Downloadable resources for students

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General for students

• Guide to preparing for the exams: Vinod Kothari

          This is a guide to how to study efficiently in exams

• How to perform better in CA/CS exams: Vinod Kothari

Vinod Kothari guides on how to study, how to sharpen memory and how to generally be better as a CS student

• Why do we fail? Sequel to article on How to Perform Better..: Vinod Kothari

Loads of students wrote in response to the How to Perform Better articde. Many wrote about their personal problems - that they have been failing despite trying hard, etc. This prompted me to write this sequel.

• How to write theory papers: Vinod Kothari

This article gives some tips for writing theory papers - knowledge is not enough, technique also matters. Author shares art of writing examinations mastered over the years.

• Preparing for the Examinations: Vinod Kothari

This article answers lot of questions - how much to study, when to study, what posture to study in, how to reduce sleeping time, and so on. Ideal to read if you have some time before your examinations

• Choosing your teacher: Vinod Kothari

This article tells you about the virtues of a teacher. Don't follow the crowd, evaluate your options carefully as "Ultimately, people get what they deserve."

Finance/ Financial management

• Mutual Funds: Nidhi Bothra

              A brief on regulatory aspect, valuation products relating to mutual funds

• Time value of money: Vinod Kothari

  Seemingly complex subject of NPVs, IRRs, risk adjusted discounting rate, etc made easy.

• Detailed article on capital budgeting, time value of money, IRRs and NPVs: Vinod Kothari

  There are several exercise questions and solutions in this article

   

• Dividend policy, cost of equity: Vinod Kothari

  All the text book concepts of Gordon growth formula, Modigliani Miller approach etc explained in simple style .

• Bascis of Option valuation: Vinod Kothari

  If you are not getting clear idea of what does option valuation mean, and what is all that seemingly-complex stuff about put-call parity, binomial valuation and BS, this article is for you.

Accounting standards/ Financial Reporting

• AS 30, 31 and 32 (IAS 39, IAS 32 and IFRS 7): Vinod Kothari
• AS 29 - Accounting for Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets: Vinod Kothari
• AS 28- Accounting for Impairment of Assets:-Vinod Kothari
• AS 27 - Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures: Vinod Kothari
• AS 26 - Accounting for Intangible Assets: Vinod Kothari
• AS 23 - Accounting for Investments in Associates in Consolidated Financial Statements: Vinod Kothari
• AS 22 - Accounting for Taxes on Income: Vinod Kothari
• AS 21 - Accounting for Consolidated Financial Statements: Vinod Kothari

If you thought the standards are extremely complex, this article makes them easy for you. Broad picture, gives you good overview of the standards.

Company Law/ Corporate laws

• Some Brain Teaser problems in Company law: Vinod Kothari

  Test your conceptual understanding/grasp of Company Law by attempting these questions. If you want, you can write responses to payel@vinodkothari.com

• Features and Types of Companies: Manoj Banthia
• Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers Regulations: Decoding the 'Takeover Code': Payel Jain
• Presentation on Mergers and Amalgamations: Payel Jain
• An insight into SEBI Insider Trading Regulations: Payel Jain

 Securities Law

• Credit Rating: Nidhi Bothra
• Notes on Venture Capital: Nidhi Bothra
• Notes on Indian Financial Markets: Nidhi Bothra, Payel Jain
• Notes on Public Issue: Payel Jain
• Notes on Preferential Issue and Bonus Issue: Payel Jain

More downloadable articles

There are more articles and presentations on Vinod Kothari Consultants'/Vinod Kothari & Company's Staff Publications page here.

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