With India's financial sector landscape rapidly evolving, comprising commercial banks, new-age fintechs, NBFCs, pension and mutual funds, cooperatives and payment banks, corporate organisations are reconfiguring operating models for a technologically empowered future. In contrast the nine-month, live-online Executive Program in Applied Finance equips professionals to formulate strategies founded on first-principles finance, maximising readiness for high-impact jobs in the sector.

India's FinTech industry is now worth approximately US$111 billion and is predicted to expand to US$421 billion by 2029 making the nation one of the globe's three largest FinTech ecosystems. Digital payments are likely to represent 65% of transactions by 2026 with assets under management likely to quadruple to USD 1207 billion (Rs 100 trillion) by 2030 which implies a 14% CAGR from FY24 to FY30. Risk management, FinTech, regulation and compliance, data analysis and ESG are just a few of the most sought-after financial positions listed by Forbes.

Supported by 18 successful cohorts the program educates students in interpreting, analysing, assessing and solving intricate finance issues and using these to corporate financial decision-making, investment and portfolio management, derivatives and risk management, portfolio construction, corporate valuation and debt markets. Participants are also taught to use professional judgement and develop solutions in different situations through economic, financial, regulatory and ethical perspectives.

Referring to the 19th batch, IIM Calcutta Program Directors Professor Sudhakar Reddy and Professor Sudhir S. Jaiswall averred, Their Executive Program in Applied Finance harnesses academic rigour and market realism to create effective, practice-orientated finance leaders. Learners build judgement to price risk, invest capital and run enterprise value through studying valuation, corporate finance, fixed income, derivatives and portfolio construction and analytics, governance and ethics. Live online delivery and experiential campus modules enable immediate on-the-job application and long-term career progression. According to TimesPro's Business Head, Sridhar Nagarajachar the company is happy to collaborate with IIM Calcutta to provide a career-advancing, outcomes-based program. Live, case-factored workshops and practitioner clinics, augmented by flexible direct-to-device delivery and campus immersions, enable learners to shift academic rigour to judgement, risk pricing and determining capital with confidence. The training develops analytical discipline, governance sensitivity and practical acumen, enabling professionals to assume critical finance roles with effectiveness.

In addition to specialised modules on AI in Finance & FinTech and the Future of Finance, students gain practical, hard-hitting insights in 12 foundational modules, including Business Accounting and Analysis, Corporate Finance, Business Valuation, Fixed Income Markets, Financial Derivatives, Portfolio Management, Alternative Investment and PE/VC. The program features a three day workshop on the campus in the first quarter and then a four-day workshop at the advanced-module level or at the conclusion of the program.

The course features highly engaging workshops, case studies, real corporate implementations and practitioner perspectives provided by the world-renowned IIM Calcutta faculty and industry leaders with TimesPro's Interactive Learning platform in Direct-to-Device mode.

The course is open to finance professionals, financial services executives and recent graduates with at least two years of work experience who are pursuing a degree in finance.