NSE & Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University launch MBA and BBA- Financial Markets

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New Delhi, Jul 07, 2011

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) & the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha university today signed an agreement to launch a two year MBA course in financial markets and a three year BBA course in financial markets for the forthcoming July August session.

The MBA and BBA courses are the first of its kind by NSE to empower students with academic skills on issues related to the financial markets. The courses will also make students more eligible for employment in the financial sector.

Speaking on the occasion, NSE’s Joint MD, Ms Chitra Ramakrishna said “These courses will help educated youth to get good employment opportunities’’.

Prof. Dilip K. Bandyopadhyay, Vice Chancellor of GGSIPU said “Employability of the students for the professional courses is the benchmark of success of any academic program. We believe the market oriented course MBA (Financial Market) with collaboration of NSE shall be a thundering success in this endeavour”

Dr. B. P. Joshi, Registrar of GGSIPU said “Stock exchanges are vibrant and directing business today. We need to educate our masses in this area which will provide job opportunities for many in the coming days.”

Prof. (Ms) Anu Singh Lather, Dean, University School of Management while briefing on the occasion said that the course curriculum for MBA (FM) and BBA (FM) has been designed by experts from the field. The hands on training which will be imparted by NSE will give a professional flavor to these programme.

As part of the curriculum, MBA students will be required to qualify in 15 modules of NSE’s National certification in financial markets ( or NCFM) . The NCFM modules are widely recognized in India as a necessary criterion for employment in the financial and capital markets space.

For the BBA course, they will have to appear and pass in 8 NCFM modules. The marks assigned by NSE on these modules will be incorporated by the GGS Indraprastha university in the final grading of students.

NSE will also train the faculty of all affiliated colleges/institutions of GGSIPU and will provide a panel of industry professionals, who can deliver guest lectures in these colleges.

The students will also be taught investment, trading and portfolio management skills through mock software developed by the exchange. The university and NSE will help students to get effective placements and internships with industry players.

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