Programme Overview
India’s FinTech sector is poised to generate nearly $190 billion in annual revenues by 2030, driven by rapid digital adoption, regulatory reforms, and technological innovation. This transformation is reshaping the Indian financial ecosystem and aligning it with global standards. In this era of disruption, leaders in the financial sector must not only understand finance but also harness the transformative power of technology to remain competitive.
The Advanced Management Programme in FinTech and AI Applications (AMPFAI) offered by IIM Calcutta in collaboration with TalentSprint, is India’s longest-running and most prestigious FinTech-focused executive programme. Since 2019, it has built a thriving community of over 750 professionals from 170+ organizations across banking, consulting, technology, and financial services. Alumni represent leading institutions such as PwC, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, NPCI, EY, Oracle, Paytm, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Barclays, ICICI Bank, Infosys, and many more.
In its latest evolution, the programme expands its focus beyond Blockchain to encompass Artificial Intelligence (AI) alongside Blockchain as the twin engines of FinTech disruption. Participants will gain exposure to the entire spectrum of FinTech innovation—from digital payments, digital lending, and InsurTech to RegTech, as well as advanced applications of AI and distributed ledger technologies. By bridging finance, technology, and entrepreneurship, the programme equips professionals to lead innovation, drive transformation, and build resilient strategies for the future of financial services.
Programme Objective
The primary objective of the programme is to equip senior professionals and leaders with the knowledge, tools, and perspectives required to excel in a rapidly evolving financial ecosystem.
Specifically, the programme will:
- Provide comprehensive exposure to disruptive megatrends shaping the future of finance, with special emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Generative AI (GenAI), and Blockchain/DLT.
- Enable participants to develop a AI-driven approach to decision-making, leveraging classical machine learning, deep learning, and advanced AI architectures for applications such as forecasting, credit scoring, risk management, and fraud detection.
- Build an in-depth understanding of sub-domains of FinTech including PayTech, LendingTech, InsureTech, WealthTech, and RegTech, and how they are being transformed by AI and Blockchain innovations.
- Foster technology leadership and intrapreneurship, preparing participants to act as change agents who can lead digital transformation within incumbent institutions or launch new FinTech ventures.
- Address the strategic, regulatory, and ethical dimensions of deploying AI and Blockchain in financial services, ensuring participants are equipped to manage opportunities and risks responsibly.
- Develop a strong pool of future-ready FinTech leaders capable of bridging managerial insight with technological expertise to drive growth in India’s expanding financial sector.
Programme Directors
Who Should Attend
The program is designed for those engaged at middle and senior management levels in organizations and interested in creating a blueprint of a FinTech strategy for their company. The course will cover managerial as well as technical content, assuming that participants will play the role of leaders driving FinTech projects in their firms.
Working executives who are graduates (10+2+3 or equivalent)/postgraduates in any discipline with minimum 50% marks, with an experience profile of at least 5 years after graduation are eligible.
Eligible candidates will be selected on the basis of assessment of educational and professional background and motivation based on the application form submitted.
Eligibility
Working executives who are graduates (10+2+3 or equivalent)/postgraduates in any discipline with minimum 50% marks, with an experience profile of at least 5 years after graduation are eligible.
Eligible candidates will be selected on the basis of assessment of educational and professional background and motivation based on the application form submitted.
Programme Duration and Delivery
The duration of the programme is 9 months. The online sessions will be primarily delivered through interactive direct-to-device platform once a week (Select Sunday: 10 AM to 1 PM) and part of the programme will be delivered through face-to-face sessions at campus.
Two Three-days campus visits during the programme depending on any exigency or pandemic situation.
Pedagogy
The pedagogy will be highly interactive. It will leverage the use of technology and will consist of, depending on the subject, a judicious blend of lectures, real-life case studies, quizzes, and assignments.
Learning Resources & Tools
To ensure participants gain both conceptual clarity and practical expertise, the programme integrates hands-on learning with industry-grade tools alongside classroom sessions. Participants will receive:
- Full access to DataCamp (6 months) – for self-paced learning and practice on Python, data analytics, machine learning, and AI techniques.
- Python – the primary programming language for data-driven financial analysis and AI/ML model building.
- Orange Data Mining Tool – a visual, interactive platform for data analysis, machine learning, and rapid prototyping of AI-driven financial applications.
- Thunkable – a no-code/low-code platform enabling participants to design, prototype, and deploy digital FinTech products and applications.
These tools complement the programme’s pedagogy of lectures, real-world case studies, and projects, ensuring participants can directly apply learning to practical FinTech challenges.
Programme Content
Scan – Understanding the Landscape
- FinTech Trends: Challenges and Opportunities
- Financial Foundations of FinTech
- Digital Payments
Decode – Mastering Technologies
- Introduction to AI in FinTech
- Advanced AI for FinTech
- Blockchain for Finance
Fit – Applying to Financial Services
- AI in Action
- FinTech in Action
Harness – Driving Innovation & Leadership
- Digital Product Development and Management
- Capstone Project
Programme Sample Certificate
Alumni Status
- LDP participants who complete the programme successfully become the Alumni of IIMC Executive Education, which currently has over 33,000 members.
- LDP Alumni are given an email-id in the IIM Calcutta domain.
- LDP Alumni can register in the IIM Calcutta Alumni portal either with this email-id or with their personal email-ids. The IIM Calcutta Alumni portal is a common platform for Alumni of all programmes of the Institute to interact with each other and stay connected with the Institute.
- The Institute shares newsletters, important news and articles about the Institute and its activities, the achievements of the Institute's faculty, staff, students and alumni, upcoming events and programmes etc., on the portal.
- Alumni can post their achievements, write about jobs or LIVE project opportunities for other alumni to see.
- The IIM Calcutta alumni network can also be accessed on mobile phones through the mobile app.
- Executive Education Alumni are entitled to a discount of 5% on the programme fee if they opt to do another LDP.
- By using the different features of the IIM Calcutta portal, alumni across programmes can engage with each other in many meaningful ways. It is up to the alumni themselves to leverage the platform
How to Apply
For further details and for downloading the application form please visit
https://talentsprint.com/course/fintech-financial-blockchain-iim-calcutta?utm_source=iimc&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=ts-iimc-page_visitors
Contact Details
Name : Hasini Bhupathi
Email ID : hasini.b[at]talentsprint[dot]com
Phone : 7331112138