Case study competition on "Cost of Capital'

An in house case study comeptition on 'cost of capital' was conducted for the PGP-1 batch, to make them accustom with the intricacies of the deicion making, whether to go for equity or debt and to make them understand the importance of capital structure and its implication on the firms long term vision and its survival. Winners of the competition were Deepak Sirra, Srinath and Vishal Thakrar Thanks to Mehul & Navjeet Siddhu for your Coordinatio...

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Kingfisher: What went wrong?

Once rated as Asia Pacific’s most respected brand, Kingfisher Airlines reels under the pressure of rising oil prices and the price war plaguing the airline industry of India. Since its inception in 2005, India’s only 5 star accredited airline has yet to post a profit.  The situation has become so grave for India’s third largest airline that it might have to ask for a government bailout. The Income Tax authorities froze bank accounts of...

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Structural reforms- Need of the hour

Unless circumstances push the Indian government into red, it has never treaded the path of structural reforms, be it 1991 balance of payments crisis or of late the impending multi pronged crisis looming large in the form of depletion of reserves, mounting fiscal deficit, alarming trade deficit. Foreign exchange reserves fell by $ 12 billion by depreciating rupee in a span of three weeks. Montek singh Ahulwalia, deputy chairman planning commission told that the fiscal deficit could swell to 5.5 percent of GDP, against the government’s target...

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