The Centre for Advanced Financial Studies (CAFS) has been established at IFMR with support from ICICI Bank to
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Conduct and facilitate cutting edge research in financial markets, financial instruments, and financial institutions with an emphasis on Indian and emerging markets.
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Offer advanced courses covering different areas of finance with a view to disseminate the best of current practices worldwide.
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Manage the ICICI Research Centre.
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Facilitate the construction of reliable databases, which would be made available to researchers both at IFMR and elsewhere.
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Allow Indian and foreign researchers to collaborate on areas relevant to emerging markets finance.
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Provide inputs to policy makers based on research.
The Centre aims to be a quality resource available to practitioners, researchers and policy makers in India and other Emerging Markets.
CAFS Goals
CAFS plans to be active in both research and instruction arena to achieve the following goals
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To excel in fundamental research and research arising from specific consulting assignments.
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To develop tools and concepts appropriate to market conditions in India and other emerging markets.
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To provide Research based unbiased Policy Advice.
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To conduct post graduate programs that would provide a comprehensive introduction to theory and practice of modern finance to prepare students for both theoretical and empirical work.
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To provide high quality executive education programs to bring the best of current finance practices to professionals and tailored to the needs of specific organisations.
