Indian Institute of Banking and Finance

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Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
Company typeProfessional Body of Banks, Financial Institutions and their Employees In India.
Founded1928;96 years ago (1928)
HeadquartersKurla West,
Mumbai
,
India
Key people
  • Shri. Biswa Ketan Das
    (CEO)
Website www.iibf.org.in

Established in 1928 as a company under Section 26 of the Indian Companies Act, 1913, the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF), formerly known as the Indian Institute of Bankers (IIB), is a professional body of Banks, Financial Institutions, and their employees in India.

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It is known for its flagship courses, such as the Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (JAIIB)/Diploma in Banking and Finance (DBF) and the Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). [1] With its membership of over 600 banks and financial institutions as institutional members and about 10,00,000 of their employees as individual members, IIBF is the largest Institute of its kind in the world [ citation needed ].

History

The Institute was founded in 1928 as the Indian Institute of Bankers on the model of the London Institute of Banking and Finance to license and regulate those professionals who are known as bankers. In 1925, with the encouragement of Sir Basil Blackett, the finance member in the executive council of the Viceroy of India, the Imperial Bank of India wrote a letter to The London Institute of Bankers requesting the bank to include questions on Indian banking in the institute's examinations failing which banks in India would have to start their own institute. In a reply dated 25 October 1925, Ernest Sykes, the Secretary of the London Institute of Bankers, encouraged Indian bankers to start their own institute. A detailed discussion was held on the subject at the board room of the Bombay head office of the Imperial Bank of India on 12 March 1927 and the Indian Institute of Bankers was established as a result on 30 April 1928 with Sir Norcot Warren, Managing Governor of the Imperial Bank of India as the first President. Sir Warren retired shortly afterwards and was succeeded by Sir Norman Murray. The first general meeting was held at Bombay on 9 July 1928 and the institute conducted its first associate examinations between 6 and 13 April 1929. A total of 89 candidates appeared for the examination of whom, only one, T. M. Srinivasaraghavan of the Imperial Bank of India, Cuddapah passed both parts of the two-part examination.

Mission

The IIBF aims to be the premier institute for developing and nurturing competent professionals in banking and finance field through developing professionally qualified and competent bankers and finance professionals primarily through a process of education, training, examination, consultancy/counselling and continuing professional development programs.

Objectives

Academics

The Flagship Courses of IIBF are Junior Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (JAIIB) or its equivalent Diploma in Banking and Finance (DBF) and the Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). Other courses offered are

These are offered in distance mode. The pedagogy of Distance Learning offered by the institute is (i) publishing specific courseware for each paper/examination; (ii) publishing work books; (iii) tutorials through accredited institutions; (iv) contact classes; (v) virtual classes; (vi) e-learning through portal; (vii) campus training for selected courses, etc. The courses are considered to be comprehensive as well as exhaustive and recognized as the best in the field in India. [2]

Governing Council

The IIBF governing council consists of members/representatives from the Reserve Bank of India, National Banks, Regional Rural Banks, Apex Cooperative Banks, Financial Institutions and Private Banks. The Education and Research Committees of the Institute consist of eminent practitioners in the field. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Examinations / Courses at a Glance". IIBF. October 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tiny sector, big prospects", The Telegraph, Calcutta, India, 18 December 2008, archived from the original on 26 October 2012, retrieved 26 April 2011
  3. ↑ "Bully banks face double leash", The Telegraph, Calcutta, India, 1 December 2007, archived from the original on 1 December 2007, retrieved 26 April 2011

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