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awareness sessions in

emerging areas). SBP subject
matter specialists (SMEs)

conduct most of the
functional trainings while
external trainers conduct
soft-skill trainings. Regarding

IT skill-based trainings, there
is a blend of internal and

external trainers. The trainers
beginning of FY21, which Corporation, and Dr. Inayat
on Cyber Security, Incident
gradually shifted to full-day Hussain, Executive Director,
Reporting, etc. have been
ventures quarter by quarter. Banking Supervision Group.
OCISO & RMD associates.
Precisely, the weightage of The objective of this NIBAF
Regarding performance of
full-day trainings increased to initiative is to create a
Karachi Campus during FY21,
nearly 70 percent during FY21 platform where SBP senior
total number of trainings
from merely 11 percent in the management could share
were 343 having 433 training
beginning. Similarly, the their thoughts & experience,
days in total, nearly three-
proportion of Functional Area and dialogue about upcoming
fourth of them were
trainings increased from challenges for the central
comprising of Functional and
nearly 30 percent to 50 banks. The talks received
Soft Skill trainings. As stated
percent during FY21. In massive nominations,
above, being primary hub for
addition, first-ever edition of overwhelming participation
SBP post induction trainings,
“Central Banking Talks” was and excellent feedback
over 80 percent of total
launched, commenced by Dr. besides abundant
trainings were executed for
Ali Choudhary, Research appreciation for NIBAF’s
SBP staff capacity building. In
Advisor, SBP, followed by initiative. NIBAF will continue
ter ms of duration of these
Syed Irfan Ali, Managing to schedule such sessions in
trainings, most of them were
Director, Deposit Protection future.
half-day ventures in the

As far as the performance during the Apr-Jun 2021 quarter (Q4-FY21) is concerned, it
maintained the accelerated pace of previous quarter, in terms of number of trainings
as well as participation from SBP & its subsidiaries. Virtual Instructor Led Trainings
(VILTs) remained the dominant medium of training in the quarter under review as the
cautious approach was followed during third wave of the pandemic. Notable
developments of Apr-Jun 2021 quarter at NIBAF Karachi are as follows:

Total number of training days remained on The trainings in Functional and Soft Skill
higher side like Q3-FY21 compared with first categories continued to dominant during the
two quarters of FY21. quarter.

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