Educating Oneself To Stay Ahead In Life

Given the level of competition nowadays in the workspace, it is of absolute necessity to continuously develop new skills to stay ahead. A 34-year-old native from Assam working in a Public Relations sector in Bengaluru, Deepa Medhi wanted to learn new skills that would also help in her profession. So, she decided to pursue a digital marketing course from Manipal ProLearn, which offers short-term online and offline classroom training. Medhi’s course was  of three months’ duration that cost her around Rs45,000.  Although she could have opted to cover the expenses from her savings, she instead took an education loan from MDI Finance, as the lending company was not charging any interest rate on the borrowed sum. She said that Manipal was coordinating on her behalf with the lender. Determined to upskill herself, Medhi borrowed Rs45,000 as education loan. Her EMI started...