Sri. P.K. Vijayakumar, IRS, Insurance Ombudsman, Kochi formally inaugurated the conference at the Kochi campus on October 24, 2014. Dr. U. Krishna Kumar, Director, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, and Dr. Sony Vijayan, Head of the Department of Commerce and Management, School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi campus, welcomed the audience. The Conference Convener Dr. A. S. Ambily, Asst. Professor presided over the function.

Dr. B. Baiju, Chief Manager, United India Insurance, Ernakulam, handled the first session on the topic “Risk Management in General Insurance Sector”. The second session on “Risk Management in Banking Sector” was handled by Sri. C. Damodaran, Chief Manager, Integrated Risk Management Department, Federal Bank Ltd. Aluva. Dr. A. S. Ambily chaired the paper presentations.

Three sessions were held on October 25, 2014. The first session was on “Risk Management in Stock Market” by Sri. Peter Markose, Director, Cochin Stock Brokers Ltd, Ernakulam, followed by the session on “Risk Management in Life Insurance Sector” by Sri. P. T. Raghunath, Senior Branch Manager LIC, Ernakulam. The last session was on “Risk Management in Capital Market” by Dr. V. K. Vijayakumar, Investment Strategist, Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd. Dr. S. Venugopal, Professor, chaired the paper presentations. During the valedictory session, Dr. V. K. Vijayakumar distributed certificates to the paper presenters.