SPJIMR Launches the Centre for Financial Studies

/ -- Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's SPJIMR has set up a Centre for Financial Studies (CFS) to focus on research in finance and to help bridge the gap between industry and academia in a sector that is at the core of India's growth story.

As India moves to achieve the vision of becoming a five trillion dollar economy, SPJIMR's CFS will offer a unique platform where academic experts, finance professionals and policy makers can work together to inform practice and public policy in the financial sector. The five areas that CFS has mandated itself to work on are accounting, governance & risk, financial inclusion, fintech and policy & regulation. The CFS has been set up at a time when India is looking to a new phase of growth as policy makers push to increase investments, build infrastructure and become more business friendly.

The CFS was formally launched on Oct. 10 at a function attended among others by, Mr Deepak Parekh, Chairman, HDFC and Chairman of the Governing Council of SPJIMR; ..