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E-Cell Drishtee Capital
The Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of VGSOM, IIT Kharagpur, Drishtee Capital, the investment club of VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur was
is a student-run body that works to build a platform for the founded in the year 2012 and went live on October 31 st 2013. A group
student community to cultivate their entrepreneurial spirit of students interested in finance and investing started this club with
through exposure to the start-up ecosystem. We conduct Srijan a sole motive of establishing our institute as a centre of excellence in
and Vichaar, B-Plan flagship competitions that spark inspiration finance.
in students to transform their ideas into profitable ventures. Drishtee Capital manages a student-run equity portfolio. The club
E-Summit, a leadership talk series helps to gathers insights of provides opportunities to its members to learn the art of investing and
great leaders to mentor young minds.
understand various market dynamics and real time challenges faced by
Learning Business Outside Classrooms (LBOC) is a unique investors. At Drishtee, we focus mainly on generating long-term value
initiative that the E-Cell offers to first-year students. It gives rather than short-term gains. We follow a top-down approach while
them a hands-on learning experience while collaborating with making investment decisions. We start with macroeconomic and sector
CXOs of top start-ups. analysis to find profitable investment areas in the economy. We perform
fundamental and technical analysis of various companies in an industry
Giving students the chance to work on live projects and winter
internships is another crucial element of E-Cell. To obtain live to invest in. Furthermore, the club is not limited to its members as
projects and winter internships, we diligently seek out promising Drishtee makes conscious efforts to share knowledge of investments,
start-ups. trading, portfolio management, fundamental and technical analysis
through knowledge sharing sessions called “TradeShastra”. Additionally,
we also publish equity research reports and newsletters on our social
media handles.
Drishtee Capital conducted “Trading Mania”, a stock market simulation
contest. The event was spread across few days where participants were
required to take positions in equity markets from a pool of NIFTY50
stocks with one lakh of virtual money. The event saw a good number
of participations from trading enthusiasts competing to maximize their
profits. Drishtee Capital also successfully conducted its flagship equity
research competition “Synergy” in association with StockGro during
Purvodaya, the annual B-School fest of VGSoM, IIT Kharagpur. The event
included amalgamation of trading simulation and equity research case
study that attracted participations from top B-Schools of India.
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