B.E. (Chemical Engineering) Institute Level Optional Subject II Finance Management Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Institute Level Optional Subject II- Finance Management
Module 1: Overview of Indian Financial System: Characteristics, Components and printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Functions of Financial System. Financial Instruments: Meaning, Characteristics and Classification of Basic Financial Instruments — Equity Shares, Preference Shares, Bonds- Debentures, Certificates of Deposit, and Treasury Bills. Financial Markets: Meaning, Characteristics and Classification of Financial Markets — Capital Market, Money Market and Foreign Currency Market Financial Institutions: Meaning, Characteristics and Classification of Financial Institutions — Commercial Banks, Investment-Merchant Banks and Stock Exchanges
Module 2: Concepts of Returns and Risks: Measurement of Historical Returns and printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Expected Returns of a Single Security and a Two- security Portfolio; Measurement of Historical Risk and Expected Risk of a Single Security and a Two-securityPortfolio. Time Value of Money: Future Value of a Lump Sum, Ordinary Annuity, and Annuity Due; Present Value of a Lump Sum, Ordinary Annuity, and Annuity Due; Continuous Compounding and Continuous Discounting.
Module 3: Overview of Corporate Finance: Objectives of Corporate Finance; printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Functions of Corporate Finance—Investment Decision, Financing Decision, and Dividend Decision. Financial Ratio Analysis: Overview of Financial Statements— Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, and Cash Flow Statement; Purpose of Financial Ratio Analysis; Liquidity Ratios; Efficiency or Activity Ratios; Profitability Ratios; Capital Structure Ratios; Stock Market Ratios; Limitations of Ratio Analysis.
Module 4: Capital Budgeting: Meaning and Importance of Capital Budgeting; printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Inputs for Capital Budgeting Decisions; Investment Appraisal Criterion— Accounting Rate of Return, Payback Period, Discounted Payback Period, Net Present Value(NPV), Profitability Index, Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) Working Capital Management: Concepts of Meaning Working Capital; Importance of Working Capital Management; Factors Affecting an Entity’s Working Capital Needs; Estimation of Working Capital Requirements; Management of Inventories; Management of Receivables; and Management of Cash and Marketable Securities.
Module 5: Sources of Finance: Long Term Sources—Equity, Debt, and Hybrids; printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Mezzanine Finance; Sources of Short Term Finance— Trade Credit, Bank Finance, Commercial Paper; Project Finance. Capital Structure: Factors Affecting an Entity’s Capital Structure; Overview of Capital Structure Theories and Approaches— Net Income Approach, Net Operating Income Approach; Traditional Approach, and Modigliani-Miller Approach. Relation between Capital Structure and Corporate Value; Concept of Optimal Capital Structure
Module 6: Dividend Policy: Meaning and Importance of Dividend Policy; Factors printed in the syllabus as Module Detailed Contents
- Affecting an Entity’s Dividend Decision; Overview of Dividend Policy Theories and Approaches—Gordon’s Approach, Walter’s Approach, and Modigliani-Miller Approach
References
- 1 Fundamentals of Financial Management, 13th Edition (2015) by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston; Publisher: Cengage Publications, New Delhi.
- 2 Analysis for Financial Management, 10th Edition (2013) by Robert C. Higgins; Publishers: McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi.
- 3 Indian Financial System, 9th Edition (2015) by M. Y. Khan; Publisher: McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi.
- 4 Financial Management, 11th Edition (2015) by I. M. Pandey; Publisher: S. Chand (G/L) & Company Limited, New Delhi.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Chemical Engineering) under R-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Modules are numbered in sequence here; in the syllabus itself, Module 1 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 2 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 3 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 4 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 5 is printed as Module Detailed Contents; Module 6 is printed as Module Detailed Contents. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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