Trust, Transparency and Discipline: Lessons from Visit to SEBI
University Institute of Applied Management Sciences, Panjab University organised visit to Securities Exchange Board of India, Chandigarh for MBA (Capital market) Students. The basic motive was to understand the objectives, functioning and operations of Securities Exchange Board of India. Mr. Rajesh, Regional Director and Ms. Mohita Sabherwal Dahiya, AGM, SEBI were the key speakers. Teh interactions covered on basic fundamentals of 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, procedure of IPOs, taxation issues etc. Were addressed by SEBI officials. Prof. Monika Aggarwal, Director, UIAMS said that interaction with regulatory body gives a firsthand information about the regulatory mechanism and everyone must be aware of rights alongwith 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.
