SBI, IIM-L tie-up to train corporate clients in UP

Public sector State Bank of India (SBI) has collaborated with Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) for training its top corporate and industrial clients in Uttar Pradesh.

The special Management Appreciation Programme would entail a refresher course for its select clients to manage their corporate and personal lives better. It would be conducted in two phases, one each for the company’s promoters/CEOs and finance executives respectively. While, the module for the company’s promoters and CEOs would be conducted by the IIM-L, the second phase would be undertaken by State Bank Learning Centre, Lucknow.

SBI chief general manager Abhay Kumar Singh said the program would provide a refresher of the current management thinking on various aspects of industrial entrepreneurship and contribute to the industrial development of the state.

“There is much more to our banker-customer relationship than conducting business transactions and profit earning. With time, the bank’s customers become a part of the extended State Bank family,” he said. The sessions would include topics to help businessmen manage their lives better so as to make them more fulfilling viz. Emotional Quotient, Stress Management, Interpersonal Relations, Strategic Management and emerging challenges in changing business environment.

On the other hand, areas relating to finance and organisational behaviour of vital importance to industrialists/ executives are also covered, including Organisational Culture, Ethics in Business, Marketing Management, Vendor Management, Negotiation and Conflict Management and Project Management.

Earlier, SBI had collaborated with leading institutes of entrepreneurship, industry, engineering, banking etc to organise Entrepreneurs Development Programme (EDP) workshops in UP. The programme is aimed at inculcating entrepreneurship development skills in youth aged 18 years and above with minimum educational qualification of 10+2. It would provide complete guidance about starting industrial venture viz. details of the project, funding/ finances available, agencies to be approached etc.