On March 18, HDFC Life – India’s leading private life insurance company, and Manipal Global – India’s leading learning solutions firm, conducted a grand convocation to felicitate over 83 graduates of the HDFC Life Smart Achievers (SA) Programme from across the country. The students were awarded the Post Graduate Diploma in Insurance (PGDI) on successfully completing the programme.
The HDFC Life Smart Achievers (SA) Programme is a one of its kind Post Graduate Diploma in Insurance offered through a joint initiative between HDFC Life and Manipal Global. The programme not only aims at nurturing well-trained insurance professionals for the industry by imparting domain expertise and skill sets, but also provides excellent and rewarding career opportunities at HDFC Life. HDFC Life SA programme trains the students, especially from Tier II and Tier III cities, to make them insurance industry ready and also recruit them as full time professionals.
Speaking at the convocation, Amitabh Chaudhry, MD and CEO, HDFC Life said, “We at HDFC Life want to bridge the gap between unemployed youth especially in Tier II and III cities by making them job ready and meet the talent demand in the insurance industry. The intensive training and skill building imparted through a robust classroom and on-the-job training in the Smart Achievers Programme will help HDFC Life to provide insurance solutions to its potential customers and thereby securing their lives, financially. We are very happy with the positive initial results from the programme on the productivity and performance of Smart Achievers and the way they have been contributing to HDFC Life and to our customers as a whole. We intend to scale up this initiative in the near future and hope to make a credible difference to the industry.”
S Vaitheeswaran, MD and CEO, Manipal Global said, “HDFC Life and Manipal Global have established a strong partnership and share a commitment to excellence in what we do. This reflects in the outcomes of the Smart Achiever’s Programme and we are proud of the achievements of the participants in their jobs. I wish each and every one of these young people who have started their careers all the very best, and look forward to see them become future leaders of the insurance industry.”
Established in 2000, Mumbai headquartered HDFC Life is a leading long-term life insurance solutions provider in India, offering a range of individual and group insurance solutions that meet various customer needs such as Protection, Pension, Savings, Investment, and Health. For more information, please visit www.hdfclife.com.
With its corporate headquarters in Bengaluru, Manipal Global Education Services is a leading India-headquartered international provider of high-quality higher education and enterprise learning services. For more information, please visit www.manipalglobal.com.
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