Total: 50 Hours
Unit 1: Introduction to Financial Markets : (10 Hours)
Introduction to Financial Markets: Capital Markets, Basics of Capital Market Mechanism; Primary Market, Secondary Market - Basics of Stock Exchanges and their Role; Money Markets- Basics of Money Market Mechanism, Instruments.
Unit 2: Budgeting and types of Investments : (10 Hours)
Preparation of Simple Budget; Types of Investments: Equity - Types of Equity, Debt Securities, Mutual Funds - Types of Mutual Funds; Deposits - Types of Deposits.
Unit 3: Time Value of Money : (15 Hours)
Time Value of Money - Compounding and Discounting; Application of Present Value of lump sum and Annuity; Concept of Risk Return
Unit 4 Personal tax planning :(15 Hours)
Meaning - Person, Assessment year, Previous year, Resident and Non-resident; Heads of Income - Gross total income, Total income; Filing of Tax Returns.
References:
Khan and Jain. (2005). Financial Management. (1st ed.). New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.
Prasanna Chandra. (2006). Financial Management. (7th ed.). New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.
Gordon and Natrajan (2011). Financial Markets and Services (6th ed.). New Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House.
Pandian, Punithavathy (2009). Financial Markets and Services. NewDelhi: Vikas Publishing House.
Singhania, Vinod and Singhania Monica (2014). Students Guide to Income Tax. (51st ed.). New Delhi: Taxmann Publications.