ILEAD in association with Kredent Academy organized a session on Union Budget Analysis for the year 2015-2016 on Tuesday, 3rd March, 2015  ,from 4 pm to 6 pm at Ilead campus.

The speaker's for the session were Mr.Pradip Chopra, Chairman iLEAD ,Mr.Vivek Bajaj - ACA, ACS, MBA (IIM Indore), CISA, M.Com (Director of Kredent Academy) and Mr. Pankaj Gupta - ACS, MBA (IIM, Lucknow).

The session emphasized on the renewed vibrancy in the economy & the cause & impact of the economic decisions made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

Speakers Profile:

Vivek Bajaj

IIM Indore; ACA; ACS; CISA; M.COM

He specializes in Equity, Commodities, Currency, Options, Trading Strategies, Technical Analysis from last 13 years. He has promoted Kredent Academy to create a strong knowledge platform for individuals who are inclined towards getting an in-depth knowledge in Financial Market. It is for the first time that an industry expert has taken on himself, the onus to train candidates in a real time, practical-oriented training set-up. He has served as guest faculty for many renowned institutions in Eastern India such as St. Xavier's College, IPSAR, BIBS, IBS, ISBM, IIFT, IEM & ICICI Prudential

Pankaj Gupta

IIM Indore; ACS; M.COM

Pankaj Gupta has an experience of over 12 years in the areas of Fund Management, Equity Research and Corporate Banking. He has worked in leading financial groups including SBI, ICICI, HDFC, UTI & L&T. A commerce graduate from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, he has done his Company secretary and his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow specializing in Finance and Strategy.

As the youngest fund manager in India, he has managed various kinds of equity oriented funds including diversified, large cap, contrarian, balanced, sectoral and thematic funds, totaling around 6000 crores of equity assets.

Under Pankaj's able management, the funds SBI MF Magnum Contra and SBI MF Magnum Balanced have got recognition for their consistent superior risk-adjusted performance and won several awards from independent agencies such as CRISIL, CNBC TV 18, ICRA and Reuters Lipper. The funds have also got top ranking in Value Research / ET Fund Tracker.

The funds managed by him have received numerous awards:

Awards for Magnum Contra - ICRA Awards 2008; CNBCTV18 Crisil Awards 2007

Awards for Magnum Balanced - ICRA Awards 2008; Lipper Awards 2008, 2007, 2006; CNBC TV 18 Crisil Awards 2007, 2006

Magnum Contra and Magnum Balanced Fund - Consistently rated Five Star ***** (highest rating) by Value Research

Magnum contra - Consistently rated Platinum Fund (highest rating) by Economic Times

Over a period of time, Pankaj has acquired strong skills of understanding businesses and creating wealth for its investors. He is also a strong believer of giving back to society. With his accumulated knowledge wealth over a period of time, now he has moved ahead and ventured in for helping Indian investors acquire necessary skills to manage their investments wisely.