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IMPORTANT EVENTS

University a liation program with

CFA
15 AUGUST

IIM Visakhapatnam became the 9th IIM,
and overall,the 19th College Pan-India to
be welcomed into the CFA Institute
University Affiliation Program. The Post
Graduate Program (PGP) of IIMV has been

acknowledged as incorporating at least 70
percent of the CFA Program Candidate

Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and emphasizing the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Profes-
sional Conduct within the program. The Institute is now among an elite group of institutes whose curricu-
lum is dovetailed with the University Affiliation Program of the CFA Institute.Expressing happiness at
partnering with IIM Visakhapatnam, Mr Vidhu Shekar, Country Head, CFA Institute India, said that CFA
being a practitioner-driven course makes management students industry-ready in the much sought-after

field of investment analysis and management. With a focus on fintech and application of modern technol-
ogies like artificial intelligence and machine learning to traditional finance, it was agreed that both the
institutions could leverage their strengths for joint endeavours such as workshops, webinars, conferences,

executive education programs, research collaborations etc. Prof. Prince Doliya, faculty from Finance and
Accounting area at IIM V facilitated the tie-up.

Inaugural of IDeAL
18 AUGUST

IIM V inaugurated the Interdisciplinary Decision

Sciences & Analytics Lab (IDeAL)- a Center of
Excellence (CoE) dedicated to research, consultan-
cy, and training in analytics and data sciences.-
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. M. Chandrasekhar,
DirectorIIM V, described thevision behind setting

up IDeAL and its envisaged role in contributing to
policy planning and implementation in Visakhapa-
tnam, the adjoining districts and the country as a

whole. At the virtual inauguration program, Prof.
Shivshanker Singh Patel, the Chairperson, IDeAL,
highlighted the aims and objectives of this CoE.

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