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June 07, 2007
PRMIA Bangalore Focuses on Research Efforts to Make Impact on Risk Industry
With more than 2,000 members already recruited, the new PRMIA Bangalore chapter is quickly becoming an active part of the risk industry. PRMIA Bangalore is focusing its efforts on research in the areas of risk management and risk technologies and solutions.
PRMIA is a fast-growing, collaborative network of risk professionals from around the globe, defining and implementing the best practices of risk management. Dr. Satchidananda S Sogala, M.S. (Illinois) Ph.D. (Credit Risk Quantification), the new chapter's Regional Director, shares his commitment to advancing the mission of PRMIA in Bangalore, "From its inception, PRMIA Bangalore has dedicated its efforts to becoming a nucleus for research, which will enable us to make significant contributions to the risk profession." He adds, "We have established a highly academic committee to lead our chapter and have been actively recruiting members to help us achieve our goals."
Dr. Satchidananda (sssatchidananda@gmail.com +91 9886408381) is the current head of Risk Solutions and Research at IBM India. He has an M S in Policy Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in credit risk quantification. He has 26 years of experience in financial markets and consulting. Dr. Satchidananda has published over twenty papers and is currently writing a book on risk management implementation challenges. Mr Raghu Anantharam, Senior Consultant, Analytics Group, Infosys is the Secretary of the Chapter. A former commodities trader in Singapore, he is committed to research and promoting it from Bangalore which is a global research hub.
Mr. David Millar, PRMIA Chief Operating Officer, says, "We are pleased to have an experienced and respected individual like Dr. Satchidananda leading PRMIA in Bangalore. He is enthusiastic about engaging and promoting research, and we believe he will do much to further the PRMIA mission."
Risk management professionals interested in becoming a member of the PRMIA Bangalore chapter may visit the PRMIA Bangalore Web site at http://www.prmia.org/Chapter_Pages/Bangalore/. They can also contact the chapter Secretary, Mr. Raghu (raghu.anantharam@infosys.com).
Posted by dkoenig at June 7, 2007 04:07 AM
Congratulations! This is great news!
Posted by: Herb Blank at June 7, 2007 04:42 PM
Dear Sirs,
Very interesting and highly qualified people have the joined the Bangalore Chapter and my field experience is in to Stock market i would be obliged if Bangalore chapter keep me posted about future development in PRIMA Bangalore
Posted by: Chandrashekar at June 13, 2007 12:26 AM
its really amazing to see the entire risk managment professionals meeting in one place share thoughts and experiences. i am very much elated whenever i go primea meeting. my experience in to risk management in a public sector bank for the past 7 years, especially in Basel II, credit risk and ALM.
Posted by: v gopal at July 1, 2007 11:36 PM
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