PGDM in Fintech from TAXILA
24 Months | Upgraded Curriculum | Extensive Industry Sessions | Improved Career Support
About The Program
Fintech has emerged as a dynamic and disruptive force in the financial industry, combining technology and innovation to revolutionize various financial processes and services. This program aims to bridge the gap between finance and technology by providing students with a comprehensive understanding of both domains.
Class Timings: Generally teaching hours are from 9:00 morning till midnight.
You will start with an orientation week, which includes the leadership and team building weekend workshop, introducing some basic concepts and techniques, as well as giving you a chance to get to know your tutors and fellow students.
Program Features
- Futuristic Specialization
- Emerging Domain in India (Largest Success in RoIe) for digital businesses
- Case-Based-Pedagogy: Learn from both successes and failures of various firms
- Capstone Project to apply what you’ve learnt
- Get industry insights by industry practitioners
Salary of Fresher’s: 6 - 20 Lakhs
Internship
3 Internships of 8 Weeks Each (6 credits for each internship)
Pedagogy
Starting the class with greetings and welcome. Then discuss what was taught in the previous lecture. Then the main topic is to be presented by the teacher, followed by student's doubts and questions. A 2 minutes break and then the class may be energized with an exercise or questions by a teacher for the class taking the topic to the current scenario discussion. Ending with student's participation
Total 90 minutes class break up as follows
- Attendance - 2 min
- Recap - 10 min
- Teachers presentation - 30 min
- Students question - 10 min
- Break - 5 min
- Energizer - 3 min
- Shared document collboration - 10 min
- Students Participation - 20 min
Internships
Taxila Business School offers three internships during the PGDM program.
- First Internship happens during Jan - Feb
- Second Internship happens during 15 June - 15 Aug
- Third during Jan - Feb (Next year)
Mancomm
Mancomm or Managerial Communication is the innovation of Taxila. Understanding the needs of industry, Taxila emphasises in developing managers for tomorrow with a clear vision & firm Communication. Under this head, students are given a topic of their choice every fortnight to research, analyze & finally present. This involves presentation in front of masses helps to break the shackles of hesitation.
Approval
In terms of the provisions under the All India Council for Technical Education Regulations 2012 notified by the council vide notification number F-No. 37-3/Lega1/2012 dated 27/09/2012 & other notifications, as applicable Taxila Business School is approved to offer PGDM. AICTE Approval No.: F.No. North-Westi2013/1-141- 2872211.
Academic Schedule
Academic Schedule T-28 (2023-2025)
| Schedule | Start Date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | 20th Jul, 2023 | 31st Oct, 2023 |
| Term 1 Exams | 11th Oct, 2023 | 21st Oct, 2023 |
| Diwali Vacation | 08th Nov, 2023 | 14th Nov, 2023 |
| Term 2 | 1st Nov, 2023 | 31st Jan, 2024 |
| Term 2 Exams | 20th Jan, 2024 | 31st Jan, 2024 |
| Internship 1 | 1st Feb, 2024 | 31st Mar, 2024 |
| Internship Presentation | 3rd Apr, 2024 | |
| Term 3 | 1st Apr, 2024 | 30thJune, 2024 |
| Term 3 Exams | 20th June, 2024 | 30th June, 2024 |
| Internship 2 | 1st Jul, 2024 | 31st Aug, 2024 |
| Internship Presentation | 4th Sep, 2024 | |
| Term 4 | 1st Sep, 2024 | 16th Nov, 2024 |
| Term 4 Exams | 30th Oct, 2024 | 8th Nov, 2024 |
| Diwali Vacation | 24th Oct, 2024 | 02nd Nov, 2024 |
| Term 5 | 17th Nov, 2024 | 1st Jan ,2025 |
| Term 5 Exams | 22th Jan, 2025 | 31st Jan, 2025 |
| Term 6 | 1st Mar, 2025 | 30th Apr, 2025 |
| Term 6 Exams | 21st Mar, 2025 | 30thApr, 2025 |
Explore Course
TOTAL CREDITS FOR PGDM + BUSINESS ANALYTICS = 165
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| Managerial Economic | 3 |
| Marketing Management | 3 |
| Human Resource Management | 3 |
| Management Accounting | 3 |
| Advanced Excel | 3 |
| Financial Markets | 3 |
| Introduction to Fintech | 3 |
| Blockchain & Its Applications | 3 |
| Managerial Communication-I | 1.5 |
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| Business Statistics | 3 |
| Consumer Behaviour | 3 |
| Strategic Management | 3 |
| Corporate Finance | 3 |
| Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 |
| Cloud Computing & API Economy | 3 |
| FinTech in Banking and Finance | 3 |
| Managerial Effectiveness & Ethics | 1.5 |
| Managerial Communication-II | 1.5 |
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| Leadership | 3 |
| Profit Management | 3 |
| Market Research Methods | 3 |
| Financial Management | 3 |
| Financial Derivatives | 3 |
| Fundamentals of InsurTech and RegTech | 3 |
| Project Management | 3 |
| Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Managerial Communication-III | 1.5 |
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| Risk Management | 3 |
| Cybersecurity in Fintech | 3 |
| Digital Currency | 3 |
| Internship 1 | 6 |
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| Robotic Process Automation | 3 |
| Machine Learning in FinTech | 3 |
| Artificial Intelligence in FinTech | 3 |
| Internship 2 | 6 |
| Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|
| FinTech in Payment and Lending | 3 |
| Regulations & Compliance in Fintech | 3 |
| Fintech & Sustainable Finance | 3 |
| Internship 3 | 6 |
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* Taxila Business School reserves the right to change/modify the program schedule, syllabus subjects, Internships, timing, etc. keeping the student's interest in mind. There could be an addition or deletion of the subjects, curriculum, internships, projects, etc.