The rolling Indian stock market seems to be attracting the financial enthusisasts from VGSoM. A workshop was organized in VGSoM to arm the students with technical and fundamental analysis of the stock market. The leading technical and fundamental analysts, Mr. Rajat K. Bose and Kalpana Kabra conducted the workshops at VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur. Mr. Rajat K. Bose is known as the leading and the best technical analyst in India. He has been involved in securities research for the last fifteen years. He appears as an analyst on various Indian TV channels including CNBC-TV18, NDTV profit, Sahara Samay, Awaz and Zee business. He has also written for the Economic times, Kolkata and the Statesman, Kolkata. Ms. Kalpana Kabra has been a well-known technical analyst in the securities market for the last 10 years. She has appeared on the CNBC, Zee Business, and quite a few regional TV channels to advise investors. She is the course coordinator for the Investment Management course at the Birla Institute of Futuristic Studies, Kolkata. The Technical Analysis workshop conducted from 14th to 15th January 2006 for twenty hours had practical sessions on the technical analysis of the stocks. The sessions included Dow theory basics, Trends, Trendlines, Channels, Reversal and Continuation patterns, Indicators, Moving averages, Stops, Gaps, Trading for profit, Intermarket analysis, and more. The Intermarket analysis was a quick hit with the students, since it covered the relationship between different markets ranging from Oil, Commodities, Bond markets, Stocks markets, etc. The hands-on sessions gave the students a complete exposure to the analysis of the charts of the stocks. The sessions also covered the myths behind technical analysis. The workshop provided the tools and techniques for the analysts in the making. The Fundamental Analysis workshop was conducted from 25th to 26th March and 1st to 2nd April 2006 for forty hours. The workshop included introduction to fundamental analysis, role of an analyst, forecasting growth for long term and short term, playing the cycles, market share, economic indicators, Strategy & competition, analysis of financial statements, financial ratios, equity evaluation, portfolio construction, asset bubbles and more. The workshop provided the tools needed for fundamentally analyzing the companies and their stocks. The hands-on sessions and practical examples made the workshop more interesting. Armed with knowledge on technical and fundamental analysis, the budding analysts at VGSoM are raring to go.

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