Mumbai:
ICICIdirect Centre for Financial Learning (ICFL) announced the winners
of StockMIND Season 4, the largest inter-collegiate competition on stock
investing with the aim of educating the youth on investing in the stock
market in a unique and interesting manner. The winners were felicitated
by Mr. Vineet Arora, EVP & Head of Product & Distribution,
ICICI Securities Ltd and Mr. Neeraj Joshi Head-ICICIdirect Centre for
Financial Learning.
StockMind
Season 4 saw the number of participants almost double over last year,
upholding the growing popularity of the competition which is India’s
largest inter-collegiate competition on stock investing. StockMind was
recently awarded the ‘Largest Competition on Stock Investments’ by the
Limca Book of Records.
Every
year, the programme begins with an informative seminar in every
participating college where students receive an overview of the stock
markets and basic process of investing in stocks. This is followed by
StockMIND, a seven-day event, wherein the participants are ranked as per
the value of their portfolio. StockMind is played using Virtual Money
and does not involve any financial risk for participants.
StockMIND
Season 4 saw several new additions including a section on personal
money management which teaches students the basics on money management,
an option to trade in derivatives. Season 4’s special attraction was an
exclusive segment for women participants.
The
preliminary rounds concluded on March 04, 2016 and the winners from all
the colleges battled in the Grand Finale which was scheduled between
March 14, 2016 and March 22, 2016. This year 1.8 lakh students from 599
colleges across India in more than 80 cities participated in StockMIND.
Winners of StockMIND 4:
Vishal from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi was the winner of
StockMIND Season 4. He won a cash prize of Rs One Lakh from ICICI
Securities. Uday Kumar from New Horizon College, Bengaluru was the
winner of the StockMIND Grads and received a cash prize of Rs Fifty
Thousand.
Runner-ups of StockMIND 4:
Md Yasir Ali from Lovely Professional University , Phagwara and
Abhishek Kumar from Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi were adjudged
the 1st runner up and 2nd runner up for the StockMIND Season 4. The 1st
runner up and 2nd runner up for StockMIND Grads were Garima Bajaj from
IP College for Women, Delhi & Hamza Qureshi from Rizvi College,
Mumbai.
Women Winners of StockMIND 4:
The title of Women Winner StockMIND Season 4 was bagged by V Aruna
from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. Garima
Bajaj was declared the women winner of StockMIND Grad.
On the occasion, Mr. Vineet Arora, EVP & Head of Product & Distribution,
ICICI Securities Ltd congratulated all the winners and runner-ups.
Commenting on the competition he said,” The response of this season of
has been very encouraging. StockMind not only helps the students
understand the nuances of equity investments but also helps them develop
critical skill sets that would make them better corporate leaders of
tomorrow.”
“Learning
investments is an important life skill and is required by all
youngsters. This is also demonstrated by the diverse set of students
participating in the StockMIND contest. The 250 graduate and 340 plus
post graduate colleges that have participated in StockMIND Season 4
include students from various streams and over 50 Engineering, Medical
and Dental colleges. These also include majority of the premium colleges
in the country.” added Mr. Neeraj Joshi, Head – ICICIdirect Centre for Financial Learning (ICFL).
About ICFL:
ICICIdirect Centre for Financial Learning (ICFL) is an initiative of
ICICI Securities set up with an objective of simplifying financial
knowledge and increasing financial literacy amongst prospective or
experienced investors & knowledge seekers. ICFL training programmes
are categorized under Investment Education Programmes and Professional
Certification & Development Programmes. The repository of domain
knowledge includes host of in-house developed seminars, workshops,
certifications and training programmes leading to reputed
certifications. These programmes are in the area of Stock Investing,
Derivatives, Mutual Funds, Financial Planning, Wealth Management,
Corporate Finance, etc.
ICICIdirect
Centre for Financial Learning has been conferred with the Award for
Innovation in Learning and Best Online Learning Solution at the World
Education Congress. It also won the Emerging Brand Award at CMO Asia in
Singapore.
For more information -
ICICI Securities Ltd.
Swapna Bhandarkar
swapna.bhandarkar@icicisecurities.com Tel: 022-66377190
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Mihir Dani
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