1. IMC Pravinchandra Gandhi Chair in Banking & Finance Vision, Mission & Programme Balkrishna Parab balkrishnaparab@jbims.edu

2. Vision Create a Centre of Excellence in Banking and Finance Studies

3. MissionMission To provide quality education for students Conduct training prorgammes; Carry out research and publications; and Develop a body of knowledge to meet the evolving needs of the banking and financial sector. balkrishnaparab@jbims.edu

4. Programme Themes balkrishnaparab@jbims.edu

5. Lecture Series Under the aegis of the IMC-Pravinchandra Gandhi Chair we would organise a lecture series to bring about a dialogue between eminent persons in banking and finance sector and the students and researcher. The first lecture in this series will be delivered by Mr. KV Kamath, Chairman ICICI Bank on September 13, 2013 at the Convocation Hall of University of Mumbai. balkrishnaparab@jbims.edu

6. Training Programmes We propose to carry out training programmes for bankers and college teachers in the emerging issues in this sector. We propose to organise training in: – Company analysis – Banking Technology – Financial Inclusion balkrishnaparab@jbims.edu

7. Research and Publications We propose to carry out research activities in various aspects of banking and finance sectors. Some of the research topics on which we are working include: – Mechanisms for raising finance – Bank finance to SME sector – Financial inclusion balkrishnaparab@jbims.edu