INDIAN
INSTITUTE OF BANKING & FINANCE
The University
Indian Institute of Banking &
Finance (IIBF) (formerly The Indian Institute
of Bankers), was established on 30th April 1928
as a professional body of Banks and Financial
Institutions licensed under the provisions of
Section 26 of the Indian Companies Act 1939.
The initiative to establish the Institute was
taken by eminent bankers, businessmen and leading
industrialists of India.
With its membership of over 650 institutional
members and over 2.5 lac individual members,
is the largest Institute of its kind in the
world and is working with a mission "to
develop professionally qualified and competent
bankers and finance professionals primarily
through a process of education, training, examination
consultancy /counseling and continuing professional
development programs".
The Institute has almost all the banks and
financial institutions - public sector, private
sector, foreign, cooperative, Regional Rural
Banks - as members in addition to IT companies
and individuals working in the banking and finance
industry. The Institute offers a number of professional
courses in banking and finance and is managed
by a Governing Council consisting of Chairmen
of different banks and eminent academicians
manage the Institute. The Education and Research
Committees of the Institute consist of eminent
practitioners in the field.
Mission
"The Mission of the Institute
is to develop professionally qualified and competent
bankers and finance professionals primarily
through a process of education, training, examination,
consultancy/counselling and continuing professional
development programs".
Objective
- To facilitate study of theory & practice
of banking and finance.
- To test and certify attainment of competence
in the profession of banking and finance.
- To collect, analyse and provide information
needed by professionals in banking and finance.
- To promote continuous professional development.
- To promote and undertake research relating
to Operations, Products, Instruments, Processes,
etc. in Banking and Finance and to encourage
innovation and creativity among finance professionals
so that they could face competition and succeed.
Vision
To be the premier Institute for developing
and nurturing competent professionals in banking
and finance field.
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