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MDPS, FDPS AND CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS

FDP on PLS-SEM

27 JUNE
IIM Visakhapatnam concluded the 5-day online Faculty
Development Program (FDP) on Handling Partial Least
Squares - Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) on 1
July 2022.Dr Amit Shankar, Program Director and Faculty,
IIM Visakhapatnam, welcomed the dignitaries and gave
an overview of the program. He spoke about
the relevance of the program and highlighted how the FDP helped the participants to get hands-on training
in using the most popular software packages, such as Smart PLS, & R. At the end of the program participants
gained an insight into using the data analyses tools and interpreting and reporting their results from both
thesis as well as from publication point of view. The certificate program, held from 27 June to 1 July was

attended by students, research scholars, and faculty members in management and allied areas. Sixty-three
applications were received which included students, research scholars, and faculty members in management
and allied areas. The participants were from IIM Bangalore, IIM Ranchi, IIM Shillong, IIM Jammu, IIT Delhi, IIT
Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Roorkee, IIIT Allahabad, DTU, O P Jindal, Punjab University etc.

MDP for Canara Bank officers inaugurated at IIMV

22 AUGUST
IIMV conducted a customized five-day Management Development Program (MDP) for the Canara Bank
scale-5 officers between 22 and 26 August, 2022.

The goal of this MDP was to help Canara Bank officials deal with the changing business environment,
challenges, and rising stakeholder expectations. The programme taught officers the essential leadership
qualities necessary for achieving outcomes and excelling at the organisational level and further assisting the
bank in enhancing its performance.

The chief guest for the inaugural, Dr. Charan Singh, Former
Chairman of Punjab and Sind Bank and Former RBI

Chair Professor at IIM Bangalore, shared his experience
and highlighted the need for asset quality review and
urged participants to be vigilant of the dynamic business
environment.
Delivering the valedictory address, Shri Ch. S S Mallikarjuna
Rao, the former MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank, spoke
about the importance of gaining management skills and the
need to constantly learn in one’s career as learning boosts

the growth curve for every employee. He emphasised the
significance of MDP training for officers in their domain
of work. In an insightful conversation with the Assistant
General Managers (AGMs), he discussed a

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