Au FINANCIERS partners with Manipal Global Education Services for Transforming Talent for Upcoming Au Small Finance Bank

• Role based training program for talent transformation for upcomingAu Small Finance Bank (SFB).
• The role based training program has been designed to equip 2000 Au FINANCIERS employees with necessary banking andbehavioral skills for transition from NBFC to SFB.
• First batch of the training program was inaugurated by Mr Sanjay Aggarwal – Managing Director Au FINANCIERSon 13th February, 2017 at Manipal’s Jaipur Campus

Mumbai: Au FINANCIERS, a Jaipur-based Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), with a final license from RBI to setup up a Small Finance Bank ("SFB") by April 2017, has partnered with Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) to offer a transformational program for 2,000 employees of Au FINANCIERS.

The role-based training program will cover Branch Managers, Assistant Branch Managers, Tellers-Cashiers, Branch Sales Managers and Asset Workforce. The first batch of the banking training programme was inaugurated by Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, Managing Director, Au FINANCIERS, at Manipal’s Jaipur campus on February 13, 2017.

Dignitaries present at the inauguration ceremony from Au FINANCIERS were - Mr Sanjay Agarwal, Managing Director, Mr Uttam Tibrewal, Executive Director, Mr Sanjay Rajawat, Group Head – Liabilities, Mr Sumit Madan, Head – Branch Banking and Mr Dilip Vidyarthy, CDO & Head - Training & OD. Dignitaries representing MaGE were - Mr Vaitheeswaran S, MD & CEO, Mr Bimaljeet Singh Bhasin, Head – Enterprise Sales, Dr Thammaiah Chekkera, Director Manipal Academy of Banking & Insurance and Dr Sandeep Sancheti, Vice-Chancellor Manipal University, Jaipur.

Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, Managing Director, Au Financier said, “AU Financiers is taking a big leap towards changing the way banking is offered to customers in India. For providing such level of services, we need our customer interface to have the best of training. Going by the reputation Manipal has in this field, it was the natural choice for our training partners. I look forward to a seamless service platform of AU SFB maintained by our proficient managers”

Mr. S. Vaitheeswaran, MD and CEO, Manipal Global said, “In the past few years, Manipal has helped several banking and non-banking financial institutions in the area of capacity building. We train officers in advanced banking programmes and equip them with the requisite skills and competencies to improve efficiency. In a sector that is witnessing rapid changes and development, the need of the hour is to improve productivity. Our training programmes harness the potential of officers and keep them abreast of the changing needs and requirements of the industry.”

Manipal Global has launched several joint initiatives similar to the aforementioned initiative with leading banks and financial institutions, offering learning solutions to over 32 banks and financial institutions. With a focus on developing necessary competencies and building domain knowledge, Manipal Global's solutions fulfill the human resource requirements of the banking and financial sectors to enhance productivity of banks by transforming their human capital.

The collaboration will ensure that the employees of AU Financiers, an upcoming SFB, will be productive from day one of its operations so that customers get the best services