[imprint]AMI[/imprint] India, April 4-8, 2011, Lucknow

Background :

Human resource development is increasing becoming more critical for microfinance institutions.

This is because of the growth of the sector and the number of players in it. However presently, senior and mid-level microfinance managers and consultants in India must travel to Europe or the United States to obtain quality analytical training in strategic and core operational areas of microfinance management while interacting with their peers. Even then, most of these programmes (and many training programmes available in India) provide high-level, generic discussion rather than focused, practice-oriented training designed to build skills. The cost of participation in these Europe or United States-based programmes severely limits the number of Indians that can take advantage of them.

Courses in AMI:

Based on the feedback received from the AMI alumni, we have redesigned the format. The two week programme is now split into two one week sessions, to be delivered over at different times of the year. This is because we recognise the limitations of the senior management having to be out of office for two weeks at a stretch. To accommodate the demand for more time for participant networking of choice, evening plenary sessions have been kept open. The courses designed for AMI India 2011 are:

Faculty:

AMI faculty include recognised, leading experts and trainers in microfinance. Faculty for AMI India 2011 will include:

Faculty Description

Course

Mukul Kumar Singh

Mukul Kumar Singh is a Science Graduate with Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management from IRMA, Anand.
He has a work experience of almost two years with ICICI Bank Limited as a District Manager and Regional Relationship Manager in Rural Micro-banking and Agri Business Division. At ICICI, he was responsible for identifying, sourcing and developing Microfinance Institutions and microfinance funding opportunities. Mukul's key competencies includes competitive analysis, financial and organisation analysis, marketing and promotional strategy, niche management and channel management.

With MicroSave, he has been working in India and the Philippines on operations improvement and process mapping. His areas of interest includes costing and pricing of financial services, strategic business planning, planning conducing and monitoring pilot tests, and loan portfolio audit.

Process Mapping

Madhurantika Moulick

Madhurantika Moulick has undertaken multiple technical assistance and training assignments in process mapping, market research for microfinance, costing and pricing, product marketing, customer service, pilot testing, product roll out, risk analysis and management, loan portfolio audit, strategic business planning and strategic marketing in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Bangladesh and India. She has developed her skills in training delivery, presentations, advanced excel and report writing through her assignments in a variety of financial institutions - NGOs, MFIs and Commercial Banks.

Madhurantika has an MA in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India, and MA in Urban and Rural Sociology from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She has worked as the Programme Associate for CARE India's microfinance project - Credit and Savings for Household Enterprises (CASHE) and with other NGOs in India and Bangladesh in the areas of capacity building, strategic management and organisational development.

Madhurantika is at the forefront of MicroSave's training, research and technical assistance delivery in India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, and has played a key role in the development of MicroSave toolkits on process mapping, human resource management, governance and strategic marketing. She oversees Knowledge Management and Training department of MicroSave in India, working on research, developing toolkits, DVDs and video-based training materials; managing the programme's growing training activities and workshops; and developing MicroSave's websites and dissemination strategy. She has also led teams to conduct work on market research, product development and pilot-testing, process improvement, human resource management systems etc. Madhu is currently playing a lead role in implementation of a very large deposit mobilisation mapping, product development and pilot-test planning project in Bangladesh.

Pilot Testing

Who Should Come:

AMI is for middle and senior-level managers of Indian microfinance institutions and consultants/trainers.The training is designed to be intense and to allow participants to return home equipped with new, practical knowledge and tools to apply in their institutions.

What to Bring:

Laptop computers: This is a practice-focused workshop - participants will often start the process of planning and implementing the tools for their organisation as part of the courses - so please bring laptops if at all possible!! Laptops are essential for the Process Mapping technical sessions.
A presentation on your institution: We encourage participants to prepare presentations on any innovative work they have accomplished, or challenges being faced by them, along with promotional material for display and distribution.

Plenary Sessions:

Carefully designed plenary sessions will enable participants to get sectoral overview of topics of interest and thoughts on current issues. These sessions will be delivered by industry leaders, and practitioners who have made their mark in the sector for their exemplary work and commitment.

The following Plenary topics would be covered:

1. Current Crisis within Microfinance - Role of Risk Management
2. Client Protection and Transparency

Cost:

The course fee for AMI India 2011 is Rs. 16,000 per participant. However, for two participants coming from same organisation, the total fee will be Rs. 28,000 only. Payments should be made by way of Demand Draft drawn in favour of "MicroSave Pvt. Ltd." payable at Lucknow.

Participants must make arrangements and cover their own costs of transportation and accommodation to the venue.

Brochure - AMI India 2011

Registration Form (Please send to AMI@MicroSave.net)