Financial Derivatives Now Enrolling
Weekday · Every Tuesday
12 Sessions · 24 Hours · 2 hrs/session
CFA L1/L2 · FRM Part I · MBA
▶ Excel-first
Python optional
₹5,000
All-inclusive
per participant
A practitioner's treatment of financial derivatives — futures and forward pricing, hedging strategies, options fundamentals, Black-Scholes-Merton and binomial pricing, option strategies and spreads, and the Greeks. Every model is built live in Excel, with optional Python (scipy) for pricing. Starting Tuesday, 8 September 2026 — every Tuesday, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM IST, via Google Meet.
- Price forwards and futures using cost-of-carry models
- Build futures hedges and margin simulations in Excel
- Value options with Black–Scholes and binomial trees
- Analyse strategies, spreads, payoffs and option Greeks
▷ Excel workbooks — all 12 sessions
▶ Recorded sessions
📄 Study materials
🎖 Certificate
Applied Finance Through Excel
Next CohortMBA · CFA L1 · Working Professionals
12 Sessions · 24 Hours · Weekend
Financial modelling entirely in Excel — proficiency, financial maths, 3-statement models, cost of capital, capital budgeting, DCF valuation, and a capstone. No Python required.
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Interest Rate Derivatives
Launching SoonCFA L2/L3 · FRM Part IIPython optional
8 Sessions · 16 Hours · Weekday Evenings
FRAs, IRS, bond futures, swaptions, and bootstrap zero curve — full pricing in Excel.
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Financial Risk Management
Launching SoonFRM Part I & II · Basel IIIPython optional
8 Sessions · 16 Hours · Weekday Evenings
VaR, CVaR, Basel III/IV, stress testing, RAROC, PD/LGD/EAD — every framework modelled in Excel.
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Time Series Forecasting & Modelling
Launching SoonMBA Analytics · FRMPython optional
8 Sessions · 16 Hours · Weekday Evenings
CMA decomposition, stationarity, ACF/PACF, ARIMA and SARIMA — built in Excel, extended with Python.
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Fixed Income Securities Analysis
Launching SoonCFA L1/L2 · FRM Part I
8 Sessions · 16 Hours · Weekday Evenings
Bond maths, yield curves, duration, convexity, credit spreads, immunisation — modelled in Excel.
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Financial Risk Analytics & Modelling New
Launching SoonFRM Part I & II · CFAPython optional
10 Sessions · 20 Hours · Weekday Evenings
Markowitz, GARCH, Monte Carlo, Merton model, Vasicek SDE, Efficient Frontier — Excel + Python.
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Prof. V. Ravichandran
Visiting Faculty — NMIMS Bangalore · BITS Pilani (WILP) · RV University Bangalore · Goa Institute of Management
28+ years of corporate finance and banking experience (HSBC Global Banking & Markets, Synechron) and 12+ years in academia. Expertise spans VaR, stress testing, Basel II/III, PD/LGD/EAD frameworks, FRTB, GARCH/EWMA/ARIMA, Monte Carlo simulation, ICAAP, derivatives pricing, fixed income, and portfolio optimisation.
Financial Risk
Derivatives
Fixed Income
Basel III / FRTB
Excel Modelling
CFA · FRM Prep
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