To create awareness among the students on various aspects of investments a workshop on ‘Financial Awareness’ was organised by IBS Business School at ICFAI university here on Wednesday.
In the workshop the business school students were acquainted with role of Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the importance of investments.
The assistant General Manager of SEBI, Jubin Mehta dwelled in length about types of shares. He said that earlier companies issued the distribute shares through fixed price method but now they use book building route.
The SEBI expert said that private placement helps the companies to raise capital when they cannot go for Initial Public Offerings (IPO). Mehta informed that insider trading has been banned by SEBI. He said that to expect gains form the share market one should act as an investor not as a trader. The workshop focused on various precautions one should be adhered in order to minimize risks, while investing or trading in the stock market.
More than 80 participants took part in the workshop which was coordinated by Sonia Gambhir and Amit Joshi. Vice chancellor of ICFAI University Dr. R K lalwani, Pro Vice Chancellor Dr. B Kumar, Registrar ICFAI University and Dean IBS Business School-Dehradun P K Dash, Principal B.Ed, Sarita Negi along with the faculty members of IBS was present in the workshop.