XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, the country’s oldest and premier business school launches a new 2-Year Post Graduate Diploma i...
XLRI-Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, the country’s oldest and premier business school launches a new 2-Year Post Graduate Diploma in Finance (PGDF) in the online mode. The 2-year programme has a comprehensive curriculum embedded with innovativcontentts that prepares the students to advance their careers in a rapidly changing world of finance. The course blends online classes with a one-week campus module at XLRI Jamshedpur and a week immersion module in Mumbai where students gain an understanding of the finance functions interacting with senior finance professionals and institutions. Classes will be conducted during the weekends and another evening on a working day, with session recordings available for viewing during the term. Thus, the participants learn while earning as they continue to remain in their present employment.
The
course plan includes 32 foundation
and advanced level courses in finance, summer internship, workshops sessions from industry thought leaders, Capstone Project simulation-based trading and valuation
modules. Participants are
expected to engage self-learning hours across all courses depending on their
personal strengths and motivations, in the form of pre-readings, assignments
and exercises, individual reflections, e-texts, self-assessment, etc. Students
gain deeper insights into the emerging developments such as fintech and digital
finance, data science and, machine learning tools as applicable to finance.
“The
PGDF curriculum is aptly designed after extensive industry consultations
covering the broader finance themes. Students gain deeper insights into the emerging
developments such as digital finance and data science as applicable to
finance. Enrolled students will have opportunities of availing career
guidance from the Institute, including connecting with XLRI's alumni network.
Besides, the regular speaker sessions involving senior corporate executives
will give students opportunities for interactions”, says Dr HK Pradhan, Senior
Professor of Finance and Economics and Program Director.
The
programme directors are Dr. HK Pradhan and Dr. N Sivasankaran, both are
experienced finance professors of the institute.
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