FLIP, whose certifications are endorsed by various private banks including HDFC bank, Axis bank, Kotak Mahindra bank, offers certification programmes for banking and finance sectors.
"We are going to open 10 learning centres at places including Bhubaneswar Jaipur, Indore, Pune, Coimbatore this year," FLIP, CEO and MD Anjali Mullatti told reporters here today.
FLIP today rolled out its first centre at Chandigarh.
"50 percent of India's population is estimated not to have access to bank account. With the Centre's push for financial inclusion, banks are expected to open hundreds of branches in smaller towns and villages.
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With more than 2.14 crore accounts having been opened in just the first two days of 'Jan Dhan Yojana', we are looking at a demand for 20 lakh-plus employable youths, over the next 5-10 years," she said.
"This makes it imperative to substantially scale up and strengthen infrastructure for educated youth to be trained professionally to suit specific requirements of the sector," an IIM alumni said.
On opening its first centre here, she said, "Chandigarh is specifically selected as the location for the first FLIP Learning centre as it is a key educational hub of north India, catering to the education needs of not just Chandigarh but also students from Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.