Money Life of management students
It is ironic that there is little in management education that can prepare you for the intricacies and the realities of managing your money. Before students go out to join the corporate world, it is important for them to have a good understanding of what it takes to protect their money and invest smartly….
Active citizens, keeping tabs on the government, will lead to improved governance
Mumbai’s activists, NGOs, lawyers and concerned citizens cutting across diverse areas of interest and specialization met on 20th December to felicitate Right to Information (RTI) activist and former central information commissioner (CIC) on a landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court (SC), hearing a set of 11 transferred cases, had said…
Retirement planning for Senior Citizens for 20 years or more
For the first time in Navi Mumbai, Moneylife Foundation conducted a seminar on retirement planning and investing, where Sucheta Dalal, managing editor of Moneylife and founder trustee of Moneylife Foundation, spoke about ‘Safe Investing and how not to lose money’ and Debashis Basu, editor and founder trustee of Moneylife Foundation, discussed about ‘Smart Investing’. Moneylife…
How to be Safe & Smart with your Money, for Chennaites
Moneylife Foundation conducted yet another successful, educative and highly interactive seminar—”Be Safe and Smart with Your Money” in Chennai. This was the second such seminar conducted by Moneylife Foundation in Chennai. The flagship seminar has two distinct sessions separated by a short break. The first is by Sucheta Dalal, managing editor of Moneylife and founder…
Safe and smart financial advice for students
It is important for students, who will soon enter the workforce, to have a good understanding of what it takes to protect their money and invest smartly in a manner that would deliver prosperity in the long term. Unfortunately, there is little in college education that can prepare you for the intricacies and the realities…
How not to become a victim of cyberfraud
Who is the custodian of your digital assets? Do you have a strategy to de-risk and protect yourself from modern messiahs promising the wonders of the digital age? Is it really worth the risk to have your smartphone run your life? These were the questions raised and answered by Dr Anupam Saraph at a seminar…
“So far, it is a normal market correction”
“Stay the course. This is not a time to panic. The conditions that create a major market crash are not evident at this point in time”, said Debashis Basu, Trustee of Moneylife Foundation. He was addressing Moneylife Foundation members a session on ‘Markets in Turmoil. What Should You Do Now’ in Mumbai. The markets have…
Citizens can play a defining role is ‘Make in India’ effort
The ‘Make in India’ project is extremely inclusive because the effort to improve ease of doing business, enabling manufacturing through industrial corridors, infrastructure development and smart cities is aimed at improving lives of 1.25 billion citizens and everyone can play a defining role in this effort, says Amitabh Kant, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and…
Maintain Your Building like You Maintain Your Health
People spend their lifetime saving to buy a home or apartment, however, while choosing the apartment building and after moving into it, hardly think about safety and maintenance of the building. “One needs to maintain the home and the apartment building like he/ she cares for own health,” say renowned structural consultants Achyut Watve, Umesh…
Greek Tragedy: Every pothole is an opportunity, says Prof Vaidyanathan
“India story is just starting and we need to look at every pothole as an opportunity, says Dr R Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finance, IIM-Bangalore and Dean, Centre of Economic Studies at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). He was speaking on “Coming Global Economic Crisis: Will India Go Down?” at a seminar organised by Moneylife Foundation in…
Safe and smart money advice for college students
There is little in college education that can prepare you for the intricacies and the realities of managing your money. Before college students go out to get a job and earn their first salary, it is important for them to have a good understanding of what it takes to protect their money and invest smartly…
Will: Why it is important to write and register a Will
In an interactive session at Moneylife Foundation, Advocate Bapoo Malcolm explained to a packed house the practical aspects of making a will and importance of registering your own Will. This was Adv Malcolm’s fifth session on Wills at Moneylife Foundation. Mr Malcolm, advocate, Bombay High Court, a man of many interests and the speaker for…