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A Project Report on “RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS OF AXIS BANK” Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of Degree of Master of Business Administration Submitted By : Ankita Bhargava M.B.A-2 nd Year IIIM, Jaipur

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Page 1: Axis Bank

A

Project Report

on

“RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS

OF AXIS BANK”

Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the

Award of Degree of

Master of Business Administration

Submitted By:

Ankita Bhargava

M.B.A-2nd Year

IIIM, Jaipur

IIIM, Jaipur

(2010-2012)

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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that all the information that has been collected, analyzed and

documented for the project is authentic possession of us.

I would like to categorically mention that the work here has neither been

purchased nor acquired by any other unfair means. However, for the purpose

of the project, information already compiled in many sources has been

utilized.

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CERTIFICATE

We hereby certify that content presented in the project entitled

“RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS OF AXIS BANK” in

the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION from IIIM, Jaipur is an

authentic record of our own work, carried out . The matter embodied in the

project has not been copied from any sources.

PLACE- Jaipur Ankita Bhargava

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Perseverance, inspiration and motivation have always played a key role in the

success of any venture. A successful and satisfactory completion of any

project is the outcome of the invaluable aggregate contribution of different

persons fully in radical direction, explicitly or implicitly.

Whereas vast, varied and valuable reading efforts leads to substantial

acquisition of knowledge via books and allied information sources. True

expertise excludes from collateral practical works and experiences.

Words have never seemed as inadequate as now, when we are endeavoring to

express our heartfelt gratitude at the culmination of the project, to all those

made it possible. Even the best effort is waste without proper guidance and

advice.

Last but not the least; we are grateful to God, our Parents, Elders and Friends

for encouraging me to take up this challenging task.

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PREFACE

The primary objective of this report is to provide the insight into the core of

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS OF AXIS BANK and an

understanding Banking Policy& its importance in relation to Indian Banking

Industry.

We hope that the report has made the text interesting and lucid. In writing this

report, we have benefited immensely by referring to many publications and

articles. We express my gratitude to all such authors and publishers.

Any suggestions to improve this report in contents or in style are always

welcome and will be appreciated and acknowledged.

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ABSTRACT

AXIS Bank’s mission is to be a World-Class Indian Bank. The objective is to

build sound customer franchises across distinct businesses so as to be the

preferred provider of banking services for target retail and wholesale

customer segments, and to achieve healthy growth in profitability, consistent

with the bank’s risk appetite. The bank is committed to maintain the highest

level of ethical standards, professional integrity, corporate governance and

regulatory compliance. AXIS Bank’s business philosophy is based on four

core values - Operational Excellence, Customer Focus, Product Leadership

and People.

AXIS Bank deals with three key business segments – Wholesale Banking

Services, Retail Banking Services, Treasury. It has entered the banking

consortia of over 50 corporates for providing working capital finance, trade

services, corporate finance and merchant banking. It is also providing

sophisticated product structures in areas of foreign exchange and derivatives,

money markets and debt trading and equity research.

AXIS’s “Human Resource Management function that helps managers recruit,

select, train and develop members for an organization. Obviously, HRM is

concerned with the people’s dimension in organizations.

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TOPIC: SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS OF AXIS

BANK

TABLE OF CONTENTS

S.NO TOPIC PAGE NO.

1. History of Banking 1

2. Banking Structure in india 2

3. Indian Banking system 3

4. Indian banking Industry Analysis 4

5. Objective of the study 6

6. Introduction 7

7. Management of AXIS bank 11

8. Milestone 12

9. Human Resource Department 17

12. Responsibilities of HR Department 18

13. Recruitment 19

14. Recruitment and Selection process 20

15. Findings 35

16. Recommendations 36

17. Suggestions 37

18. Conclusion 38

19. Refrences 39

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HISTORY OF BANKING

Banking is nearly as old as civilization. The history of banking could be said to have

started with the appearance of money. The first record of minted metal coins was in

Mesopotamia in about 2500B.C. the first European banknotes, which was handwritten

appeared in1661, in Sweden. cheque and printed paper money appeared in the 1700’s and

1800’s, with many banks created to deal with increasing trade.

The history of banking in each country runs in lines with the development of trade and

industry, and with the level of political confidence and stability. The ancient Romans

developed an advanced banking system to serve their vast trade network, which extended

throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.

Modern banking began in Venice. The word bank comes from the Italian word “ban co”,

meaning bench, because moneylenders worked on benches in market places. The bank of

Venice was established in 1171 to help the government raise finance for a war.

At the same time, in England merchant started to ask goldsmiths to hold gold and silver in

their safes in return for a fee. Receipts given to the Merchant were sometimes used to buy

or sell, with the metal itself staying under lock and key. The goldsmith realized that they

could lend out some of the gold and silver that they had and charge interest, as not all of

the merchants would ask for the gold and silver back at the same time. Eventually, instead

of charging the merchants, the goldsmiths paid them to deposit their gold and silver.

The bank of England was formed in 1694 to borrow money from the public for the

government to finance the war of Augsburg against France. By 1709, goldsmith were

using bank of England notes of their own receipts.

New technology transformed the banking industry in the 1900’s round the world, banks

merged into larger and fewer groups and expanded into other country.

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BANKING STRUCTURE IN INDIA:

In today’s dynamic world banks are inevitable for the development of a country. Banks

play a pivotal role in enhancing each and every sector. They have helped bring a draw of

development on the world’s horizon and developing country like India is no exception.

Banks fulfills the role of a financial intermediary. This means that it acts as a vehicle for

moving finance from those who have surplus money to (however temporarily) those who

have deficit. In everyday branch terms the banks channel funds from depositors whose ac-

counts are in credit to borrowers who are in debit.

Without the intermediary of the banks both their depositors and their borrowers would

have to contact each other directly. This can and does happen of course. This is what has

lead to the very foundation of financial institution like banks.

Before few decades there existed some influential people who used to land money. But a

substantially high rate of interest was charged which made borrowing of money out of the

reach of the majority of the people so there arose a need for a financial intermediate.

The Bank have developed their roles to such an extent that a direct contact between the de-

positors and borrowers in now known as disintermediation.

Banking industry has always revolved around the traditional function of taking deposits,

money transfer and making advances. Those three are closely related to each other, the

objective being to lend money, which is the profitable activity of the three. Taking deposits

generates funds for lending and money transfer services are necessary for the attention of

deposits. The Bank have introduced progressively more sophisticated versions of these

services and have diversified introduction in numerable areas of activity not directly

relating to this traditionaltrinity

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Foreign

Public Sector Banks

Non-Schedule Banks

Reserve Bank of India

Schedule Banks

State co-op Banks Commercial Banks Central co-op Banks and Primary Cr. SocietiesCommercial Banks

Indian

Private Sector Banks AXIS, ICICI etc.

State Bank of India and its Subsidiaries Other Nationalized Banks Regional Rural Banks

INDIAN BANKING SYSTEM

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INDIAN BANKING INDUSTRY ANALYSIS:

The banking scenario in India has been changing at fast pace from being just the

borrowers and lenders traditionally, the focus has shifted to more differentiated and

customized product/service provider from regulation to liberalization in the year 1991,

from planned economy to market.

Economy, from licensing to integration with Global Economics, the changes have been

swift. All most all the sector operating in the economy was affected and banking sector is

no exception to this. Thus the whole of the banking system in the country has undergone a

radical change. Let us see how banking has evolved in the past 57 years of independence.

After independence in 1947 and proclamation in 1950 the country set about drawing its

road map for the future public ownership of banks was seen inevitable and SBI was

created in 1955 to spearhead the expansion of banking into rural India and speed up the

process of magnetization.

Political compulsion’s brought about nationalization of bank in 1969 and lobbying by

bank employees and their unions added to the list of nationalized banks a few years later.

Slowly the unions grew in strength, while bank management stagnated. The casualty was

to the customer service declined, complaints increased and bank management was unable

to item the rot.

In the meantime, technology was becoming a global phenomenon lacking a vision of the

future and the banks erred badly in opposing the technology up gradation of banks. They

mistakenly believed the technology would lead to retrenchment and eventually the

marginalization of unions.

The problem faced by the banking industry soon surfaced in their balance sheets. But the

prevailing accounting practices unable banks to dodge the issue.

The rules of the game under which banks operated changed in 1993. Norms or income

Recognition, Assets classification and loan loss provisioning were put in place and capital

adequacy ratio become mandatory. The cumulative impact of all these changes has been

on the concept of state ownership in banks. It is increasingly becoming clear that the state

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ownership in bank is no longer sustainable.

The amendment of banking regulation act in 1993 saw the entry of new private sector

banks and foreign banks.

MAJOR PLAYER IN INDIA

1. AXIS BANK LTD

2. ICICI BANK LTD

3. STATE BANK OF INDIA LTD

4. PUNJAB NATOINAL BANK LTD

5. BANK OF BARODA LTD

6. FEDERAL BANK LTD

7. HDFC BANK LTD

8. ING VYSYA BANK LTD

9. IDBI BANK LTD

10. INDUSIND BANK LTD

11. YES BANK LTD

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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

To find the Recruitment and Selection System in the organization.

To study the process of intake of employees with relation to Experience.

Communication skills and Qualification in the organization.

METHODOLOGY:

In this we have used both of the primary and secondary data . In primary data we had

conducted Personal Interview with the Branch Manager of AXIS Bank, Rajouri Garden

Branch regarding SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS OF AXIS BANK.

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INTRODUCTION

Commercial banking services which includes merchant banking, direct finance

infrastructure finance, venture capital fund, advisory, trusteeship, forex, treasury and other

related financial services. As on 31-Mar-2012, the Group has 827 branches, extension

counters and 3,595 automated teller machines (ATMs).

Axis Bank was the first of the new private banks to have begun operations in 1994, after

the Government of India allowed new private banks to be established. The Bank was

promoted jointly by the Administrator of the specified undertaking of the Unit Trust of

India (UTI - I), Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) and General Insurance

Corporation of India (GIC) and other four PSU insurance companies, i.e. National

Insurance Company Ltd., The New India Assurance Company Ltd., The Oriental

Insurance Company Ltd. and United India Insurance Company Ltd. The Bank today is

capitalized to the extent of Rs. 359.76 crores with the public holding (other than

promoters) at 57.79%.The Bank’s Registered Office is at Ahmedabad and its Central

Office is located at Mumbai. The Bank has a very wide network of more than 853

branches and Extension Counters (as on 30th June 2012). The Bank has a network of over

3723 ATMs (as on 30th June 2012) providing 24 hrs a day banking convenience to its

customers. This is one of the largest ATM networks in the country. The Bank has

strengths in both retail and corporate banking and is committed to adopting the best

industry practices internationally in order to achieve excellence.

History of Axis bank:

1993: The Bank was incorporated on 3rd December and Certificate of business on 14th

December. The Bank transacts banking business of all description. UTI Bank Ltd. was

promoted by Unit Trust of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India, General Insurance

Corporation of India and its four subsidiaries. The bank was the first private sector bank to

get a license under the new guidelines issued by the RBI.

1997: The Bank obtained license to act as Depository Participant with NSDL and applied

for registration with SEBI to act as ‘Trustee to Debenture Holders’. Rupees 100 crores was

contributed by UTI, the rest from LIC Rs 7.5 crores, GIC and its four subsidiaries Rs 1.5

crores each.

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1998: The Bank has 28 branches in urban and semi urban areas as on 31st July. All the

branches are fully computerized and networked through VSAT. ATM services are

available in 27 branches. The Bank came out with a public issue of 1,50,00,000 No. of

equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 11 per share aggregating to Rs 31.50

crores and Offer for sale of 2,00,00,000 No. of equity shares for cash at a price of Rs 21

per share. Out of the public issue 2,20,000 shares were reserved for allotment on

preferential basis to employees of UTI Bank. Balance of 3,47,80,000 shares were offered

to the public. The company offers ATM cards, using which account-holders can withdraw

money from any of the bank’s ATMs across the country which is inter-connected by

VSAT. UTI Bank has launched a new retail product with operational flexibility for its

customers. UTI Bank will sign a co-brand agreement with the market, leader, Citibank NA

for entering into the highly promising credit card business. UTI Bank promoted by India’s

pioneer mutual fund Unit Trust of India along with LIC, GIC and its four subsidiaries.

1999: UTI Bank and Citibank have launched an international co-branded Credit card. UTI

Bank and Citibank have come together to launch an international co-branded credit card

under the MasterCard umbrella. UTI Bank Ltd has inaugurated an offsite ATM at Ashok

Nagar here, taking the total number of its offsite ATMs to 13.m

2000: The Bank has announced the launch of Tele-Depository Services for Its depository

clients. UTI Bank has launch of ‘iConnect’, its Internet banking Product. UTI Bank has

signed a memorandum of understanding with equitymaster.com for e-broking activities of

the site. Infinity.com financial Securities Ltd., an e-broking outfit is Typing up with UTI

Bank for a banking interface. Geojit Securities Ltd, the first company to start online

trading services, has signed a MoU with UTI Bank to enable investors to buy\sell demat

stocks through the company’s website. India bulls have signed a memorandum of

understanding with UTI Bank. UTI Bank has entered into an agreement with Stock

Holding Corporation of India for providing loans against shares to SCHCIL’s customers

and funding investors in public and rights issues. ICRA has upgraded the rating UTI

Bank’s Rs 500 crore certificate of deposit programmed to A1+. UTI Bank has tied up with

L&T Trade.com for providing customized online trading solution for brokers.

2001: UTI Bank launched a private placement of non-convertible debentures to rise up to

Rs 75 crores. UTI Bank has opened two offsite ATMs and one extension counter with an

ATM in Mangalore, taking its total number of ATMs across the country to 355. UTI Bank

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has recorded a 62 per cent rise in net profit for the quarter ended September 30, 2001, at

Rs 30.95 crore. For the second quarter ended September 30, 2000, the net profit was Rs

19.08 crore. The total income of the bank during the quarter was up 53 per cent at Rs

366.25 crore.

2002: UTI Bank Ltd has informed BSE that Shri B R Barwale has resigned as a Director

of the Bank w.e.f. January 02, 2002. A C Shah, formerchairman of Bank of Baroda, also

retired from the bank’s board in the third quarter of last year. His place continues to be

vacant. M Damodaran took over as the director of the board after taking in the reins of

UTI. B S Pandit has also joined the bank’s board subsequent to the retirement of K G

Vassal. UTI Bank Ltd has informed that Shri Paul Fletcher has been appointed as an

Additional Director Nominee of CDC Financial Service (Mauritius) Ltd of the Bank.And

Shri Donald Peck has been appointed as an Additional Director (nominee of South Asia

Regional Fund) of the Bank. UTI Bank Ltd has informed that on laying down the office of

Chairman of LIC on being appointed as Chairman of SEBI, Shri G N Bajpai, Nominee

Director of LIC has resigned as a Director of the Bank.

2002: B Paranjpe & Abid Hussain cease to be the Directors of UTI Bank.UTI Bank Ltd

has informed that in the meeting of the Board of Directors following decisions were taken:

Mr Yash Mahajan, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab Tractors Ltd were

appointed as an Additional Director with immediate effect. Mr N C Singhal former Vice

Chairman and Managing Director of SCICI was appointed as an Additional Director with

immediate effect. ABN Amro, UTI Bank in pact to share ATM. UTI Bank Ltd has

informed BSE that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Bank is scheduled to be held

on October 24, 2002 to consider and take on record the unaudited half yearly/quarterly

financial results of the Bank for the half year/Quarter ended September 30, 2002. UTI

Bank Ltd has informed that Shri J M Trivedi has been appointed as an alternate director to

Shri Donald Peck with effect from November 2, 2002.

2003: UTI Bank Ltd has informed BSE that at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the

company held on January 16, 2003, Shri R N Bharadwaj, Managing Director of LIC has

been appointed as an Additional Director of the Bank with immediate effect.- UTI Bank,

the private sector bank has opened a branch at Nellore. The bank’s Chairman and

Managing Director, Dr P.J. Nayak, inaugurating the bank branch at GT Road on May 26.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Nayak said. This marks another step towards the extensive

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customer banking focus that we are providing across the country and reinforces our

commitment to bring superior banking services, marked by convenience and closeness to

customers. -UTI Bank Ltd. has informed the Exchange that at its meeting held on June 25,

2003 the BOD have decided the following: 1) To appoint Mr. A T Pannir Selvam, former

CMD of Union Bank of India and Prof. Jayanth Varma of the Indian Institute of

Management, Ahmedabad as additional directors of the Bank with immediate effect.

Further, Mr. Pannir Selvam will be the nominee director of the Administrator of the

specified undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (UTI-I) and Mr. Jayanth Varma will be an

Independent Director. 2) To issue Non-Convertible Unsecured Redeemable Debentures up

to Rs.100 crs, in one or more tranches as the Bank’s Tier - II capital. -UTI has been

authorized to launch 16 ATMs on the Western Railway Stations of Mumbai Division. -

UTI filed suit against financial institutions IFCI Ltd in the debt recovery tribunal at

Mumbai to recover Rs.85cr in dues. -UTI bank made an entry to the Food Credit

Programme; it has made an entry into the 59 cluster which includes private sector, public

sector, old private sector and co-operative banks. -Shri Ajeet Prasad, Nominee of UTI has

resigned as the director of the bank. -Banks Chairman and MD Dr. P. J. Nayak

inaugurated a new branch at Nellore.-UTI bank allots shares under Employee Stock

Option Scheme to its employees. -Unveils pre-paid travel card ‘Visa Electron Travel

Currency Card’ -Allotment of 58923 equity shares of Rs 10 each under ESOP. -UTI Bank

ties up with UK govt fund for contract farm in -Shri B S Pandit, nominee of the

Administrator of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (UTI-I) has resigned

as a director from the Bank wef November 12, 2003. -UTI Bank unveils new ATM in

Sikkim.

2004: Comes out with Rs. 500 mn Unsecured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debenture

Issue, issue fully subscribed -UTI Bank Ltd has informed that Shri Ajeet Prasad, Nominee

of the Administrator of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (UTI - I) has

been appointed as an Additional Director of the Bank w. e. f. January 20, 2004.-UTI Bank

opens new branch in Udupi-UTI Bank, Geojit in pact for trading platform in Qatar -UTI

Bank ties up with Shriram Group Cos -Unveils premium payment facility through ATMs

applicable to LIC UTI Bank customers –Metal junction (MJ)- the online trading and

procurement joint venture of Tata Steel and Steel Authority of India (SAIL)- has roped in

UTI Bank to start off own equipment for Tata Steel. -DIEBOLD Systems Private Ltd, a

wholly owned subsidiary of Diebold Incorporated, has secured a major contract for the

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supply of ATMs an services to UTI Bank -HSBC completes acquisition of 14.6% stake in

UTI Bank for .6 m -UTI Bank installs ATM in Thiruvananthapuram -Launches

Remittance Card in association with Remit2India, a Web site offering money transfer

services

2005: - UTI Bank enters into a banc assurance partnership with Bajaj Allianz General for

selling general insurance products through its branch network. -UTI Bank launches its first

Satellite Retail Assets Centre (SRAC) in Karnataka at Mangalore.

2006: -UBL sets up branch in Jaipur -UTI Bank unveils priority banking lounge.

Management of Axis bank

Promoters: Axis Bank Ltd. has been promoted by the largest and the best Financial

Institution of the country, UTI. The Bank was set up with a capital of Rs. 115 crore, with

UTI contributing Rs. 100 Crore, LIC - Rs. 7.5 Crore and GIC and its four subsidiaries

contributing Rs. 1.5 Crore each SUUTI - Shareholding 27.02%Erstwhile Unit Trust of

India was set up as a body corporate under the UTI Act, 1963, with a view to encourage

savings and investment. In December 2002, the UTI Act, 1963 was repealed with the

passage of Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 2002 by the

Parliament, paving the way for the bifurcation of UTI into 2 entities, UTI-I and UTI-II

with effect from 1st February 2003. In accordance with the Act, the Undertaking specified

as UTI I has been transferred and vested in the Administrator of the Specified Undertaking

of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI), who manages assured return schemes along with

6.75% US-64 Bonds, 6.60% ARS Bonds with a Unit Capital of over Rs. 14167.59 crores.

The Government of India has currently appointed Shri K. N. Prithviraj as the

Administrator of the Specified undertaking of UTI, to look after and administer the

schemes under UTI where Government has continuing obligations and commitments to

the investors, which it will uphold.

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MILESTONE

Mar-08 Axis Bank launches Platinum Credit Card, India’s first EMV chip

based card

Dec-07 Axis Bank gets AAA National Long-Term Rating from Fitch Ratings

Sept-07 Axis Bank ties up with Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe

for Wealth Management

July-07 UTI Bank re-brands itself as Axis Bank

July-07 UTI Bank successfully raises USD 1050 million

July-07 UTI Bank ties up with Tata Motors Ltd. for Car Loans

June-07 UTI Bank’s expansion into Asia supported by FRS

May-07 UTI Bank launches ‘Spice Rewards’ on the bankcards - India’s first-

ever merchant-supported rewards program

April-07 UTI Bank opens a Financial Services Category I Branch in the DIFC

in Dubai

Mar-07 UTI Bank ties up with Hyundai Motor India Ltd. for Car Loans

Mar-07 UTI Bank ties up with IIFCL to provide finance for infrastructural

projects in the country

Mar-07 UTI Bank launches Car Loans in association with Maruti Udyog Ltd

Mar-07 UTI Bank opens a Full License Bank Branch in Hong Kong

Feb-07 Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram Launches Shriram - UTI Bank

Co - Branded Credit Card Exclusively For Small Road Transport

Operators (SRTOS)

Feb-07 UTI Bank announces the launch of its Meal Card

Feb-07 UTI Bank announces the launch of its Gift Card

Feb-07 LIC Premium payment now through UTI Bank Branches

Jan-07 UTI bank opens Priority Banking branch in Mumbai and Kolkata

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Nov-06 UTI Bank opens Priority Banking Lounge in Pune

Sep-06 UTI Bank launches operations of UBL Sales, its Sales Subsidiary -

Inaugurates its first office in Bangalore

Aug-06 UTI Bank announces the launch of its Credit Card Business

Aug-06 UTI Bank becomes the first Indian Bank to successfully issue Foreign

Currency Hybrid Capital in the International Market

Aug-06 UTI Bank Business Gold Debit Card MasterCard Launched -

Designed for business related spending by SMEs and self employed

professionals

Aug-06 UTI Bank announces the scheme of issuance of "Senior Citizen ID

Card" in association with Dignity Foundation

Aug-06 UTI Bank rolls out its 2000th ATM

July-06 UTI Bank opens Representative Office in Shanghai

May-06 UTI Bank and LIC join hands to launch an Annuity Card for group

pensioners of LIC

May-06 UTI Bank ties up with Geojit Financial Services to offer Online

Trading service to its customers

Apr-06 UTI Bank opens its first international branch in Singapore

Jan-06 UTI Bank and UTI Mutual Fund to launch a new service for sale and

redemption of mutual fund schemes through the Bank’s ATMs across

the country

Dec-05 UTI Bank wins International Financing Review (IFR) Asia ‘India

Bond House’ award for the year 2005

Oct-05 UTI Bank extends banking services to the rural milk producers in

Anand and Kheda districts in Gujarat

July-05 UTI Bank and Visa International launch Mobile Refill facility -

Anytime, Anywhere Pre-Paid Mobile Refill for all Visa Cardholders in

India

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May-05 UTI Bank and Bajaj Allianz join hands to distribute general insurance

products

Apr-05 UTI Bank launches Smart Privilege - a special bank account designed

for women

Mar-05 MTNL ties up with UTI Bank for payment of telephone bills through

the Bank’s ATM network

Mar-05 UTI Bank gets listed on the London Stock Exchange, raises US$

239.30 million through Global

Mar-05 Depositary Receipts (GDRs)

Feb-05 UTI Bank appointed by Government of Karnataka as the sole banker

for the Bangalore One (B1) project

Feb-05 UTI Bank launches a powerful version of Kisan Credit Card

Jan-05 UTI Bank ties up with Remit2India to launch the Remittance Card

Mar-04 UTI Bank enables premium payment of LIC policies through its

ATMs.

Feb-04 Bilateral arrangement between State Bank of India (and its 7 associate

member banks) and UTI Bank. comes into force with the

commencement of operations (as on 3rd February ‘04) of the

combined network of over 4000 ATMs

Feb-04 UTI Bank (by pursuing a proactive strategy of forging bilateral

agreements and being a progressive player in the multi-lateral

consortiums for shared ATM network) offers its customers access to

over 7000 ATMs across the country - the largest to be offered by any

bank in India so far.

Dec-03 Bank inaugurated its ATM at Thegu near the Nathula Pass in Sikkim.

This ATM is at the highest altitude in India.

Sep-03 The Bank’s ATMs across the country crosses the thousand mark

Sep-03 Bank launches the Travel Currency Card.

Aug-03 The Bank’s Debit Card crosses the one million mark.

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Aug-03 Total Advances cross Rs 7,000 Crore.

May-03 Bank declares a net profit of Rs 192.18 crores for FY03, a growth of

43% over the previous year

Mar-03 Bank signs Agreement with Employees Provident Fund Organization

(EPFO) for disbursement of Pension

Mar-03 Bank crosses the 800 ATM mark

Mar-03 The Bank issues 3,83,62,834 fully paid up equity shares totaling to Rs.

164.00 crores, through a

Mar-03 Preferential offer to Life Insurance Corporation of India (now

constituting 13.54% of

Mar-03 the Bank’s expanded equity), Citicorp Banking Corporation, Bahrain

(holding 3.84%), Chris Capital I,

Mar-03 LLC, Mauritius (holding 3.84%) and Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.

(constituting 1.00%) The Bank also

Mar-03 Increases the authorized share capital of the Bank from Rs. 230 crores

to Rs. 300 crores.

Feb-03 Bank, in a pioneering move, launches the AT PAR Cheque facility,

free of cost, for all its Savings Bank customers.

Feb-03 Bank wins mandate to set up 14 ATMs at the Western Railway

stations along the Mumbai division.

Oct-02 Bank launches Corporate iConnect? - the Internet Banking facility for

Corporate

Aug-02 Bank signs MoU with BSNL regarding bill collection services across

the country through both online and offline channels.

Apr-02 Bank opens its 500th ATM

Mar-02 Deposits Cross Rs.12, 000 Crore

Jan-02 The Bank’s 100th branch opens at Tuticorin, Tamilnadu

Jan-02 The Bank opens an ATM at the Gol Dak-Khana, i.e. the New Delhi

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GPO, making it the first instance of a commercial bank setting up an

ATM at any post-office in the country.

Dec-01 Total Advances cross Rs 5,000 Crore

Nov-01 The deposit base for the Bank crosses Rs. 10,000 Crore

Sep-01 Private placement of 26% stake in the Bank to CDC Capital Partners.

UTI holding reduces to 44.88%

Aug-01 Bank signs MoU with India Post for introducing value added financial

products and services to customers of both organizations, including

setting up of UTI Bank ATMs in post offices.

July-01 Bank ties up with Govt of Andhra Pradesh for collection of

commercial tax

Dec-00 Bank opens its 200th ATM. It becomes the 2nd largest ATM network

in the country, a position held even today.

Oct-00 Bank becomes fully networked

July-00 E-commerce initiatives announced

July-00 Financial Advisory Services offered beginning with marketing of US

64

Apr-00 UTI Bank calls off its proposed merger with Global Trust Bank and

surges ahead on its own.

Apr-00 Bank launches its Internet banking module, iConnect Retail loans

introduced for the first time by the Bank

Mar-00 Profits cross Rs 50 crore mark for the first time.

Feb-00 Bank adopts Finacle software from Infosys for core banking

Jan-00 Dr.P.J Nayak takes over as Chairman and Managing Director from

Shri Supriya Gupta.

Sep-99 Cash management services (CMS) launched, Co branded credit card

launched

Mar-99 Deposits cross Rs.3000 crores

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Sep-98 UTI Bank goes public with a Rs. 71 crore public issue; Issue over-

subscribed 1.2 times, over 1 lakh retail investors. UTI holding reduces

to 60.85%

Jun-96 Crosses Rs.1000 crore deposit mark

Mar-95 Completes first profitable year in operation

Apr-94 First branch of UTI Bank inaugurated at Ahmedabad by Dr.

Manmohan Singh, Hon’ble Finance Minister, Government of India.

Dec-93 UTI Bank comes into being

Dec-93 Registered office at Ahmedabad; Head office at Mumbai

HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT

“Human Resource Management function that helps managers recruit, select, train and

develop members for an organization. Obviously, HRM is concerned with the people’s

dimension in organizations.

Work force of an Organization is one of the most important inputs of components. It is

said that people are our single most important assets. Because of the unique importance of

HUMAN RESOURCE and its complexity due to ever changing psychology, behavior and

attitudes of men and women at work, in all business concerns, there is one common

element. I.e. Human personnel function, i.e., manpower management function is becoming

increasingly specialized. The personnel function or system can be broadly defined as the

management of people at work- management of managers and management of workers.

Personnel function is particularly interested in personnel relationship and interaction of

employees-human relations.

In a sense, management is personnel administration. Management is the development of

people, and not mere direction of material resources. Human capital is the greatest asset

of a business enterprise. The essential ingredient of management is the leadership and

direction of people. Each manager of people has to be his own personnel man. Personnel

management is not something you really turn over to personnel department staff.

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Responsibilities of Human Resource Department.

HRD maintain daily attendance record through branch manager via E-mail.

Take decisions for approval regarding leave notes.

He takes the decision related to the recruitment, selection and training of the

candidates. He talks to the consultant related to the recruitment of the qualified

candidates. He also does screening of the candidates, shortlist the candidate

and takes the first round of the interview.

He maintains the database of the candidates to come for an interview. He also

maintains personal file of each employee. He also completes the joining

formalities of each new employee.

They are taking surprising visit in every branch and collect information about

employees.

He is responsible for the monthly salary of the employees as per their

attendants and passing to the Branch Manager.

Human Resource planning

This is handled by doing the planning at the beginning of every year. At the end of the

year, the Human Resource department from each Branch receives the requirement for the

person for whole year. Then the planning of recruitment and training is done by training

manager and recruiting manager which is approved from Head of HR Department.

RECRUITMENT

Recruitment is a process of searching for prospective candidates for the given job in the

industry. As we know it is very important for an industrial concerns to have efficient and

effective personnel with right quality and at right time and at right place available

whenever they are needed. Every organization needs employee time by time because of

promotion or retirement of an employee. For this purpose an organization need to search

for the right candidate. And so it needs to encourage this type of right candidates whenever

they require.

Sources of Recruitment

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Personal data of candidates and data bank maintain by the HR. department.

Campus Recruitment.

Company’s own website.

Placement consultants.

Advertisement in the news papers like Times of India, Gujarat Samachar.

Employee reference.

Recruitment Process

Selection

Selection is the process of taking individuals out of the pool of job applicants

with requisite qualifications and competence to fill jobs in the organization. It

is define as the process of differentiating between applicants in order to

identify and hire those with a greater likelihood of success in a job.

Selection is based on probation base, they are taking experienced person for 6

month’s probation and for fresher the probation period is 1 year.

While the selection of the senior level post, is taken by head office at Mumbai.

Applicamt pool

Profile Check

Shortlist Screening Interview

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Training and Development

Training aims at increasing the aptitudes, skills and abilities of workers to

perform specific job. It makes employees more effective and skillful. In

present dynamic world of business training is more important there is an ever

present need for training men. So that new and changed techniques may be

adopted. A new and changed technique may be taken as an advantages and

improvement affected in the old methods.

Training is learning experience that seeks relatively permanent change in an

individual that will improve his/her ability to perform on the job.

They provide “on the job” training to their employees in the branch as they

select these employees for selling various products of bank by direct

marketing. Whenever they select new candidates for any post, they use to give

them on the job work.

In case of sales persons to distribute their various products, in the beginning

the person has to work under the observation of his senior then the have to go

in market to have their own experience.

The time for training program for the candidate is depends up on the relevant

position of his work area. They also provide training related to customer care

and communication.

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PROCESS

Meaning:

Recruitment and Selection system refers to sourcing and building efficient Human

Resource to the organization to attain its objectives.

Functions:

1. • Retail assets

• Credit cards

• Retail assets

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• Retail credit

2. • Retail liabilities

• Direct banking

• Direct sales liabilities

• Foreign exchange services

• Liabilities product group

• Marketing

• Retail branch banking

3. • Support function

• Custody and depository services

• Finance

• Human resources

• Operations

4. • Wholesale banking

• Corporate banking

• Credit and market risk

• Customer service desk

• Emerging corporate group

• Emerging enterprise group

• Equities and private banking

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• FIG

• Health care finance

• Investment banking

• NRI businesses

• Stock exchange and correspondent banking

This policy complies with, and supports, the Company’s Equal

Opportunities Policy by:

Ensuring that every stage of the recruitment and selection process is carried out in

a systematic way, based on pre-agreed criteria, to eliminate the potential for

personal bias affecting the decision making process.

Ensuring that all decision points are fully documented to assist with subsequent

monitoring.

Making the whole procedure as open as possible, to ensure that all candidates

understand why decisions have been taken and, where they wish, to obtain

meaningful feedback.

Enabling demonstration of robust, transparent processes and thereby providing a

basis for defense in the event of challenge.

There are seven main stages to the procedure:

Pre-advertisement

Placing advertisements and dealing with enquiries and applicants

Short-listing

Interviewing and selection

Post-selection procedures

Induction

Monitoring

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Analyzing Your Workplace:

To assist you analyze your workplace to identify recruitment or selection issues for

women, we suggest you:

Revisit your workforce profile to find where your female employees are.

Consult with your employees.

Examine your existing recruitment and selection policies and practices.

Developing Policy and Procedures

Put in place a policy requiring recruitment and selection processes to select the best

person for the job.

Develop a quality, consistent process for recruitment that delivers diverse recruits.

Have a recruitment strategy that links to your business plan, and to a strategy to

retain employees.

Reviewing Recruitment and Selection Opportunities

Monitor each stage of the recruitment process to identify any practice that may

disadvantage some candidates.

Investigate whether women have equal opportunity in the recruitment and selection

process by collecting information on the numbers of men and women:

Applying for positions

Being short-listed

Being interviewed

Being appointed, and

Survey staff about their perception of equity in recruitment procedures.

Consider collecting diversity information as part of the process. There could be a

pool of diverse candidates you’re not reaching or unnecessarily excluding.

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Reviewing Job Descriptions:

Ensure all job profiles/descriptions reflect the real requirements of the job, rather

than describing the person who filled that job previously.

Write job profiles in language that encourages both men and women to apply –

including women of and Differing backgrounds. For example, avoid use of jargon

and acronyms that tend to be exclusive.

Recruiting and selecting the right people is paramount to the success of the AXIS BANK

LTD. and its ability to retain a workforce of the highest quality. This recruitment and

selection policy sets out the procedure to ensure that the best people are recruited on merit

and that are the recruitment process is free from bias and discrimination.

PRINCIPLES:

Following are the guiding principles for recruitment and on-boarding process.

• Attracting and recruiting the right people is one of the most important activities of the

organization and is the responsibility to be owned by each and every employee of the

organization.

• Merit will be the single most important factor in selection process.

• They will ensure a diversity, both gender and ethnicity by targeted candidate sourcing

with the help of recruitment vendors and the referral program.

• While skills and profile matching play an important role, they will hire people who are

team players and have the right attitude most relevant to the culture of the organization.

Attitude is as important as aptitude.

• They believe in becoming a company of giants and emphasis is in hiring people who can

grow bigger and better than they presently are.

• They believe in providing their employee with fulfilling career paths. Towards this, they

will post vacancies internally as a preferred option while evaluating external candidates.

• They believe that each candidate interviewed irrespective of whether she/he is selected

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should become a friend of the organization. They treat all the candidates with the utmost

respect. They will be open and fair in communication with them; this way they also

enhance the brand image of the organization.

• They will continuously assess, identify and cultivate strategic talent pools including

those at the universities, management schools, and community forums to address their

long term needs.

HIRING APPROVAL

• All recruitment activities shall be undertaken based on the hiring plan as approved by the

Business Head, HR Head & the CEO. For each approved position, a hiring requisition will

be required prior to initiation of any recruitment activity. If the hiring was not included in

the planned budget, it will also require approval from the CEO based on a

recommendation from the Head HR and the CFO.

• Recruitment expense will be allocated to the concerned business unit, and expenditure

should be budgeted and pre-approved by the business unit head and the HR Head.

CANDIDATE SOURCING:

The hiring manager along with the Human Resource Department would decide the

channel / source to use based on the nature of the recruitment. The following sources of

recruitment may be considered:

• Internal Sources:

Whenever any vacancy arises, the possibility of fulfilling the requirement

internally via reassignment and relocation, re-allocation of the responsibilities or

internal promotion will be explored by the hiring function along with the HR

Department.

Internal job postings to explore internal candidates.

• Employee Referrals – AXIS will encourage employees to refer suitable candidates for

open positions.

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• Other external sources include:

Recruitment agencies

External job postings

College / campus requirement

Requirement advertisements

APPLICATION PROCESSING:

AXIS will process all applications promptly and inform the applicant or source regarding

the status of the application. AXIS will respond to all solicited applications within 5

working days of receiving the application.

INTERVIEW PROCESS:

• All candidates are required to undergo a face to face interview with the interview panel

before selection.

• Interviews may be conducted at a place at mutually convenient locations and time in an

effort to maintain confidentiality of the hiring effort.

• One on one meeting shall be preferred as the interview format, however depending on

the constraints panel interviews / telephone / video conference screening could be used.

• For recruitment at junior levels, job fairs, universities etc, where large volume of

candidates, AXIS will use recruitment tests for purpose of short listing. The candidate may

be tested on the basic aptitude, analytical skills or other skills required for the job of the

candidates.

• The interview process will focus on the evaluating the candidates suitability in terms of

the job description and fit within the organization.

• Each interviewer will complete the interview feedback form and submit it to HR. HR

will compile the results from a various interviews and provide these to the line manager

for the final decision.

The following are the guidelines with respect to the interview levels. The line manager

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will own the overall interview process:

Position,

Level Equipment Hiring Decision by Interview by Salary Fitment Offer Letter Signed

by

Direct Report CEO Head CEO/ HR Head, Management Team (for relevant functions)

Approval - CEO

Proposal – HR Head CEO

State Head/ Regional Function Heads, Cluster Heads Regional Branch Heads, National

functional Heads Regional Branch Head / National Functional Head, Regional HR

Approval – CEO

Proposal – HR Head HR Head

Branch Manager / National Functional Managers Regional Branch Heads, National

functional Heads Regional Branch Head / National Functional Head, Regional HR,

Cluster / State Head Approval – HR Head

Proposal – C & B Manager HR Head

Senior Relationship Manager Regional Branch Head/ Branch Manager Regional

Branch Head/ Branch Manager, Regional HR Approval – HR Head

Proposal – C & B Manager Staffing Leader

Junior Relationship Manager Branch Manager Branch Manager, Cluster Head

Approval – C&B Manager

Proposal – Regional HR Mgr. Regional HR Manager

For campus / bulk hiring process, each panel will be specifically authorized with respect to

hiring decision, pay by the HR Head & CEO prior to the process.

RECRUITMENT EXPENSES:

• All recruitment expenses including recruitment fees, advertisement expenses and

interview related expenses will be allocated to the concerned business unit.

• The candidate will be informed about the nature of the expenses that are reimbursable

and the supporting documents required (in original). HR will ensure that candidate fills the

necessary reimbursement forms and that he/she receives the reimbursement at the earliest.

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• Outstation/International Candidates - AXIS will pay for appropriate air fare and expenses

incurred for the stay for candidates who they decide to fly from other locations. Prior

approval from the Regional HR Leader / HR Head is required to invite candidates. For

candidates from International Locations, prior approval from the HR Head needs to be

taken.

PRE-EMPLOYEMENT CHECK:

This will include both a professional reference check as well as the background check.

• Professional reference check will be completed by the hiring manager. AXIS will request

contact information for 2 references from the candidate, and check the quality of previous

work experience and key personal characteristics/conduct/ previous record etc.

• For key positions in areas, AXIS will also perform a background check to assess the

integrity conduct of the candidate.

• The following information regarding the candidate will be verified:

Proof of educational qualifications

Any professional certificate that is essential to the job

Address details

Passport details

Date of birth

Proof of previous employment (service certificate)

Any negative feedback and comment in the reference check will be investigated by HR

and if found genuine shall be a cause for disqualification of the candidate or dismissal

from employment.

OFFER PROCESS:

• Once the hiring decision is finalized, HR will prepare an offer / fitment as per the

compensation structure and grade and keeping in mind the internal equity.

• The offer would be communicated to the selected candidates by the hiring manager along

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with HR. The candidate will sign the contract letter to formally accept employment from

the organization.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT PROCESS:

As an organization, AXIS will make all necessary arrangements to ensure a smooth

joining process for the employees. HR will provide the candidate a check list prior to

joining to ease joining formalities.

RELOCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT:

Where the employee has to relocate and has been pre-approved by the HR Head and the

staffing leader, the relocating candidate shall be eligible for the following relocation

assistance:

The joining employ has the option to avail temporary accommodation (which

includes laundry) for the first two weeks arranged by organization. The stay in

company provided accommodation can be extended by two weeks further based on

specific approval from the Head HR. Where the stay extends beyond 4 weeks, the

respective will not be paid housing allowance for the corresponding period.

Local travel assistance up to positions of RO/RM/equivalent and below will be

reimbursed for one week and for SRM/equivalent and above will be reimbursed up

to two weeks.

Food expenses during the period will be reimbursed as per actual up to Rs 500/-per

day per person.

Approved reasonable expenses incurred in transporting the personal goods

including the transportation /registration of one automobile to the city of work.

Employees are advised to use the designated moving agencies as per rates

negotiated by Administration. Where negotiated rates are not available, the

employee is required to submit 3 quotations and secure approval from

Administration before assigning the contract to a moving firm.

EMPLOYEMENT OF RELATIVES:

The organization employs, purely on merit, the relatives of our employees as long as it

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does not create a potential conflict of interest. To avoid a potential conflict of interest and

to reduce the possibilities of favoritism – the following guidelines must be followed:

Relatives are not assigned to a position where he/she has the opportunity to check,

process, and review, approve, audit or otherwise affect the work of the persons

cited and above.

NO one is assigned to a position where she/he influences the professional progress

or promotion of the persons cited above.

If one is aware of a situation that appears to be an opportunity for people to display

favoritism to relatives, one should contact the Department Head or Human

Resources Department.

Employees will not be part of the hiring process of their relatives

DEFINITION OF RELATIVES:

Relatives would include husband, wife, children, parents, sisters, brothers, first cousins,

brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, mother –in-law, and father-in-law.

Employees who are aware of candidature of their relatives for the organization must

immediately report to the HR function in writing for information and records. Failure to

immediately report such cases will be considered as a serious violation of the recruitment

policy and may entail a disciplinary action.

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM:

As part of university hire program, AXIS will provide internship opportunities to students.

Such internships will provide opportunities to students to learn while making real

contributions to the company. AXIS will follow the following process:

• HR will coordinate with business groups to identify potential opportunities for intern

hires.

• Internship requests could be received either from the students directly or as

nominations from the educational institute.

• HR and hiring manager to tele-interview the candidates with subsequent personal

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interviews in the office

• HR to coordinate with the hiring manager to develop the project plan for the hire

Based on the demonstrated capability, the intern will be provided with the opportunity

to work in multiple departments to gain a wider business understanding

INTERNSHIP CRITERIA:

Typically, the intern will be a pre-final year student of the Bachelor or Master

degree programs specializing in Financial Services/IT and any other business

stream as required.

Interns will be expected to manage their won accommodation and it will not be

provided by the company.

Intern will be required to sign the confidentiality and code of conducts documents

of the company.

EMPLOYEE ON-BOARDING – PROCESS:

The overall purpose of the new hire integration process is to ensure that the new employee

is able settle in smoothly and is able to contributing at the earliest.

PRE EMPLOYMENT INDUCTION:

AXIS’s employee induction process shall begin as per the employee accepts the job offer.

The process includes:

Welcome pack: As soon as the candidate accepts the offer, a welcome pack will be

sent to the employee.

o A congratulatory note regarding the decision to join the organization.

o Contact details of a HR representative and the hiring manager.

o A brief company overview document.

Pre-joining checklist: Include details of the documents required from the

employee. In case the employee is relocating from a different location, details of

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the relocation process and the visa requirement will be outlined in this checklist.

Expectations on the first day of the joining.

Office resources: HR shall intimate the immediate supervisor the joining date and

immediate supervisor shall work with the IT and administration team to set up the

following 5 days prior to employee joining, the following elements and are in

working order: Email ID, phone, computing resources, work space/office, access

cards, joining kit including bank account opening form, initial reading material.

POST JOINING ORIENTATION AND INDUCTION:

Joining kit: The employee upon joining would be welcomed by the HR

representative and would be given a joining kit that will include: Access card,

information on employee’s email and phone number, Bank account opening form,

corporate insurance application form(if applicable),HR & Admin policy manual,

other relevant reading material ( to be prepared by hiring manager)

Classroom Induction: The employee integration process will also include

classroom training and induction where the employee will receive presentations

and trainings on various topics that would further ingrain the into the organization

On the job training: Besides formal training sessions, the employee will undergo

on-the-job function specific trainings that are facilitated by the respective functions

to help the new employee acquaint himself/herself with work in progress.

PROBATION POLICY:

Probation is a trial that is mutual opportunity for the employee and AXIS to

confirm suitability for continued employment. The probation period is to establish

a stronger understanding of mutual capabilities, expectations and understanding

which may include functional training. The employee must demonstrate suitability

for continued employment.

An assessment will be based on factors related to work performance, work habits,

productivity, attitude and compatibility, attendance and punctuality, and any other

matter that is linked to job performance and expectations.

All new hires will be placed on probation for a period of 6 months from the date of

joining

HR will initiate the confirmation process by sending an appraisal form to the

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immediate supervisor before the completion of probationary period. The appraisal

form will need to be approved by the supervisor’s leadership.

All letters of confirmation or extension of probation will be signed by the HR head

and will be stored in employee file for records.

REFERRAL BONUS AMOUNT :

• The Referral Bonus Program is operated under the authority of the Budget and Control

Board’s Employee Bonus Guidelines. Under these guidelines, an employee may receive

multiple bonuses, the total of which may not exceed $2,000 in any fiscal year.

• Referral bonus payments may be paid in a lump sum or in periodic payments until the

new employee has completed his or her probationary period. Payments cannot be made

until the referred candidate has been employed for a minimum of one month. For example,

a $1,000 referral bonus can be structured as follows:

- $250 referral bonus awarded after three months from the hire date,

- $250 referral bonus awarded after six months from the hire date,

- $500 referral bonus awarded at the end of the probationary period.

REFERRAL BONUS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION :

The Referral Program operates in accordance with the following program requirements:

• Referral bonuses are awarded at the discretion of management with the Agency Director

or his designee having final approval authority.

• Funding for the program must come from existing agency resources.

• The Agency will provide a form for completion and submission by either the applicant or

the referring employee with the applicant’s application indicating that the referring

employee has made the referral.

• The Agency will designate a position as “hard-to-fill” before the position is posted.

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• Employees selected for eligible positions must be employed by the agency for at least

one month before a referring employee may be eligible to receive a referral bonus.

Referred candidates cannot be current employees of the hiring agency in any capacity, to

include temporary, temporary grant, research grant, time- limited project, or contract

employees. Both the referring employee and the referred candidate must be employed by

the agency when any referral bonus is paid receive the referral bonus.

• Any disputes arising from the application of this program will be the responsibility of the

Agency Director or his designee to resolve and will not be considered a grievance under

the State Employee Grievance Procedure Act.

• The agency HR Office will monitor the use of the Referral Bonus Program and will

report annually to the Office of Human Resources information on the use of the Referral

Bonus Program.

• The hiring process will be fair and consistent with agency policy and procedures, with no

bias for or against candidates whose selection might make another employee eligible for a

referral bonus.

Amount paid to the employees who refer the candidates and if they get selected varies

from Rs. 7000 to Rs.2000 based on the grade of the employee refereed and the refereed

candidate placed.

This amount is paid to the employees in two ways:

1. Immediately when the candidate is joined

2. After the completion of 3 months of the candidate selected.

Only middle level and senior level management employees have the opportunity of

referring the candidates. This policy/scheme is not applicable to the top management

employees. Also the employees who are under probation or training period are not eligible

for this employee referral policy.

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FINDINGS

Recruitment at an officer and managerial level is not done effectively.

Many people in the organization today are in the wrong jobs and as a result, they

are not utilizing their full potential.

Hiring people based on personal connections when the person is not qualified for

the job.

Most recruitment that involves managers is done during discussions at lunch hour,

at social clubs or during the coffee break time.

Inadequate recruitment procedures resulted in a number of staff not being

sufficiently qualified either for the positions they hold or their grades levels,

especially in management positions.

Psychometric test is not conducted during the selection process.

Confusion in the designation and level to the employees even after permanent

status for employment is given.

Proper training is not given to the recruitment team and manager.

Reaching few prospects due to internal recruitment, internet advertising most of

the time.

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RECOMMENDATIONS

The organization should provide or set up a communication lab for the benefit of

the fresher and existing employees that makes a career development and new

opportunity to grow up in the organization.

This increases the employee morale and helps to attain the target.

Communication classes should be conducted timely to all employees should be

followed by organization.

Refresher courses may organize intermittently for all employees in the rank and

file category to relive job fatigue and monotony of every day work life. So

employees can gain skills by Communication.

Candidates who enter into the Job Market must make sure that their efficiency in

Communication is up to the expectation of an organization which will make them

to go through the Recruitment and Selection system of Royal Sundaram Alliance

Insurance Company.

The respondents in the corporate exhibits that communication skills are necessary

for all the employees from different channels.

FOS (Fleet on street) Team should be made involved to pass through more

communication classes from language experts.

The company should allot funds to create a communication laboratory for the

beneficiary of all the employees.

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SUGGESTIONS

1. Psychometric tests have to be conducted to assessing the personality of the

applicants – will they fit in?

2. Look for different skills as well as the ideas of the candidate at the time of

recruitment and selection process.

3. Adopting adequate recruitment procedures to employ efficient and talented people.

4. Job responsibilities have to be clearly explained to the candidate before the joining

formality is done.

5. Campus recruitments, job fairs may attract more skilled and talented employees

towards the organization.

6. Provide orientation training to all new employees before their initial work

assignments and to all current employees who receive a different task or job.

7. Referral scheme has to be encouraged more at times when the requirement is

urgent.

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CONCLUSION

Recruitment is essential to effective Human Resources Management. It is the heart

of the whole HR systems in the organization. The effectiveness of many other HR

activities, such as selection and training depends largely on the quality of new

employees attracted through the recruitment the recruitment process.

Policies should always be reviewed as these are affected by the changing

environment. Management should get specific training on the process of

recruitment to increase their awareness on the dangers of wrong placements.

Effective recruitment is important in achieving high organizational performance

and minimizing labor turnover. As of now AXIS Bank Ltd. has a team of effective

human resource which is efficiently managing the organization at its best. Though

the recruitment process adopted by the organization needs to be improved,

challenges are ahead for the HR Department to recruit people after the effect of

recession.

In the present competitive & dynamic environment, it has become essential for

organization to build and sustainable.

In competitive advantage, the Communication skill set has assumed more

importance than even before. Dynamic and growth-oriented organization

recognizes Communication as an important aspect of the Recruitment and

Selection system for managerial function in a rapidly changing and economic

environment.

Insurance industries should possess a valuable work force with good

communication skill sets to get a good deal or business from their customers. In

this sector the Open Market channel is the main source of revenue for the

company for which they should be able to communicate well with their clients.

Then the company can reach its profitability and objectives easily.

The company should take the suggestions and ideas from the employees and can

conduct and examine the communication skill set within the employees. So that

they can analyze the need and act accordingly for a better result and the growth of

its own and valuable workforce.

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REFRENCES

BOOKS REFFERED:

ASWATHAPPA, K. (2010), Human Resource Management

DESSLER, GARY (2011), Human Resource Management

ROBBINS, STEPHEN P.,(2009) “Organizational Behaviour” of

Prentice Hall of India (New Delhi)

CHHABRA , T. N.,(2010), Human Resource Management

WEBSITES REFFERED:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXIS_Bank

http://business.mapsofindia.com/banks/Axis-bank-branches/

http://business.mapsofindia.com/banks-in-india/Axis.html/

http://www.slideshare.net/vin4a/recruitment-and-selection-at-Axis

REPORTS/ARTICLES REFFERED:

Annual report of AXIS BANK 2011