Mr. Joseph Massey is the deputy managing director of MCX. A charismatic leader, Mr. Massey heads strategic operations and development initiatives of MCX with an ultimate aim of making MCX the “Exchange of Choice” for all commodity participants.

Mr. Massey has over 18 years of diverse corporate experience and has been associated with leading financial organizations such as Life Insurance Corporation of India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Stock Holding Corporation of India, and the Vadodara Stock Exchange. In his last assignment, he was heading Interconnected Stock Exchange of India—a collaboration of 15 regional stock exchanges—as its managing director.

Mr. Massey has also traveled to various global stock exchanges like the NYMEX, LME, CBOT, CME, NYBOT, CCX, EURONEXT-LIFFE, IPE, NYSE, NASDAQ, Philadelphia Stock Exchange, SEC, CFTC, LSE, Singapore Stock Exchange, and DTC and has brought best practices to India. He has been a part of various committees of FMC, SEBI, and the Government of India on various policy issues related to the development of the commodities and securities market.

In order to share his vast knowledge and experience with the new generation, Mr. Massey is actively involved in the field of education as a visiting faculty at leading institutions teaching primarily on commodities and securities market. Known for his perceptiveness and keen acumen, he has been invited as a speaker to several forums. He has also contributed his articles and views to various national dailies, such as The Economic Times and The Financial Express, and business magazines and journals. He is also on the board of the Methodist Church in India.

Postgraduated in Economics and in Financial Management, Mr. Joseph Masey is a strong believer in continuous learning. He has attended diverse training programs on securities and commodities market at various institutions such as CFTC, the International Law Institute in Washington, Derivatives Instruments at the New York Institute of Finance, and Research Methodology at the RBI Staff Training College.

He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services, during which period he set up and ran equity research at DSP Financial Consultants and the equities broking business at HG Asia Ltd. and UBS Warburg.  In the last 5 years at Enam, Subramanian has lead several land mark transactions including those of ICICI Bank, Reliance Petroleum, NTPC, Suzlon, PNB, Yes Bank etc. in the Indian Capital Markets.

He holds a Doctoral Degree from the Indian Management Ahmedabad.  His dissertation topic was titled “The Impact of Political and Economical Events on Stock Price Behavior.”  During this period, he also studied at ESSEC in Paris under a French government scholarship as an exchange scholar.

His other interests include reading and traveling.  He has delivered several lectures and talks at the Executive Development Programme at IIM Bangalore and conferences organized by Euro Money, Metal Bulletin as well as by Bombay Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. Subramanian will be the keynote speaker for the session ‘Challenges in Corporate Fund Raising’ on Day 2 of the conference.

Topic: Funding of Leveraged takeovers overseas by Indians – problems & issues

B. Rohit Kumar and Anupam Mohapatra, IIFT, New Delhi

Topic: How big is big for the Indian Banks. Assess within the context of opening of Banking sector 2009?

 C. Meenakshi Dawar and Vartika Srivastav, IIM Ahmedabad

 Topic: Public-private partnership for furthering infrastructural growth. Is it the best model?

Congrats!! Winners will be notified by email soon.

We thank all the participants for the overwhelming response. We received a total of 231 entries from across 30 b-schools.

This session on Day 2 (September 9, 2007) aims to bring together finance professionals from different sectors of the economy to talk about the challenges they face in raising funds to meet their expansion/operating plans. What makes a lot of companies go raise funds abroad? What are the legal issues involved?

Radio Mirchi the largest private FM Radio operator in the country in terms of number of operational stations and revenue.

Though Radio Mirchi FM radio stations are located in diverse regions in India it’s been successful in attracting local audiences in each of these markets. This is largely due to a superior understanding of audience preferences, which enables it to provide content customized to the taste, language and culture of the local audience. A track record of developing creative and innovative content or programming formats has helped Radio Mirchi expand and retain its audience and advertisers.

Tune in to Radio Mirchi for regular updates on Samriddhi!!

The last date for the submission of papers for the Cognizant Samriddhi Paper Presentation Competition has been extended to August 20, 2007.

Mail your papers to: samriddhi.paperpresentation@gmail.com

BASIX is a new generation livelihood promotion institution established in 1996, working with over 3, 75,000 households spread in 12 states of India. BASIX strategy is to provide a comprehensive set of livelihood promotion services to rural poor households from under one umbrella. This includes provision of micro financial, agricultural/business development and institutional development services. It is also a leader in application of risk mitigation mechanisms including micro insurance services like life, health, livestock and rainfall insurance for the rural areas.

He joined BASIX as Sr.Vice President (Strategic Initiatives), provided guidance to new initiatives in livelihoods and on commercial ventures in various sub-sectors in BASIX group. Anchored Business Development for the Group Companies. Served as Managing Director of Krishna Bhima Samruddhi Local Area Bank (KBSLAB). The bank has micro savings, bank on wheels and other deposit based insurance services in the under banked areas. Bank has done innovative micro credit in Small & Medium Scale Enterprises & Agro businesses. Successfully introduced weather derivatives (Rainfall Insurance) in the market through KBS Bank for risk mitigation of the small dry land farmers in AP. Furthermore, as Director, Indian Grameen Services (IGS), research and development company of the BASIX group. Most recently, serving as Managing Director, Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance Limited (BSFL) which is the flagship company of BASIX Group and also Managing Director of Bhartiya Samruddhi Investments and Consultancy Services (BASICS Ltd.) which is the holding company of BASIX Group.

Prior to BASIX, he was associated with ITC group for over two decades at various levels of management in the areas of procurement, commodity trading, processing, marketing and exports of agricultural commodities. Has vast experience in developing & implementing Agro business and projects.

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Samriddhi – Financing India’s Development
September 8-9, 2007. Majorda Beach Resort
a finance conference organized by Goa Institute of Management in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry.

About Cognizant Technology Solutions:
Cognizant (NASDAQ:CTSH) is a U.S.-based global IT services and business process outsourcing solutions provider headquartered in Teaneck, N.J. Cognizant was founded in 1994 as an IT development and maintenance services arm of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. The company was spun-off as an independent organization two years later. Since 1996, Cognizant has worked closely with large organizations to help them build stronger, more efficient, and more agile businesses.

By emphasizing its strengths in close customer relationships, highly flexible operations, seamless global delivery culture, and deep knowledge of companies and markets, Cognizant helps its customers achieve better bottom-line results and delivers a better “return on outsourcing.” Cognizant was one of the first major offshore companies to organize its services around key industry verticals and horizontals and is able to deliver deep domain expertise to its clients.

From its founding, Cognizant was built with a global mindset. Today, this heritage has provided Cognizant with a significant market advantage. Because customers see globalization as a key element to their future success, they seek partners who can help them succeed in this journey. Being born global, Cognizant is a uniquely qualified partner for these clients.

Key Highlights

• Unique blend of over 40,000 technical and domain specialists
• Strong relationships with 400+ active customers worldwide
• Enhanced domain focus through subverticalization
• More than 90% of annual revenue from existing clients
• Proactive solutions offerings for improving operational efficiency, complyingwith industry regulations, and improving customer service levels

The venue for Samriddhi 2007 has been finalized as Majorda Beach Resort. It is a 5-star deluxe hotel situated on a 26 km stretch of soft white sand in South Goa. It is 15 minutes from Dabolim International Airport and 10 minutes from Margao Railway Station.