Why join this course?
The course will help a decision maker with the concepts that ICRA uses for the grading for MSMEs. The program will primarily emphasize on the topics such as investment, loans, collaterals and security margin, credit terms, financial and non financial parameters etc.
The content provides a collaborative mapping of how MSMEs of all sizes can come together to overcome the perceived challenges involved in the overall grading process and improve their approach for better and faster engagement with investors and financial institutions.
Learning outcomes:
- Funding Challenges & How Grading / Rating Helps
- Key Factors for Grading / Rating
- Grading Process
- Paradigm Shift Ahead
There are no specific prerequisites for this course, however, students need to be able to understand English.
Meet your trainer
Vikas Tarachandani
Head- Financial Services (Risk Solutions & Analytics) | ICRA Analytics LimitedMBA form IIM Bangalore and experience of more than 18 Years in Banking, Financial Services including Retail Banking, International Banking, Treasury, Digital Payments, Risk Management, Credit Rating Models.
Worked for 9 years with State Bank of India and handled various responsibilities in Retail, SME and Corporate Banking. Worked for 6+ years with the Manipal Group and set up the digital payments business for the Group. Associated with ICRA analytics for the last 2.5 years and leading various initiatives and assignments in the Risk Management space.

What’s inside?
- Introduction (4:15)
- A Quick Look at MSMEs (5:44)
- Funding Challenges and How Grading / Rating Helps (6:10)
- Key Factors for Grading / Rating (14:44)
- Grading Process (3:39)
- Paradigm Shift Ahead
- Summarizing the discussion (2:05)
- Frequently Asked Questions (13:35)
- Download Lecture Material
- Test your learning
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does the course start and finish?
You get access to the course content for 3 months starting the day you are enrolled for this! We keep on adding relevant and updated content on a regular basis. Note that this is a recording of a live online program organized by EEPC India
Who is this course useful for?
This course is extremely important for business owners, business heads, senior managers, procurement managers and whoever else is involved in planning the export-import activities.
Why such huge discounts?
During the hard times with Covid raising challenges for businesses worldwide, we wish to do our bit. Many of the EEPC members are facing issues in terms of customer retention as well as managing their teams. As the provider in this ecosystem, we realized that the best way to help during these times is to share knowledge and wisdom to help you strive and grow.
What if I wish to dig deeper into the subject?
In case you wish to dig deeper into the the subject, you can drop an email to us and if enough requirement is there, we will create a special course on the topic.
