Equity Research Competition 'KHOJ 2007' at SPJIMR Receives Overwhelming Response

Equity Research Competition 'KHOJ 2007' at SPJIMR Receives Overwhelming Response

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), one amongst the top-10 business schools in India, organized KHOJ 2007 on Saturday, January 13th, 2007 at its campus.

Creating history with its inception five years ago, KHOJ has rapidly become the premier equity research competition in India with overwhelming responses by management students from all the top Business schools to participate in this event.

India's only inter-business school equity research competition, KHOJ brought together the brightest minds from the academic world and the biggest names from the industry. The two triumphant teams walked away with not just the substantial prize money of Rs. 70,000, but also received this esteemed honor amidst a gathering of the nation's pre-eminent academics, industry's top financial services professionals and students from across India.

SPJIMR with its location in the heart of the financial capital of the country and its unrivalled reputation as the nation's leading business school always in sync with Indian market realities can provide such a grand platform for academics, practicing industry professionals and career aspirants to come together and interact under the auspices of such an event. The research aimed to identify potential upsides or downsides for a stock with a short-, medium- and long-term perspective, to enlighten investors on the gains or losses they are likely to make by investing or divesting in a company.

Equity Research is a highly regarded profession in the developed financial markets and is fast gaining acceptance among aspiring MBAs as an excellent career choice. With the equity markets on a roll and with the interest of retail investors in the equity markets increasing all the time, the demand for professional research analysts and fund managers are increasing. In recognition of these new emerging opportunities, SPJIMR's SBU-Finance Committee conceptualized KHOJ as an annual event to encourage business school students to prepare themselves for careers in capital markets. It also provides the incentive to students to step into the arena of financial research by participating in KHOJ 2007.

A record number of 250 student-teams from the finest business schools had sent in their registration for this year's event, choosing to send in their recommendation for the outlook on a stock of their choice in a sector of their own choosing. A rigorous assessment of the entries by distinguished panel of industry professionals and academics have resulted in the short listing of the top 7 teams who had been invited to present their case before an eminent panel of jurists who have reached the highest echelons of their chosen profession in the equity markets.

The distinguished panel of judges for KHOJ 2007 comprised of the paramount corporate czars from across the industry including Mr. Anup Maheshwari of DSP Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Lehman Brothers, Mr. Madhusudan Kela, Reliance Capital to Mr. Ratnesh Kumar from Citiglobal and Vasant Sivaraman, Professor at SPJIMR.

The final short-listed candidates for KHOJ 2007 were from the country's top B-schools like IIM-K, ISB, XLRI, FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, NMIMS and N. L. Dalmia. Presentations were made by the selected teams on Pantaloons (Retail), Balrampur Chini (Agriculture), MICO (Auto & Auto Ancillaries), HT Media (Media), Colgate (FMCG), Reliance Energy (Power), and Thermax (Engineering).

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Meghana Kedar (Campus Associate),
PGDBM, 2006-08,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.

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