Notice

Effective April 2024, Training of BC Agents (BCA) has been mandated by RBI before appearing for the BC Certification Examination. BC Agents will now have to undergo 28 hours of training for the Basic Certification and 42 hours of training for the Advanced certification, as the case may be. Only those candidates who have successfully completed the training will be eligible to appear for the BC/BF examination.

The following Institutes have been identified to conduct the training for BC/BF:

• Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD)
• National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development. (NIESBUD). Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MoSDE)
• Indian Institute of Bank Management (IIBM)
• CSC Academy
• National Academy of RUDSETI(NAR), Bangalore and its network of RSETIs, and
• The Banks, at their discretion may also provide mandatory training to BCAs duly adhering to the training structure/modules designed by the Coordination Committee.

Other than the above named Institutes, no other Institute or organization is permitted to impart training to BC’s/BF’s.

Contact Details of Training Institutes:

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) of BIRD in connection with the training of BCs/ BFs :

Name of the Officer: Mrs Anukampa Jha

Designation: Deputy General Manager

Email Id: bcbf.bird@nabard.org

Contact Number: 0522 - 2421006

Working Hours/Availability: 0945 hrs to 1730 hrs (Weekdays)

BIRD: https://birdlucknow.nabard.org/UpdateSection/training%20BC-BF%20BIRD%20Website.pdf

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) of NIESBUD in connection with the training of BCs/ BFs :

OR

State Heads of your State whose Mob. Number is given in website BC Dashboard niesbud.nic.in

If it is not attended by any one or all, or your query is not resolved then please WhatsApp massage/email in given mobile numbers.

Working Hours/Availability: 09:45 am to 05:30 pm (Weekdays)

NIESBUD: https://niesbud.nic.in/IIBF/index.html

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) of IIBM in connection with the training of BCs/ BFs :

Name of the Officer: Ms. Monisha Thapa

Designation: Professor, IIBM

Email Id: programme@iibm.ac.in;  academic@iibm.ac.in

Contact Number: 6026771375/6026770455/6026770560

Working Hours/Availability: 09:30 am to 05:30 pm (Weekdays)

IIBM: https://www.iibm.ac.in/BC.php

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) of CSC Academy in connection with the training of BCs/ BFs :

Name of the Officer: Rahul Kumar

Designation: Senior Manager

Email Id: cscbc@cscacademy.org

Contact Number: 7011958630

Working Hours/Availability:10.00 am to 5.00 pm (Monday to Friday)

Website: https://www.cscacademy.org/

NAR/RSETI’S are conducting the training of BCs/ BFs only under the MISSION ONE GP ONE BC SAKHI PROGRAM For further details , you may write to sakhi@rudsetacademy.org

Website: https://rudsetacademy.org/