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COURSE TITLE: Financial Planning COURSE CODE: FIP1701

COURSE LEADER: Dr. Savita Yadav Email: Savita.yadav@gdgu.org

Mob No.: 8586013696
VENUE: A Block, SOL, GDGU COURSE STRUCTURE: L T P C
4-0-0-0
OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
1. The course defines the objectives and strategies of Financial Planning.
2.  Demonstrate financial calculator in determining the time value of money.
3. Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and competence with all areas of the
strategic investment planning process.
4. This course examines the operations of financial planning from a investment
point of view.
5. Discuss investment theory and financial economics.
6. Demonstrate employability skills and a commitment to professionalism.

CODE COURSE OUTCOMES

On completion of the course students will be able to:
FIP1701.1 Student will able to understand the Basic knowledge of concept of
Financial Planning.
FIP1701.2 Student can analyse and use financial calculator in determining
the time value of money.
FIP1701.3 Student will able to evaluate fundamental technical analysis

FIP1701.4 Student will able to apply investment theory and financial

economics in general terms.
FIP1701.5 Students will able to save money for their future requirements

FIP1701.6 Students will enable to develop employability skills and

commitment to professionalism.
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COURSE CONTENT/SYLLABUS TOTAL HOURS: 60

Module I: 10 Hours
Basics of Personal Financial Planning
Definition, Importance and process of financial planning, Concept of time value of money in
single and series

Module II: 12 Hours

Managing Investment Risk

Types of risks, measurement and management of risks and financial statements. Measuring
Investment Returns: Risk and Return trade-off, Short term and long term capital Gains.
Choosing the various source of credit and credit alternatives.

Module III: 10 Hours

Investment Vehicles
Investment concerns, Small saving schemes, Fixed income Instruments, Mutual funds
and other investment schemes and Asset classes. Investment Strategies: Various
Strategies and asset allocation. Evaluating investment in various stocks and Various
Loans and their usage

Module IV: 10 Hours

Investment Strategies
Investing in stocks, bonds and commodities and concept of Futures and options.
Insurance Planning;-Personal risk management, Nature and function of Insurance, Need
analysis and Various Insurance products. Concept of Health Insurance

Module V: 10Hours

Retirement Planning:
Process, Annuities and its types, Asset allocation & diversification and concept of
mortgage and its types. Strategies of putting together a Complete Financial Plan:
Benefits, Essential components of comprehensive financial plan. Implementing Personal
Financial Plan

Module VI: 8 Hours

Regulatory Environment
Government regulations and various regulators like SEBI, IRDA, and ethical issues
involved in Financial Planning.
 CO Code

(Average)
COFIP1701.6
COFIP1701.5
COFIP1701.4
COFIP1701.3
COFIP1701.2
COFIP1701.1

Overall  CO’s
0
Understanding of substantive &

PO1
procedural Laws.

0.3
Understanding of Legal Theory.

PO2

0.1
Legal reasoning.

PO3

0.1
Legal Research and Problem solving.

CO-PO MAPPING MATRIX

PO4

0.1
oral communication in the legal context

PO5

0.5
skills of counselling, negotiation 

PO6

0
ability to collaborate 

PO7

0.3
professional ethics towards their clients

PO8
and society 

0.1
Rules relating to environment protection.

PO9
Legal professional to participate in civic

0
PO10
life through volunteering
P

0.1
Techniques necessary for solving legal

PO11
issues.

1
1
2
3
1

1.3
Interdisciplinary aspects of Law and

PSO1
Management

2
3
1
3
1

1.6
Analyse the existing Laws relating to

PSO2
Management
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Level of Mapping/correlation
3- Indicates Highest Correlation
2-Indicates Moderate Correlation
1-Indicate-Lowest Correlation

COURSE PLAN (LECTURE/TUTORIAL/PRACTICAL)

Level of Mapping/correlation
3- Indicates Highest Correlation
2-Indicates Moderate Correlation
1-Indicate-Lowest Correlation

COURSE PLAN (LECTURE/TUTORIAL/PRACTICAL)

S. Date Lecture/ Topics / Sub- Topics Course Pre-Reading
No. Tutorial (Learning)
(L/T) Outcomes
9-02-2022 L Introduction of syllabus FIP1701.1 Refer to the
and basic meaning of reading/sug
1.
Financial Planning gested
booklist
10-02- L Definition, Importance FIP1701.1 Refer to the
2. 2022 and process of financial reading/sug
2 planning gested
booklist
11-02- L Functions of Financial FIP1701.1 Refer to the
3. 2022 Planning reading/sug
3 gested
booklist
14-02- L Dimensions and FIP1701.1 Refer to the
4. 2022 Elements of Financial reading/sug
4 Planning gested
booklist
15-02- L Concept of time value of FIP1701.2 Refer to the
5. 2022 money in single and reading/sug
series gested
booklist
6. 16-02- L Future Value of Money FIP1701.2 Refer to the
2022 reading/sug
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booklist
17-02- L Present Value of Money FIP1701.2 Refer to the
7.
2022 reading/sug
6
gested
booklist
18-02- L Series of Payment under FIP1701.2 -
8. 2022 time value of money
concept
21-02- L Do’s and Don’ts of FIP1701.3 Refer to the
2022 Financial planning reading/sug
9.
gested
booklist
22-02- T Presentation by students -
10.
2022 on topic concept of
financial planning
23-02- T Presentation of students - -
11.
2022 on Time Value of Money
24-02- L Risk Management FIP1701.3 Refer to the
2022 concept reading/sug
12.
gested
booklist
25-02- L Types of risk FIP1701.3 Refer to the
13. 2022 reading/sug
gested
booklist
28-02- L Measurement and FIP1701.3 Refer to the
2022 management of risks and reading/sug
14.
financial statements gested
booklist
2-03-2022 L Techniques of measuring FIP1701.3 Refer to the
15. the risk reading/sug
gested
booklist
3-03-2022 L Measuring Investment FIP1701.2 Refer to the
Returns reading/sug
16.
gested
booklist
4-03-2022 L Risk and Return trade-off FIP1701.4 Refer to the
reading/sug
17.
gested
booklist
7-03-2022 L Short term capital Gains FIP1701.3 Refer to the
reading/sug
18.
gested
booklist
19. 8-03-2022 L Long Term Capital Gains FIP1701.3 -
20. 9-03-2022 L Credit rating and polices FIP1701.1 Refer to the
reading/sug
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booklist
10-03- L Choosing the various FIP1701.1 Refer to the
21. 2022 source of credit and reading/sug
credit alternatives gested
booklist
11-03- T Presentation by student - -
22.
2022 on Measurement of Risk
14-03- T Revision of Unit 1 & Unit - -
23.
2022 2 & Doubt Session
15-03- L Concept of Investment FIP1701.4 Refer to the
2022 Vehicles & Types of reading/sug
24.
investment Vechicles gested
booklist
16-03- L Small saving schemes, FIP1701.4 Refer to the
2022 Fixed income reading/sug
25.
Instruments gested
booklist
17-03- L Mutual funds and other FIP1701.4 Refer to the
2022 investment scheme reading/sug
26.
gested
booklist
21-03- L Asset classes and types of FIP1701.4 Refer to the
27. 2022 Asset classes reading/sug
gested
booklist
22-03- L Investment Strategies FIP1701.4 Refer to the
2022 Meaning and significance reading/sug
28.
gested
booklist
23-03- L Evaluating investment in FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 various stocks reading/sug
29.
gested
booklist
24-03- L Various Loans and their FIP1701.4 Refer to the
2022 usage reading/sug
30.
gested
booklist
25-03- T Discussion on Investment - -
31.
2022 Plans by students
28-03- T Presentation by Students - -
32. 2022 on topic Investment
Strategies
29-03- L Insurance Plan and its FIP1701.3 Refer to the
33. 2022 significance reading/sug
gested
booklist
34. 30-03- L Types of Insurance plan FIP1701.3 Refer to the
2022 reading/sug
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booklist
31-03- L Concept of Health FIP1701.3 Refer to the
2022 Insurance reading/sug
35.
gested
booklist
1-04-2022 L Need analysis Insurance FIP1701.3 Refer to the
reading/sug
36.
gested
booklist
4-04-2022 L Investing in stocks, bonds FIP1701.5 Refer to the
and commodities reading/sug
37.
gested
booklist
5-04-2022 L Investing in stocks, bonds FIP1701.5 Refer to the
and commodities reading/sug
38.
gested
booklist
6-04-2022 L Concept of Derivatives FIP1701.5 Refer to the
39. reading/sug
gested
booklist
16-04- L Concept of Future FIP1701.5 Refer to the
2022 Derivative & Option reading/sug
40.
Derivative gested
booklist
25-04- L Personal risk FIP1701.5 Refer to the
41. 2022 management reading/sug
gested
booklist
26-04- T Case study discussion - -
42.
2022 relation to insurance
issues
27-04- L Concept of Retirement FIP1701.5 Refer to the
2022 Planning reading/sug
43.
gested
booklist
28-04- L Annuities and its types FIP1701.5 Refer to the
2022 reading/sug
44.
gested
booklist
29-04- L Asset allocation & FIP1701.4 Refer to the
2022 diversification reading/sug
45.
gested
booklist
2-05-2022 L Concept of mortgage and FIP1701.4 Refer to the
its types reading/sug
46.
gested
booklist
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4-05-2022 L Strategies of putting FIP1701.1 Refer to the

together a Complete reading/sug
47.
Financial Plan gested
booklist
5-05-2022 L Essential components of FIP1701.1 Refer to the
comprehensive financial reading/sug
48.
plan gested
booklist
6-05-2022 L Implementing Personal FIP1701.1 Refer to the
Financial Plan reading/sug
49.
gested
booklist
9-05-2022 T Presentations by -
students on topic of
50.
annuities and its types &
Assets Allocation
10-05- L Concept of Regulatory FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 Environment reading/sug
51.
gested
booklist
11-05- L Government regulations FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 related to Financial reading/sug
52.
planning gested
booklist
12-05- L Security Exchange Board FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 of India reading/sug
53.
gested
booklist
13-05- L Regulatory Body IRDA FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 reading/sug
54.
gested
booklist
17-05- L Ethical issues of Financial FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 Planning reading/sug
55.
gested
booklist
18-05- L Problems in Financial FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 Planning reading/sug
56.
gested
booklist
19-05- L Government Initiatives FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 for encouraging the reading/sug
57.
investment gested
booklist
20-05- L Public tools of FIP1701.6 Refer to the
2022 investment reading/sug
58.
gested
booklist
59. 23-05- T Presentation - -
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24-05- T Presentation - -
60.
2022
25-05- T Presentation - -
61.
2022
26-05- T Presentation - -
62.
2022
27-05- T Revision - -
63.
2022

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COURSE ASSESSMENT
The marks allocated for internal assessment shall be awarded as per the scheme given
below.
Marking Scheme

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Component of Evaluation Internal (40)
Term
Mid-Term Case Analysis / Quiz/
   
Examination Presentation/)
Weightage (%) / Course  
20 60
Outcomes 20

COURSE READINGS
(Extra Readings will be shared during lectures):

1. Chandra, P. Financial Management - Theory and Practice, New Delhi, Tata McGraw
Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 2002, p. 3.
2. Sudhindra Bhat, Financial Management, New Delhi, Excel Books, 2008
3. Van Horne, J.C. and Wachowicz, Jr, J.M., Fundamentals of Financial Management,
New Delhi, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 1996. p. 2.
4. Gorden, E. and K. Natrajan, Emerging Scenario of Financial Services, Himalaya
Publishing House, 1997.
5. Khan, M.Y., Management of Financial Service, McGraw Hill, 2001.
6. Kim, Suk and Kim, Seung, Global Corporate Finance, Text and Cases 2nd Ed., Miami
Florida, Koth, 1993.
7. Meidan, Arthur Brennet, M., Option Pricing: Theory & Applications, Toronto,
Lexington Books, 1983.
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