The youngsters of Orissa capital have reasons to cheer about. Now, they have new career avenues to explore.
 
NIIT, the Asia’s premier trainer and global talent development corporation, launched two new job-oriented training initiatives for financial services and executive management sectors here today. Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance (IFBI) and NIIT, Imperia, would conduct the two programmes. Flagging off the new courses in the capital today, Smarajit Dey, the president of strategic initiative, NIIT, said the company had selected Bhubaneswar as the centre for the training because there would be a huge demand for new age financial personnel and managers in banking, financial services and retail sectors.
 
Having made its presence felt in six metros of the country, the NIIT is spreading its wings over cities like Ahmedabad, Pune, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar and Gurgaon, he said. IFBI, set up in collaboration with ICICI Bank, would offer a six-month postgraduate diploma course in banking operations to banking career aspirants in and around the city.

Similarly, NIIT, Imperia, offers long and short-term programmes in general and functional management to working executives from premier B-schools using the synchronous technology platform, said Dey.
 
More than 1,000 graduates from IFBI have already joined the ICICI Bank on completion of the six-month PG diploma programme in banking operations in the first year, Dey claimed. With the boom in the banking, financial services and retail sectors across the state, the investors coming from outside would look for several trained hands to run their business professionally. The courses launched today could prove handy in fulfilling the demand for skilled hands.