Money Matters

Updated on: Wednesday, November 09, 2011

XLRI Jamshedpur played host to some of the biggest names in corporate India at its second edition of the annual Finance Conclave, Gnosis 2011 in Mumbai. This year the conclave focused on the role that private equity has to play in our country’s growing economy and was titled ‘Investing in India’s Future – The Role of Private Equity’.

It was also aimed at addressing existing dilemmas and pre-empting new challenges that would impact the future evolution of the sector and its influence on the Indian economy.

The private equity sector is tipped to grow tremendously in India in the coming years and even the fundamentals look encouraging for PE in India to continue to grow and evolve much beyond 2011.

Speaking about these exciting possibilities at the conclave were some of the stalwarts of the industry such as Shankar Narayan, MD, Carlyle India; Rupa Vora, CFO, IDFC; Subir Nag, director, ICICI Venure; Nainesh Jaisingh, Standard Chartered PE; Siva Shankar, director, Citibank VC; Jacob Mathew, MD, Mape Advisory; Pramod Ahuja, partner, Tata Capital; Srinivasan Bharatam, managing partner, Milestone Religare Investment Advisors.

Prof Uday Damodaran, XLRI faculty – Finance said, “With India looking to lurch forward into the next phase of growth, large financial investments as well as domain-specific management expertise becomes inevitable. It is here that alternative investments such as private equity funds become very important. In addition, private equity will emerge as a very important source of capital for firms at all stages of existence, of all sizes and across all sectors.”

The Finance Association at XLRI (FINAX) also took the opportunity to outline its plans to further nurture the sustained student interest in the finance domain at XLRI. After the speaker series a panel discussion on the topic ‘The Outlook for Private Equity in India’ was held bringing forth various insights about the current scenario of the PE industry in India. The panelists also discussed the opportunities and challenges of dealing with varied stakeholders, ranging from promoter groups to retail investors.

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