The growth rate of the Indian economy has averaged above 8% over the past three years and the future expectations are bouyant. The economic reforms over the years, the strong role-played by the private sector and the rising domestic consumption has been the key drivers of this growth. Global players have time and again underscored the fact that the fundamentals of the Indian economy are very robust. Arthanomics 2006 aims to enhance our understanding of the factors critical to high growth through discussion on topics like ‘Role of policy in financing infrastructural needs’, ‘Capital account convertibility’, ‘Enhancing India’s export competitiveness’, ‘Hedge Funds and FII’s – specter or a real threat?’, ‘Basel II and consolidation in the Indian Banking sector’ etc.

The speakers who will address the seminar participants include:
· Mr. Vijaya Sarathi, Sr. Vice President, Thomas Weisel International
· Mr. Krishnakumar Variar, Director of Risk Management Team, CRISIL
· Mr. Varun Gupta, Executive Manager (Valuations), Deloitte FAS
· Mr. Gurmeet M Singh, Product Head – Commodities,Reliance Money Limited

As part of Arthanomics this year FY, the finance interest group at IIM-Kozhikode, in association with Reliance Money, ADAG present a real time offshore trading game “Off$hoRe Bazaar”. The game has already been kickstarted and has witnessed a record number of registrations from the premier B-schools of the country. Reliance Money is using this as a pilot run of their trading portal that will allow Indian retail investors to trade in offshore instruments.

Participating teams in “Off$hoRe Bazaar” would be competing against each other by deploying their trading skills to maximize their virtual profits. Virtual financial instruments are “bought” and “sold” in accordance with participant’s interpretations of price movements on the trading platform. At the completion of the game, the top teams will be identified on the basis of the absolute profit and the winning teams will be awarded cash prizes totaling Rs.40,000/-

For more details, visit www.iimk-fy.com or call 9846274946 (Ashwin), or 9846700238 (Suma).