- Career247 partners with Kotak Mahindra Bank to launch the SKY Bankers Program, aimed at making India’s youth industry-ready for the BFSI sector.
- The programme trains learners for the Virtual Relationship Manager (VRM) role, one of the fastest-growing digital banking jobs, through applied and hands-on learning.
- Delivered via Career247’s e-learning platform, the initiative targets aspirants in emerging towns and cities while providing banks access to job-ready talent.
Career247, the skilling and higher education initiative of Adda Education, has entered into a collaboration deal with Kotak Mahindra Bank to provide its users with the SKY Bankers Program. The alliance is a step towards fulfilling the vision of Adda Education, which is getting India's youth employable.
The SKY Bankers Program aims to develop young professionals to fill the Virtual Relationship Manager (VRM) role, which also proves to be one of the fastest-growing jobs in banking industry today. The role involves managing virtual customer relationships, which allows individuals to have a personal banking experience online.
The Kotak SKY Bankers Program provides customized, job-related training with a blend of applied learning and hands-on exposure in banking. This training is conducted on the Career247 platform and addresses the need to build appropriate communication, sales, and relationship-building skills required to succeed as a VRM, which is a constantly changing and evolving profession in the area of digital banking.
This course, through Career247’s e-learning platform and reach, will reach aspiring learners, especially in emerging towns and cities. Students will get domain knowledge, skills oriented toward industries, and confidence to move ahead in the BFSI sectors (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance).
The partnership is mutually beneficial to both students and the industry. While students get formalized and industry-linked learning and placement, Kotak Mahindra Bank gets to tap into a pool of industry-ready professionals who are specifically trained for this task of VRM. Career247 continues to position itself as a force that can be relied upon as a link between top companies and top talents.
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On the collaboration, Bimaljeet Singh Bhasin, CEO Skilling & Higher Education, Adda Education, added, “The BFSI industry has been one of the biggest employers in the country. The actual task, however, lies not in the jobs available but the preparedness of the person looking for a job. This deficiency has been met by Career247, which tries to map the training programs available with the demands of the real corporate world. This tie-up with Kotak Mahindra Bank has been helping many youngsters develop a sustainable career path and become industry-ready”.
Owing to the ever-changing nature of the BFSI industry and the acceptance of digital banking in mainstream banking practices, programs like the SKY Bankers program represent the reality that skilling is heading towards. Career247 still shows its commitment to further developing such influential partnerships as it continues its quest to equip young individuals with the necessary tools for meaningful careers and allow employers to tap into qualified and job-ready candidates.
