Finance & Accounting

“Finance & Accounting is the blood of a business" is a commonly accepted piece of wisdom. Finance & Accounting is indeed one of the most critical sectors of economy and thus knowing how to manage it is a sought-after skill in today’s times. The demand for financial skills has always been cosmic which has led to an increase in the number of students opting for education in the Finance & Accounting domain in the present times.

The Finance & Accounting Area of FORE has a rich blend of academic and industry experience in its faculty. Faculty is actively engaged in all three facets: teaching, research and executive education. Faculty bring in their industry experience to classroom relating to different domain areas in Finance & Accounting supported by case studies, simulations, learning through excel and other software. Finance & Accounting subjects impart knowledge across a wide spectrum from basic accounting, financial management to electives which are reviewed every year and based on ‘need of the hour’. In addition, seminar sessions are conducted by the faculty on contemporary topics which are not covered in the regular curriculum to enhance the knowledge of the students.

Apart from academics, the area holds various interactive sessions with eminent corporate and industry leaders through its FORE Economics and Finance Forum (FEFF) that ensures holistic development of the students.

Faculty in the area publish research papers and cases in reputed national and international journals. The area is actively involved in executive education through management development programs, both open and customized.

The following core courses are offered to the batches in Term-1 and Term-2 which are common across the PGDM, PGDM (IB), PGDM (FM) and PGDM (BDA).

► Financial Accounting- Term 1
► Corporate Finance- Term 2

In Term-3 Specialization Area Pre-requisite (SAPR) offered are as follows:

► Management Accounting (PGDM-FM)
► Financial Reporting and Analysis (PGDM-FM)
► Financial Markets, Institutions and Services PGDM (BDA)

The elective courses offered are as follows:

PGPX courses offered are:

Activities (including panel discussions/seminar activities by the faculty members) during 20-21

During the academic year 2021-22, the faculty had taken the following activities

► Faculty invited as an expert for a Panel discussion on 'Future of Research: Collaboration between Industry and Academia', in the International Conference hosted by JIMS Rohini on December 18th, 2021 at its Rohini campus
► Faculty invited as a resource person for the event -the online mega workshop on "Idea Generation to Business Plan" organized by the Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) FORE for a session on "Financial Plan"
► Faculty invited as a speaker to address Australian and Indian Entrepreneurs, on the topic of " Obtaining and Managing Money" in a webinar arranged by the University Business School in association with Western Sydney University under the aegis of India-Australia Council on the theme of "Connecting Women Social Entrepreneurs-Bringing India and Australia Together".
► Faculty invited as a member of the academic panel by the Federation for World Academic (FWA) annual conclave on the theme of “Leveraging Lockdown Learnings: Implications on Teaching-Learning”

Seminar course conducted by FORE Economics and Finance Forum (FEFF) –

1. ‘Detailed view of U.S Tech Markets’ by Mr. Perth Parikh, Head- Relations and Founding Member Finshiksha
2. ‘Basics of Tableau and Data Analytics’ by Mr. Gunvir Singh Quami, Senior Data Analyst