This annual investment summit, organized by Credence Capital, is dedicated to fostering a culture of investment and financial management among students.

Credence Capital

Credence Capital, established in 2005, is a well-known club at IIM Lucknow that seeks to enhance the community’s understanding of financial markets, asset management, and personal finance through investment analysis.

Importance

Professor Ajay Garg, Dean & Professor of Finance and Accounting, IIM Lucknow, shared the importance of routinely organising such a summit.

He said with a focus on intricacies of the financial world Nivesh aims to provide a platform for students to learn from industry experts and academicians via insightful discussions and explore emerging trends in the financial domain.

This year we had distinguished panelists from diverse sectors of the industry sharing their expertise and providing participants with practical insights, said Prof Ajay of IIM Lucknow.

Organised from 12th to 14th January 2024, the event also featured various insightful sessions, say sources from IIM Lucknow.

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The event was kickstarted with an ‘Intangible Valuations’ session conducted by Professor Aswath Damodaran from New York University.

Session

At another session, Mahesh Patil, Chief Investment Officer of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC shared his thoughts on the topic, ‘India’s Economic Outlook in a Multipolar World’.

The session was conducted on 14th January and was hosted by professor Vinit Chauhan in which they discussed the emerging sectors, digital transformation, sustainable economic growth, rising disposable income, and demographic dividend, say sources from IIM Lucknow.

Panel discussion

A noteworthy panel discussion brought together industry stalwarts including Mr. Deepak Gaur (Venture Partner at Elevation Capital), Mr. Ajay Mahipal (MD at HealthQuad), Mr. Amitabh Verma (Director of Fission Wealth), Mr. Abheek Barua (Chief Economist at HDFC Bank) and Ms. Lipika Saxena (EVP at RBL Bank) shared their views on Financial Frontiers in India.

The panel discussed how banks should look towards mitigating risks in the sector to improve the strength of the financial sector.

It also focused on the recent growth of the startup ecosystem, the rising disposable income of retail investors, and how it can be channelled towards making the wealth management sector boom.

Opportunity

The summit provided students with a valuable opportunity to interact with industry professionals, extending their knowledge beyond the confines of textbooks.

Participants left Nivesh 2024 with cherished memories and crucial insights for both their professional and personal lives, say sources from IIM Lucknow.

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, established in 1984, is the fourth in the prestigious IIM family of management schools to be established in India after IIM Calcutta, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore.

In 2005, IIM Lucknow expanded its area of influence in the realm of management education by becoming the first IIM to set up a satellite campus exclusively for Executive Education at NOIDA in Delhi NCR region.

 IIM Lucknow is accredited by AACSB and AMBA while its EQUIS Accreditation is ongoing.

The institute features in the prestigious FT -100 Top Global Business schools for both the 2-year Flagship PGP program and One-year IPMX Program.

It is also consistently ranked amongst top business schools in the NIRF Rankings. IIM Lucknow was the first IIM to start a 2-year full time MBA program in Sustainable Management 8 years back. It also has a long-standing full-time MBA program in Agri Business Management. 

 Throughout its last 39 years’ journey IIML has touched millions of lives through its academic programs, executive education programs, research and consulting.

The centres for excellence at IIM Lucknow including the Centre for Public Policy, Centre for Food and Agribusiness Management, Centre for Business Sustainability, Centre for Marketing in Emerging Economies, to name a few, regularly carry out evidence-based research and interventions in public policy and management practice.

Faculty of IIM Lucknow also feature in top 2% of global scientists for research output and impact.

The alumni of IIM Lucknow now occupy top positions in the world of business, public policy and in several other fields.

Situated in a city known for its cultural heritage, the campus is spread over more than 190 acres of beautifully landscaped area.

With its foundation in the city of “Tehzeeb”, IIM Lucknow inculcates human values and professional ethics in the students to help them make a positive impact not just on the nation but on a global platform.

IIM Lucknow has an ideal setup conducive to learning, accessibility and excellence.

The last date for VITEEE 2025 registration was 31 March 2025 earlier, now it has been extended to 7 April 2025.

Those interested in studying graduation in engineering –  BTech in VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology) can aim for VITEEE 2025 registration which is nothing applying for the exam.

Students can regularly visit the official website for the exam with the help of URL mentioned above to obtain information and updates.

Courses and campuses

Students can take up VITEEE 2025 registration and appear for the exam and pass it with required qualifying marks to be eligible for the counselling to gain admission into engineering courses offered in VIT.

Academic programs in engineering graduation are offered across the institution’s campuses located in Vellore, Chennai, Andhra Pradesh, Bhopal and Mauritius.

VITEEE 2025 Registration Eligibility?

VITEEE 2025 registration eligibility criteria is that applicants must have completed 12 years of schooling with Physics, Chemistry, and either Mathematics, Biology, or Biotechnology as mandatory subjects.

They should have passed plus two from a recognized educational institution in science stream with subjects as maths, physics and chemistry with 55 percent pass marks at the minimum.

Those aiming for biotechnology or biology oriented engineering courses, have to pass plus two with biology/biotechnology, physics and chemistry as subjects to be eligible for VITEEE 2025 registration.

Students must ensure that they are fulfilling all the required VITEEE 2025 registration eligibility criteria before taking up VITEEE 2025 registration to avoid rejections at a later stage.

 With a limited window for applications, interested students are encouraged to register promptly and prepare for this competitive exam.

VITEEE 2025 registration process is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

1. Type the URL mentioned above in the browser and submit it to allow the website to download
2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates can know all the information about the exam.
3. After knowing about the exam, candidates can provide details like their name, age, email and other details and press Signup button to create an account.
4. After creating an account, candidates can come up to the same webpage with URL ‘https://viteee.vit.ac.in/’ and press Login button to enter and commence VITEEE 2025 registration process.

VITEEE 2025 registration Link is here

VITEEE 2025 Registration Fees

VITEEE 2025 registration fee is Rs 1350, they must pay this while applying for the exam. The application form can be submitted after paying the VITEEE 2025 registration fee.

Admit card

Candidates who have completed their VITEEE 2025 registration alone can download the admit card for appearing for the exam. The process to download the admit card is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

1. Type the URL ‘https://viteee.vit.ac.in/’ in the browser and allow the webpage to download.
2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates have to click the link for admit card.
3. Clicking the link will likely open another webpage.
4. When another webpage opens, candidates can enter their application number and other information to obtain the hall ticket.
5. Once the hall ticket is visible, candidates can download it and take a printout.

Point to remember

Candidates looking towards appearing for the exam at a test center have to download the admit card, those choosing to appear through remote proctored mode (if available) may not need to download the hall ticket, they can book the slot and appear for the test from anywhere.

Students can visit the official website to obtain information about the availability of option to take up the exam in remote proctored mode.

After VITEEE 2025 registration

Students have to appear for the exam and pass it with required qualifying marks to be eligible for participating in the counselling process.

Counselling is where the candidates can choose the course and college to study it. Selection will be done likely on the basis of performance in VITEEE, performance in qualifying exam, availability of seats, existing demand for various courses.

Those who get the seat can convey their acceptance and pay the fees and join the institution for classes.

VIT has released the VITEEE 2025 exam pattern. More details about this are available on the official website also which is mentioned above.

For quicker glance, the exam pattern for VITEEE 2025 is mentioned below.

VITEEE for B.E/B.Tech programs will have a total of 125 questions constituting 125 marks. The no. of questions is given as Mathematics/Biology-40 questions, Physics-35 questions, Chemistry-35 questions, Aptitude-10 questions and English-5 questions.

Vellore Institute of Technology will conduct VITEEE 2025 exam for 2 hours and 30 minutes duration.

All the questions shall be multiple choice type; each correct answer shall have one mark and there is no negative marking for incorrect ones. 

Candidates who are wishing to take up science oriented courses have to attempt questions related to maths, physics and chemistry.

Those keen on biology or biotechnology oriented engineering courses have to attempt questions from biology, physics and chemistry. English and Aptitude questions are compulsory along with maths/biology, physics and chemistry.

Such candidates will not get any chance to attend the counselling process. Out of the total 125 questions, the sections include mathematics/biology (40), physics (35), chemistry (35), aptitude (10), and English (5).

The paper will be in English language. The VITEEE Exam pattern for B.Tech. can be checked from the details given below: 

Exam Duration : 2 Hours and 30 Minutes

Post preparation

Candidates have to appear for VITEEE 2025 and then pass it with required qualifying marks to be eligible for the next phase of the admission process.

The phase after written exam is counselling, those who have passed the written exam with required qualifying marks can take part in the counselling where candidates get to choose the college and course they wish to study.

Counselling is usually conducted in more than one round, those who get a seat in the initial rounds can pay the fees and join the classes.

Students who don’t get a seat in the first round can try in the subsequent rounds. Selection of candidates will be done on criteria like performance in the qualifying exam, performance in the written test, availability of seats in each course, demand for each course, choice of the candidates.

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