Post Graduate Diploma in Capital Market

In the competitive scenario, the professional approach and the right managerial skills are the two most important determinants of the effectiveness and the resultant success of any organization and individual professional.

Capital Market in the economy has a very vital role. As a platform to exchange the financial resources from savings surplus units to savings deficits units, it has many dimensions that can be adopted as career for gainful employment. The capital market has witnessed many interesting phases of boom to burst, innovative instruments, unprecedented scams and last but not the least myriad of players in form of investors as well as Intermediatory. As a result, the career opportunities in capital market have also increased and thereby the demand for specilised professionals like fund managers, marketing managers, equity research is growing

Further, career as an independent financial planner or investment consultant has tremendous future. Currently, such services are offered to only to HNIs. But as the savings quantum is continuously growing, the services of such consultants shall be required across the society.

Hence in order to cater these needs, “Post Graduate Diploma in Capital Market” has been designed. This diploma programme is an intensive educational programme, offered for a period of about 45 weekends (Saturdays & Sundays) and spread over one year.

The Objectives :

To offer a career as a professional in capital market, either in a corporate ladder or as an independent consultant.

Learning Outcomes :

On completion of the course, the participant shall be able to;

Comprehend all aspects of Capital Market
Analyse economic development and their effect on capital market
Frame objective and policy of the investment
Identify the investment avenue and Allocate the investible funds
Build and monitor the Portfolio
Advise on investment strategy

Program Architecture:

Term I Courses (All compulsory):

Financial Statements and Corporate Disclosure
Quantitative Techniques
Economic Environment and Policy
Corporate Financial Management
Introduction to Capital Markets

Term II Courses (All compulsory):

Fundamental Analysis and Valuation of Equity
Security Market Regulation and Corporate Governance
Debt Securities and Debt Market
Technical Analysis
Investment and Portfolio Theory
Financial Derivatives and Risk Management
Financial System and Services

Term III Courses (Electives):

Behavioral Finance
Mutual Fund
Personal Finance and Wealth Management
Marketing of Investment Products
Alternate Investment Avenues and Market (Commodity, Realty and Art)
Econometrics for Finance
Investment Banking, Venture Capital & Private equity
Global securities markets
Economic Analysis of Asset Prices
Business Forecasting

AND

Capstone Project

Pedagogy and Learning Resources:

The pedagogy consists of simulation exercises, case analyses, industry presentations, lectures, discussions, assignments, projects, etc. The classrooms are air-conditioned and are equipped with multimedia and audio-visual aids to facilitate the teaching-learning process.

The participants are encouraged to use the Library Resource Centre (LRC). Our centrally air-conditioned and fully computerized LRC has an impressive collection of business databases, corporate annual reports, 417 e-books collection, and CDs besides more than 22500 volumes. The library subscribes to many costly databases available in soft form; like, EBSCO’s Business Source Complete, a database comprising of 8800 international periodicals, ABI Inform: Global, Trade and Industry, Elsevier’s Science Direct: Business, Management & Accounting package, Emerald Full Text Database, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s Prowess database and Industry Analysis, Blackwell & OUP e-journals, ISI Emerging Market, Magindia.com, and Indiastats.com.