Finance Master Toolkit: Workshops on Valuation of Startups (PWC), Marketing Campaigns in Finance (IIFL Finance) and PowerBI (Excel Prodigy)

“An investment is deemed an investment only through its returns!” IIM Bangalore's Vista 2021 presents to you a specially curated workshop series for all the finance enthusiasts and budding bankers. The Finance Master Toolkit comprises 3 workshops from renowned executives of PwC, IIFL Finance, and Excel Prodigy.

Finance Master tool kit comprises of three workshops:

1. Valuation of startups: Art, science or conjecture? by Mr. Vishnu Giri and Mr. Ajay Hirawat, Senior Leadership, PwC
2. Marketing campaigns in finance workshop by Mr. Vipul Oberoi, Chief Marketing Officer, IIFL Finance
3. PowerBI workshop by Mr. Mohamed Yousuf, Chief Corporate Trainer, and Director, Excel Prodigy

Registration Deadline: 4^th August, 11:59 PM

Venue: Virtual. The link will be shared with the participants one day in advance.

Hurry and register now to add a new feather to your career. This workshop has limited seats.

The date, time, and details about individual workshops are mentioned below.

Workshop 1: Valuation of Startups: Art, Science or Conjecture? by Mr. Vishnu Giri and Mr. Ajay Hirawat, Senior Leadership, PwC

India currently houses the world's third-largest startup ecosystem, with 38 firms being valued at over $1 billion, or what is known as unicorns. In 2020, the country minted around 12 such unicorns despite the disruption to the economy caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Have you wondered how these startups are valued? Do you want to learn the basic frameworks of valuation?

This workshop will cover the following:

• Financing life cycle and value drivers
• Concept of value
• Valuation methods and valuations of startups
• Case Studies

Date: 7th August 2021

Time: 2 PM– 3:30 PM

About the Facilitator:

Vishnu Giri (“Vishnu”) is a Partner with PwC India’s valuation practice. Vishnu, who has around 15 years of core valuation experience, leads the practice from the Bangalore office. Vishnu has performed numerous valuations in diverse sectors such as IT/ITES, Manufacturing, Automotive, Real estate, Pharmaceuticals, and Life sciences, Healthcare, Retail, Infrastructure, Financial Services, etc. He has also successfully completed the Registered Valuer course and exam for both Securities and Plant & Machinery asset categories. He is a regular speaker at industry fora and also conducts client workshops on various valuation topics. He has also authored a thought paper on equity risk premium in India, which has been published on the PwC India website.

Ajay is Associate Director at PwC. He has over 11 years of experience in valuations across diverse industries. He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and has worked across sectors including auto ancillary, engineering, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, information technology, and consumer market. He has extensive experience in equity valuation of businesses and has advised a wide range of clients on merger swap ratio, joint venture, valuation advice to the board for acquisitions, valuation for group consolidation, regulatory valuation, and portfolio valuation.

If you want to register only for this individual workshop and not the entire tool kit, please follow the link: https://dare2compete.com/o/XT0lg9C?refId=9vPzTb7

Workshop 2: Marketing Campaigns in Finance workshop by Mr. Vipul Oberoi, Chief Marketing Officer, IIFL Finance

Do you want to have a first-hand view of how to run a successful marketing campaign for a financial firm??

Henry Ford said that “Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.” Hence marketing is key for success in any sector. IIFL finance started up in 1995 and recently launched a successful marketing campaign, “ Seedhi Baat” which featured Rohit Sharma. So learn from the marketing guru how to build a successful marketing campaign for one of the prominent Indian finance firms.

This workshop will cover the following topics with examples from IIFL’s marketing campaign

• How to plan a marketing campaign?
• Why a Brand Ambassador?
• How to choose a campaign line and why “Seedhi Baat” is a campaign line?
• Why Rohit Sharma as Brand Ambassador?
• Creation of the TV commercials

Date of workshop: 5th August

Time of workshop: 7:00 PM

About the Facilitator:

Vipul Oberoi is the Chief Marketing Officer of IIFL Finance, responsible for brand salience and creating business opportunities. An alumnus of FMS – Delhi, Vipul has over 14 years of experience in various marketing and business roles in IIFL Finance, IIFL Securities, Yes Bank, and Axis Bank, with key emphasis on brand building, demand generation, rural marketing, digital marketing, and cause marketing. In the course of his career, he has launched award-winning 360-degree campaigns, and his love for story-telling is visible in his campaigns.

About the Company:

IIFL Finance Limited is one of the leading players in the Indian financial services space. IIFL’s evolution from an entrepreneurial startup in 1995 to a full range diversified financial services group is a story of steady growth by adapting to the dynamic business environment, without losing focus on its core domain of financial services. Through its subsidiaries, IIFL Finance offers a wide spectrum of products such as Home loans, Gold loans, Business loans, Microfinance, Capital Market finance, and Developer & Construction finance to a vast customer base of about 30 lakh customers. IIFL Finance has widened its pan-India reach through an extensive network of branches spread across the country and various digital channels.

If you want to register only for this individual workshop and not the entire tool kit, please follow the link: https://dare2compete.com/o/xXyh5ai?refId=9vPzTb7

Workshop 3: PowerBI workshop by Mr. Mohamed Yousuf, Chief Corporate Trainer and Director, Excel Prodigy

“Data is the new oil.” As most companies of the world - from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 behemoths might agree, without data “it’s like being blind and deaf and in the middle of a freeway.” Therefore, as a business manager, it is imperative to grasp the essentials of data analytics and ride the data revolution that is underway at present. Power BI is one such tool that can let you do the same. It is becoming increasingly popular nowadays due to its breadth of application and ease of use. 

This workshop will cover the following:

• Keynotes on import, transform & analyze data
• Introduction to Power Excel (Power Pivot and Power Query)
• Ask, analyze, deliver and tell stories with your reports
• Visually appealing presentations & customized visualization options

Date of workshop: 8^th August

Time of workshop: 6:30 PM IST

About the Facilitator:

Mr. M. Mohamed Yousuf is the director of Excel Prodigy Training & Consultancy. He Has 15+ years of Experience in Corporate Training. He has Trained 15000+ Professionals all over India. Microsoft Certified Trainer and Excel Automation Consultant. In his decorated career, he has conducted over 1000+ Corporate Training for over 200+ Corporate clients.

About the company:

Excel Prodigy is a Premier Corporate training company with 250+ Corporate Clients like BMW, L&T, PwC, Yamaha, Daimler, BEL & B-Schools over 5 IIMs, SIBM Pune, etc. Excel Prodigy is one of the pioneering startups in 2009 to have MS Excel as an Exclusive Training Company in India. Prevailing Big Data Revolution and the demand for Data Intelligence and Analytical skills, Excel Prodigy upgraded its expertise in Data Analytical tools like Power Excel, Power BI, Tableau, R Programming, Python, etc.

If you want to register only for this individual workshop and not the entire tool kit, please follow the link: https://dare2compete.com/o/PjGMUWL?refId=9vPzTb7

About Vista:

Vista is IIM Bangalore’s international annual business summit – a congregation of the smartest minds in the country and around the world from both the academic and corporate communities. Vista anchors a wide range of events and activities that belong to almost all the focus areas imaginable within the domain of business and management.

Vista 2020, being the first of its kind digital business summit, saw successful participation from 62,000+ undergraduate and postgraduate students, multiple corporates, and the presence of eminent personalities from across the globe. This year, Vista 2021 returns to steer conversations on the opportunities and venues opened by unforeseen disruptions. With faster than ever-changing dynamics, the swift transition from a traditional to a more robust environment presents a huge challenge in terms of learning and adaptability for businesses to sustain and thrive. ‘Together Towards Tomorrow’ captures the essence of the journey that students and business leaders intend to embark on, for a successful and sustainable tomorrow.

VISTA 2021 Workshop series witnesses participation from students at national and international levels. Its primary focus is to bridge the gap between academia and industry through discourse and experiential learning, best suited through the realms of a workshop. It aims to provide in-depth and focused knowledge about a domain to its audience. We keep the engagement levels high in the workshop series to provide the audience an opportunity to interact with industry leaders and subject matter experts and receive hands-on training. 

Please Note:

• Workshop participants must have a notebook, pencil, eraser, and a black pen.
• All workshops shall be certified by IIM Bangalore Vista 2021.
• Proceeds from the registration fee go to the event organizer Vista 2021.