Kathua, Dec 05: Career Counselling and placement cell, Govt Degree College Kathua in collaboration with Bombay Stock Exchange ltd offered Skill Based Training Program in Mutual Fund. The training programme was started on November 16, 2022, and the valedictory function of the programme was held on December 5, 2022, Monday, at the Conference Room of Govt Degree College Kathua.
The programme was attended by Chief Guest Prof. Sumanesh Jasrotia, Principal, GDC Kathua, Prof. Rakesh Singh, Convener Career Counselling and Placement Cell GDC Kathua, Sh Kamal K. Sharma, Visiting faculty BSE, Prof. Jaswinder Singh, Coordinator IQAC, Mr. Shabir Ahmed, Placement Manager, Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd., Dr. Anupma Arora, Dr. Pankaj Gupta, Prof. Rahul Sharma, Dr. Himani Arora, Prof. Neha Mahajan, and Prof. Kanchan Mala.
Prof. Sumanesh, who inaugurated the valedictory function, addressed the maiden batch of over 40 students who participated in the training programme. He stressed the need for such type of skill courses for the younger generations for self-employment which is also the demand of NEP-2020. He congratulated the convener and members of the career counselling and placement cell for taking this initiative by collaborating with BSE.
Prof. Rakesh Singh, Convener, Career Counselling and Placement cell in his welcome address motivated the students to take the best advantage of the things that they learnt in this training session and suggested they build a career in banking industry/mutual fund. He further said that this programme will definitely lead to the placement of trainee students of GDC, Kathua. He asked the students to give their feedback on the course.
The trainee students, while giving feedback expressed satisfaction and said that they have learned a lot about mutual funds and this programme will definitely help in their placement. The seven best trainee students were also given appreciation certificates.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Shabir Ahmed asked the participants to submit their updated CVs so that we can go ahead with their placements in multi-national companies, especially in BSE Ltd.
The resource person of the event Kamal K. Sharma highlighted the role of the mutual fund Industry in India and across the world. He made the participants aware that after joining this course they shall be eligible for registration under the National Institute of Security Markets (NISM). A NISM certificate is mandatory for any bank-related job. Moreover, various employment opportunities in the financial sector were also discussed in his deliberations.
