GUWAHATI, Sept 27 - Brand New Day, a prominent financial advisory firm in the North-east organized �BND Conversations� with the industry stalwarts for its investors in the city on Saturday evening. The event was attended by over 200 retail investors and businessmen from across the North-east.
The key-note speakers at the event were Prashant Jain, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer-HDFC Mutual Fund, Kanchan Gupta, eminent journalist and activist and. Anand Kumar, founder of Super 30.
Themed �Reforms-India 2.0,� the underlying objective of the seminar was to offer the guests a macro perspective of the economy coupled with key insights on politics, policy and investments. Prashant Jain spoke at length on the keys to asset allocation, importance of financial literacy and on equities as asset class. On his perspective of Indian economy Prashant Jain said �India is a secular growth economy and is one of the best placed economies in the world in terms of demographics, demand and growth. A strong development oriented government coupled with low commodity prices shall be good for the economy and result in low inflation growth.�
Commenting on the critical challenges posed to the present government Kanchan Gupta said �The government will have to work towards eliminating bottlenecks in the current system that deter ease of doing business in India. Also, it shall have to push up public spending for tangible results to show on ground.�
Anand Kumar shared his life�s journey to a packed auditorium and the motivation behind starting the popular Super 30 programme that trains candidates from poor economic background for a highly competitive examination like IIT.
Commenting at the sidelines of the event Pallav Bagaria, CEO, Brand New Day said �Our commitment to educate investors with the knowledge of Industry stalwarts has resulted in a platform like BND Conversations. Its an effort on our part to bring the game changer to this part of the country.�
