing the domain of regulatory and compliance frameworks. The third and final pillar in BFSI academy's curriculum bears the imprint of digital marketing. We get to say so because it thoroughly covers customer acquisition strategies, performance marketing and analytics, and data-driven campaign optimization etc.
Among other things, it ought to be acknowledged how CGC University, Mohali, within the provided scope, will do the work of identifying and onboarding eligible students. Once it has done that, the institution will transition to providing academic infrastructure and coordination. In a similar way, it will also facilitate smooth program delivery at every touchpoint, eventually placing the all-new BFSI academy on a trajectory destined for monumental success.
At launch, the partnership between WNS and CGC University, Mohali, will stretch across two main programs:
- MBA (Finance)
- MBA (Marketing)