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Investment Awareness Training

Investment Awareness Training programme for PGDM Finance, Batch 2018-20 students was held on October 19, 2018. The event started with Ms. Binal Gandhi, CEO, The Learning Curve Academy addressing the students about the different avenues as a financial advisor. She emphasized on the concept of the time value of money and the effect of compounding on the returns. She stressed that one should begin savings at an early age and invest it at right investment basket to ensure better returns and to provide for a retirement plan.

There was an in-depth discussion about Bonds, Mutual Funds & their types. Finance GYM (Grow your money) a gamified approach to personal finance and money management was also undertaken. In this various exercises were conducted related to the investment decisions of mutual funds & bonds. The awareness was created of the difference between equity and debt & the risk-return profile associated with them. Further, as the session progressed, an insight on portfolio diversification and understanding about volatility and benefits of long term holdings were discussed.

In the post-lunch session, Finance stimulation game was conducted in the computer lab. In these, teams were created and were given virtual cash to accomplish assigned goals. The goals were to invest in different investment options such as Bond, Equity, Mutual Fund, Commodities etc. under changing market conditions and volatility. The entire exercise concentrated on how sound and rational investment decisions were made in the given situation.

The Investment Awareness Training Programme ended with the felicitation of the top two teams in the game by the Ms. Binal Gandhi and a word of appreciation for the batch and prizes to the winners.