Trust, Transparency, and Discipline: Lessons from Visit to SEBI
Chandigarh October 21:
University Institute of Applied Management Sciences, Panjab University organized a visit to the Securities Exchange Board of India, Chandigarh for MBA (Capital market) Students. The basic motive was to understand the objectives, functioning, and operations of the Securities Exchange Board of India. Mr. Rajesh, Regional Director, and Ms. Mohita Sabherwal Dahiya, AGM, SEBI were the key speakers. The interactions covered on basic fundamentals of the Securities Market, covering instruments, investor protection, grievance handling mechanism, rights and responsibilities of investors, and identification of fraudulent trading practices, etc.
All questions regarding participants of markets, IPOs, FPOs, the procedure of IPOs, taxation issues, etc. Were addressed by SEBI officials. Prof. Monika Aggarwal, Director, UIAMS said that interaction with the regulatory body gives firsthand information about the regulatory mechanism and everyone must be aware of their rights along with their duties as investors. The event was coordinated by Ms. Nidhi Sareen, SRF, Mr. Arshdeep, JRF, and Mr. Lovnish, and Mr. Rahul Sharma students from MBA (Capital Market). The visit was much appreciated by student participants.