Frequently Asked Questions

The programme will be delivered in an interactive online format, retaining effectiveness while maintaining safety. The format uniquely combines the benefits of an in-class programme with the flexibility and safety of online learning. 

• Synchronous programme delivery by expert faculty
• Interact and get doubts answered by faculty
• Peer learning through working in groups with other participants
• Support from mentors for projects 
• Re-attend classes through recorded archives
• Access videos easily with searchable and indexed video archives
• Learn from the comfort and safety of your home
• Office hours with one-on-one mentor support

Your peer group will be professionals at mid and senior levels from Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Regulators, Industry bodies, Start-ups and Technology organizations.

This is an expertise-building programme for experienced professionals. You will obtain a certification from IIM Calcutta, a globally recognized B-School in India. Additionally, you will have access to TalentSprint Career Accelerator (TCA) Program, designed to take your career advancement efforts, a notch higher.

In support of your career development, TCA will help you in the following ways.

Professional Development

• Resume building and LinkedIn profile makeover
• Interview practice sessions
• Dedicated portfolio page to showcase project and program accomplishments

Network with Peers and Alumni

• Knowledge exchange sessions with business/tech leaders
• Lifetime membership to TalentSprint Alumni Network
• Access to incubators for promising startup ideas

Access to Career Opportunities

• 6 months membership of IIMJobs
• Annual Career Fair and career opportunities from 500+ hiring partners
• Exclusive Job Alerts through TalentSprint Alumni Network

A certificate of successful completion is provided upon completion of all requirements of the program. All examinations and evaluations related to the certification are carried out by IIM Calcutta.

Yes, participants of this programme get an Executive Alumni status of IIM Calcutta, one of the top-ranked B-Schools in Asia.

The programme format with LIVE Interactive Sessions, Case Studies, Capstone Projects and IIM-C Campus Visit enables a conducive environment to network with your peers in the cohort. Most participants can continue to network even after the cohort by using the alumni portal.

As an Institution of National Importance, IIM Calcutta enjoys autonomous status under the MHRD. This program is a fully approved certificate program offered through IIM Calcutta's Executive Education.

All participants are required to execute, before the start of the program, an agreement that consists of the standard programme Terms and Conditions. It has the following components:

Part A: Etiquette and Platform Rights

Classroom Etiquette & General Policy Guidelines

Tools and Platforms in Use

Tools and Platforms: Terms of Use

Part B: Honor Code

Part C: Certification

Part D: Programme Fee, Refund, and Termination Policy

Candidates will be selected based on the details of education, work experience, and a statement of purpose submitted along with the application.

A Relationship Manager will be assigned to the applicant, who will gather all the necessary information and represent his/her candidature to the selection committee for review. The profiles will be sent to IIM Calcutta for selection.

Applicants must 

• Hold a Bachelor/Master’s degree in any discipline with a minimum 50% marks. 
• Have a minimum of 2 years of professional experience.

In case the applicant is an early-career professional, he/she may apply by submitting a ‘Statement Of Purpose’ for consideration.

Join in these easy steps: 

• Share your details and apply for the programme
• Submit all the necessary documents
• The programme selection committee will evaluate your candidature 
• Upon selection, complete your enrollment and join the programme

• Data Driven Analysis in FinTech

  Objective: Approach business problems analytically. Think systematically about whether and how data can improve business performance to make better informed decisions..

  • Examining Relationships among Variables
  • Understanding Characteristics of Statistical Data
  • Data Modeling using Statistical Distributions
  • Deterministic versus Probabilistic Decision Making
  • Forecasting using Regression Techniques and Time Series Modeling

• Financial Issues in FinTech

  Objective: Important verticals of Fintech space. Financial issues in LendingTech, WealthTech, InsurTech and Challenger Banks. Valuation and financial risk management of FinTech firms.

  • Overview of FinTech Ecosystem
  • Valuation and Fundraising of FinTech firms
  • Virtual Asset Accounting
  • Fintech Payment Ecosystem
  • LendingTech: Opportunities & Challenges
  • Digital Disruption in Insurance Sector: InsurTech

• FinTech and Associated Risks

  Objective: Understand the origin and history of FinTech and the building blocks. Understand major elements of risks at unit and enterprise levels. Appreciate how the use of FinTech will change risk management perspectives. Risk modeling approaches in FinTech

  • Technology as Enabler of Regulation: RegTech
  • Fintech & Society
  • Cyber Risk in Data Centric Financial System
  • Operational Risk and its Impact in FinTech
  • Risk Associated with Payment, Lending and Supply Chain Financing
  • Credit Risk Modelling and Alternate Approaches

• Digital Payments

  Objective: Understand evolution of digital payment and learn emerging paradigms of B2C, C2C, and B2B payment systems and their advantages. Learn about digital wallets, UPI, digital currency, NFC/QR code based payment, etc.

  • Evolution from credit card to CBDC
  • B2B, B2C, C2C payment mechanisms
  • EMV, NFC, Tokenization
  • Mobile wallet, UPI, QR code
  • Cross border digital payments
  • Payment platforms & ecosystem
  • Open/Neo banking, AA
  • National & international case studies

• All about Blockchain

  Objective: Understand blockchain/DLT concepts and know about designs of dApps, smart contracts. Learn about various blockchain implementations, business use cases, bitcoin, altcoin, stablecoin, CBDC.

  • Blockchain, hashing and mining, mining reward, gas fee
  • Decentralized apps (dApps), smart contract, DAO
  • Distributed ledger technology (DLT) & decentralized finance (DeFi)
  • Cryptography, public/private key, digital signature, PKI
  • Public/private blockchain, permissioned/permissionless ledger
  • Use cases of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Hyperledger, Corda, Ripple
  • Application of blockchain and smart contract in trade finance, Security management, SCM
  • BTC, altcoin, stablecoin, CBDC

• FinTech Leadership in Financial Services

  Objective: Provide latest insights on best practices in digital transformation in financial technology (fintech) and adopt related strategies for financial services and crypto markets.

  • Disruptive financial technologies
  • Fintech revolution with specific case studies
  • Fintech in Financial services
  • Crypto Assets and Cryptocurrencies
  • Fundamental Analysis and Trading Strategies for Crypto Markets

• FinTech Venture Management and Entrepreneurship

  Objective: Understand various aspects of FinTech venture management, business plan and entrepreneurial finance. Learn about innovation and creative disruptions in FinTech space.

  • Creating FinTech Business Plan
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • FinTech Project Leadership
  • Innovation and Creative Disruptions in FinTech

• FinTech Analytics

  Objective: Understand how quantitative and qualitative information can be used to make credit and trading decisions. Learn how financial analytics will help regulators and analysts. Readability and sentiment analysis in decision making.

  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning
  • Data Driven Decision Making in Investment: WealthTech
  • Readability and Sentiment Analysis of Textual Content related to FinTech
  • Using Sentiment Score in Decision Making

Note: Each Instructor will design a session plan for a particular course on the basis of the above objectives

The programme starts in September 2023.

It's a 6 months executive programme comprising of 

• Live Interactive Sessions by IIM-C Faculty twice a week
• Classes to be conducted on Thursdays 7.00 PM to 10. 00 PM and Sunday 10.00 AM to 1.00 PM
• Best-in-class Content, Case Studies, Capstone Projects
• 2 IIM-C Campus Visits of 3 days each

The programme will be delivered through faculty-led interactive live sessions on TalentSprint’s ipearl.ai. These online sessions will be held at a schedule convenient for working professionals. Participants will be able to interact with the faculty through video, audio, and chat. They will also be able to chat with fellow participants of the programme during online sessions.

As per the programme norms, participants are required to maintain at least 67% attendance in each module to be eligible for the module evaluation. In case of unavoidable circumstances, if a participant misses a class and is marked absent, the recorded archive of the same will be provided for 21 days from the date of the class.

The programme includes continuous formative and summative assessments. The final scores will be determined based on the sum of scores of various assessments.

Yes, participants are required to have their laptops.

Reading material (pre/post session) will be shared regularly through the Online Learning Management System. The access will be available for 1 year from the date of the commencement of the programme.

A certificate of successful completion is provided upon completion of all requirements of the programme. All examinations and evaluations related to the certification are carried out by IIM Calcutta.

For programme fee-related details, please visit Fee page

Yes, flexible EMI options are available that enable you to pay the programme fee in installments. Please reach out to your RM Hasini Bhupathi @ +91-7331112138 to know about the details of the schemes available.

For scholarship-related details please visit. You can also reach out to your RM Hasini Bhupathi @ +91-7331112138 for more details.

No, the application fee is non-refundable.

No. The programme fee is non-refundable and non-transferable under any circumstances.

• Professionals have multiple options for funding.
  • Sponsored by employer
  • Self-funded: Based on our experience of enabling 3000+ professionals who have participated in our executive programs, self-funding is the most preferred option with over 80% choosing this.
• Three key reasons why professionals opt for it:
  • Freedom: To opt for a programme of their choice, at a time of their choice, with an institution of their choice and not be restrained by the organization’s policy.
  • Flexibility: To pursue greater career opportunities well even beyond their current employer or to nurture their entrepreneurial ambitions.
  • Funding: Access to flexible EMI schemes (paying as low as Rs. 5,550 per month).
• We have also observed that the commitment levels were higher among self-funding participants.

iPearl.ai (Interactive Platform for Experiential and Remote Learning) is created by TalentSprint’s engineering team led by our Chief Technology Officer, an IIT Kanpur alumni. The platform integrates best-in-class open source technologies and SaaS services and perfected them over the last seven years.

When this platform was built, we intended to offer it to our partners and customers for digital learning and delivery. Since 2013, the platform has been extensively used by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kanpur, IIIT Hyderabad and IIT Hyderabad, and many more of our customers and partners. To date, more than 300,000 students have used this platform, which is reputed for user experience, quality, and scale.

This feature-rich platform has become so popular that some of our partners are now using it for their academic needs.

The tried and tested direct-to-device platform enables 24 x 7 learning for its users. Some key benefits of the platform are:

• Intuitive student experience through a user-friendly LMS
• Seamless faculty experience through state-of-the-art Studios
• Highly Interactive Online Classes
• Effective group/peer learning/projects through Breakout Rooms
• Proctored Online Assessments with detailed analysis
• Insightful Reports on student engagement and performance
• Flexible integration with other components, as needed

A comparative study of iPearl.ai against Canvas, Impartus, Moodle, Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom was conducted. Features in the following categories were compared:

• Instructor-led Learning
• Self-paced Learning
• Assessments/Evaluations
• User Experience
• Customer Support
• Scalability and Performance
• Integration and Customization
• Others

Do not worry. In case you miss a session, you will be given access to view the recorded version of the session soon.

• An internet-connected device, Computer/Laptop/Tablet/Smartphone, is enough to access the platform.
• Web camera and Mic with necessary power backup will be needed for proctored online assessments.

• 50+ Years of Academic Excellence
• Ranked #2 in India*
• Ranked #3 in Asia**
• Ranked #59 Globally*
• Triple Accredited AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB
• Unmatched Alumni Network

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta was established as the first national institute for Post Graduate Studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961, in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation, and the Indian Industry. Over the years, IIM Calcutta has grown into a mature institution with a global reputation, imparting high-quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalising Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level Programmes, Executive Training Programmes, and Research and Consulting Activities. For more information, please visit IIM Calcutta website .

*Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2022

**Financial Times Masters in Management Rankings 2020

•  10 Years of Excellence
•  200K Empowered Professionals
•  95% Completion Rate
•  85 Net Promoter Score
• ‘Winner’ - Indian Achievers Award 2022 

Established in 2010, TalentSprint is a part of the NSE group and a global edtech company that brings transformational high-end and deep-tech learning programs to young and experienced professionals. The company’s digital learning platform ipearl.ai offers a hybrid onsite/online experience to seekers of deep technology expertise. TalentSprint partners with top academic institutions and global corporations to create and deliver world-class programs, certifications, and outcomes. Its programs have consistently seen a high engagement rate and customer delight. It is a leading Innovation Partner for the National Skill Development Corporation, an arm of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India. A recipient of various prestigious accolades, TalentSprint was recently honoured with the Indian Achievers Award 2022, constituted by the Indian Achievers Forum for its excellence in building deeptech talent in India. For more information about TalentSprint, visit our website.