Calcutta Business School (CBS) on Thursday announced the launch of a one-year post graduate certificate programme in banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector. In a statement the B-school signed a memorandum of understanding with Secunderabad-based Stratadigm Education & Training Pvt Ltd.

“This programme is customised to provide guaranteed career placements to students in the burgeoning BFSI sector in the country. CBS is the first B-School such a programme in the eastern region,” said Goutam Sengupta, Director, Calcutta Business School.

“The focus of the course is on building careers and not just getting into a job,” said M Thyagarajan Balasubramanian, CEO, Stratadigm.

There would be initially 60 seats opened to graduates from any discipline to be selected through a common admission test. The course would start from August.

The programme has been designed by Stratadigm, which is partnering leading banks, including 10 of the top foreign banks operating in India. Stratadigm is also an approved training partner of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.