The Vice Chancellor of the Doon University, A K Karnatak has said that financial literacy is an important subject in today's time and during the ongoing period of Covid- 19 pandemic financial empowerment along with saving human existence is an important issue. He was speaking after inaugurating a webinar on managing personal finance during Covid-19 times on Saturday. The programme was organised under the aegis of the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) and Doon University on the occasion of World Investor Week 2020.
The programme convenor and dean student welfare, H C Purohit welcomed the guests on the occasion.
He said that more than 300 participants have registered in this free webinar in which teachers, employees and common investors are also participating.
The keynote Speaker on the occasion was Chief Advisory of Association of Mutual Fund in India Northern Territory, Suryakant Sharma. He said that Sharma said that next one year would be difficult for managing finances. He advised that apart from calculating basic expenses for next one year some money should be kept aside for social and family responsibilities. Sharma gave an elaborate account of different investment options during the present pandemic time.
