Horizon-Finance Conclave

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Horizon, the Finance Conclave at TAPMI

Horizon, the finance conclave of T.A.Pai Management Institute started with a full swing as top corporate personalities from the finance sector showered the wealth of financial knowledge on enthusiastic students of the institute.  The conclave was inaugurated with the ceremonious lighting of the lamp by Mr. Manoj Shenoy, the CEO of EFG Wealth Management India Pvt. Ltd.  Mr. Gurudas Pai, Director of Debt Capital Markets, India of Royal Bank of Scotland-Mumbai, Mr. Vedavyasa Rao, Vice President of  SBI Capital Markets - India, Dr. A.S Vasudev Rao, Director at TAPMI, Prof. Chowdari Prasad, Chairman of Branding and Promotion Committee at TAPMI and Prof S.R Vishwanath, Faculty in Finance. The participants included faculty members and management students of TAPMI.

Prof. S.R Vishwanath welcomed the guests and introduced the Conclave theme – ‘Indian Capital Markets, Post liberalization and the Decade Ahead’.  Dr. A.S Vasudeva Rao then gave the guests a glimpse of TAPMI and its milestones. Citing the example of Chanakya, Dr. Rao discussed various accounting policies and systems. He emphasized the importance of Indian Institutions in addressing current financial issues.  The inauguration was followed by individual lectures from eminent speakers on various aspects of finance. Mr. Ramakrishnan.V, Senior Management Consultant, KPMG Advisory Services Private Limited, Mr. Ashish Sable, Sr. Vice President & Head (Debt Capital Markets), SBI Capital Markets Ltd, and Mr. Abhay Patkar, VP - Indian Financial Institutions, Yes Bank were amongst the others who enlightened the students.

In line with the theme of the conclave, various topics such as Capital Market transformation and innovation in India, Financial Stability of Indian Capital Markets in the wake of US/ Europe Debt Crisis, Infrastructure financing and International Debt & loan Marketers were touched upon.  Amidst other points, it was noted that public private partnerships could help resolve the issue of financial infrastructure in the country. While increasing debts in the infrastructure industries was mentioned as a matter of concern, speakers were optimistic about the Indian Capital Markets scenario.

The second half kicked off with a panel discussion on the theme, moderated by Prof. S. R. Vishwanath. Salient features of the discussion included Changes in regulation, Improvement in Information Dissemination, Continued Foreign Investors Interests, Emergence of Wealthy investors and New instruments in the Indian Capital Markets. The panel agreed that technology is currently being used at its best and that the markets have to be strongly regulated by SEBI and RBI. The key take away from the discussion was the existence of tremendous scope for development of Capital Markets in India.

In all, the aim of Horizon-2011 which was to bring together professionals from Commercial Banks, Mutual Fund houses, Investment Banks, alumni and students to discuss themes on the financial sector was achieved. The first finance conclave of TAPMI, Manipal thus ended on a grand note with a Vote of Thanks from the Finance Forum member, Mr Amit Nahata.

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