Given the great success we have with this Group (http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/grou...I-UNIVERSITY/), I hereby propose to create an independent website for CFA India. The website will be created in a professional manner & we may use flash/java etc also to give it a better status & better looks. I intend to include the below given services in the website.
Program Details/curriculum/idea of program/purpose & benefits. A complete but brief detail
Overcoming the printing mistakes in workbook/textbook we will mention the corrections on the website for each book
We will provide extra study material for free or paid.
We will provide extra details of various subjects for better understanding
A FORUM for discussions on any topic
A File section, that will have much more than 20 MB space for files to be uploaded
USER FRIENDLY atmosphere & services
CHATTING FACILITY with own chatting system application
AUDIO/VIDEO file section
SHOUTBOX
POLLING STATION
Much better Database system than the one we have in Yahoo
Membership based Usage however the membership will be free
We may consider having our very own CFA-ICFAI Chatting Messenger.
Once we move ahead with it, I will personally speak to ICFAI, HYDERABAD for validating & passing us vital information so we can spread the same with every member
All Rules/Regulation will be made available on the Website
Most importantly: recruitment & placement Section for fresher & those with experience. We will tie up with some placement agencies, given the conditions put forward by them suits us.
A complete details on COACHING AVAILABLE in various cities/states, regularly updated
More than a very small effort from each one of you, we will need some funding. All the members can contribute as minimum as Rs.50 to as much as they like & are willing to. All the money spent will be accounted for in monthly Account statement Report. Each member will be allowed to have access to details of amount spend. I hereby offer my contribution of Rs.1000 deposited in a separate account though in my own name for the time being. I hope both working & student members will come forward, as this will in the long term provide us with great benefits & we will overcome all the problems that we face while pursuing CFA or later Looking forward for an enthusiastic response from all the members along with contribution offerings You shall please contact me at [email protected] Best Regards, Sumit K. Gupta Moderator @ CFA-ICFAI-University Yahoo Forum
Bad Idea. Rejected 😃 (Atleast from my side)
Lot of information is already there on ICFAI website and in various discussion forums. You are creating same thing with different structure serving same purpose of providing exactly same information which is avaliable on various websites/forums.
Buddy, you dont need all these special websites, forums to pass the exams. You need to get in the 'hard work zone' and keep working on core concepts day by day.
Dear Friends & Babu Thanks a lot for replying. You are right when you said that we already have all the information on website & we need to work hard to clear the CFA rather than creating a website. But I am looking into the long term aspect of things not only for us but for future aspirants also. As we all know that quality level of exams is rising fast & you need to work much harder today then you probably needed to do 2 years back. We do not have a website totally committed for CFAs India. A website that will provide you with solutions of wrong questions. Correction to printing mistakes in books which are not insignificant. We are not supplied with extra questions for practice & live market information anywhere or by ICFAI either. We do not have services like a polling station/shoutbox/database of CFAs & financial events & details We do not have our very own Chatting Messenger tailor made for CFAs only. Where all the CFAs from across the country can get in touch & chat with each other discussion thousands of issues regarding studies & financial markets. We do not have a file section that can contain thousands of stock analysis reports from various companies / IPOs / FPOs / Bonds / Monetary / Fiscal Policies & much more Though we are normally communicated all the information by ICFAI in Newsletters but same is hardly read by every member. We need to pass on the vital information extracts from there to every member to create awareness We normally come across students asking for details about from where they can take Coaching / Tutions to improve their skills & have better conceptual understanding. Our website will contain all the information We may have a quicker & more functional forum, made in flash, for our new website Most importantly, we all come across people who keep looking for jobs after completion of Ms-Finance & having charter but find it difficult to get the job because of lack of UNIVERSITY support. Hopefully we will overcome this with help of various placement agencies & all the working CFAs. All the fresher & already working CFAs will be benefited by this function of our website. If we can have all or even most of the functions above in our new website, totally committed to help the CFA community of INDIA It will be a great achievement for us & a great help for all of us & the coming generation of CFAs. Moreover, we all must realize that a forum thread or a yahoo group cannot serve the fast growing CFA community for long. Thanks & Regards Sumit K. Gupta http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFA-ICFAI-UNIVERSITY/
Go ahead buddy...unite all Indian CFAs. I will be the happiest to contribute. Just a mention though.....kindly refrain from advertising the yahoo groups forum here. Rip it off from your signature please.
Great stuff !!! I need these books : 1) The warren Buffet way, second edition (268 pages)
2) The intelligent Investor (641 pages)
3) How to invest like warren buffet (289 pages)
I hope you have my address, if not then here it is: Binoy Jariwala, 11,cross lane, banganga, 2nd flr, prakash bldg, walkeshwar road, mumbai - 6. (maharashtra, india)
Great stuff !!! I need these books : 1) The warren Buffet way, second edition (268 pages)
2) The intelligent Investor (641 pages)
3) How to invest like warren buffet (289 pages)
I hope you have my address, if not then here it is: Binoy Jariwala, 11,cross lane, banganga, 2nd flr, prakash bldg, walkeshwar road, mumbai - 6. (maharashtra, india)
Jariwala Bhai,
Walacum to PG,
Babu would be glad to deliver the books to your doorstep:) 😃 😃
He's are very own postman. 😃
Or else he would be glad to email it accross. Why dont u drop him a PM-Private Message and give him your email ID. He would be glad mail it accros to you.
Posting of email ID's is not allowed on the thread. :satisfie:
Great stuff !!! I need these books : 1) The warren Buffet way, second edition (268 pages)
2) The intelligent Investor (641 pages)
3) How to invest like warren buffet (289 pages)
I hope you have my address, if not then here it is: Binoy Jariwala, 11,cross lane, banganga, 2nd flr, prakash bldg, walkeshwar road, mumbai - 6. (maharashtra, india)
As vinit said, PM me your email and i will be glad to send you books.
The books are in PDF format, hence you can easily read on PC.:)
Senior level position with a US financial company in Bangalore. The JD as below:
Senior Financial Analyst:
Responsibilities : Valuation of residential loan servicing portfolio using discounted cash flow methodology Asset Liability analysis of Balance Sheet w.r.t. organisations various business interests Financial modeling of profitability/income sensitivity in different economic/interest rate scenarios Creating revenue / cost behavioral assumptions for projecting future Cash flows. Monitoring accuracy of assumptions and projections over time Produce fair market value calculations of the Mortgage Servicing Rights (MSR) asset based on the current market environment. Carry out Asset Liability analysis for internal and external reporting Research, analyze and evaluate economic behavior in different scenario Ensure valuation processes and analytic reporting is being conducted in the most efficient way possible Ensure minimal variance in projections from actual behavior for MSR valuation cash flows
Required Skills : Graduate degree in Engineering/ Statistics /Mathematics/ Economics/ Commerce Postgraduate degree in Finance (CFA/CA) 2-4 years of work experience (Expert knowledge of Financial Concepts and basic knowledge of Statistics) Good analytical and independent problem solving skills Good knowledge of MS Excel and MS Access Hands on experience in Data AND/OR Financial Analysis Quantitative and statistical modeling experience Good communication skills
Preferred Skills: Prior experience in portfolio valuation AND/OR risk management AND/OR capital market Prior experience of working with Financial modeling systems and databases Knowledge of US Mortgage Industry or Fixed Income Securities
Guys, did you noticed one thing in this month CFA magazine !
An advertisement from UBS inviting applications from master in finance (Qualified) to apply for finance positions/technology in their global financial centre at Hyderabad.
I always study closely which companies are advertising in the magazine so you know which company values your MS finance/ CFA from ICFAI.
I always told you that CFA from ICFAI was a top notch course and valued every where. Here is another example to prove it as shown by Babu in the previous post.
VAARTHA is one of the famous daily news paper in Andhara Pradesh. On 80-80-2006 it has published a detailed full page (including pictures, published in main page) article regarding ICFAI and the courses being offered by ICFAI. The complete article aims to prove that he ICFAI is a fake University and it does not have any kind of recognition in India. It says that ICFAI is not approved by any of the following bodies - Gov. of India, UGC, Council of Distance Learning, AICTI. It is also reported that Degree/Masters from ICFAI will not be considered for Government sector jobs and also any foreign Universities do not recognize them for MS or PHD studies. I can't forward the artical here as it is published in TELUGU language. Any people from Andhra Pradesh here, please go through that artical in "VAARTHA", dated 08-08-2006 at main page. Actually I am thinking to take MS (Finance) through ICFAI, but this article has put me in to dilemma. I have gone through prospects of ICFAI. Lot of professional bodies are with ICFAI but unfortunately no University is listed. Could any one here help me in identifying validity of ICFAI University. Gathering of public anousments made by ICFAI towards recognition will be great. Hope a 500+ posts thread will address my doubts. Thank you very much. Ravuri.
VAARTHA is one of the famous daily news paper in Andhara Pradesh. On 80-80-2006 it has published a detailed full page (including pictures, published in main page) article regarding ICFAI and the courses being offered by ICFAI. The complete article aims to prove that he ICFAI is a fake University and it does not have any kind of recognition in India. It says that ICFAI is not approved by any of the following bodies - Gov. of India, UGC, Council of Distance Learning, AICTI. It is also reported that Degree/Masters from ICFAI will not be considered for Government sector jobs and also any foreign Universities do not recognize them for MS or PHD studies. I can't forward the artical here as it is published in TELUGU language. Any people from Andhra Pradesh here, please go through that artical in "VAARTHA", dated 08-08-2006 at main page. Actually I am thinking to take MS (Finance) through ICFAI, but this article has put me in to dilemma. I have gone through prospects of ICFAI. Lot of professional bodies are with ICFAI but unfortunately no University is listed. Could any one here help me in identifying validity of ICFAI University. Gathering of public anousments made by ICFAI towards recognition will be great. Hope a 500+ posts thread will address my doubts. Thank you very much. Ravuri.
Ravuri.
Please refer to the previous posts in this thread and decide for urself.
VAARTHA is one of the famous daily news paper in Andhara Pradesh. On 80-80-2006 it has published a detailed full page (including pictures, published in main page) article regarding ICFAI and the courses being offered by ICFAI.
The complete article aims to prove that he ICFAI is a fake University and it does not have any kind of recognition in India. It says that ICFAI is not approved by any of the following bodies - Gov. of India, UGC, Council of Distance Learning, AICTI. It is also reported that Degree/Masters from ICFAI will not be considered for Government sector jobs and also any foreign Universities do not recognize them for MS or PHD studies. I can't forward the artical here as it is published in TELUGU language. Any people from Andhra Pradesh here, please go through that artical in "VAARTHA", dated 08-08-2006 at main page. Actually I am thinking to take MS (Finance) through ICFAI, but this article has put me in to dilemma. I have gone through prospects of ICFAI. Lot of professional bodies are with ICFAI but unfortunately no University is listed. Could any one here help me in identifying validity of ICFAI University. Gathering of public anousments made by ICFAI towards recognition will be great. Hope a 500+ posts thread will address my doubts. Thank you very much. Ravuri.
Tumtum have already solved the query but i want to tell you few good points.
Always look at the 'Broader Picture' merging weakness and strengths in one package and evaluating the whole package. Your post is silent about MS finance positive points. If you are inclined towards recognition part then i will suggest you to go to only delhi university or mumbai university.
Yesterday in times ascent one middle east based arab investment bank posted ad for various analyst/Sr analyst/Risk management profiles. If you study that ad from top to bottom, you will realise the essence of education. They mentioned the job description, job responsibilities and what type of candidate they are looking (Mainly experience) excluding education (Point to be noted ). At the bottom of the ad there was a line added which stated: CA/CFA/FRM/ Graduates/Master in finance or any other relevant qualification (which also means any qualification giving you finance education whether it is PGDM finance or even M.com).
It is all your hardcore experience which matters along with your extra knowledge with education taking a back seat. ICFAI can help you for entry level job. That is why it is called entry level. You enter the corporate arena of you choice (finance) and then it is you and your knowledge and of course soft skills.
Qualification can help you to kickstart your career but can not be substituted for real life time experience.
VAARTHA is one of the famous daily news paper in Andhara Pradesh. On 80-80-2006 it has published a detailed full page (including pictures, published in main page) article regarding ICFAI and the courses being offered by ICFAI. The complete article aims to prove that he ICFAI is a fake University and it does not have any kind of recognition in India. It says that ICFAI is not approved by any of the following bodies - Gov. of India, UGC, Council of Distance Learning, AICTI. It is also reported that Degree/Masters from ICFAI will not be considered for Government sector jobs and also any foreign Universities do not recognize them for MS or PHD studies. I can't forward the artical here as it is published in TELUGU language. Any people from Andhra Pradesh here, please go through that artical in "VAARTHA", dated 08-08-2006 at main page. Actually I am thinking to take MS (Finance) through ICFAI, but this article has put me in to dilemma. I have gone through prospects of ICFAI. Lot of professional bodies are with ICFAI but unfortunately no University is listed. Could any one here help me in identifying validity of ICFAI University. Gathering of public anousments made by ICFAI towards recognition will be great. Hope a 500+ posts thread will address my doubts. Thank you very much. Ravuri.
Hi Ravuri gaaru!
I wonder how come a news paper, which always distotrs reports and surveys in favour a particular political party(present ruling party, precisely) and which always give false claims that it is famous news paper in Andhra, can comment on a Institute(or university) which is always coming with lots of innovative and relevent programmes, updating the curricula regularly to suit Industry, with tie-ups with internationally reputed institutions, with exploiting the speed and power of IT, with aggressiveness in marketing its products. B- School setup by the ICFAI, the ICFAI B-School(Hyderabad) is one the (true) top ten B-schools in India, even though it is late comer when compared to other tops b-schools.
No Institute has setup so many centres and univeristies and programmes within a short span of time. It has created revolution in private universities. All of its wings might have not approvals because it takes some time to get approvals.
If you go thru some of the threads posted by BABU and TUMTUM you will difinitely be convinced that ICFAI really a professionally managed by a team by top class luminaries, who have passion for developing and changing education scenario in India. The posts have some links to sites like AICTE which show validity of MS(Fin).
Please refer to the previous posts in this thread and decide for urself.
Regards,
Tumtum.
Hi tumtum,
I have decided to join in MS (Finance) based on inputs given by this thread. but unfortunatly the doubt in my minde has raised because of that artical.
But still there are few open ended issues with ICFAI. 1. How can ICFAI start study centers in AP where the University is not rigistered under any AP act 2. How can ICFAI start study centers in Sri Lank beeing a local university of Uttaranchal and Chathisghad. 3. How can they offer Distance mode learning with out approval from Council of Distance Learning.
Tumtum have already solved the query but i want to tell you few good points. Always look at the 'Broader Picture' merging weakness and strengths in one package and evaluating the whole package. Your post is silent about MS finance positive points. If you are inclined towards recognition part then i will suggest you to go to only delhi university or mumbai university. Yesterday in times ascent one middle east based arab investment bank posted ad for various analyst/Sr analyst/Risk management profiles. If you study that ad from top to bottom, you will realise the essence of education. They mentioned the job description, job responsibilities and what type of candidate they are looking (Mainly experience) excluding education (Point to be noted ). At the bottom of the ad there was a line added which stated: CA/CFA/FRM/ Graduates/Master in finance or any other relevant qualification (which also means any qualification giving you finance education whether it is PGDM finance or even M.com). It is all your hardcore experience which matters along with your extra knowledge with education taking a back seat. ICFAI can help you for entry level job. That is why it is called entry level. You enter the corporate arena of you choice (finance) and then it is you and your knowledge and of course soft skills. Qualification can help you to kickstart your career but can not be substituted for real life time experience. Cheers,
Hi Babu,
I agree with you. Talent and Communication is most important then a Degree. I am an IT Solutions Architect working for Wipro Tech-Bangalore. Having 9 years of IT experience that includes Lead and Managerial rolls. I am targeting to grow as a Finance Manager in the sector of IT. MS(Finance) from ICFAI will be well suited for me because Wipro highly recognizes ICFAI university. We have a separate cell in Wipro where all ICFAI published textbooks and magazines are put for reference. Wipro Chairman Mr.Premjee was honorable gust for many ICFAI convocations. this proves that ICFAI is well reorganized by corporate sector. My basic enthusiasm is to know about Gov. of India, UGC and DLC reorganization apart from corporate sector. Regards, Ravuri.
I wonder how come a news paper, which always distotrs reports and surveys in favour a particular political party(present ruling party, precisely) and which always give false claims that it is famous news paper in Andhra, can comment on a Institute(or university) which is always coming with lots of innovative and relevent programmes, updating the curricula regularly to suit Industry, with tie-ups with internationally reputed institutions, with exploiting the speed and power of IT, with aggressiveness in marketing its products. B- School setup by the ICFAI, the ICFAI B-School(Hyderabad) is one the (true) top ten B-schools in India, even though it is late comer when compared to other tops b-schools.
No Institute has setup so many centres and univeristies and programmes within a short span of time. It has created revolution in private universities. All of its wings might have not approvals because it takes some time to get approvals.
If you go thru some of the threads posted by BABU and TUMTUM you will difinitely be convinced that ICFAI really a professionally managed by a team by top class luminaries, who have passion for developing and changing education scenario in India. The posts have some links to sites like AICTE which show validity of MS(Fin).
Hope you are convinced with my arguments,
Regards,
Dora
Hi Dora, I know ICFAI is one of the top-10 B-School in India. That is the reason why I have selected this University to pursue MS(Finance). My intension of the post here is to know only about reorganization given by Gov. of India, UGC and DLC. For your kind information till know AICTE is not reorganized any course which are run by ICFAI. Our intension here is not commenting on any system ((I wonder how come a news paper, which always distotrs reports and surveys in favour a particular political party(present ruling party, precisely) and which always give false claims that it is famous news paper in Andhra ))
We are here to know more about ICFAI, please stick to that. Regards, Ravuri.
VAARTHA is one of the famous daily news paper in Andhara Pradesh. On 80-80-2006 it has published a detailed full page (including pictures, published in main page) article regarding ICFAI and the courses being offered by ICFAI.
The complete article aims to prove that he ICFAI is a fake University and it does not have any kind of recognition in India. It says that ICFAI is not approved by any of the following bodies - Gov. of India, UGC, Council of Distance Learning, AICTI. It is also reported that Degree/Masters from ICFAI will not be considered for Government sector jobs and also any foreign Universities do not recognize them for MS or PHD studies. I can't forward the artical here as it is published in TELUGU language. Any people from Andhra Pradesh here, please go through that artical in "VAARTHA", dated 08-08-2006 at main page. Actually I am thinking to take MS (Finance) through ICFAI, but this article has put me in to dilemma. I have gone through prospects of ICFAI. Lot of professional bodies are with ICFAI but unfortunately no University is listed. Could any one here help me in identifying validity of ICFAI University. Gathering of public anousments made by ICFAI towards recognition will be great. Hope a 500+ posts thread will address my doubts. Thank you very much. Ravuri.
A hot story sold by journalist. It is journalist full time job to get masala information and make it more spicy. I am not a student/Alumini of ICFAI. I have done CA and working in Kotak investment banking as analyst. In my team here, we have 5 CFA's from ICFAI out of 12. In every team/Other deptt. like Kotak bank, Kotak Insurance, Kotak Mutual Funds you will find lot of CFAs from ICFAI. Some are plain CFA's while some have done MBA + CFA (Both from ICFAI). Industry percieves MS finance from ICFAI with respect. Thats what matter rather then looking into the 50 year old nehru framed legislative laws. Well, ravuri is not against ICFAI but he got confused with newspaper report which every rational person can get. All i know is that ICFAI is a university (UGC website) and have got brand popularity among corporates. I dont have idea about other technical issues. Ravuri, i read your earlier post where you mentioned that you are IT pro with 9 yrs of exp. Reconsider your decision about MS finance. I feel this course is best suited for freshers who have lot of time at their disposal. It is a hard nut to crack with full time job and my friends have also failed in multiple attempts. To get finance knowledge, you can go for some short, crisp, point to point course rather then going for lengthy MS finance.
A hot story sold by journalist. It is journalist full time job to get masala information and make it more spicy. I am not a student/Alumini of ICFAI. I have done CA and working in Kotak investment banking as analyst. In my team here, we have 5 CFA's from ICFAI out of 12. In every team/Other deptt. like Kotak bank, Kotak Insurance, Kotak Mutual Funds you will find lot of CFAs from ICFAI. Some are plain CFA's while some have done MBA + CFA (Both from ICFAI). Industry percieves MS finance from ICFAI with respect. Thats what matter rather then looking into the 50 year old nehru framed legislative laws. Well, ravuri is not against ICFAI but he got confused with newspaper report which every rational person can get. All i know is that ICFAI is a university (UGC website) and have got brand popularity among corporates. I dont have idea about other technical issues. Ravuri, i read your earlier post where you mentioned that you are IT pro with 9 yrs of exp. Reconsider your decision about MS finance. I feel this course is best suited for freshers who have lot of time at their disposal. It is a hard nut to crack with full time job and my friends have also failed in multiple attempts. To get finance knowledge, you can go for some short, crisp, point to point course rather then going for lengthy MS finance.
Hi Akhil,
Thanks for your valuable inputs and suggestions. I should think more on this Ravuri.
i found out that you have three books. either you can mail me those at [email protected] or please send the links in here or at the above stated email address. please give me those books. urgently
