Financia 2019-20

Financia is an annual finance flagship event organized by DSIMS and is aimed at bringing eminent speakers from industry and academia together for discussion on an issue of topical interest.

The aim of this year’s conclave was to engage with the Industry to better appreciate the topical areas of interest in the commercial eco system. This was with a view to providing a platform for Industry folks and the academic community to come together. One of the prime objectives of such a forum was to encapsulate the changing environment and opportunities as well as setting new expectations, competition and challenges faced by companies, lenders as well as investors in the country.

Some of the leading questions that one wanted to deliberate upon resonated as :
• Why is there not enough of a credit off-take?.
• Is it to do with pricing / rates or does it go beyond this issue?.
• How can Corporate India become less reliant on bank / institutional financing and broad base it is Capital structure?.

With the emerging challenges on the governance side in the domestic markets as one of the key issues – how can institutional lenders draw comfort from what they hear and see
Through this conclave DSIMS’s intent was to create a forum for intellectual and practical interaction, collaboration and hopefully partnerships with the industry to make the road map for economic growth a little clearer from an intellectual understanding perspective.

In the above context DSIMS organised Financia 2019-2020 on 16th November 2019 with the central theme of ‘Financial Prudence – It’s role in lending and investing’. Financia being the flagship conclave of finance at DSIMS, witnessed a multifarious set of amicable experts from the industries, namely, Mr. Eshwar Karra –CEO (Special Situations Fund) of Kotak Bank as the key note speaker. The panellists comprised of Mr. Tajinder Singh Setia (IndusInd Bank), Mr. Anubhav Srivastava – (ICICI Bank), Mr. Rajesh Bathija – (Sterling & Wilson Pvt Ltd) and Mr. Srikanth Santhanam (Uttam Galva Steels Limited). The panel discussion was moderated by Mr. Anjan Ghosh – (ICRA).

The event was co-ordinated by Convenor Prof. Apurva Mehta and was supported by Associate Dean & HOD finance, Dr. Sarita Vichore.

Financia 19-20 organised different gaming events such as XL ninja, Finopoly, Word Gamble for all the B-school students. The event was held with the perspective of providing some great learning experience. Financia 19-20 also organised daily quizzes which was a great success. Prof. Priyanka Oza organised the intercollegiate events supporting the theme of the conclave. There was a prize distribution for DSIMS’s students’ events for the conclave including Mock Stock competition