Gursimran Singh Oberoi — Co-Founder

Every year, lakhs of graduates pass out of Indian colleges with degrees in hand and no idea how a bank actually works. Not because they aren't smart. Not because they don't want to work. Because our education system never taught them. No one explained what CASA is. No one did a mock customer interaction. No one told them how a loan gets sanctioned or how a relationship manager actually spends their day. They walked into interviews and walked out rejected. I saw this gap up close. And in 2015, I decided to do something about it.I founded the Institute of Professional Banking (IPB) with one clear goal, take graduates who are unemployed or underemployed, give them the practical banking skills that colleges never teach, and place them in real jobs at real banks. A decade later, 12,000+ graduates placed. HDFC, ICICI, Axis, Kotak, Bandhan, IDFC and more. Not as trainees. As productive, confident banking professionals from Day 1. This is what IPB does differently: → Training is delivered by ex-bankers, people who have actually sat across from customers, managed portfolios, and hit targets. Not academics teaching from textbooks. → Curriculum is built around what banks actually need, credit analysis, financial products, customer relationship management, regulatory compliance, branch operations. → Placement is not a promise, it is a system. 5 assured interviews per student. 95% placement rate. Verified by our alumni who are working across India's top private banks right now. → We are an NSDC Authorised Training Partner and a preferred talent pipeline for 12+ leading private banks. The mission is bigger than IPB. India's banking sector needs millions of skilled professionals over the next decade. Our colleges are not producing them. Someone has to bridge that gap, at scale. 1 Lakh skilled bankers by 2030. That is what we are building toward. Beyond IPB, I serve on the CII Chandigarh Council and previously served as President of the Chandigarh Management Association. I write and speak on India's BFSI skilling crisis, the employability gap in financial services, and what campus-to-corporate transition should actually look like. Let's connect if: ✓ You represent a bank or NBFC that needs a reliable, job-ready talent pipeline, not resumes, but trained professionals. ✓ You are a graduate who wants to enter banking fast, with real skills and real placement support. ✓ You are in media, policy, or education and want to talk seriously about India's skilling gap in BFSI. 📩 gursimran.singh@ipbindia.com 🌐 www.ipbindia.com

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Location: Chandigarh, India

Experience: 24 yrs