July 23, 2016, Hyderabad: VJIM’s students had a lot in store for them when Ajay Sharma- General Manager, Titan Company Ltd. and Abhishek Vaish- Area Manager, Aditya Birla Money came down to campus to interact with the B-school’s students. The two hours’ talk was themed around the topic- “Essentials of Investing in Financial Markets”.

With the vast experience in his kitty, Ajay Sharma emphasized on the transformation of the Indian Stock Market, from the mid 1980’s to the mid 90’s when the Economic reforms have been followed. This transformation was also due to the establishment of SEBI & NSE. He introduced the students with the common, yet important terms used in the Stock Market that include- Intraday, Long Buy, and Short Sale. He also explained about the calculation of SENSEX & NIFTY. The talk got even more interesting when he focused on the importance of fundamental analysis that any Investor or trader, must stress upon to get higher returns, with minimum loss. He even mentioned the 6 basic principles of Investments that include:

Power of Compounding
Diversity in selection

Ajay also shared his personal view on the way of selecting stocks to invest on. He ended his speech with some amazing quotes by Warren Buffet.

Abhishek Vaish introduced the idea of financial planning, its importance and a roadmap to meet life’s goals through the management of finances. He also mentioned the different classification of assets that include debt, equity & commodities. Abhishek explained about the things to be determined by an individual before deciding the investment that include-

Liquidity Preference
Risk appetite

By the end of the seminar, the student and the audience at large had their fundamentals revised and gathered more knowledge about the Financial Markets and the current scope of Investment in India.