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Excel for Finance - From Basics to Advanced

By Dr. Premalatha K P   |   JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore
Learners enrolled: 767

This course gives hands on learning experience in understanding the basics of MS excel usage in the finance domain. The course delivery starts with the basic excel functions like working with cells, formatting rows and columns, key finance functions like sum, average, count, countif, countA, Max, min, rand and many more will be discussed and solved using simple problems. The course navigates through the application of time value of money concept like present value, future value and loan amortization. Long term investment decision techniques like NPV, XNPV, IRR, XIRR, MIRR functions are explored using case studies. Problems on risk analysis techniques like simulation, sensitivity and scenario will be solved in different finance domains. Analysis of the ideal capital structure decision using the WACC approach and very importantly the forecasting of financial statements (income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement) will be constructed using different methods.

Summary
Course Status : Upcoming
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 6 weeks
Category :
  • Finance
Credit Points : 3
Level : Postgraduate
Start Date : 15 Jul 2025
End Date : 31 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends : 31 Aug 2025
Exam Date :
Translation Languages : English
NCrF Level   : 6.5
Industry Details : Banking & Financial Services

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Course layout

Week 1: Overview of Excel Functions

Week 2: Time Value of Money

Week 3: Capital Budgeting Techniques

Week 4: Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting

Week 5: Capital Structure Analysis

Week 6: Financial Forecasting Models

Books and references

Instructor bio

Dr. Premalatha K P

JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore

Dr. Premalatha K P is a professional educator with a doctoral degree from university of Mysore holds a decade of teaching experience in both UG and PG educational institutions. A goal driven person who bagged gold medal for completing her Masters of Business Administration degree with First Class Distinction in all the 4 semesters. She is an enthusiastic faculty member worked for both commerce and management departments with her domain expertise in finance. Premalatha has published many papers in Scopus, Wiley, IEEE explore, UGC care and other peer reviewed journals and books. Presented papers in various national and international level conferences and seminars. She has actively organized and conducted student development activities, case study cells, working paper series events and coordinated various finance interest group activities at JAIN University. Currently working as assistant professor at JAIN (deemed to be University) in the finance area her expertise lies in financial management, corporate valuation, risk and derivatives management and financial strategy. She delivers expert talks as a resource person for faculty enrichment programs, workshops and training programs organized by corporate and academic clients.

Course certificate

Enrolling and learning from the course is free. However, if you wish to obtain a certificate, you must register and take the proctored exam in person at one of the designated exam centre’s. The registration URL will be announced when the registration form is open. To obtain the certification, you need to fill out the online registration form and pay the exam fee. More details will be provided when the exam registration form is published, including any potential changes. For further information on the exam locations and the conditions associated with filling out the form, please refer to the form.

 

Grading Policy: 

Assessment Type

Weightage

Weekend Assessment

25%

Final Exam

75%


Certificate Eligibility: 

  • 40% marks and above in weekend assessment.
  • 40% marks and above in the final proctored exam.

Score

Type of Certificate

>=90

Gold

76 - 89

Silver

61 - 75

Bronze

40 - 60

Successfully Completed

<39

No Certificate


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Disclaimer: In order to be eligible for the certificate, you must register for enrolment and exams using the same email ID. If different email IDs are used, you will not be considered eligible for the certificate.



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