Uma Baskaran comes with 26 years of rich experience in Banking sector. She has worked across 3 private sector Banks and last served as a Vice President in a New Generation Bank, specialised in retail banking- both operations and sales. She started her career as a clerk and grew up the career ladder learning Finance from scratch level on the job, and moved to the position of VP in a span of 18 years.
She has done her masters in Science , and is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. She is also qualified in Finance Management, Projects Management, Human Resource Management, and in Financial Markets. She has also done live certification program of SHIV KHERA on “BLUE PRINT FOR SUCCESS” and “EMERGING GLOBAL LEADERS” from IIM, KOLKATA.
She has also been facilitating tailor made programs on ‘Finance for Non Finance’ for Technical professionals and conducts bridge programs on Basics of Finance for aspiring Finance Professionals.
She has been a Visiting Professor for Banking and Finance for MBA program and has been sharing her experience through guest lectures and webinars to students on various topics. She is also a students’ mentor and specialises in online career assessment and guidance too.