Mr. Chetan Bulsari, Vice President-Finance, Barclays Wealth visited IIM Lucknow on July 11th and conducted two interactive sessions with the students. Mr. Bulsari is a Chartered Accountant and company secretary by profession and has extensive industry experience.
In the wake of the current financial crisis, the first session was “Global Financial Meltdown & the Way Forward”. This session was exclusively for the first year students at IIM Lucknow to help them understand the real issues which led the financial crisis to its current state and what could be the possible strategies that companies can employ in the future to avoid such a crisis. 
Mr. Bulsari also conducted a session on “Risk Management for a Bank & the Role of Treasury”. This session was helpful for the second year students specializing in Finance. Mr. Bulsari talked about different types of risks in Bank Management and explained them through case studies. He also talked about the role of treasury in banks and its functions. He also gave insights on wealth management. The talk was highly interactive and more than 150 students attended the sessions.
This talk was the first of many in the Colloquy talk series conducted by Industry Interaction Committee of IIM Lucknow during the current academic year.