Master corporate finance the way India actually works
Master the full landscape of corporate finance — capital structure, funding, budgeting, risk, and value creation — taught entirely through the lens of India's regulatory frameworks, markets, and business realities.
"Corporate finance taught without India's regulatory and market context isn't just incomplete — it's a liability when the stakes are real."— VIKASH KUMAR JAIN
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Structure an optimal capital mix using Indian debt instruments, equity markets, and hybrid securities under SEBI and RBI guidelines
- Build and defend a robust capital budget using DCF, IRR, and payback methods calibrated to Indian tax and depreciation rules
- Identify, quantify, and hedge financial risks specific to Indian businesses — including currency exposure, interest rate volatility, and credit risk
- Evaluate funding options — from bank loans and NBFCs to IPOs and private equity — and choose the right vehicle for a company's stage and sector
- Analyse a company's profitability drivers and construct actionable strategies to improve EBITDA, ROCE, and shareholder value
- Conduct a full investment appraisal and present a board-ready financial case for a major capital allocation or M&A decision in an Indian context
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 25 lessons
Foundations of Corporate Finance in the Indian Context
Establishes the institutional, regulatory, and conceptual bedrock on which every subsequent module builds. Learners leave with a confident command of how Indian financial markets, regulators, and accounting standards shape corporate finance decisions — eliminating the risk of misapplying textbook theory to an Indian firm.
- 1.1The Indian Financial Ecosystem at a GlanceIncluded
- 1.2Core Finance Principles Applied to Indian FirmsIncluded
- 1.3Reading and Interpreting Indian Financial StatementsIncluded
Capital Structure and Funding Strategy
Equips learners to design and defend an optimal funding mix for an Indian firm at any stage — from startup to listed conglomerate. Covers the full spectrum of Indian instruments under SEBI and RBI guidelines, and culminates in WACC optimisation so learners can directly feed outputs into capital budgeting.
- 2.1Debt Instruments and Bank Financing in IndiaIncluded
- 2.2Equity Markets, IPOs, and Hybrid SecuritiesIncluded
- 2.3Private Equity, Venture Debt, and NBFC FinancingIncluded
- 2.4Optimal Capital Structure and WACC OptimisationIncluded
Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal
Builds rigorous, India-calibrated capital allocation skills. Learners master DCF, IRR, payback, and real options techniques — adjusted for Indian tax rules, depreciation regimes, and inflation — and package the analysis into a board-ready proposal. Directly uses the WACC computed in Module 2.
- 3.1Indian Tax, Depreciation, and Inflation Adjustments for Project AppraisalIncluded
- 3.2DCF Valuation and Free Cash Flow Modelling for Indian ProjectsIncluded
- 3.3IRR, Payback, and Profitability Index — Choosing the Right ToolIncluded
- 3.4Real Options and Strategic Investment FlexibilityIncluded
- 3.5Building a Board-Ready Capital Budgeting ProposalIncluded
Financial Risk Identification, Quantification, and Hedging
Develops a systematic, India-specific risk management capability. Learners identify, measure, and hedge the currency, interest rate, credit, and liquidity risks most prevalent in Indian businesses, and build an integrated enterprise risk and hedging policy — a skill set directly demanded by Indian CFO and treasury roles.
- 4.1Currency Risk and Hedging for Indian CorporatesIncluded
- 4.2Interest Rate Risk and Liquidity Risk ManagementIncluded
- 4.3Credit Risk, Counterparty Risk, and the Indian Credit MarketIncluded
- 4.4Integrated Enterprise Risk and Hedging PolicyIncluded
Profitability Analysis and Value Creation
Shifts focus from risk and funding to performance — equipping learners to diagnose a firm's profitability, identify value leakage, optimise working capital, and construct strategies that improve EBITDA, ROCE, and shareholder value in the Indian competitive and tax environment.
- 5.1Profitability Drivers and Margin AnalysisIncluded
- 5.2Return on Capital Employed and DuPont AnalysisIncluded
- 5.3Working Capital Optimisation in the Indian ContextIncluded
- 5.4Shareholder Value, Dividends, and Capital Allocation DisciplineIncluded
M&A, Valuation, and the Board-Level Investment Case
Integrates all prior modules into the most complex corporate finance decision — mergers, acquisitions, and large capital allocations. Learners conduct full investment appraisals, navigate Indian M&A regulations, perform due diligence, structure deals, and present a board-ready investment case — the capstone of the course.
- 6.1Business Valuation Methods in the Indian MarketIncluded
- 6.2M&A Deal Structuring and Indian Regulatory ComplianceIncluded
- 6.3Due Diligence and Financial Risk Assessment in Indian M&AIncluded
- 6.4Post-Merger Integration and Value RealisationIncluded
- 6.5Capstone — Full Investment Case PresentationIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
CFO Aspirants
Finance managers on the CFO track who need to master capital structure, risk, and value creation across the full scope of a senior finance role.
CA/CMA Practitioners
Chartered and cost accountants who want to move beyond compliance and audit into strategic corporate finance and investment advisory.
MBA Finance Students
Graduate students heading into investment banking, corporate treasury, or PE who need India-grounded financial rigour to hit the ground running.
Business Owners & Founders
Entrepreneurs preparing for fundraising, major capex decisions, or M&A who need to engage investors and lenders with financial confidence.
Corporate Finance Analysts
Analysts in treasury, FP&A, or M&A teams who need to sharpen their command of valuation, hedging, and capital budgeting in the Indian context.
Investment & Lending Professionals
Bankers, NBFC executives, and PE analysts who evaluate Indian businesses and need a comprehensive framework for financial risk and deal assessment.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
VIKASH KUMAR JAIN
If you've ever sat in a corporate finance class — or opened a standard textbook — and thought, this doesn't quite map to how things work here, you're not wrong. The frameworks are sound, but the inputs are different. The regulatory environment is different. The instruments, the markets, the tax treatment, the risk landscape — all different. And in high-stakes finance, the gap between a generic framework and the Indian reality is exactly where decisions go wrong.
That's the problem this course is designed to solve.
India Finance Edge is built on a single conviction: that Indian finance professionals deserve a rigorous, complete corporate finance education that doesn't ask them to mentally translate everything back to their own context. Every module in this programme — from capital structure and WACC optimisation to M&A due diligence and post-merger integration — is designed around the frameworks, regulations, and market realities you actually operate in. We reference SEBI circulars, not SEC filings. We model depreciation under the Companies Act, not GAAP schedules. We talk about NBFCs, PSU banks, BSE-listed instruments, and RBI interest rate policy — because that is the terrain.
I designed this course for the finance professional who is serious about moving up — the CA or CMA practitioner who wants to move beyond compliance into strategic advisory; the MBA graduate heading into investment banking, corporate treasury, or a CFO-track role; the CFO aspirant who needs to be fluent across capital structure, risk, budgeting, and valuation simultaneously; and the business owner who is about to have a very consequential conversation with a PE investor or a lender and wants to be in command of that conversation. This course gives each of them a structured, credible, and immediately applicable body of knowledge.
The capstone at the end of the programme is not a formality. It is a board-ready investment case — the kind of document that gets capital approved, M&A deals sanctioned, or funding secured. You'll construct it piece by piece across the course, and by the time you present it, you'll understand every number in it and be able to defend every assumption. That's the standard this course holds itself to: not just understanding finance, but being able to act on it, at the level where it matters.
I believe the best finance education is both rigorous and clear — precise enough for a boardroom, accessible enough for a motivated graduate. If that balance is what you've been looking for, I'd like to invite you to begin.
— VIKASH KUMAR JAIN
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