NSU Finance Club has launched the second installment of their critically acclaimed national financial modeling competition, IDLC presents Blueprints 2.0 in associations with Dhaka Bank Ltd. The competition is the first and only one of its kind, bringing new flavor to the competition scene dominated by marketing competitions. Finance majors are limited to their books and information learned in class. Up until last year, they did not have a platform to display their financial knowledge outside the classrooms. This time, over 150 teams spanning 15+ universities participated from all over the country.
In the Fall of 2015, NSU Finance Club established their flagship event, Blueprints 1.0, targeting business students, not limited to just finance majors and enthusiasts by providing them with the opportunity to get a taste of real-world finance. Placing them in the shoes of a finance professional, participants were asked to evaluate company financial statements, and also an entrepreneurial investment decision. Through comprehensive workshops for every round, hosted by professionals from financial institutions candidates were taught how to approach the given cases.
The first workshop was conducted on 28th October’16. The Faculty Advisor of NSU Finance Club Mr. Shahran Abu Sayeed and Group CMO of IDLC Finance Ltd. Mr. Jane Alam Romel started off the workshop with the Management Trainees of the Structured Finance Dept. of IDLC Finance Ltd. Then IDLC professionals Mr. Tanveer Kamal, Mr. Tanvir Bashar and Mr. Samiul Islam, expanded on the Round 1 case and taught participants all the ways they could tackle it. Over 500 participants from over 15 universities were present at the workshop.
Blueprints is a unique platform which aims to help young finance enthusiasts become the future leaders of finance in Bangladesh. Providing students with an out-of-the-box competition and the unique opportunity to showcase or test their skills, Blueprints stands out from the crowd as it is not just a competition, it is a platform to develop your skills related to financial modeling, an increasingly important skill-set in the world of finance.
–press release