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Contents

Market Demand

APTFF so far

Program details

Deliverables of Trade, FOREX roles

Faculty Profile

Testimonials

Comparison with competition

About SLT

Focus of the Industry

Latin America & Caribbean

4%

Middle East & North Africa

7%

China, India & Developing Asia

4%

ASEAN-5, China & India

28%

Commonwealth of Independent States

7%

Central & Eastern Europe

4%

Sub-Saharan Africa

4%

Advanced countries (non-Euro)

18%

Advanced countries (Euro area)

24%
0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

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Focus on trade business
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Source: ICC Global Survey 2012

Dual speed growth

Industry Demand Some Facts

Industry Demand Some Facts

Industry Demand Some Facts

Advanced Program in Trade Finance &

FOREX
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Unique Features
Unique Program
Only Advanced domain specific Program in Trade Finance & FOREX in India that offers
classroom training for working professionals.

Pedagogy
Designed with a mix of experience sharing, real life case discussions, assignments and
industry/research based projects besides the lectures in class

Strategic Leaders
More than 1,20,000 professionals have already been trained in various Banking & Financial
domains by NIIT-IFBI

Peer Learning
Opportunity to Network and Learn from other professionals in the corporate world

Certification
Competency Certificate on Successful Completion from NIIT-IFBI
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Who should Attend?

Professionals in FOREX & International Trade vertical who wish to upgrade knowledge.

Who want to switch to International Trade & FOREX domain

Who want to enhance skills to increase productivity and efficiency (Self/Team)

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Highlights

Opportunity to
analyze complex
FOREX & Trade
Transactions

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Exposure to
Current &
Upcoming Trends

Possibility of offsite
opportunities with
banks having
operations in India

Broad Contours
Program
Faculty

Primary Tutor Mr. Clement

Duration 2 3 Months

Program

Fees
Class
Dates
Schedule

Exam

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INR 16,900/- + 12.36% Service Tax = INR 18,989/Special batches for corporates;
Sunday (2:00PM 06:00PM)

Within 15 days of completion of the program

Faculty

Mr. Clement

Domain expert with 32 years of experience from Central Bank of India

He has diverse experience working with different verticals including Audits and Corporate
Finance

A visiting faculty to RBI - for various banks across India. Primarily for

RBI Training college, Mumbai

FEDAI(Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India)

He also conducted workshops and trainings on Management Development programs for

various organizations in India.

FEDAI was set up in 1958 as an Association of banks dealing in foreign

exchange in India

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It's major activities include framing of rules governing the conduct of inter-bank foreign
exchange business among banks vis--vis public and liaison with RBI for reforms and
development of FOREX market.

Testimonials

R. Sathiya Priya

Good place to learn and develop ourselves in our role and our future role in our
career.

Jharna Rohra

The course has been beneficial in enhancing my knowledge in Trade Finance &
FOREX.Mr. Clement is very knowledgeable and made the topics very interesting
& interactive.

Senior Manager, HDFC bank, Chennai

Deputy Branch Manager, ICICI Bank, Mumbai

C Umesh Kumar

Good learning atmosphere suitable for corporate employees. Convenient class

timings and good technical back-up.

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Karur Vysaya Bank, Chennai

How to Register?

Apply online @ http://www.ifbi.com/userlogin/apply_now.aspx

You may also visit IFBI center for registration, please carry

2 Passport size photograph

1 copy of any photo ID proof

Graduation mark-sheet

Registration Fee. (Cash/Cheque/DD/Online)

The registration fee for APTFF is INR16,900/- + S.T = INR18,989/

Concessions: INR14,900/- + S.T INR16,742/-

Referral bonus Rs.1000 gift voucher

Important Dates

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Classes Commence :

Weekend Sundays 2.00PM to 6.00PM

Next batch 7th sep(Tentative) Intro session

Synchronous Learning Technology - SLT

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Synchronous Learning Technology

NIIT-IFBI - TECHNOLOGY EDGE

STUDIO VIEW

CLASSROOM VIEW

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35 Classrooms across 23 Cities in India

Direct one-to-one interaction is ensured through
individual ICT systems for each student:
High-performance PCs
Webcam
Audio system and microphone at each
workstation, connected directly to faculty at
institutes
Classroom interactions & ambience are facilitated by
clusters of student-stations and camera & projection
systems that span the full classroom.
Learning Management System (LMS):
program-specific notices
online submission of assignments
reminder services
online testing
student records

Synchronous Learning Technology

REPLICATION OF LIVE CLASSROOM
Full features of face-to-face
teaching
Raised-hand-seekingteacher's-attention

Tabulation of responses
Quizzes randomly created
by the teacher

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Elements Running through Program

Case-studies

Project work

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Role-plays

Assignment

Collaborative group
activities

Instructional
material

Thank you

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Annexure

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Detailed Module Content

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Session Plan
Topics

Sessions

Introduction to Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade

Session 01 session 04

FEMA Foreign Exchange Management Association Policy

Session 05 Session 06

Foreign exchange rate mechanism

Session 07 Session 08

Foreign exchange arithmetic

Session 09 Session 10

Foreign exchange remittances

Session 11 Session 12

Non-Resident Accounts - NRO, NRE & FCNR

Session 13 Session 14

Resident Foreign Currency Accounts

Session 15

Overview of Foreign Trade

Session 16 Session 17

Incoterms

Session 18 Session 19

UCP 600

Session 20 Session 22

Letter of Credit

Session 23 Session 25

Bank Guarantees

Session 26 Session 32

Exports

Session 33 Session 38

Imports

Session 39 Session 44

ECGC - Guarantees & Shippers policies

Session 45

SWIFT

Session 46 Session 47

Statutory Returns to RBI

Session 48

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Detailed Module Coverage

Introduction to Foreign Exchange and International Trade

Foreign Exchange in India

FOREX Mechanism, Transactions and Rates

Understanding Funds position

FOREX Market & Trading

Foreign Trade Policy

FEMA

Operational Procedures

Compliance of FOREX transactions as per FEMA

Foreign exchange rate mechanism

Foreign exchange rates quoted in the Inter-bank market

Movement of Rates

Methods of determining Forward Rate

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Detailed Module Coverage

Foreign Exchange Arithmetic

Merchant Transactions
Rates (Trade & Non - Trade)
Margin
Calculation of TT Buying/Selling, Bill Buying/Selling.
Foreign Exchange Remittances
Inward Remittances
Obligation of banks under FCRA
Collection & Encashment
Outward Remittances
Non Resident Accounts
Eligibility, Repatriability, Type of accounts, Period of deposit, ROI, Operations through POA, TDS
Difference between NRO & NRE.
Opening of FCNR accounts
Resident Foreign Currency Accounts

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Detailed Module Coverage

Overview Of Foreign Trade

Definition

Risks

Incoterms

2000 & 2010

Comparisons

UCP 600

URR

ISDP

Letter of Credit

Advantages, parities and types

Amendments/Cancellation & Pricing

Bank Guarantees

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Covered in great detail

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Detailed Module Coverage

Exports

Shipment finance, Scrutiny of documents

Purchase/Discount of bills

Imports

RBI guidelines and EXIM policy

Retirement of bills drawn under import LC

Collection

Export Credit Guarantee Corp. of India Guarantee & Shippers Policies

Dos & Donts

Claims and Recovery

SWIFT codes

Understand electronic transactions

Understand Transaction/ Message types

Statutory Returns to RBI

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Returns

XOS

BEF

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