The
PG Department of Commerce and Management of PCM SD College for Women, Jalandhar
organised a webinar on Financial literacy on 21st June 2021. The webinar was
conducted as a part of the awareness sessions being conducted by the BSE for
the young students who are currently learners but will eventually become
earners. The resource person for the webinar was Mr. Kawaljit Singh who is the
branch head SS Financial Services Private limited, Panchkula. He has been
managing portfolio of high end clients giving investment advisories to them. He
is also working as a trainer to conduct invester awareness programs at CEIL (
Centre for investment education and learning) . The session provided the
required information to the young students as to how they can manage their
finances in the right way from the very beginning and live a good life. Thus, making
them good citizens as well who can contribute towards the growth of Indian
economy. The session was very informative and gave learning about importance of
capital markets, primary and secondary markets, IPO’s buying shares on NSE and
BSE, Role of depositories, SEBI and mutual funds, Different asset classes and
portfolio formulation.
The session was
very informative for the students and cleared a lot of doubts that the students
had in their minds regarding financial markets. The session was attended by students of PG Department of Commerce and Management as well as the faculty
members. Principal Dr. Kiran Arora appreciated the efforts of the head of the
commerce department Mrs. Alka Sharma for initiating such programmes for the
students. Overall the webinar was a learning experience for everyone.