Certificate Course in Financial Markets for Second Year Students

The SY Certificate Course Committee initiated an Online certificate course completion plan for the Second Year students of B.Com and BBA(FS). The objective of this initiative was to create awareness about the various platforms available for learners to do free online certificate courses.

SY Students as a part of completing their Assignment component in the subject of Indian Securities Market for BBA(FS) & Indian Capital Markets for B.Com had to compulsorily complete either of the options given below as a certificate course.

 Option A

• Intro to Capital Markets I Free Finance Course I CFI (corporatefinanceinstitute.com)
• Intro to Wealth Management I Free Finance Course I CFI (corporatefinanceinstitute.com)
• Math for Capital Markets I Free Finance Course I CFI (corporatefinanceinstitute.com)
• Economics for Capital Markets | Free Finance Course | CFI (corporatefinanceinstitute.com)

                                                                      OR

Option B

• Introduction to Stock Markets – Varsity by Zerodhafrom Varsity Application/website

Students were given a time limit of 1 month to complete the certificate course as selected by them from the options. Students selecting Option A, had to mandatorily complete all 4 courses and submit certificates with report, while students selecting option B had to submit the completion certificate with a report. The completion dates were 1^st Aug- 30^th Sept, 6^th Aug-12^th Sept and 7^th Oct-7^th Nov 2022. Hence, every student completed the course in 30 hours.

The Courses given as options to the students are from Corporate Finance Institute and Varsity by Zerodha. These platforms have different levels of courses in financial markets which will help the students learn at their own pace and receive certifications which will be an add-on in their academic career. Varsity is a financial education initiative of Zerodha which includes different levels of courses in financial markets. Students received the certificate upon completion of the course and answering the quiz.

85 students completed the courses. The teacher in charge for BBA(FS) was Ms. Delisha Rebello, for B.Com were Dr. Maithili Naik & Mr. Sandesh Gaonkar. The overall in-charge was Ms. Swati Bhat.