CNBC India and Home Trade have launched investor camps across the country to enlighten retail investors on the basics of successful investing.
The series of camps, which will span 10 - 12 cities throughout India, kickstarted in Delhi today. According to the organisers, the camps will attempt to cut through the clutter of investment myths and financial fallacies to empower the average investor with tools and knowledge needed for wise money management. A panel of experts comprising Rajeev Vij, CEO, Templeton Investments, Sanjay Sachdev, MD, IDBI Principal, Dr Ajay Shah, Derivatives Research Head, among others, will discuss the different aspects of investing and investment research and analysis.

The panel will also boast CNBC India‘s anchors, Senthil Chengalvarayan and Udayan Mukherjee who will moderate the sessions. The speakers will delve into fundamental issues like risk and return, asset allocation, financial ratios, equity Vs debt, mutual funds, etc. and elaborate on how to use the knowledge to invest successfully. All presentations are to be followed by Q&A sessions with the audience.

The camps are purportedly the answer to a long standing demand from the channel‘s audiences across the nation. These camps will also set the pace for Home Trade to launch innovative consumer-centric financial products through continued interactions with retail investors. They are, according to a press release, part of Home Trade‘s objective to address specific challenges facing the retail investor.
According to Hiren Gada, Senior Vice President, Home Trade, "The investor camps are among the first of a range of financial experiences that Home Trade plans to introduce in the near future. Our alliance with CNBC India reflects our commitment to partner with the best to give the consumer the best".

Scientific-Atlanta, a leading global supplier of digital content distribution systems, has added another feather to its cap. The 2001 Women of Color Technology Awards Conference has conferred the award Technologist of the Year upon its vice-president and general manager Subscriber Network Services, Sherita Ceasar.The presentation, which takes place today, salutes people who have made advances in the fields of math, science, technology and engineering. Scientific-Atlanta will host the "Success and Empowerment Forum" at the conference.

Ceasar is being recognised for her tremendous contributions to America‘s cable industry, which is gradually gaining an interactive feel. Over the course of two decades she has been an important figure in the field of engineering.

Speaking on the award, she said: "This is an exciting time in the cable industry, with unprecedented changes occurring in the way consumers can interact with their televisions. Scientific-Atlanta has been on the forefront of this movement for nearly a decade, and it has been rewarding for me to help cable operators launch new interactive TV services."

This month National Geographic plays a different ball game as well as broadens viewers horizons.

National Geographic Channel will introduce viewers to wild, outlandish sports through the adventures of British sports journalist Emma Levine. On the 17th of this month in the first episode of Different Ball Game at 10:00 p.m. she visits Turkey to see two sports which are rooted in ancient warfare.

The first is based on wrestling which has been the country‘s national sport for over 600 years. It is called Turkish oil wrestling. Participants wearing handtooled, tight, black leather shorts soak themselves in oil, grab what they can of their opponent and wrestle. The second sport is called horseback javelin. Two teams riding on horses, chase each other and throw sharp javelins at one another. Tonight at 10:00 p.m. in the second episode you can watch how engineers are taking ideas from creatures that are unpleasant to look at to build robots who can do things which are too dangerous for human beings. Besides this rollercoaster enthusiasts are in for a treat. The man who built the Thrust Air 2000 will be interviewed. This space age thrill ride rockets passengers from standstill to eighty miles per hour in 1.8 seconds.