COMMERCE CLUB ACTIVITY
EDUCATIONAL EXCURTION
Field Visit to SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India)
Classes Involved: XII C AND XII D1
The Commerce Club of St. Cecilia’s Public School organised a visit to Securities Exchange Board of India office in East Kidwai Nagar, Delhi for class XII commerce stream students on 23rd December 2024.These industrial visits are important to boost the learning process of management. It helps in relating the theoretical concepts learned by students in the class with the actual working environment. SEBI and its functions as securities market regulator is a part of “Financial Market’ chapter of Business Studies curriculum. This field visits was organised with a view to provide vital information about the organisation, its performance, various functions and organisational structure as well.
Securities & Exchange Board of India is the regulatory body for the Securities and Commodity Markets in India and works under the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It is a statutory corporation which works under the preview of SEBI Act 1992. It is playing crucial role in prohibiting insider trading, promoting fair trade practices, preventing malpractices and providing financial education to investors. This field visit was also organised under ‘Investor Education Program’ of SEBI.
Forty two students visited the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) New Delhi along with two faculty members Ms. Nidhi Dhingra and Ms, Reena Rani. The students were welcomed in the conference room where they were addressed by the manager, Ms. Simran Kaur. The session began with a brief history of SEBI followed by an explanation of how SEBI handles scams to protect investors and ensure the continuity of the financial market, thereby maintaining investors confidence in the market. Ms. Simran also discussed about powers of SEBI, the participants in securities markets, mutual funds and the associated market risk and various cases of frauds handled recently by SEBI. She also discussed about ‘Dos and Don’ts’ of the securities market for retail investors. The session concluded with a highly interactive Q&A session allowing the students to express their curiosity and gain valuable insight through authentic replies to their queries.
Overall, it was a great learning experience for the students as they learned how to make safe investments in the securities market. The visit offered the students significant food for thought and a deeper understanding of financial markets and their regulation.
The Commerce Club expresses its gratitude to Madam Principal for providing this great learning opportunity to the students for this maiden visit to the regulator of securities market..