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HDFC Standard Life launches Insurance Programme with Manipal

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A three-month Certificate Programme in Insurance and Management, for MBAs, experienced, and fresh graduates.

HDFC Standard Life, one of India’s leading private life insurance companies, in collaboration with Manipal Education, India’s premier academic and education services provider, has announced the launch a three-month Certificate Programme in Insurance and Management.

Announcing the launch of the programme, Mr. Sharad Gangal, General Manager, HR, HDFC Standard Life said, ''Our association with Manipal Education, one of India’s  prestigious learning institution to launch the Certificate Programme in Insurance and Management is in line with our efforts to provide the best-in-class learning, work environment, enabling culture and development opportunities in the insurance industry. The key objective of this programme is to select, train, and groom talent from across the country to ensure a ready pool of insurance-trained sales professionls for the company.”

“Branded as First Advantage, this 3-month Certificate Programme in Insurance and Management is specially developed to cater to those individuals (MBAs, experienced and fresh graduates) who are looking for a rewarding career in the insurance industry. On successful completion of the programme, and post assessment, candidates would be appointed as Sales Development Managers (retail) at HDFC Standard Life,” added Mr. Gangal.

The selection process for the 3-month Certificate Programme on Insurance and Management will include written tests and interviews across the country in Bihar, Orissa, Jharkand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. The course to be conducted at the campus of Manipal Education in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Calcutta and Mumbai includes a two-month classroom session and one month 'on-the-job training' at HDFC Standard Life offices.

The curriculum of the course has been jointly designed by HDFC Standard Life and Manipal Education in line with HDFC Standard Life’s eight-step structured sales process known as ‘Disha, apart from concepts of insurance and areas related to sales.

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About HDFC Standard Life:
HDFC Standard Life, one of India’s leading private life insurance companies, offers a range of individual and group insurance solutions. It is a joint venture between Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC), India’s leading housing finance institution and Standard Life plc, the leading provider of financial services in the United Kingdom.

HDFC Standard Life’s Product portfolio comprises solutions, which meet various customer needs such as Protection, Pension, Savings, Investment, and Health. Customers have the added advantage of customizing the Plans, by adding optional benefits called riders, at a nominal price. The company currently has 25 retail and 6 group products in its portfolio, along with five optional rider benefits catering to the savings, investment, protection and retirement needs of customers.

HDFC Standard Life continues to have one of the widest reaches among new insurance companies with more than 600 branches servicing customer needs in over 730 cities and towns and a strong base of over 2,00,000 Financial Consultants.

About Manipal Education
Manipal Education is one of the largest and most diversified academic and education services providers in India. With over 55 years of steadfast focus in the field of Education, the Group includes two universities - Manipal University & Sikkim Manipal University and over 30 institutions in India, besides colleges and university campuses in Antigua, Dubai, Malaysia and Nepal. Over 25,000 students from over 53 countries are currently pursuing their graduate, post graduate and doctoral programmes across 13 professional streams in the above brick and mortar institutions.

The Distance Education arm is one of the largest providers in this field and currently offers Diploma, Degree and related Post Graduate programs across 11 disciplines. About 2,40,000 students are a part of the Distance Education programme, which is delivered through a blended pedagogical approach involving satellite-based lectures and local coaching delivered through 550 learning centres across India and 50 in select foreign countries.

Manipal Education also offers online testing and assessment services for academic entry, academic assessment, as well as corporate assessment through 19 centres across India.

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