19 January 2016 14:55:03 IST

NSE signs agreement with Banaras Hindu University

Agreement signed to offer bachelors and masters course in financial management

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has signed an agreement with Banaras Hindu University to offer two new courses — B.Com Honours (Financial Market Management) and MBA (Financial Management).

The objective of these courses is to create a pool of professionally qualified skilled managers and entrepreneurs to meet the growing needs of trade and industry in the coming years, NSE said in a statement.

“These course will help in bridging the skill deficit gap, and prepare the younger generation for exciting opportunities in the financial market”, said Ravi Varanasi, Chief — Business Development, NSE.

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in collaboration with NSE will offer these degree programmes from the current academic session 2015-16.

BHU Registrar K P Upadhyay and Senior Assistant Vice-President of NSE Rana Usman were present during the signing in ceremony.