Online Certificate Course on Trends in Stock Market organized by Department of Commerce of St Agnes College – KONKANCATHOLIC.COM

Online Certificate Course on Trends in Stock Market organized by Department of Commerce of St Agnes College

August 8, 2020

Mangaluru: The Department of Commerce, St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru had organized an online Certificate Course on Trends in Stock Market from July 13 to July 31 for duration of 30 hours. The course was open to all the UG and PG students of the College and for Students of various other Colleges.

The course was introduced to teach the participants about investing in stock market and to analyze the various factors influencing the stock prices. 120 Students were the beneficiaries.

The resource persons:

Mrs. Anitha, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, St Agnes College (Autonomous) explained about the various terms used in stock market.

Mr. Elston Neil Menezes, worked with HCL Capital Market, Simplus Financial Consultancy, Franklin Templeton Mutual Funds and HDFC Mutual Funds. He is an entrepreneur for the last 4 years as a Personal Investment Services Professional. He has a work experience of more than 12 years in this industry. He explained the students about the working of the stock market, how to analyze a company before investing and gave a brief description of Mutual Funds.

Mrs. Roshni Yashwanth is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce, Govt. First Grade College in Haleyangadi. She’s currently pursuing her PhD at Mangalore university. She has a teaching experience for more than 19 years and she has also co-authored a book in Financial Management. Her session was interesting she spoke about diversified investment and the need for maintaining a right portfolio.

Mr. Mohammad Thauseef P, Assistant Professor, St Aloysius College (Autonomous). He has a teaching experience of 4 years. He conducted sessions for three days where he explained about the various instruments available in the stock market, their functions and the risk factors. He also suggested some apps and explained their features and motivated the students to invest in stocks after analyzing it thoroughly.

The course included an assignment where the students had to observe the stock market and a company of their choice on daily basis. The certificate course was coordinated by Sr Clera Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, St Agnes College.

The certificate course was appreciated by all the students and they were really satisfied with all the sessions. Students received the E-certificates after submitting the assignments.