VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE

Vidyasagar University Journal of Commerce
Vol. 13, March 2008
REPORT OF THE EXTENSION LECTURE PROGRAMME
Arindam Gupta*
The second extension lecture programme was organized by the Department of Commerce
with Farm Management, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur on 20 th March, 2008 at B. C.
Mukherjee Hall consisting of two lectures. The first lecture was delivered by Prof. Arup
Choudhuri, Associate Dean, The ICFAI Business School, Salt Lake City, Kolkata and was
chaired by Prof. K. C. Paul, a Professor of the department. The lecture theme was “Some
cases of Mergers & Acquisitions in India” which spanned over one and half hours. After
Prof. Paul introduced the theme before the audience, which largely constituted the students,
research scholars, and faculty members of the university, Prof. Choudhuri went on citing
contemporary real-life cases of mergers and acquisitions in India. Because of his hands - on
experience in dealing with some of the mergers as a consultant, he was actually able to
analyse the intricacies of the mergers much vividly. At the end of his lecture, some questions
were asked from the audience and answered by him.
The lecture programme which was inaugurated by Prof. Santosh Kr. Ghorai, Director,
Directorate of Distance Education of the university was also attended by a few teachers of
the affiliated colleges and also from some neighbouring colleges.
The second lecture on the same day was on “Derivatives Trading in India – An Overview”
which was delivered by Prof. Arup Kr. Chattopadhyay, Dean of the Faculty of Arts,
Commerce, etc. and Professor of Economics, University of Burdwan, Burdwan and was
chaired by Prof. P. S. Das, Professor, Vinod Gupta School of Management, I. I. T.
Kharagpur. Prof. Chattopadhyay also lucidly delivered his lecture first starting with the
historical perspective of the derivatives instrument, then going for its various types, then
touching in brief the mathematical aspects inside a derivative instrument, and finally
elaborating the trading part. The lecture was highly appreciated by the Chairman in
particular and the audience in general.
Prof. Arindam Gupta, the Head of the Department offered a hearty vote of thanks at the end.
∗ Professor and Head, Department of Commerce with Farm Management,
Vidyasagar University, Midnapore – 721 102.
e-mail: arindam_finance@rediffmail.com.