Berhampur B-school ties up with IDBI bank for training

Presidency College, a city based B-school, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mumbai based IDBI Bank to train its students in management.

The bank personnel will impart training to the Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) and Master in Business Administration (MBA) students of the college for six weeks. After completion of training, the bank will provide the certificate, which will help the students in their placement, said Srinibash Mohapatra, chairman of the college.

The MoU document was handed over to the director of the college on Monday, while the college celebrated its thirteen annual day function. The training programme will start from February next year.

Several B-schools in the country have entered into similar agreements with IDBI Bank. Presidency College is the second B-school in the state after KIIT to tie up with the bank”, Mohapatra said.

He said, Presidency College was the first business school to start the BBA course in Orissa in 1998. Over the years, it has added other streams like engineering and general studies in the undergraduate courses.

Addressing the function, Vice Chancellor, Berhampur University, JK Mohapatra and registrar Bhabani Prasad Rath stressed on the value addition in the general subjects, which has demand in the job market. The VC gave away the prizes to the students who excelled in the university examinations last year

Among others, the Global Head (Human Resources) of Mumbai based Patni Computer System, Anil Mishra, Director (Commercial), INTELSAT, Washington, DC, USA Sachidanand Padhy addressed the meeting.