Tuesday, December 01, 2009

KSHAN '09

Who is the first woman to head a B-school in India?,
Suzlon raised 1735Cr by selling 35% stake in Belgium based gearbox maker. Can you name the Belgium company?
If a firm with a highly volatile price is willing to widen its shareholders‟ base gradually, what will it issue?



These were some of the questions put forth to the participants during the preliminary quiz round of KSHAN’09, the two day quiz and equity analysis event conducted by FINCLUB of BIM. The first round saw a huge turnout of teams with creative names like, “Angels and a Demon”, 3sigma and Laymen brothers to name a few. The quiz had 38 questions grilling the participants’ knowledge in financial world. Out of the 20 odd teams that participated, 6 best teams were selected for the equity research round. Each team was given a company and asked to give a thorough analysis of their stock and requested to present their findings the next. Each team’s presentation was evaluated by a panel of judges comprising professors and experts in field of corporate finance. Out of the 6 teams, the winners were

1st - BIM BULLs - L & T - Padmaselvan, Saravanan, Govindraj Prabhu

2nd - Anarchists - Sterlite Industries - Ankit Bhargav, Jai doshi, Yuvraaj

3rd - Stuck On Mars - Cairn India - Chakravarthy, Nagasantosh, Parthipan