Post Graduate Diploma in Fintech

40–45 Weeks

  • Weekday Evenings
    6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Weekend Sessions
    10:00 AM – 1:00 PM     or 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

The Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in FinTech offered by the GIFT International FinTech Institute (GIFT IFI) is a comprehensive, stackable, and high-impact 40–45 week programme designed to provide participants with interdisciplinary skills in emerging financial technologies, banking infrastructure, cloud systems, cybersecurity, and compliance.

Who Should Enroll

  • Graduates and professionals seeking to build or grow a career in FinTech
  • Final-year and currently enrolled undergraduate students looking to upskill
  • Technologists, product managers, financial service professionals, and API engineers
  • Entrepreneurs and innovators looking to launch FinTech products or startups

Mode of Delivery

  • Fully Online: Live interactive classes + Recorded lectures
  • Lecture Room available at GIFT IFI campus
  • Includes assignments, industry talks, and practical exercises
  • Mandatory 2-week in-person immersion at GIFT IFI, GIFT City

Eligibility

  • Open to students currently enrolled in any bachelor’s degree programme or already graduated
  • Desirable to have basic familiarity with mathematics and statistics (e.g., percentages, averages, data interpretation)
  • Familiarity with tools such as MS Excel or Google Sheets is beneficial

Programme Structure

Programme Total Credits: 30
  • Coursework: 26 Credits (Core + Electives)
  • Capstone Project: 4 Credits (aligned with specialization)
Core Courses (Required – 14 Credits)
  • Foundations of FinTech (3 credits)
  • Choose One:
    • Technology Foundations for FinTech (3 credits)
    • Finance Foundations for FinTech (3 credits)
  • Cybersecurity in Financial Systems (3 credits)
  • Regulatory Technology and Compliance Automation (3 credits)
  • Business Communication and Leadership in FinTech (2 credits)
Elective Courses (Choose 4 – Total 12 Credits)
  • Machine Learning and AI in Finance
  • Digital Payment Systems & Lending: UPI, RTGS, IMPS, Wallets
  • Blockchain Applications and Smart Contracts
  • Core Banking Infrastructure & Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)
  • FinTech Product Design, User Experience, and Product Management
  • Cloud Infrastructure and Integration for FinTech
  • Derivatives and Risk Management in FinTech
  • Treasury Operations and Liquidity Management
Capstone Project (4 Credits)

A hands-on project aligned with one of the FinTech specializations. Areas include

  • Digital Payments & Neo-Banking
  • Blockchain & DeFi
  • AI/ML & Data Science
  • RegTech & Compliance
  • Lending Tech & Financial Inclusion
  • FinTech Product Management & Innovation
  • Treasury and Risk

Faculty

Academic Faculty

Abhilasha Srivastava

Abhilasha Srivastava

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer

Skalix AI

Amit Singh

Amit Singh

Assistant Professor

Ahmedabad University

PhD, IIT Kharagpur

Anand Krishnamoorthi

Anand Krishnamoorthi

Senior Global Markets & Treasury Banker

HSBC

Aparajita Srivastava

Aparajita Srivastava

Equity Partner

Ikigai Law

Arun Gupta

Arun Gupta

Associate Professor

Ahmedabad University

PhD (Yale University)

Ashok Haldia

Ashok Haldia

Former Secretary

ICAI

CA,CS ,CMA and Phd

Basant Prabhat Gupta

Basant Prabhat Gupta

principal Consultant

AiVidya

B. Tech in Comp Science from IIT-BHU and MBA from IIMB

Deboleena Majumder

Deboleena Majumder

Associate Director of Sales

Element Technologies

Gaurav Gupta

Gaurav Gupta

Founder

Blockverse

MBA, MDI Gurgaon

Himadri Bhattacharya

Himadri Bhattacharya

Former CGM

RBI(Reserve Bank of India)

Jasmin Gupta

Jasmin Gupta

Founder

MEIT Money

Jatin Bhagat

Jatin Bhagat

Product Leader

Lenskart

Jayatu Sen

Jayatu Sen

Professor

Great Lakes Institute of Management

PhD, IGIDR

Jeremy Fritzhand

Jeremy Fritzhand

CEO, VentureStudio

Ahmedabad University

Juhilata S. Puntambekar

Juhilata S. Puntambekar

Founder

Glomopay

LLM, Georgetown Law

K G Karmakar

K G Karmakar

Independent Director

Indian Postal Payments Bank

K. Chelva kumar

K. Chelva kumar

Visiting Professor IITGN, Executive Vice President (GIFT IFI)

IIT Gandhinagar

PhD, California Institute of Technology

Kinshuk Saurabh

Kinshuk Saurabh

Associate Professor

Ahmedabad University

PhD, IIM Ahmedabad

Kuntal Patel

Kuntal Patel

Assistant Professor

School of Engineering and Applied Science, Ahmedabad University.

Mit Gandhi

Mit Gandhi

Compliance

OneCase

C.A., The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

Mithun Radhakrishna

Mithun Radhakrishna

Associate Professor

IIT Gandhingar

PhD, Columbia University

Niraj Athavle

Niraj Athavle

Professor of Practice

Ahmedabad University

Nivid Desai

Nivid Desai

Writing and Communication

IITGN-X

Paddy Raghavan

Paddy Raghavan

Founder

Multipl

MTech, IIIT Bangalore

Parag Patel

Parag Patel

Dean of the Undergraduate College

Ahmedabad University

PhD, Gujarat University

Pranjal Upadhyay

Pranjal Upadhyay

Assistant Professor

Rashtriya Raksha University, India

Praveen Gupta

Praveen Gupta

Advisor, Incubation Growth

IIT Gandhinagar Incubation & Entrepreneurship Center (IIEC)

Puneet Gupta

Puneet Gupta

Professor

GIFT ifi

Phd - IIT Delhi, MBA - Northwestern University

Sameer Kulkarni

Sameer Kulkarni

Assistant Professor

IIT Gandhinagar

PhD, University of Göttingen

Sanjay Chaudhary

Sanjay Chaudhary

Professor and Associate Dean

Ahmedabad University

PhD (Gujarat Vidhyapith)

Sankarshan Basu

Sankarshan Basu

Professor

IIM Bangalore

PhD, London School of Economics and Political Science

Saumil Shah

Saumil Shah

Senior Lecturer

Ahmedabad University

MBA from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Srinivas V. Maddala

Srinivas V. Maddala

Client Engagement Director

TCS

MSc, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

Sudhir Pandey

Sudhir Pandey

Programme Chair, MBA Faculty, Communication Area

Ahmedabad University

PhD, Amrut Mody School of Management

Tana Trivedi

Tana Trivedi

Coordinator, Communication Area Amrut Mody School of Management

Ahmedabad University

PhD

Vinodh Madhavan

Vinodh Madhavan

Professor

Ahmedabad University

PhD, Golden Gate University

FAQs

This programme is suitable for recent graduates, working professionals, startup founders and final-year undergraduate students who want to build a practical understanding of digital payments, banking infrastructure and FinTech systems. Applicants from all academic backgrounds are welcome.

No prior background in finance or technology is required. The programme begins with foundational concepts and progressively moves to applied aspects of digital payments, banking platforms and FinTech infrastructure.

The programme is delivered in a hybrid mode. Participants attend live online classes and have the option to attend sessions in person at the GIFT IFI campus in GIFT City. Recorded lectures are available for revision.

Participants with Gujarat domicile are eligible for a fee reimbursement under the DST registered course framework, subject to applicable conditions.

The Stackable credit model at GIFT IFI provides stacking up of Certificates leading to postgraduate Diplomas and Degrees. This provides immense flexibility to students, working professionals and others to customise their own education according to the needs and time available.

GIFT IFI announces two certificate programmes: 31 January 2026 (Certificate 1) and August 2026 (Certificate 2).

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