Monday, February 4, 2008

ICICI bank to start Industry-Academia Partnership Program in West Bengal Universities

ICICI bank has started an Industry-Academia Partnership Program in which it will provide banking and insurance courses in the university. The bank is in discussion with three leading universities of the West Bengal to launch banking and insurance courses.

Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on entrepreneurship development in Kolkata on Friday, K V Kamath, managing director and CEO, ICICI Bank said while the proposal to start the course with Calcutta University had been more or less finalized, the dialogue was on with Burdwan University.

The bank is also having discussions with Jadavpur University to start similar courses.

Under its partnership program, the bank has tied-up with various universities across the country for industry-specific banking and insurance courses. The bank had already launched such courses with Manipal University and the Delhi University among others.

Kamath speaking at the seminar said, West Bengal had chosen the path of growth.

Few years ago, West Bengal had led India in the agriculture front, and now in the coming years, it would challenge the IT industries of other states advanced in the sector.

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