Axis Bank, BHU team up for banking courses

Private sector major Axis Bank has tied-up with Banaras Hindu University (BHU) to offer specialised banking courses.

The bank along with the Faculty of Commerce at BHU will develop the design and curriculum of courses, besides deciding on e-learning modules, structure and courseware, Axis Bank said in a release.

The partnership will offer courses like Masters in Commerce (MCom), Master of Financial Management (MFM), Master of Financial Management (Risk & Insurance) MFM - RI, Master of Foreign Trade (MFT).

Axis Bank said the programmes will be launched in a phased manner, starting with first batch commencing from academic session 2016-17.

The courses will be designed to introduce the students to functioning of banking industry in India and to academically and vocationally prepare them for corporate world.

The bank will conduct lectures through domain experts or faculty before the end of each semester pertaining to banking and insurance.

Students will also be provided an internship of six weeks at the end of the second semester at any branch of Axis Bank that will help them complete on the job training as well as acquaint with working in the banking industry.

"This industry-academia partnership further reinforces our commitment in building a talent pool of qualified industry ready professionals and in the process, creating more job opportunities for the youth," said Rajkamal Vempati, head of human resources, Axis Bank.

Professor A R Tripathi, Dean Faculty of Commerce, BHU said: "With growing importance of commerce sector, we plan to train the graduates and equip them with the requisite talents and competencies to prepare them for challenges in banking industry.