Jamia Millia: 100% internship placement for MSc programme in banking

Jamia Millia Islamia University launched MSc in banking and financial analytics in 2019. The first batch is now in its final semester.

NEW DELHI: The first batch of students of MSc in banking and financial analytics, Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI), recorded a 100 percent summer internship placement this year. The course was launched by Jamia’s department of economics in 2019; the first batch has 42 students.

Najma Akhtar, Vice-Chancellor, JMI lauded the efforts put in by the department for launching and running an excellent programme. “It [100 percent placement] will further enhance the image of the department of economics and the Jamia Millia Islamia alike,” Akhtar said congratulating the department.

S.K Naqvi, director of FTK-Centre for Information Technology, appreciated the “intelligent use of IT components” in the curriculum which helped in increasing the employability of students.

“The entire fourth semester of the programme is devoted to an internship with a view that the students can have a practical experience and are groomed enough so that they are fully ready for their smooth final placement with no cultural shock,” said Halima Sadia Rizvi, head of the economics department.

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