JIMS organised an Alumni Session on 12th December 2020, for the students of PGDM Retail Management batch 2020-22. The resource person was Mr. Abhishek Kansal, Proprietor- Easy Investment Financial Services, Ex Deputy Manager- TATA Asset Management and alumnus PGDM -RM batch 2015-17.
He started the session by talking about his corporate experience and various opportunities in the finance field. India has a diversified financial sector undergoing rapid expansion, both in terms of strong growth of existing financial services firms and new entities entering the market. The sector comprises commercial banks, insurance companies, non-banking financial companies, co-operatives, pension funds, mutual funds and other smaller financial entities. He highlighted the growth of investor in stock trading amidst covid-19 and shared his experience that how he earned 3.5 lacs during covid time by trading in shares. As JIMS alumnus, he gave various suggestions to the students about not to restrict themselves to one particular field and be openminded towards all fields.
At the end, query session was conducted by him which was very interesting, and great enthusiasm was observed. Mr. Kansal cleared the doubts, and recommended the students to take up finance and retail as a career option as it has a promising future. The session ended by thanking him for his benevolent presence.