Media Release

Mangaluru, Dec 14: The department of business administration, school of business and management, St Aloysius (Deemed to be University) in association with Domestic and International Relations Cell, organised a day-long international conference on 'Emerging trends in insurance and investment: A roadmap for 2025' on December 14 in Robert Sequeira hall.

Prof Steven M Corey, president of the University of Olivet, USA was the chief guest and keynote speaker. He spoke on the contemporary issues in insurance: A global perspective.

Dr Praveen Martis, SJ, vice chancellor, St Aloysius (Deemed to be University) Dr Alwyn D'Sa registrar of the college and Dr Ronald Nazareth, registrar of the university, Dr Denis Fernandes, director of Arrupe Block, Dr Mamatha, associate dean, School of Business Administration, Claret Vinayak Pereira, head of the department of business administration, Dr Roshan Fredrick DSouza, Chethan Shettigar, convenor of the conference, Prof Gregory Brown, and Prof Daniel Green, heads of the University of Olivet, were on the dais.

Dr Praveen Martis, in his presidential remarks, thanked the heads of the University of Olivet for their collaboration to this conference and sharing the knowledge about the insurance and investment. He briefed about the programmes available in the University of Olivet.

During the conference, there were two technical sessions. Dr T Mallikarjunappa, professor, Justice K S Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Karkala, spoke on 'Stock market Investment - Challenges and opportunities in 2025' and Kumble Narasinha Prabhu, ceo, M/s Kumble Investments & Financial Advisors, Mangaluru, spoke on the topic 'Insurance and Risk Management – Emerging Trends and Challenges'.

Binni Chan compered the programme. Chethan Shettigar gave the insights of the conference. Claret Vinaya Pereira, welcomed the gathering and introduced the guests. Dr Mamatha proposed the vote of thanks.