School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University organized a hands-on training session on the CMIE database for students of the undergraduate program. The session was conducted by Mr. Sudarshan Negi, resource person, CMIE.Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Saurabh, highlighted the necessity and credibility of reliable data in managerial decision-making and encouraged the participants to have a productive and stimulating learning experience. During the training sessions the students were able to understand the importance of the Economic Outlook and Prowess-IQ Database. The Economic Outlook provides a solution to the requirement of reliable data, whereas the Prowess-IQ database is an indispensable source to extract financial information and performance of active business enterprises in India.

The students were empowered to create queries and generate structured reports for the macro-economic indicators and financial analysis of various Industries across the nation for making informed decisions.The session was immensely beneficial for all participants and was concluded with a brief feedback. Dr. Divya Singh Jamwal, coordinator of the training program, moderated the session. The organising team expressed their gratitude to the Vice Chancellor SMVDU Prof. R.K. Sinha for providing the platform for effective learning of the students, and Dean FoM Dr. Suparn Sharma for his motivation.