The Game Of Numbers - Why Finance At XLRI?
The two-year full-time program in Business Management (PGDM) at XLRI offers a number of finance courses in the first year to ensure that students from varying backgrounds, especially those not from the finance domain, gain a conceptual and analytical understanding of finance. With the use of theory, cases and individual/group projects, the curriculum ensures that the students are able to integrate and apply theoretical concepts to real-world problems. First-year courses such as Management Accounting, Corporate Finance, Cost Accounting etc impart essential financial knowledge ensuring all students have a good understanding of the basics of finance, that are essential to all future managers. Students can specialise in the finance domain in the second year by choosing from a vast pool of finance electives such as Business Analysis and Valuation, Financial Analysis, Planning & Control, Financial Modelling using Excel, Risk Management etc, along with niche courses such as Structured Finance, Fixed Income Securities to gain a holistic understanding of the domain.
