The Higher Education Review

Finplan is INDIA's one of the leading Professional Education Institutions to create Qualified Skilled Professionals (QSPs) who aim to develop their career and open progressive pathways in their specialized area of interest. The institute operates on its core values of innovation, integrity, quality, leadership, and spiritual practices.

Finplan is founded by Mrs. Anisha Khilnani who currently holds the office of Chairperson and she is backed up by a team of pioneering professionals such as Saad Maniar, President, Dilip Pandit, Dean, and Kashish Khilanani, MD & CEO.

INDIA is a large resourceful economy that breeds larger size of degree holders with no or semi professional skills as compared to global economies which hold a larger pool of career aspirants with high Professional Skills. With the rapid global economic development; there is a huge requirement of corporate and businesses wanting to hire trained professionals as compared to candidates with a minimum formal or only basic education value. Finplan aims to bridge the industry academia gap by offering in demand Professional qualifications to create Globally Qualified Skilled Professionals (QSPs) and this forms the base of their objective to develop the society, employer, students and its network of partner institutions with value added qualifications.

A Pioneer Operating for a Greater Cause While adding more about what Finplan aims to achieve and how they are aiming to make a change in the Indian higher education realm, Mr. Kashish Khilnani (MD & CEO) says, "We would like every student to experience Professional skill transformation by pursuing our Globally recognized qualifications and open spectrum of opportunities to begin their careers at key Leader-ship positions in the industry.

We see immense potential in India because the country is an emerging market space for all the corporate but at the same time, we see commerce and business management students who are not able to make a significant contribution in the technical driven finance and leadership roles. The current formal education lacks the technical and practical knowledge in core

finance and accounting areas. To ad-dress this situation, we want to offer a tailor made industry robust curriculum to the students. Our qualifications are recognized internationally and we aim to support our students to realize their true potential with businesses at the national and global levels.

“Owing to the quality of education imparted by us, our students are now holding strategic positions in various Corporate and MNCs (Multi National Companies) across the globe”

We offer professional education that is aimed at imparting professional transformation in the overall development of a student. Students also benefit by accessing Finplan's Professional Learning through academic collaborations with partner institutions such as AURO University, Surat, Thakur College of Science and Commerce, KES College of Arts and Commerce, Nagindas Khandwala College, Lala Lajpatrai College of Commerce & Economics affiliated to Mumbai University to name a few.

FINPLAN is accredited by Global Academic bodies such as ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) as Gold Approved Learning Partner (ALP) and exclusive Blended Learning Coaching Partner (BLCP) by IRM INDIA (Institute of Risk Management). Owing to the quality of education imparted by us, our students are now holding strategic positions in various MNCs (Multi-National Companies) across the globe. We also have students who are rank holders at the National and global level in the chosen stream of Professional Qualification.

The two modes of education that Finplan follows are parallel education and embedded education. Under the parallel education model, aspiring students can pursue globally recognized Qualifications like ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), Dip. IFRS (Diploma in IFRS), ERM (Enterprise Risk Management by IRM). Parallel education allows students to imbibe a higher degree of Professional Value along with the flexibility to pursue these qualifications with existing studies or jobs. Under the embedded education model, the institute provides professional qualifications in collaboration with recognized partner institutions and universities to add Professional value to the existing formal learning. Under this, Finplan offers various courses such as i-B.Com (B.Com Hons. in International Accounting), BiE (Bachelor's in Entrepreneurship) to name a few. Understanding the current

requirements of their students & the dynamics of the marketplace, Finplan has made sure that all of their qualifications are accessible through online mediums as well.

Top notch Education backed by World class Faculty
"We are very quality conscious regarding the delivery of professional learning because we want to make sure that we develop professional capabilities in students who aim to accelerate their career with Corporate and MNC's in INDIA and across the world. The faculties at FINPLAN carry proven Industry exposure with greater subject expertise to deliver the de-sired learning value. The overall learning approach is tuned to impart students with experiential learning through case studies, corporate work-shops, industry mentoring sessions, and integrated internships alongside their Core Learning. Students also experience activity based learning by attending Budget sessions, entrepreneurial boot camps, Industry Visits, Cultural fests to support and develop innovative and creative thinking, says Mr. Kashish Khilnani (MD & CEO), while asked about the quality of their faculty and outcome based education offered at Finplan.

Finplan strives to transform students into becoming `Qualified Skilled Professional' (QSPs) through its globally accredited Qualifications. The Institute also offers students the facility to pay the fee in a lump sum or EMI (Equated Monthly Instalments) by accessing Education Loan with recognized Financial Institutions at 0% Interest. The scholarships are also allotted based on the students' performance in the Finplan Entrance Aptitude Test (FEAT) which is conducted once in each quarter.

Over the last 10 years, the institute has trained over 5000 students and in the coming years, they are aiming to add to this tally and to enable more accessibility of its Professional Qualifications to students across all the major cities in INDIA including the Tier1, Tier2, and Tier 3 cities. Going forward, Finplan also aims to increase its pool of Professional Qualification offerings in the specialized field through global accreditations; thereby aiming to support more students to experience a quantum leap in their respective careers and become Global Leaders.

Kashish Khilnani, MD & CEO
An educationalist who prioritizes offering industry centric professional education to equip students with the in demand skills required to thrive in the corporate realm.