The Postgraduate Students of the MSc in Applied Finance Graduate Program recently had the privilege of participating in the international conference and workshop conducted by the Delhi School of Business (DSB) in India. Marking it as their first overseas study tour which took place from 20th October to 25th October 2016 and was led by the Program Coordinator, Dr. Wasantha Perera, and Prof. Y.K. Weerakoon Banda.

During the overseas study tour, our students were presented with an exceptional opportunity to engage with and learn from renowned financial scholars and professors from around the world. This included Prof. S.P. Kothari from Sloan School of Management at MIT, USA, Prof. Shyam Sunder from the Yale School of Management at Yale University, USA, Prof. I. M. Pandey from DSB, India, and Prof. V.S. Khanna from the University of Michigan, USA. Furthermore, they were also addressed by distinguished global corporate leaders, such as Dr. Shashank Ojha, Senior e-Government Specialist at the World Bank, and Dr. Milind Patil, Senior Director of Philips Company in the USA.