Banking, Finance & Insurance

It is in a great demand nowadays the Indian banking and financial services are expanding day by day. It's expanding at a CAGR of nine percent as the leading growing economy of India.
Diploma provides skill and knowledge required by the banking and financial services industry.
A large no of jobs would be created for BFSI sectors in coming years.
This course enables students who have passed the 10th and 12th grades to learn the key skills required for a fruitful career in the banking and financial services industry in India. Students are taught basic financial concepts, learn about managing customer relationships, are imparted knowledge about delivery channels and equipped with effective communication skills. These enable them to function as business correspondents.

Direct taxation, assuming you are working in India in a big four or a mid-sized firm, would involve a major portion of practical application of Income tax sections and case laws learned in your CA final exam. It would involve filing replies to AO (Assessing officer) for tax demands raised on your clients, filing petitions, tax planning, tax consulting for companies planning to invest in India etc. I feel it would be really interesting to apply the sections of the act and fight for your client. You can specialize in this field and start your own practise after about five to ten years as you do need a good network of peers and clients who could become your clients down the line. (Provided you do not violate the non-compete code of your employer).
Investment banking is mostly into due diligence and advisory. You advise your clients on whether to buy a particular company or not. The deadlines can be tight and really long work hours. The pay will obviously be better once you move up the corporate ladder. It also involves a lot of practical application of what you have learnt and the additional factor being exposure to a particular industry. You will learn a lot about your clients industry and the way in which it works. Great learning experience and exposure. In case you do have plans of a MBA in the future an Investment banking work experience will definitely boost your resume.

There are huge opportunities in the field of banking. Banking includes many departments like management, sales, marketing etc. and hence it requires professionals for every department.
The minimum eligibility to start career in banking is generally a Bachelor's degree. If you are from a non-commerce background, you may start as sales or marketing representative provided you have good communication skill and ability to perform.
As far as exams for recruitment in banks is concerned, one may write exams conducted by banks for recruitment of PO. The eligibility for the PO job in most of the banks is a Bachelor's degree with 55% marks. The candidate must be between 21-30 years of age with a proficiency in English language and computer.
The selection is done on the basis of examination and interviews. The examination consists of reasoning ability, quantitative aptitude, general awareness and English.
Private banks includes group discussion and profiling in the process of examination.
There are various books available in the market which provides exercises and solved question papers of PO exam. You may also find model question papers through internet.