GITAM INSTITUTE OF MANAGAMENT

GITAM UNIVERSITY

Career Opportunities for Management Professional

The objective of the study is to understand the basic qualification required, position entered and is
currently in, responsibilities carried out so far, the skills required and the future growth
opportunities for a management professional.

This study is purely for the sake of academic research and is not for any other purpose.

Personal Details:

Name: Koushik Pal

Name of the Organization: Axis Bank
Designation: Assistant Vice President
Educational Qualification: MBA

Professional Details:

1. What was your entry level designation??

Deputy Manager

2. What is the basic qualification required for that entry level??

MBE or 3-4 Year relevant experience

3. What were the basic skills that were required for the entry level??

Relevant experience or Financial/Management qualification.

4. Do you think with the basic qualification you had, you could develop such skills?
Yes/ No - yes

5. Did the organization you have been working for expose you to training and development
programmes to enhance your skills and overall development??
Yes/ No - Yes

6. How many such training and development programmes you have attended so far??

Two

7. Kindly mention your career path since entry. (Period of 3-1/2 years)
1. Deputy Manager
2. Manager
3. Assistant Vice President
4.
5.
6.

8. What are the various responsibilities you have undertaken in your career at the job place?
List out the prominent ones.
1. Channel Management
 2. Priority Banking Business in Core and Cross Sell
3. Events and Campaigns
4.
5.

9. What are the various skills you have developed through the various responsibilities you
have carried out?
List out few important skills you have developed.

a. People Management

b. Crisis Management

c. Budgeting for business, manpower/resource allocation and People developmental –

specifically training and career growth parameterization.

d. Conceptualization and Execution skills involving organizing mega events. Etc.

10. Did you further improve upon your educational qualifications?

Yes/ No Yes

11. If yes, can you menton your additional qualification and why did you go in for that?
Towards Technical Skills development, for higher roles.

12. What are the designations you have held so far?

Designations are give above, role are : Sales Executive Channel Manager,
Priority banking Relationship Managers Channel Head – Both the roles from
Central Office

13. What, according to you, are the responsibilities you would come across in the near
future?
1. Role movement after this stage is quite dynamic, so difficult to anticipate, however it
would be either related to Business development, product development or Projects on newer
initiatives/set ups.

14. Where do you position yourself in 10 years from now?

Head of a Department (President level), in about 7 years.

15. What is your advice to the younger generation on skills that need to be acquired and the
qualifications required?
Qualification and exposure/experience goes hand in hand. Earlier part of the career, first
3-4 years in any organization should be towards doing anything and everything at the
grass root level towards a stronger foundation for growth and career development later.

Thank You 