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Is Post Office Banking a way way out for financial inclusion? Demonetisation of Rs 500 and 1000 notes has brought back to sharper focus the level of Banking Penetration in the rural hinterlands of eastern India, or more specifically, the lack of it. The economy has not fully recovered from the body blow it was …
When I first started visiting our Bank with my mother, I had met a lady behind the counter who used to stitch woolen sweaters around the year. She would sit there at her designated seat, oblivious of the world around, stitching, as though it was the most important thing in the world. As I grew up, …
I want a bank (and other financial service providers) that will listen to me, respond to my queries and offer me services through the social media channels that I frequent. And I am not alone – it is estimated that by 2018 there will be about 300 million social network users in India alone. Yes, …
The news item, tucked in as it was in one innocuous corner of the newspaper, just a couple of days back, had gone largely unnoticed. Hemmed in between stories of corruption in high places and promises of El Dorado’s of every kind, it proclaimed how one of the major private sector banks had introduced on …
The Institute of Cost Accountants of India organised a Discussion on the effect of Demonetization on the cost of doing business on December 21st, 2016 at the JN Bose Auditorium in its headquarters in Kolkata. The Inaugural Session of the evening was flagged off with the Welcome address, given by CMA Amit Anand Apte, the …
BESC, Kolkata 04/11/2016. Basav Bhasttacharya, veteran journalist (ex Business Standard and Economic Times), ace nature photographer and spin doctor (Senior Advisor, Integral PR & PRCAI chairperson East) visited the CorpComm@BESC and spent time interacting with the students. He spoke at length about the vocation, explaining the intricacies and the finer nuances to the students. He …
Satyan Bhatt, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Channai based public relations entity Prism PR (www.prism-india.com) shared his deep insight about all matters corporate communications with the students of BESC’s 3 month CorpComm course, christened 36 Chambers of Corporate Communications. He was accompanied by his comrade in arms and Prism’s co-founder, Parul Bhatt, who recounted how …
For Rais Qureshi it was a home homing of sorts. Having graduated from the college in 1996 he has, armed with a degree, dreams and little else, built up an electronics empire that literally stretches from Chandni Chowk to China. And it was this story, of sheer grit, monumental failures and spectacular successes, that he …
Empretec (Part of UNCTAD) to recognize the best stalls. Kolkata, February 27th, 2016. Al-Souk an Arabian flea market is being organised by the Bhawanipur Education Society College (BESC) to promote the spirit of entrepreneurship among the college students. Empretec, the entrepreneurship wing of United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will evaluate the efforts …
The sheer amount of creative energy with which the Bhawanipur Education Society College (BESC) campus thrives is mind boggling to put things mildly. Add to it a proactive management (and teachers) that encourages and accords the highest degree of importance to entrepreneurial skill development among its students, and bingo – you have the most happening …