Mangaluru: The One-Day National Conference on “Emerging Issues in Banking and Finance in a Technology Driven Economy” was organized by the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Suratkal here on February 20.
The programme began with an invocation. Prof A H Sequeira, Head of the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management welcomed the gathering. The conference was inaugurated by the Director, Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), Reserve Bank of India G Gopal Krishna, by lighting the traditional lamp along with other dignitaries on the dais. Dr Suprabha K R, convenor of the conference informed about the day’s proceedings and the relevance of the conference.
In his keynote address, G Gopal Krishna spoke on emerging issues such as the revised capital adequacy norms; Banking Reforms especially with regard to the functional autonomy and the operational flexibility for the Indian Banking System; Financial Inclusion and Use of Technology; Data Mining for Risk Management; Financial Literacy and the Governance Issues before the Government and the RBI.
Dr N K Thingalaya, Former CMD, Syndicate Bank in his Guest Lecture spoke about how the ATMs have come to play a big role in Financial Inclusion and how computerization has percolated to the grass roots i.e., the Grameena banks of the country.
Prof Swapan Bhattacharya, Director NITK, in his presidential address was highly appreciative of the contribution of the Indian banks to the ever changing socio- economic realities and showed his concern about the role of academics which seemed to be disconnected from the practical world. He hoped that the local banks could make use of the technological expertise of NITK in solving real time issues.
A Colloquium on the Theme “Developments in Economy, Banking and Finance” was organized as a part of the conference. Dr M S Moodithaya, Nitte University, chaired it. Panel Experts were Prof Partha Ray, IIM C, Dr Meera Aranha, Karnataka Bank Ltd, Prof Mallikarjunappa, Professor, Mangalore University.
Nearly 40 technical papers on various themes related to the conference were presented at the conference. More than 150 delegates from reputed Institutions from all over India attended.
Dr Suprabha K R delivered the vote of thanks. Research scholar Deepali Nayak compered the programme.
