Vinod

Gupta School of Management

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Financial Engineering – II: Spring Semester (Jan.-Apr. 2021)
BM60112: Corporate Finance & Financial Engineering (3-0-0)
Instructor: Abhijeet Chandra Class Venue: Online

Week/Session(s) Date Topic(s) Addl. Activities, if any

4-Jan.-2021 Why study Finance: Understanding Business
(Mon) & Finance Functions
1 (1-3)
5-Jan.-2021 The Big 4 Ds of Finance: Connecting Finance
(Tue) with Strategy and others
11-Jan.-2021 Working with Financial Statements:
(Mon) Accounting Cycle
2 (4-6) Assignment 1
12-Jan.-2021 Working with Financial Statements:
(Tue) Preparation & Analysis
18-Jan.-2021
Financial Statement Analysis
(Mon)
3 (7-9) Assignment 2
19-Jan.-2021
Financial Statement Analysis cont...
(Tue)
25-Jan.-2021
4 (10-11) Valuation of Securities: Bonds
(Mon)

2-Feb.-2021
5 (12) QUIZ 1
(Tue)
8-Feb.-2021
Valuation of Securities: Equity
(Mon)
6 (13-15) Group Activity 1
9-Feb.-2021
Valuation of Securities: Equity cont...
(Tue)
15-Feb.-2021
7 (16) Valuation of Securities: Other issues
(Mon)

29-Feb.-2021 Risk, Return & Portfolio Theory: An
(Mon) Introduction
8 (17-19) Assignment 3
1-Mar.-2021
Risk, Return & Portfolio Theory: CAPM
(Tue)
7-Mar.-2021
Asset Pricing & Market Efficiency
(Mon)
9 (20-22) Assignment 4
8-Mar.-2021
Long-term Investment Decisions
(Tue)
14-Mar.-2021
Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal
(Mon)
10 (23-25)
15-Mar.-2021
QUIZ 2
(Tue)
21-Mar.-2021
Capital Structure & Cost of Capital
(Mon)
11 (26-28) Assignment 5
22-Mar.-2021
Capital Structure & Cost of Capital cont...
(Tue)
28-Mar.-2021
Working Capital Management: Cash Cycle
(Mon)
12 (29-31) Group Activity 2
29-Mar.-2021
WCM: Management of Inventory
(Tue)
4-Apr.-2021 WCM: Management of Receivables and
(Mon) Payables
13 (32-34)
5-Apr.-2021
QUIZ 3
(Tue)
11-Apr.-2021
Dividend Decisions
(Mon)
14 (35-37) Assignment 6
12-Apr.-2021
Dividend Decisions cont...
(Tue)
18-Apr.-2021
FX Markets and Derivatives: An Introduction
(Mon)
15 (38-41) Term-end Project
19-Apr.-2021
Other Contemporary Issues in Finance
(Tue)
End-semester Presentations

Important: Although best efforts will be made to adhere to the schedule as mentioned above, some classes
might be rescheduled with prior notice through announcement in the class or through emails. Dare ignore
the emails sent by the course instructor at your own risk.

Prescribed text book:

1. Ramanathan: Accounting for Management by S. Ramanathan. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Other reference books:

1. Narayanswamy: Financial Accounting: A Managerial Perspective (5th ed.) by R. Narayanswamy.

PHI Learning, 2014.
2. Brealey et al.: Principles of Corporate Finance (11th ed.) by Brealey, Myers, Allen, and Mohanty.
McGraw Hill India. 2014.
Note: Other reading and reference materials such as copies of cases and articles would be supplied as and
when required, either via MS Teams or through emails.

Evaluation criteria: The course follows a tentative assessment criterion as follows:

Quizzes, assignments, and class participation 50%

Mid-semester examination 30%
End-semester examination 50%
Term Project Submission and Presentation 50%
Trivia: Best two quizzes might be considered for final assessment; however, you’re expected to attend all
the quizzes and continuous evaluation activities.

Term-end Project: The term-end project shall be a group task taken up by the class participants wherein
the student will be required to identify one aspect of finance & accounting function of a business (preferably
a corporation listed on any Indian stock exchange, decided in advance), search for an issue related to it and
provide some insights using data available in the form of analysis based on the understanding gained from
the course. Further details would be provided in the class.

Office hours for the course: Schedule in advance.

Contact of the instructor: abhijeet@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.in, +91-8348732560 (M), +913222281780 (O).