Diploma in Micro-finance

Development & Management

Connecting Young Women to

Micro-finance

Chaitanya TISS
Introduction to Chaitanya
Chaitanya, a development organization established in 1993, is one of the
pioneers of community based micro-finance institutions in Maharashtra. Started
as a grass root organization, Chaitanya is one of the very few organizations in
the country providing training and resource services to others, based on
experiential learning. The inimitable feature of Chaitanya's capacity building
inputs is the strong focus on demonstration. Only that is shared which has been
tried and tested.

Introduction to TISS
The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936, as the Sir
Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. The first school of social work in
India, the TISS was a pioneering effort, characteristic of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust.
The TISS subsequently influenced the direction of social work education & social
research in India. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the
institute, when it was recognized as a Deemed University by the University Grants
Commission (UGC).

Since then, the TISS has been expanding continuously in terms of educational
programmes & infrastructure. While responding to the changing needs of the
social & educational system in the country, the institute has gone far beyond the
initial concern of social work education.

Objective:-
Train young graduates to pursue their career in Community Based Micro-
finance Institution.
COURSE OUTLINE
Introduction to micro-finance

Products and services in micro –finance

Financial management

Management and Information System

Financial Literacy, etc.

ELIGIBILITY
The minimum eligibility for admission to the courses is bachelor’s degree from
any recognized university (under 10+2+3 or 10+2 +4 or 10+2+2+1 year bridge
course pattern or any pattern fulfilling the mandatory requirement of 15 years of
formal education) in any discipline.

Besides fresh graduates, organizations are encouraged to sponsor their

promising staff members to this course to equip them to either start the micro
finance operations in the organization or contribute to the further growth and
expansion of existing operations in the organization.

ASSESSMENT
A written exam will be conducted at the end both semesters of the course, this
will account for 50% of student’s evaluation. 15% of evaluation will be based on
2 term papers and remaining 35% on performance in field work.

Fees and Deposits

For 9 months Diploma course :- Rs. 25,000/-

For 4 months Certificate course :- Rs. 16,000/-