Important Notice to the Candidates of Diploma/Certificate Examinations

1. Institute has completely revised and restructured the syllabus of following Diploma Examinations to make it contemporary:
   1. DIPLOMA IN TREASURY, INVESTMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT (DTIRM)

   As per the old syllabus, there were three papers. Revised syllabus will have only two papers 1) Treasury & Investment Management 2) Risk Management

   2. DIPLOMA IN URBAN CO-OPERATIVE BANKING (DUCB)

   As per the old syllabus, there were three papers. Revised syllabus will have only two papers 1) Co-operative Banking: Principles, Laws & Practices. 2) Management and Operations of Co-operative Banks

   3. ADVANCED WEALTH MANAGEMENT (AWM)

   As per the old syllabus, there were six papers. Revised syllabus will have only three papers 1) Introduction to Financial Planning 2) Risk Analysis, Insurance and Retirement Planning 3) Investment Planning, Tax Planning and Estate Planning

   Revised Syllabus will come into effect from May 2017.

2. Institute has discontinued the following Diploma Examination:
1. COMMODITY DERIVATIVES FOR BANKERS
2. HOME LOAN ADVISING ( Brought under the new Diploma in Retail Banking )

For Candidates already enrolled for above Diploma examinations under old syllabus:

• The Institute will conduct the examinations both under the old and revised syllabus for Diploma examinations whose syllabus have been revised and restructured.
• The Institute also will conduct the examination under the old syllabus for Diploma examinations which have been discontinued.
• Candidates already enrolled for old syllabus will be permitted to attempt examinations under the old syllabus till their permissible number of attempts (4) are over.
• Candidates can however move to the Revised Syllabus even before availing all four (4) permissible consecutive attempts.
• Candidates will not get credit for subject/s passed, if any, under the old syllabus for the examination under revised syllabus as the revised courses have been completely revamped and re-structured.
• Fees paid for the old syllabus examination will not be refunded to candidates who switch over to the revised syllabus. They need to pay the fee for the examination under revised syllabus as per rules.
• The last Examination under the old syllabus will be held in July 2018. (this will enable all candidates who are currently enrolled for examination under old syllabus to avail permissible 4 attempts)
• No new candidate for the old syllabus will be enrolled effective from May 2017. New candidates necessarily need to enrol for revised syllabus only.
• Institute has published Study books for the revised syllabus and the same is available in the market.

It is recommended that candidates who had enrolled for above Diploma Examinations and have completed two attempts in the examination without passing any paper so far may consider applying under the revised syllabus instead of enrolling for 2nd block of 2 attempts   under the old syllabus.

3. Institute has introduced the following Diploma Examination from May 2017:
   • DIPLOMA IN RETAIL BANKING

   This examination will have two papers 1) Retail Liability Products and other related services. 2) Retail Asset Products and other related services . For Rules and Syllabus refer to Examination/Courses tab at our website.

4. Institute has revised syllabus/updated the study books for the following Diploma Examinations:
• DIPLOMA IN BANKING TECHNOLOGY
• DIPLOMA IN INTERNATIONAL BANKING & FINANCE

Candidates are advised to refer to the revised/updated (New Edition 2017) study books in order to prepare for the above examinations, which are now available in the market.