Chief Economic Advisor & Top Bankers Interact With Students at FMS-Delhi

Chief Economic Advisor & Top Bankers Interact With Students at FMS-Delhi

Dr. J. S. Juneja, Member, Governing Body and Senior Advisor, WASME, broadened the scope of the discussion by including the challenges faced by and the role of the SME sector in "Banking 2009 Scenario". He threw light on the imperative need for the SME sectors growth in order to sustain the India Growth story and the role of strong financial support system in the same.

Mr. B. N. Mittal, Chief General Manager - Corporate, Punjab National Bank, lent a public sector perspective in the discussion. Mr. Krishna Kumar, Senior General Manger - Corporate, ICICI Bank, focused on the varied risks confronting banks as well as the need to tap rural India to lend more credence to the current base of the banking sector.

Mr. Suresh Nanda, Regional CEO, North and East, ING Vysya Bank, threw light on the critical role of technology in the rapidly changing banking sector.

The panel discussion was a huge learning experience for the participants in the audience which comprised of business school students from across the country. They came to know the viewpoints of the stalwarts in the banking industry who would guide the growth of the sector in 2009.

Paper Presentation Contest

The day-long event culminated with a Paper Presentation Contest. The contest witnessed participation from business schools all over the country. Of the entries received, 6 teams from IIM-A, IIM-C, IIM-I, MDI-Gurgaon and FMS-Delhi were short-listed to make the final presentation. The contest was won by Parthasarthy Sinha and Sonal Singh from IIM-A, and the joint runners-up were Rahul Gupta and Sanchita Binwal from FMS, and Sandeep Kumar and Vivek Chopra from IIM-I.

The entire event was successfully organized by the Finsoc, the Finance Society at FMS.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Abhishek Sipani,
Media Cell,
Faculty of Management Studies,
University of Delhi, Delhi.

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