Syllabus B.com (B&i)
Syllabus B.com (B&i)
Syllabus B.com (B&i)
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B.COM – BANKING & INSURANCE (B&I) CBCS CURRICULLUM ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE, RANCHI
SEMESTER-V
25 I. Core Course –C 11
26 II. Core Course- C 12
27 III. Discipline Specific Elective (DSE 1)
28 IV. Discipline Specific Elective (DSE 2)
SEMESTER-VI
29 I. Core Course –C 13
30 II. Core Course- C 14
31 III. Discipline Specific Elective (DSE 3)
32 IV. Discipline Specific Elective (DSE 4)
ANNEXURE (I – XI)
33 Semester wise Distribution of Credits for B.Com (Vocational) / Undergraduate
Management / B.Voc. (Hons) Programme
34 Marks Distribution for Examinations and Format of Question Papers
35 Format of Question Paper for Mid Sem Examinations of 25 Marks (Subjects
without Practical)
36 Format of Question Paper for End Sem Examinations of 75 Marks (Subjects
without Practical)
37 Format of Question Paper for End Sem Examinations of 100 Marks (Subjects
without Practical)
38 Format of Question Paper for Mid Sem Examinations of 30 Marks (Subjects with
Practical)
39 Format of Question Paper for Mid Sem Examinations of 70 Marks (Subjects with
Practical)
40 Format of On the Job Training Internal Assessment Examinations of 50 Marks
41 Format of On the Job Training External Assessment Examinations of 50 Marks
42 Semester & Paper wise Credit System and Calculation of SGPA & CGPA on 10
Point Scale
43 Sample calculation for SGPA & CGPA for B.Com (Vocational) / Undergaduate
Management / B.Voc. Honors Programme
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Programme Outcome
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Semester Wise Examination Structure for Mid Semester & End Semester Examinations:
Core Honours, Allied DSE, Compulsory AECC Courses Examination Structure
Mid End End
Semester Semester Semester
Theory Theory Practical/
SEM Code Papers (F.M) (F.M) Viva (F.M)
Core 1 Fundamentals of Insurance 25 75 ---
Core 2 Principle & Practice of Banking 25 75 ---
I GE 1 (A) Financial Accounting --- 100 ---
GE 1 (B) Behavioral Finance --- 100 ---
AECC English Communication --- 100 ---
Core 3 Principles of Life Insurance 25 75 ---
Core 4 Asset, Liability & Capital Management 25 75 ---
II GE 2 (A) Risk Management --- 100 ---
GE 2 (B) Financial Management --- 100 ---
AECC Environmental Science --- 100 ---
Core 5 General Insurance 25 75 ---
Core 6 Underwriting & Claim Management in Insurance 25 75 ---
Core 7 Merchant Banking Operation 25 75 ---
III
GE 3 (A) Mutual Fund & Price Management --- 100 ---
GE 3 (B) Ethics & Corporate Governance --- 100 ---
SEC 1 Research Methodology & Quantitative Finance --- 100 ---
Core 8 Health and Miscellaneous Insurance 25 75 ---
Core 9 Portfolio Management - I 25 75 ---
Core 10 International Banking 25 75 ---
IV
GE 4 (A) Stock Market Operation & Management --- 100 ---
GE 4 (B) Managerial Economics --- 100 ---
SEC 2 Service Marketing --- 100 ---
Core 11 Financial Crime & Compliance 25 75 ---
Core 12 Bank Management 25 75 ---
V
DSE 1 IT For Bank & Insurance 25 75 ---
DSE 2 Insurance & Banking Laws 25 75 ---
Core 13 Risk & Treasury Management 25 75 ---
Core 14 Principle & Practice of Reinsurance 25 75 ---
VI
DSE 3 Entrepreneurship Development 25 75 ---
DSE 4 On the Job Training --- --- 50 + 50
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Semester – I 5 Papers
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CORE COURSE – C1 (Credit: Theory – 06)
Marks: 25 (MSE: 1Hr) + (ESE: 3Hrs)=100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE)=40
Unit – 1 15 Lectures
Principle of Insurance, Different kinds of Insurance, Nature and functions of insurance, Life Insurance
Organization—Context and Important Activities, Internal Organization Distribution Systems & trends.
Unit – 2 12 Lectures
Appointment, Functions and Remuneration of Agents & Brokers, Insurance Contracts, Rating of insurance
products, Legal framework of insurance business, Registration and licensing of insurance.
Unit – 3 15 Lectures
Elements of Insurable risk—Randomness and Economic feasibility, financial aspects of insurance
operations—Statutory accounting requirements, Life insurance companies, and Non-life insurance
companies.
Unit -4 8 Lectures
Reinsurance—Nature, Type, Functions, Techniques, Objectives, Reinsurance in Indian perspectives.
Unit -5 10 Lectures
Underwriting—Definition and Objectives, Process for underwriting in life and non-life insurance, Loss
adjustments.
Recommended Books
1. Fundamentals of Insurance—P. K. Gupta
2. Insurance Theory and Practice—Nalini Prava Tripathy and Prabir Pal
3. Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance—Emmett J. Vaughan and T. Vaughan
4. Principles and Practice of Insurance—M. N. Mishra
5. Principles and Practice of Banking and Insurance—O. P. Agarwal
6. IC-01—Insurance Institute of India
7. IC11-Insurance Institute of India
Note: Latest edition of text books may be used
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Unit -1 Lectures - 10
Introduction, Evolution and structure Indian Banking system: Role and functions of Banks, Regulatory
provisions/enactments, Governing Banks, Major functions of RBI.
Unit -2 Lectures - 10
Retail, Wholesale and International Banking: Nature & scope of retail banking, Wholesale banking
services.
Unit -3 Lectures - 10
Deposit: Banker-Customer Relation, Different deposit products, Services rendered by banks, Mandate and
Power of Attorney, Banker’s lien-Right of set off, Garnishee Order, Income Tax Attachment Order etc.
Unit -4 Lectures - 10
Credit: Principles of lending, various credit facilities, Working capital and term loans, Credit appraisal
techniques, Approach to lending. Credit Management Credit Monitoring, NPA (Non-Performing Asset),
SARFASI Act.
Unit -5 Lectures - 5
Interest Rate Risk Management
Unit- 6 Lectures - 5
Priority lending sectors: Target issues/problems, Current guidelines, Bank’s performance, Developments
in new products and services.
Unit – 7 Lectures -10
Negotiable Instrument Act- 1881, KYC norms and Money Laundering, New Developments of Banking.
Recommended Books
1. Know your Banking Series—Taxman
2. Principles of Banking—Taxman
3. Principles and Practice of Banking and Insurance—O. P. Agarwal
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit-I Lecture: 10
Financial Accounting: Nature and scope, Limitations of financial accounting. Accounting Standards:
Meaning, Significance, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Unit-II Lecture: 12
Accounting Process: Form recording of transactions in preparation of final accounts, Rectifications of errors
Unit-III Lecture: 06
Bank Reconciliation Statements-Meaning, Reasons for difference between passbook and cash book,
Advantages & disadvantages of BRS, Calculation of Reconciliation.
Unit-IV Lecture: 12
Depreciation Accounting: Meaning of depreciation, causes, and objects of providing depreciation, factors
affecting depreciation. Methods of depreciation: straight line method and diminishing balance method.
Unit-V Lecture: 12
Accounting for Partnership-Rights, duties and power of a partner, kinds of partners, fixed and fluctuating
capital, goodwill, revaluation & profits sharing calculation, accounting entries for admission of partner,
retirement of a partner.
Unit-VI Lecture: 15
Analysis of Financial Statements, Common Size Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis.
Unit-VII Lecture: 08
Cash Flow Statement- Meaning, Objectives, Importance, and Components of cash flow, preparation of cash
flow (direct and indirect method)
Recommended Books
1. Fundamentals of Accounting—D.C. Rawat& R.C. Bhatt
2. Basic Financial Accounting—J. R. Monga
3. Financial Accounting—S. N. Maheshwari
4. Financial Accounting—P. C. Tulsian
5. Fundamentals of Financial Accounting—Ashok Sehgal& Deepak Sehgal
6. Financial Accounting—R. NarayanaSwarmy
7. Advanced Accounting—S.P.Jain and K.L.Narang
8. Financial Accounting—Naseem Ahmed, Nawab Ali Khan, M.L.Gupta
9. Accounting & Analysis—CRISIL
10. Financial Accounting—Weygandt, Kieso& Kimmel
11. Introduction to Accountancy—T. S. Grewal and S. C. Gupta
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit 1 10 Lectures
Introduction to Behavioral Finance- Rational Markets Hypothesis and the Challenge of Behaviouralists.
Intellectual Underpinnings.
Unit 2 15 Lectures
Heuristics and Biases - How the Human Mind Works: The Two Systems, Familiarity and Related
Heuristics, Representativeness and Related Biases. The Heuristics and Biases Mean for Financial Decision
Making,
Unit 3 15 Lectures
Forms of Overconfidence, Causes of Overconfidence, Other Forms of Self-Deception, and How Much do
the Experts Know, The Success Equation: Untangling Skill and Luck in Business. Implications of Over
confidence for Decision Making.
Unit 4 15 Lectures
Substance of Emotion - Theories of Emotion, Evolutionary Perspective on Emotions, Types and
Dimensions of Emotions, Emotional Style, Emotions and Investing, Fairness, Reciprocity, and Trust,
Conformity, Social Influence on Investment and Consumption.
Unit 5 20 Lectures
Investor Behaviour - Portrait of an Individual Investor, Influence of Emotions, Implications of Mental
Accounting, Behavioral Portfolio Theory, Knowing Yourself: Psychographic Models, Basic Ingredients of a
Sound Investment Philosophy, and Guidelines for Overcoming Psychological Biases.
Recommended Books
1. Chandra, P, “Behavioural Finance”, McGraw Hill Publication
2. Forbes, William, “Behavioural Finance”, Student ed, Wiley Publication
Note: Latest edition of text books may be used
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Recommended Books:
1. Technical Communication, M.H. Rizvi, Tata McGrawhill
2. Effective Business Communication, Asha Kaul
3. Developing Communication Skills, Krishnamohan
4. Functional Grammar and Spoken and Written Communication in English, Bikram K. Das, Orient
Blackswan
5. Precis, Paraphrase and Summary, P.N. Gopal krishnan, Authors Press
6. Communication Skills, Sanjay Kumar and Pushplata, Oxford Publication
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Semester – II 5 Papers
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CORE COURSE – C3 (Credit: Theory – 06)
Marks: 25 (MSE: 1Hr) + (ESE: 3Hrs)=100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE)=40
Unit-I Lectures - 12
Life Insurance-meaning, purpose and need uses and its role in financial planning, Human Life value-
meaning and valuing it, Assessing life insurance requirements-methods, Stages in life and the amount of
insurance required, Revaluating life insurance need, Life insurance contract-definition and special features,
Tax benefits.
Unit-II Lectures - 12
Policy Form-Contents of a typical life insurance policy-Conditions and privileges-free look period, payment
of premium, grace days auto cover, forfeiture, proof of age, suicide, revival of lapsed policy, non-forfeiture
regulations, indisputable policy assignment and nomination, travel, residence and occupation, and other
restrictive conditions.
Unit-III Lectures- 12
Conventional Policies-Main types of life insurance contract. Whole life, endowment and money back, Joint
lives and partnership. Simple annuities, trust, employee and group, Policies for women and children, Social
security policies, Single versus regular premium policies.
Unit-IV Lectures -12
Contemporary and special policies-Contemporary- term-meaning, features, benefits and types, Unit Linked
policies (ULIP’s) – meaning, features, merits, demerits, types and their current regulations, ULIP annuities
and their regulations, Variable life policies, Special policies-credit.
Unit-V Lectures - 12
Underwriting and Pricing-Underwriting-meaning, purpose, factors, medical examination, sources of
information, primary underwriting, financial underwriting, and methods, Pricing-meaning, objectives, steps
and factors, Risk, net, stepped and level premium, Transparency in pricing of insurance, Customer
responsiveness.
Recommended Books:
1. Principles & Practices of Insurance—M. N. Mishra
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Recommended Books:
1. Management of Banking—S. Scott Macdonald & Timothy W. Koch
2. Banking Theory and Practice—K. C. Shekhar&LekshmyShekhar
3. Indian Institute of Banking & Finance Book.
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit 1 Lectures 10
Introduction to Risk, The concept of risk, Characteristics of Risk, Risk and uncertainty, Risk distinguished
from peril and hazards, Classification of Risk.
Unit 2 Lectures 15
Source and Evaluation of Risks- Identification of Risk & Sources of Risk, Risk Measurement methodologies
, Impact of Risk on Business, Property, Liabilities, Life, Health and income.
Unit 3 Lectures 15
Risk Management- Concept of Risk Management, Objectives and process of Risk management, Importance
of Risk Management and Risk Management Techniques
Unit 4 Lectures 10
Insurance method of Risk management- Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Property Insurance, Insurance for
liabilities such as Housing Loan, Education Loan, Personal Loan etc. Retirement Planning and other
annuities
Unit 5 Lectures 10
Organizational system of the risk management- Risk management committee and Role of Risk Managers.
Recommended Books
1. Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance—E. J. Vaughan and T. Vaughan
2. Risk Management—Trieschman, Hoyt and Somme.
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit 1 Lectures 7
Financial Management – Scope of Financial Management; Objectives of Financial Management; Emerging
role of Finance Managers.
Unit 2 Lectures 7
Time Value of Money- Concept and Techniques; Practical Applications of Compounding; and Present
Value Techniques.
Unit 3 Lectures 15
Capital Budgeting – Principles and Techniques, Nature of Capital Budgeting; Evaluation Techniques- ARR,
Payback Period, Discounted Payback Period, NAV, IRR and Profitability Index.
Unit 5 Lectures 10
Concept and Measurement of Cost of Capital- Importance and concept; Measurement of Specific Costs;
Computation of Overall Cost of Capital; and WACC.
Unit 6 Lectures 5
Leverage - Operating Leverage; Financial Leverage; and Combined Leverage.
Unit 7 Lectures 12
Capital Structure - Cost of Capital and Valuation Capital Structure, Theories; Net Income Approach; Net
Operating Income (NOI) Approach; Modigliani-Miller (MM) Approach; and Traditional Approach.
Unit 8 Lectures 15
Working Capital Management - Concept and determinants of Working Capital. Calculation of working
Capital, Receivable Management, Payable management and Inventory management.
Unit 9 Lectures 4
Dividend Decision Policy and Tax Aspects associated with Dividend Decision.
Recommended Books
1. Fundamentals of Financial Management—Prassan Chandra
2. Financial Management—Khan and Jain
3. Financial Management – I M Pandey
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Recommended Books:
1. Raziuddin, M.., Mishra P.K. 2014, A Handbook of Environmental Studies, Akanaksha Publications,
Ranchi.
2. Mukherjee, B. 2011: Fundamentals of Environmental Biology. Silver line Publications, Allahabad.
3. Carson, R. 2002. Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
4. Gadgil, M., &Guha, R.1993. This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India. Univ. of California
Press.
5. Gleeson, B. and Low, N. (eds.) 1999.Global Ethics and Environment, London, Routledge.
6. Gleick, P. H. 1993. Water in Crisis. Pacific Institute for Studies in Dev., Environment & Security.
Stockholm Env. Institute, Oxford Univ. Press.
7. Groom, Martha J., Gary K. Meffe, and Carl Ronald Carroll.Principles of Conservation Biology.
Sunderland: Sinauer Associates, 2006.
8. Grumbine, R. Edward, and Pandit, M.K. 2013. Threats from India’s Himalaya dams. Science, 339: 36--
‐37.
9. McCully, P. 1996. Rivers no more: the environmental effects of dams (pp. 29-‐64). Zed Books.
10. McNeill, John R. 2000. Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth
Century.
11. Odum, E.P., Odum, H.T. & Andrews, J. 1971.Fundamentals of Ecology. Philadelphia: Saunders.
12. Pepper, I.L., Gerba, C.P. &Brusseau, M.L. 2011. Environmental and Pollution Science. Academic
Press.
13. Rao, M.N. &Datta, A.K. 1987. Waste Water Treatment. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
14. Raven, P.H., Hassenzahl, D.M. & Berg, L.R. 2012.Environment. 8th edition. John Wiley & Sons.
15. Rosencranz, A., Divan, S., & Noble, M. L. 2001. Environmental law and policy in India. Tripathi 1992.
16. Sengupta, R. 2003. Ecology and economics: An approach to sustainable development. OUP. Singh, J.S.,
17. Singh, S.P. and Gupta, S.R. 2014. Ecology, Environmental Science and Conservation. S. Chand
Publishing, New Delhi.
18. Warren, C. E. 1971. Biology and Water Pollution Control. WB Saunders.
19. Wilson, E. O. 2006.The Creation: An appeal to save life on earth. New York: Norton.
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Semester – III 6 Papers
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CORE COURSE – C5 (Credit: Theory – 06)
Marks: 25 (MSE: 1Hr) + (ESE: 3Hrs)=100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE)=40
Unit-I Lectures - 12
Motor Insurance-Comments on the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988-I, IV, V, X, XI and XII, Types of policies-
comprehensive-contents-schedule, own damage, their party liability, and owner-driver cover, exceptions,
conditions, deductions, no claim bonus, pricing and discounts, Motor-Add-on-benefits, Claim Settlement.
Unit-II Lectures - 10
Marine Insurance— Marine Insurance-Contract-Meaning, nature, types, causes and claims. Warranties-
meaning, nature, effects, implied warranty of the sea worthiness of the ship.
Unit-III Lectures - 12
Fire Insurance-Contract-meaning and salient features, Standard Fire and Special Perils Policy-recital,
coverage, exclusions, conditions, and add-on-covers, Special Policies-reinstatement, declaration and floater,
Theory of rating and claims.
Unit-IV Lectures - 15
Rural Social and Micro Insurance-Their meaning and importance, Insurers obligations towards rural and
social sectors, Rural market-opportunities and challenges, Rural and micro products, Micro insurance
regulations, Social security’s schemes-meeting social obligations through group insurance.
Unit – V Lectures - 11
Personal Accident and Travel Insurance: Personal Accident Policy-special features, as well a sickness
policy, an accident, coverage, benefits, provisions, exclusions, conditions, bonus and extensions, Group
personal accident policies, Travel Insurance-domestic and overseas policies. Claim process.
Recommended Books
1. Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance—E. J. Vaughan and T. Vaughan
2. Risk Management—Trieschman, Hoyt and Sommer
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Recommended Books:
1. Principles & Practices of Insurance—M. N. Mishra
2. Fundamental of risk & insurance—P. K. Gupta
3. IC-22—Insurance Institute of India
4. Life & Health Insurance—Skipper & Black
5. Principles of Risk Management and Insurance—George Rejda
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit -1 Lectures- 15
Introduction to the Merchant Banking, Concept and Evolution of Merchant Banking, Services and its
importance, Regulatory Framework, and Merchant Banking tools and process.
Unit -2 Lectures - 15
Financial Services - Hire Purchase, Leasing, Amalgamation, Merger and Acquisition, Lease agreement,
Project Planning and Finance, Venture Capital, Credit Rating.
Unit – 3 Lectures -10
Factoring - concept, nature and scope of Factoring - Forms of Factoring, Forfeiting, Foreign Direct
Investment.
Unit -4 Lectures-10
Securitization / Mortgages: Meaning, nature and scope of securitization, whole Loans - Mortgages -
Graduated-payment.
Unit -5 Lectures -10
Introduction of SEBI & RBI Guidelines for Merchant Bankers.
Recommended Books
1. Financial Instruments and Services—Nalini PravaTripathy
2. Banking Products and Services—Taxman
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Recommended Books
1. Mutual Fund Their Scheme and Price Management—R. Jatana& K. J. Bosire
2. Mutual Funds: Data, Interpretation and Analysis—K.G. Sahadevan
3. How Mutual Fund Works—Albert J. Fredman& Russ Wiles
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Recommended Books
1. Corporate Governance-Code Systems, Standards and Practices—Subhash Chandra Das
2. Corporate Governance in India-An Evolution—Subhash Chandra Das
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Recommended Books:
1. Research Methodology—R. Panneerselvam
2. Quantitative Techniques—C. R. Kothari
3. Quantitative technique—C. Satyadevi
4. Mass Media Research—Roger D. Wimmer& Joseph R. Dominick
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Semester – IV 6 Papers
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CORE COURSE – C8 (Credit: Theory – 06)
Marks: 25 (MSE: 1Hr) + (ESE: 3Hrs)=100 Pass Marks (MSE + ESE)=40
Recommended Books
1. IC-27 (Insurance Institute of India)
2. IC-73 (Insurance Institute of India)
3. IC-78 –Miscellaneous Insurance
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Unit 1. 10 Lectures
Basic concept of Portfolio Management- Basic concept, Portfolio objectives, Types of portfolio, Constrains
in the portfolio, Statement of investment policy.
Unit 2. 10 Lectures
Portfolio Investment Process—Basic Principles, Planning, Implementation, Portfolio monitoring.
Unit 3. 10 Lectures
Portfolio Risk and Return —Introduction to Portfolio and Security risk and Returns.
Unit 4. 10 Lectures
Markowitz Portfolio Theory - Basic Assumptions, Efficient market frontiers, frontiers. Capital Asset Pricing
Model—Introduction and Assumptions of CAPM,
Bond Portfolio Management Strategies
Unit 5. 20 Lectures
Portfolio Performance Evaluation—Measurement of Return, Risk adjusted measure of performance,
Sharpe’s Reward to Variability ratio, Treynor’s Reward to Volatility ratio, Jansen’s differential return
measure, Application of other evaluation technique. Bond Portfolio performance measurement and
evaluation.
Recommended Books
1. Fundamentals of Investment Management—V.K. Bhalla
2. Investment Management-Security Analysis and Portfolio Management-V. K. Bhalla
3. Investment Management—V. Gangadhar& G. Ramesh Babu
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Unit -1 Lectures - 12
Factors determining exchange rates-national-international, political and economic-Direct and indirect
quotations-Spot rates, Forward rate premium and discount and cross rates.
Unit -2 Lectures - 12
Basics of Derivatives-Forward exchange rates, Contracts, Currency options, Swaps and Interest rate swaps,
Major recommendations of the various expert groups of Forex (Foreign Exchange).
Unit -3 Lectures - 4
Documentary Letters of Credit-UCPDC (Uniform Code of Procedure for Documentary Credit) 500
Unit -4 Lectures - 15
Correspondent Banking-Bank Accounts-NOSTRO and VOSTRO Accounts-SWIFASHION
TECHNOLOGYS (Society for Worldwide Financial Telecommunication System)-CHIPS (Clearing House
Interbank Payment System), CHAPS (Clearing House Auto Payment System), FEDWIRE (Federal Reserve
Wire System)
Unit- 5 Lectures -2
NRI (Non Resident Indian) Accounts—Indian Rupee and Foreign Currency Accounts
Unit- 6 Lectures -15
Role of EXIM Bank—Role of RBI and Exchange Control—Regulations of India, Role of FEDAI (Foreign
Exchange Dealer Association of India) and its rules, Risk in Foreign Trade, Role of ECGC (Export Credit &
Guarantee Corporation), Types of Insurance and guarantee covers of ECGC.
Recommended Books:
1. Management of Banking—S. Scott Macdonald & Timothy W. Koch
2. Banking Theory and Practice—K. C. Shekhar&LekshmyShekhar
3. Merchant Banking & Financial Services—Dr. K. Ravichandran
4. Banking and Insurance-Law and Practice—The Institute of Company Secretaries of India
5. Merchant Banker—H. R. Suneja.
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Unit 1 10 Lectures
Introduction to Stock Market – Basic concept, Role of stock market, types of stock market.
Unit 2 20 Lectures
Primary Market –Concept and features of Primary market, Different offers of the Primary market. IPO
Process and role of underwrites
Unit 3 15 Lectures
Secondary Market- Concept and Features of Secondary market.Market intermediaries and their roles –
Brokerage firm and Depository, Demat Account, Dematerialization of physical share certificates.
Unit 5 10 Lectures
Basic concept of online trading system, Clearance and Settlement system, Circuit Rules, Types of Orders.
Unit 6 20 Lectures
Determining the value of Bonds, Preferential Shares and Equity share. Determining the investment return.
Provision of Tax on security transaction, Dividends and capital gains.
Recommended Books
1. How the Stock Market Works—Dalton
2. Capital Market-Institution and Instruments—Fabozzi& Modigliani
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Unit- I 15 Lectures
Definition, Objectives, and importance of Managerial Economics, Goals of Business-Economic Goals,
Social Goals, Strategic Goals, Business Ethics
Unit-II 15 Lectures
Demand and Supply: Law of demand, determinants of demand, shifts of demand curve versus movements
along a demand curve, market demand;
Elasticity of Demand: price elasticity of demand, calculating elasticity, determinants of price elasticity, cross
and income elasticity.
Law of supply: - Determinants of supply, shifts of supply versus movements along a supply curve, market
supply, market equilibrium.
Applications of demand and supply: price rationing, price floors.
Unit-III 15 Lectures
Consumer Theory:- Concept of utility, Diminishing marginal utility, Equi-marginal utility, Indifference
curves, budget constraint, Price, income and substitution effects. Consumer Surplus & Producer surplus.
Unit-IV 15 Lectures
Production: Production functions, law of variable proportions, returns to scale, isoquant and iso-cost lines,
producer equilibrium.
Costs: costs in the short run, costs in the long run
Revenue and profit maximizations, economies and diseconomies of scale.
Unit-V 15 Lectures
Market Structures: Perfect Competition: theory of a firm under perfect competition, equilibrium of the firm
in the short run and long run.
Imperfect Competition- Monopoly: short run and long run equilibrium; comparison of perfect competition
and monopoly and Oligopoly.
Price discrimination in different market structure.
Recommended Books
1. Managerial Economics – D. N .Dwivedi
2. Managerial Economics and Financial Accounting- m. kasi Reddy &Saraswati.
3. Managerial Economics- R.L. Vashney
4. Managerial Economics- H.L.Ahuja
5. Managerial Economics – K.P.M.Sunderam
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit
concepts,
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optimization,
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offer to customers in every operational stages of business.
Unit 1 7 Lectures
Introduction to Services Marketing—Need, Scope, Classification of Services.
Unit 2 8 Lectures
Introduction to Service Marketing Management.
Service Marketing Mix—(a) Product (b) Price (c) Promotion (d) Place (e) People (f) Process (g) Physical
Evidence.
Unit 3 8 Lectures
Organization for Services Marketing—Role, Understanding, Planning and Management, Internal Marketing,
Relationship Marketing and Service Quality. The Importance of After Sales Services in the Services
Marketing.
Unit 4 7 Lectures
Special Aspects of Services Marketing—No Profit Service Marketing, Marketing, Financial Services
Marketing specially Mutual fund, Insurance and Banking Products and stock market related products.
Recommended Books:
1. Services Marketing—S. M. Jha
2. Services Marketing—Helen Woodruffe
3. Services Marketing—Vasanti Venugopal & V. N. Raghu
4. Services Marketing—Ravi Shankar
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit 1 - AML - Background, Purpose, Scope, the Need to Combat Money Laundering, Basic Principles and
Objectives of Money Laundering Prevention and Compliance 8 Lectures
Unit 2 - Know Your Customer and Identification, Establishing Identity, Identification Procedures: General
Principles, Know Your Customer - the Basis for Recognizing Suspicions. 8 Lectures
Unit 3 - Money Laundering Risk Assessment, Extra Precautions to Be Taken in the Opening of Some Types
of Accounts, Recognizing and Reporting Suspicious Transaction / Activity and Role of the Principal Officer.
10 Lectures
Unit 4 - Introduction to Cyber Crime: Concepts and Techniques, Channels of Cyber Crimes, Module
Outcome: Cyber Crime Methods-Stalking and cyber-squatting, Cyber extortion and cyber cheating, Cyber
warfare and cyber terrorism, Phishing and hacking 10 Lectures
Unit 5 - Computer Insecurity- Internet Crime and internet fraud, User failures and causes, Bank failure.
5 Lectures
Unit 6 - Online transactions- Concepts, Emerging trends and legal implications, Payment cards and data
security, Electronic card frauds - ATM cards, Credit cards and Smart cards 5 Lectures
Unit 7 - Cyber-crime management - Cyber-crime reporting, cyber-crime risk management, Computer fraud
protection - Prevention controls, Detection controls, Mitigation controls and Encryption/ Decryption.
Important provisions under Information Technology Act – 2000. 14 Lectures
Recommended Books
1. “Cyber Crimes and Fraud Management” by the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance.
2. Lawman's Legal Framework on Cyber Crimes by Kant Mani | Kamal Publisher
3. Anti-Money Laundering & KYC by Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Recommended Books:
1. Management of Banking—S. Scott Macdonald & Timothy W. Koch
2. Banking Theory and Practice—K. C. Shekhar & Lekshmy Shekhar
3. Merchant Banking & Financial Services—Dr. K. Ravichandran
4. Banking and Insurance-Law and Practice—Institute of Company Secretaries of India
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Unit -1 20 Lectures
Information System for Business: Need for Information Systems, Advantages, Disadvantages Information
Systems.
Data Base Concepts- Definition- Application: Data Interchange (EDI), Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), M-
Commerce Services & Applications
Emerging Trends in Computing – Cloud Computing, Cyber Crime, Need For Security - Security Threat &
Attacks. Security Mechanisms - Cryptography, Digital Signature, Firewall
Unit -2 20 Lectures
Introduction to Advanced Excel & MS Access Advanced Options of MS-EXCEL: Getting started with
Excel, working with Formulas & Functions and creating Charts & Graphs. Statistical tools – use statistical
functions such as average, Standard Deviation, ANOVA, IF function etc.
Financial Tools – use of Financial Functions such as NPV, IRR FV PV IPMT RATE Date Functions.
Data analysis by using What IF, PIVOT table, Scenarios, Goal seek
Unit -3 10 Lectures
MS-ACCESS :Creating a database and tables by different methods- Entering and Editing data Sorting,
Filtering and Displaying data, Creating & querying using forms. Creating & printing reports and labels.
Unit 4 10 Lectures
MS- POWERPOINT-: Creation and designing of PPT, Link building with online and offline sources.
Wrapping of PPT
Recommended Books
1. Ken Laudon, Jane Laudon&RajnishDass, “Management Information System”, 11nd Ed. Pearson.
2. B. Muthukumaran, “Information Technology for Management”, 2010, Oxford.
3. S. Sudalaimuthu& S. Anthony Raj, “Computer Applications of Business”, 2010, HPH. 4.
ArpitaGopal&Chandrani Singh, “E - World- Emerging Trends in Information Technology”.
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Recommended Books
1. Laws Related to Banking and Insurance—O. P. Agarwal
2. Business Laws—Nabhi’s
3. Business Law—R. S. N. Pillai & Bagavathi
4. Insurance Law Manual—Taxman
5. IC 24 of Insurance Institute of India
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Recommended Books:
1. Management of Banking—S. Scott Macdonald & Timothy W. Koch
2. Banking Theory and Practice—K. C. Shekhar & Lekshmy Shekhar
3. Indian Institute of Banking & Finance
a) Workbook for JAIIB
b) Theory & Practice of Treasury & Risk Management in Banks
c) Know your Banking-I & II
d) Principles and Practice of Banking
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Recommended Books:
1. IC-85 (Insurance Institute of India)
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Theory: 60 Lectures; Tutorial: 10 Lectures
Objective: This course provides students with a solid introduction to the entrepreneurial process of creating
new businesses, role of Creativity and innovation in entrepreneurial start-ups; manage family-owned
companies, context of social innovation and social entrepreneurship and issues and practices of financing
entrepreneurial business.
Recommended Books:
1. Burns, P.-Entrepreneurship and small business. New Jersey
2. Drucker, P. F-Innovation and entrepreneurship: Practice and principles, USA; Elsevier
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3. Gersick, K.E., Davis, J.A., Hampton, M. M., &Lansberg, I.-Generation to generation: Life Cycle of the
family business: Boston: Havard Business School Press
4. Hisrich, R., & Peters, M.-Entrepreneurship, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill
5. Holt, D. H.-Entrepreneurship new venture creation. New Delhi:PHI
6. John Kao, Creativity & Entrepreneurship
7. Kaplan, J.-Patterns of Entrepreneurship. Wiley
8. Khandwalla, P.-Corporate creativity. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill
9. Mullins, J.-New business road test. New Delhi: PHI
Note: Latest edition of textbooks may be used
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Examination-
Internal Project evaluation and Viva voce based on the project report of On the Job Training with
two Internal Examiners as officially appointed by the University.
External Project evaluation and Viva voce based on the project report of On the Job Training with
two External Examiners as officially appointed by the University.
ON JOB TRAINING
On the Job Works for 30 Days at the Designated Organization recommended by the college
Each students of this course shall undergo Practical Internship of four weeks in an approved
business/industrial/government/service organization. The objective of this training is to make the student
acquainted with the industrial/business working environment. After completion of the training they will have
to submit a training report. The internship/project reports will carry 100 marks. It will be evaluated by two
examiners (one internal and one external). The training report is part of the sixth semester. It is to be
submitted by the date fixed by the college.
The students will also have to submit a performance certificate from the company where he/she undertook
the training. This report will also be considered while evaluating the training report by examiners.
Alternatively if it is not possible to do industrial internship the students will prepare a project report on a
topic assigned to him/her by the college. The project report will be evaluated as above.
*Topics, Objectives & Guidelines of the Project is to be decided by the Project Guide.
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ANNEXURE-II
MARKS DISTRIBUTION FOR EXAMINATIONS AND FORMAT OF QUESTION PAPERS
Marks distribution of Theory Examinations of Mid Semester:
Group-A Total No. of
(Very Short answer Group-B Questions to Set
type Compulsory (Descriptive Questions
Questions) with Choices)
Full Pass No. of Questions No. of Questions
Topic Code Marks Marks Time X Marks = F.M. X Marks = F.M. Group A Group B
Mid
T 25 25 --- 1 Hr 5 x 1 =5 4 (out of 6) x 5=20 5 6
Sem
Marks Distribution of Mid/End Semester Practical Examinations (GE 1B, 2B, 3B & 4B, DSE2):
Marks distribution of Practical Examinations of Mid Semester
Full Pass Distribution of Marks
Topic Code Marks Marks Time Sample Test Fit Viva Total No. of Questions to Set
End
P30 30 10 --- 10 10 10 ----------
Sem
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ANNEXURE-III
General Instructions:
i. Group A carries very short answer type compulsory questions.
ii. Answer any 4 out of 6 subjective/ descriptive questions given in Group B.
iii. Answer in your own words as far as practicable.
iv. Answer all sub parts of a question at one place.
v. Numbers in right indicate full marks of the question.
Group A [5x1=5]
1. ...............
2. ...............
3. ...............
4. ...............
5. ...............
Group B [5x4=20]
1. ............... [5]
2. ............... [5]
3. ............... [5]
4. ............... [5]
5. ............... [5]
6. ............... [5]
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ANNEXURE-IV
Group A
1. ............... [10x1=10]
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
2. ……………….. [5x1=5]
Group B
1. . ............... [15]
2. ............... [15]
3. ............... [15]
4. ............... [15]
5. ............... [15]
6. . ............... [15]
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ANNEXURE-V
General Instructions:
Group A
1. ............... [10x1=10]
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
2. ............... [5x1=5]
3. ............... [5x1=5]
Group B
1. ............... [20]
2. ............... [20]
3. ............... [20]
4. ............... [20]
5. ............... [20]
6. ............... [20]
ANNEXURE-VI
General Instructions:
i. Submission
a. Experiment File [10 marks]
b. In-situ Analysis/Presentation [10 Marks]
ii. Viva [10 Marks]
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ANNEXURE-VII
General Instructions:
1. Submission
a. Project File [10 marks]
b. In-situ Analysis [20 Marks]
2. Viva [40 Marks]
Note: In-situ Presentation will be done by the students in the presence of external examiner.
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ANNEXURE-VIII
General Instructions:
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ANNEXURE-IX
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s=1
(Cr)s < 40 F 0
Absent X 0
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ANNEXURE-XI
Sample calculation for SGPA & CGPA for
B.Com. (Vocational)/Undergraduate Management /B.Voc. (Honours) Programme
Sample Calculation for SGPA:
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