Mr. Kruppesh Thakkar is currently working as Prof. Financial Markets at ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai. With specialization in Finance, he has spent more than a decade in capital market and research including tracking the economy, establishing market strategy and assignments in investment banking. He is a NISM approved trainer with a domain area of knowledge in equity, financial and currency derivatives, mutual funds, security analysis, valuation, portfolio management, corporate finance and economics.

ITM Business School

What are your roles and responsibilities towards students?

“Overall growth with opportunities in every field”

Apart from providing them with top-class infrastructure and best approaches for quality education, students are getting ample opportunities to show their talent in various intra-collegiate and intercollegiate events as well. Also, at ITM we have an Entrepreneur and Incubation cell that encourages and helps students to become an entrepreneur. We also incorporate 300+ hours of life skills and professional development in the course curriculum to ensure holistic improvement of students. 

What is your philosophy of leadership?

“Establishment of coordination and good conduct”

A leader is primarily influential in getting desired outcomes in any organization. I firmly believe there must be a strong rhythmic workflow where every member plays his part in a more enthusiastic manner. There must be understanding and mutual respect with a well-defined structural framework to give a sense of trust among team members. 

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How do you ensure students get required skills to make a good career ahead?

“Providing value based certification programs and trainings”

We provide our students with specialized training via different certifications offered by several organizations like CISI (UK) and NISM. With certification from CISI being an internationally approved certificate, students stand a good chance of making a career in international financial institutions. Various companies in the BFSI segment have mandatory requirements to have specific NISM Certifications. Hence, passing these certifications add a lot of value to a student's placements. 

How does the curriculum of your institute ensure the best practice of industry?

“Engaging students to gain practical knowledge”

The course curriculum is designed in a more advanced manner giving exposure through Industry-Academia-Interface involving Industry Visits, Guest Lectures, Workshops, Panel Discussions, Seminars. Students are also engaged in live projects to understand the industry problems in a better way and work on their solutions accordingly. We offer PGDM-FM as part of the course program, and also facilitates certifications from CISI (Chartered Institute for Securities), UK and NISM (National Institute of Securities Markets). Also, a dedicated 5-month Industry Internship is availed to endorse skills and real world experience of business markets. 

What do you think are the core strengths of your Institute? 

“Keen courses and training designs to make students learn in a better way”

We offer highly advanced PGDM-Financial Markets, a dedicated course using class-room teaching with innovative pedagogy to better learn and strengthen the student's base, knowledge and proficiency in the subjects of finance and financial markets. Also, we have a well-designed organization to give a perfect blend of class-room sessions along with practical training in our Business Simulation Lab. The Business Simulation Lab is a part of ITM Centre of Excellence available exclusively to Financial Markets. It facilitates learning in a real-time, live market environment simulation in various asset classes, helping students to get a first- hand experience of putting in practice all theories and strategies. 

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Any suggestions you would like to give to the current youth?

“Have faith in yourself, and keep moving forward”

Youths need to understand the importance of being oneself, rather than following the crowd. Trust yourself first, have faith and believe in your journey. Never let any external factor destroy your self-worth. Stay positive and humble, and keep going on your path, that’s it and that’s must.