 Hello, I am Raghunathan Sengupta in the IME department, IIT Kanpur. The course which I am going to teach under NPTEL online program will be a great program for the students because that will give them an overall view of the different techniques which they can learn, the techniques which they can apply in different type of financial industries like banks, investment banking and considering the big use of big data analysis which is happening nowadays in different fields, especially in finance. This course would be a really a very good launching pad for the students who can apply it for different industries plus which I also think that considering there is a huge dearth of faculty members plus there is a huge pool of students who are really interested. This course would be a good bullet point in their CVs based on which they can definitely apply to different industries and gather new knowledge. Thank you.