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The Union Bank Centre for Banking Excellence, Great Lakes institute of Management is proud to host the second Financial Inclusion conference on 12th August 2011. The speakers included Dr.Y.V.Reddy(Former Governor,RBI), Mrs.Usha Thorat(Former Deputy Governor, RBI), Mr.S.C.Kalia(Executive Director, Union Bank of India). The highlight of this conference would be the panel discussion on the topic "Microfinance: A Panacea for Finacial Inclusion? If so how to get there?"

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"Microfinance: A Panacea for financial Inclusion? If so, how to get there?" was the theme of the 2nd Great Lakes - Union Bank Conference on Financial Inclusion on August 12, 2011.
The Financial inclusion is the process of ensuring access to timely financial services and adequate credit needed by vulnerable groups such as weaker sections and no income groups at an affordable cost.
And who else can be a better pioneer to pilot a calibrated approach to financial sector reforms other than Dr. Y.V. Reddy former governor, Reserve Bank of India. He has served as the twenty-first Governor of Reserve Bank of India from 2003 until 2008 and has been awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan. As quoted by Joseph Stiglitz "If America had a central bank chief as Dr. Y.V. Reddy the U.S. economy would not be in such a mess."
The financial inclusion conference also honoured Mr. S.C. Kalia (Executive Director, Union Bank of India) who emphasized on the concept of financial inclusion and micro financing. He also focused on inclusive growth through formal and informal means; biometric, mobile banking and smart card technology equally emphasized the role of partnership with banks. He concluded by focusing on the role of inclusive growth and tailored approach in case of specific areas.
Dr. Y.V. Reddy explored the concept of financial inclusion on definite pillars- one encapsulating the problems faced by women at the villages having a proper place to safe keep their money and second the problems that dealt with the vertical mobility of money. He also projected the various financial models and laid importance on, specifying the decision of choosing the right model on the basis of its cost and also that MFI's are an extension of individual branches of bank and not a bank in itself. He envisioned the role of legislation and regulation as a strong foundation to every financial body levying due credit to each measure on its ability to be quantifiable, defensible and that can be allocated.
After a packed session of knowledge and deeper insights into Micro financing with financial inclusion at large, the executive director of Great Lakes Institute of Management, Prof. Sriram concluded the conference. He thanked the key speakers of the conference Dr. Y.V. Reddy and Mr. S.C. Kalia for their incomparable insights and experiences. Their humility to share their apprehensions and success on the same platform leveraged the whole experience of the 2nd Great Lakes- Union Bank Financial Inclusion.

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Great Lakes presents HR Conclave 2011!!!

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Hi Ganesh,
Read your comment on the other post.
I am searching for essay prompts on GLIM website couldnt find them
looks like i have to pay 1500Rs to access the application page to get essay prompts.
Can you please post the essay prompts/SOPs in this forum.
Thanks

y_roy82 wrote:Hi Ganesh,
Read your comment on the other post.
I am searching for essay prompts on GLIM website couldnt find them
looks like i have to pay 1500Rs to access the application page to get essay prompts.
Can you please post the essay prompts/SOPs in this forum.
Thanks

I am sorry but the essay questions can not be revealed. You got to buy the application to know the same.

Hi Ganesh,

I had not chosen Great Lakes as one of my five options while giving the GMAT. I have recieved the official score card from GMAC which has my AWA scores. Do I need to raise a new request with GMAC to send my Score report to Great Lakes???? Also I have applied to the Great lakes admission after paying 1500INR. Please reply soon....

Thanks

I will get back to you on this shortly!

You can report your scores with the official report. But if you are shortlisted and you convert the call, i.e., if you get an admit into Great Lakes, you will have to make a request to GMAC to send it to Great Lakes.

Hi Ganesh,

Thanks for the quick response.

I wish to apply to great lakes in the second cycle. But I now hear that second cycle is open only to CAT and XAT takers and not to GMAT Takers? Is that the case? Am I done for this year??

All CAT 2011 takers
All XAT 2012 takers
GMAT takers who give their exam between 1st Dec 2011 and 31st Jan 2012

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spartan800 wrote:I wish to apply to great lakes in the second cycle. But I now hear that second cycle is open only to CAT and XAT takers and not to GMAT Takers? Is that the case? Am I done for this year??