Educational Programmes

In line with its efforts to provide the best-in-class learning, work environment, enabling culture and development opportunities, HDFC Standard Life has launched a 3-month Certificate Programme in Insurance and Management in collaboration with Manipal Education, India's premier academic and education services provider. The key objective of this programme is to select, train, and groom talent from across the country to ensure a ready pool of insurance-trained sales professionls for the company.

Branded as First Advantage, this 3-month Certificate Programme in Insurance and Management is specially developed to cater to those individuals (MBAs, experienced and fresh graduates) who are looking for a rewarding career in the insurance industry. On successful completion of the programme, and post assessment, candidates would be appointed as Sales Development Managers (retail) at HDFC Standard Life

The selection process for the 3-month Certificate Programme on Insurance and Management includes written tests and interviews across the country in Bihar, Orissa, Jharkand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. The course is conducted at the campus of Manipal Education in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Calcutta and Mumbai. It includes a two-month classroom session and one month 'on-the-job training' at HDFC Standard Life offices.

The curriculum of the course has been jointly designed by HDFC Standard Life and Manipal Education in line with HDFC Standard Life's eight-step structured sales process known as 'Disha, apart from concepts of insurance and areas related to sales.

About Manipal Education

Manipal Education is one of the largest and most diversified academic and education services providers in India. With over 55 years of steadfast focus in the field of Education, the Group includes two universities - Manipal University & Sikkim Manipal University and over 30 institutions in India, besides colleges and university campuses in Antigua, Dubai, Malaysia and Nepal. Over 25,000 students from over 53 countries are currently pursuing their graduate, post graduate and doctoral programmes across 13 professional streams in the above brick and mortar institutions.

The Distance Education arm is one of the largest providers in this field and currently offers Diploma, Degree and related Post Graduate programs across 11 disciplines. About 2,40,000 students are a part of the Distance Education programme, which is delivered through a blended pedagogical approach involving satellite-based lectures and local coaching delivered through 550 learning centres across India and 50 in select foreign countries.

Please visit www.manipallearning.com/insurance for more details