A large number of people attended the seminar held at New Gurgaon—there was strong participation from other parts of the NCR too, along with attendees from Allahabad, Ludhiana and Chandigarh and other cities in the northern region

Moneylife Foundation had its first outing beyond Maharashtra with an ‘Investor, Empower Yourself’ seminar, which was held at the lush Town & Country Club at New Gurgaon, in the National Capital Region (NCR), on Saturday, 7th May. The event was held with the support of the Indiabulls Group.

It was a full-day event, with over 300 people participating. The venue was fully packed—despite placing additional chairs, some people had to be accommodated as standees.

The event was a great success, with the support of an eager team of Indiabulls’ senior personnel, led by the CEO of Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd, Gagan Banga.
 
A large number of people had come from Delhi as well as other parts of the NCR; a few attendees were from far-off places like Allahabad, Ludhiana and Chandigarh and other cities in the region too.

Moneylife Foundation has held a number of seminars to promote financial literacy and promote advocacy. These events have been held at the Moneylife Knowledge Centre in Mumbai, and have also been conducted in various cities across Maharashtra.

This foray was the first in the NCR, and this is the start of many more such events to follow. Demand has been overwhelming—and we are also constantly inundated by requests from citizens all over India to hold events in their cities.

In the event held at Gurgaon, there were suggestions that future events like these be held in larger auditoriums and also be telecast on video screens as well as on the Internet for those who cannot make it to the venues.

There is no dearth of people who want to know more about how to invest well and invest safely in the northern part of the country—as is the case in other Indian regions.

There was also an opinion expressed that trying to conduct these seminars in regional languages as well as in Hindi might be a good idea too.
 
Sucheta Dalal, Trustee, Moneylife Foundation and Managing Editor, Moneylife, and Debashis Basu, Trustee, Moneylife Foundation and Editor, Moneylife, and Sachin Chaudhary, Whole Time Director, Indiabulls Housing Finance, helped the audience to understand how to become an aware and empowered investor.

Moneylife Foundation has completed 15 months of spreading financial literacy, and guiding & empowering investors with pro-customer advocacy. The Foundation has hosted around 49 speakers and has conducted 61 events. Currently, more than 5,000 people are members of the Foundation. 
 
The most heartening thing to note in this seminar held in Gurgaon was that a number of people present were already investment-savvy and financially literate—and they posted a number of intelligent questions to the panel. And the audience came away satisfied.
 
Like we said, this was the Foundation’s first foray outside Maharashtra; stay tuned for more events that we are planning across India.