Courses Offered                                                            MBA: Banking Technology Head of the Dept                                                         Dr K. Chandra Sekhara Rao The two year Post Graduate Degree programme, MBA: Banking Technology is offered jointly by the School of Management and The Ramanujan School of Mathematics and Computer Science through the Department of Banking Technology from the academic year 2005-2006 with an intake of 30 students. The UGC has sanctioned this programme under its Innovative/Interdisciplinary schemes during 10th plan.

            The need for the programme arose in response to the large amount of diversification and professionalization taking place in the financialsystem of the country. It is further fueled by emergence of IT and IT enabled applications in almost all aspects of financial dealings in

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

This specialized inter-disciplinary programme is primarily focused on developing manpower with know-how and know-why skills required for managing technology used in the banking and financial industry. More specifically, this programme is aimed at:

 • Imparting skills and knowledge required to manage modern business enterprises involved in providing Finance and Banking solutions.

• Designing and developing learning skills in the fields of data management, data warehousing, information gateways, finance networks, e-commerce, information security, IT laws and cyber crimes in addition to strategies involved implementing computer networks, IT infrastructure management and information system audit • Providing  the  basic  knowledge  on  the  working  of      financial markets,   banking    operation,  stock  market   operations, ForexMarket, Capital flows, arbitrage operation and derivative instruments, working of Euro Currency market for possible global exposure on the working of Financial Networks.

TEACHING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: MBA: BT is unique and adopts different teaching and modern learning methodologies. These include: • Industry Integrated Curriculum(Indian Bank sponsored back office training for all students)(MOUs are being worked out with Karvey, India Infoline, India Bulls for training on stock market operations) • 24 x 365 day Internet Campus • Case Studies on Fortune 500 Companies • Dedicated Servers for Corporate Database(CMIE Prowess) • Cyber Classrooms for Stock and Forex markets. SEMESTER ONE • Indian Banking & Financial System • Accounting for Bankers • Strategic Financial Management • Management Concepts & Organisation Behaviour • Mathematics of Finance • Financial Information Systems • Lab I: Banking Practices • Lab II: Programming Languages SEMESTER THREE • Information Security • Information System Audit • Merchant Banking & Security Market Operations • Global Financial Markets and International

SEMESTER TWO • Management of Banking & Financial Institutions • Security Analysis &Portfolio Management • Fixed Investment Securities & Derivatives • Banking Technology & Management • Computer Networks for Bankers • IT Infrastructure Management • Marketing Strategy Management • Economics for Bankers • Lab III – Corporate Finance • Lab IV – Network ProgrammingBanking • Principles of Insurance and Risk Management • Data Warehousing and Data mining • Software Project Management • Lab V: Stock & Forex Trading • Lab VI: Network Management SEMESTER FOUR • Project Seminar • Project Work • Comprehensive Viva-voce

Professor:
1.	Dr K Chandra Sekhara Rao, Ph..D	Corporate Finance International Financial Mgt Investment & Portfolio Mgt
Readers:
1	. Ms T Chithralekha, M Tech	Information security Data warehousing Agent Technology
2	Dr R Sankaranarayanan, Ph.D (Formerly AGM, IOB, Chennai)	Banking & Finance Bank Management Forex Management
3	Mr. V Prasanna Venkatesan, M.Tech	Software architecture Banking Technology Multilingual-based & Object-Oriented systems
Lecturers:
1	.  Mr S T Surulivel, MSc, MBA.,          M Phil	Banking Technology Mgt Merchant Banking & Financial Services Investment & Portfolio Mgt Insurance Management
2	Ms S Vijaya Lakshmi, MCA	Network Programming Computer Networks for Banker, Financial Information system

Adjunct/Visting/Guest Faculty:

1. Dr S Kuppuswami, Founder Dean, Ramanujam School of Mathematics & Computer Sciences & Director of Studies & Educational Innovation and Rural Reconstruction, Pondicherry University
2. Dr R Panneerselvam, Professor & Dean, School of Management, Pondicherry University
3. Dr G Anjaneyaswamy, Professosr & Head, Department of Tourism Studies, School of Management, Pondicherry University
4. Dr R Prabhakara Raya, Professor of Management, School of Management, Pondicherry University
5. Dr D Sanbandam, Professor & Head, Department of Politics & International Studies, Pondicherry University
6. Dr K Mohan, Professor & Head, Department of International Business, Pondicherry University
7. Dr Malabika Deo, Professor of Commerce, School of Management, Pondicherry University
8. Sri S Aravanan, SG Lecturer in Commerce, School of Management, Pondicherry University
9. Sri Victor Ananda Kumar, Lecturer in Management, School of Management, Pondicherry University
10. Sri Francis Sagaraj, Asst Professor, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry
11. Dr R Azhagaiah, Sr Lecturer, KMM Centre for PG Studies, Pondicherry
12. Sri S Shanmugasundaram, Sr Lecturer in Commerce, Tagore Arts College, Pondicherry