Finance is ubiquitous. It doesn’t matter if one works in tech, education, advertising, or consulting; managing wealth is one of the prime ways to ensure financial independence. The main purpose of managing wealth is to sustain and grow long-term wealth. One of the most apparent facts to be noticed here is that everyone; starting from a student, a laborer, an industrialist to an entrepreneur everyone wants to manage their own wealth.

However, the finance industry has grown beyond traditional big banks and has revolutionized many aspects of it. Understanding finance can help one keep up with the growing field of financial technology, whether one wants to work in the industry or become a conscious consumer of its products.

But, to do both it is important to have insight into the finance industry. Dalal Street Investment Journal (DSIJ) is one of the best ‘sought-after’ study destinations for staying updated with the recent developments in finance. It is one of the most trusted wealth-creating media brands and has been providing reliable, unbiased, and actionable information enabling wealth creation for the last 34 years. Other than publishing the country’s best investment magazine ‘Dalal Street Investment Journal’, DSIJ is also a SEBI approved research house and advisory firm.

A Trusted Name in Wealth Creation

DSIJ’s vision of democratizing wealth creation speaks volumes about its approach and DSIJ Academy; vertical of DSIJ is one step towards this direction by enabling individual investors to understand the markets with an insider’s perspective.  DSIJ has built its own proprietary methodology of doing research and a lot of this gets imparted via its courses.

This academy came into existence in the year 2011 and aims at propagating financial literacy and awareness which form the core of DSIJ’s vision. DSIJ courses bring to the forefront the vast experience DSIJ has gathered since 1986.

Well-furnished training rooms, state-of-the-art equipment, content, and practical approach are the academy’s forte in addition to the fact that its trainers are industry professionals and deliver the cutting edge understanding that defines capital markets.

A Competent Investor and Educator

The driving force behind this division; DSIJ Academy is Mr. Rajesh Padode, the MD who has always been a believer in the propagation of financial awareness. Rajesh holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT, Mumbai. Rajesh is also a certified PMP professional from PMI Institute, USA. He has 27 years of experience in the stock market and software field. He has been instrumental in bringing the e-initiative to the company and evolving the company into an ‘investor engaging and services’ company rather than just remaining a ‘publishing’ company. Duly supported by competent professionals, he has been instrumental in providing a roadmap in achieving the kind of success we are enjoying now.

A Curriculum at Par with Industry

Capital markets are in a constant state of flux and every day adds to the learning. However, it is the responsibility of an institution to ensure that the right information reaches its students. Thus, DSIJ academy’s strength lies in the fact that it continuously tracks and studies markets on behalf of its customers and readers. The academy’s classroom-based training programs are advanced workshops on Options trading, Technical analysis, and Fundamental Analysis. All the content is thoroughly updated and reflects the current real market scenarios.

Its curriculum reflects real-life requirements and the quality of training is the best in its class as our trainers are industry professionals/analysts who only deliver what is required. It provides stock market training in Fundamental Investing, Technical Investing and Derivatives Trading, in online, classroom and hybrid mode. As such, DSIJ’s course content is updated on a regular basis, and enrolled candidates are in touch with us using our online learning features. Additionally, the academy also conducts webinars on various topics and enrolled students get to access these to further their understanding.

The academy also runs a real-time online Stock Simulation Platform; that provides real-time hands-on experience to its students by allowing them to apply the knowledge learned in a simulated environment. At present, it has over 500,000 registered users on this and counting.

From the aforesaid fact of DSIJ’s online platform, we can emphasis how DSIJ academy has adopted the technology in order to offer a comprehensive learning environment. It believes that the constantly evolving technology has been an enabler for education overall. Challenges involved in attending class-room based training were overcome with its online offerings wherein learners can learn at their own convenience. Every weekend the academy also runs investor awareness webinars targeting different parts of the country.

Focusing on Career Readiness

There is no denying the fact that capital markets offer plenty of opportunities for those who are passionate about it. Understanding the same, DSIJ offers certifications that are industry accepted and provide job seekers with an edge as enhanced knowledge adds to their weaponry. The trainers of this academy are industry professionals who have a deep insight into their domain and as such learners get an insider’s view of the markets. This drastically improves the chances of bagging that dream job one always wanted.

Promising Continued Evolution

We have established how DSIJ has already succeeded in offering an in-depth level of understanding of the markets and finance. It has a long 34 year old tradition of successfully turning out graduates who are at various managerial positions of various leading companies and managing heading investments and funds. However, the world is constantly evolving and so is it. DSIJ is continuing its foray by having a line-up of new courses coming this year. Thus one can conclude that DSIJ will always be parallel with industry innovations and developments.