Testimonials
"What an end to such a wonderful course. You can't imagine what the course meant to me. . . What I got was mind
blowing. I hope BFBV gets better every year. Congratulations on this wonderful course."
"He just doesn’t change perspectives of finance… He changes lives."
Comments from the Batch of 2006-07
Haven`t seen someone handle a class so well and keep the attention of every single person to the last point. By bringing a
totally new perspective not only to the subject but also life, he has been by far one of the best professors.
Very good course, must for anyone even remotely interested in finance.
This is one course i wish goes on forever.. .Sir has so much to teach us...
He is simply amazing.
Too good! I found you as good as Bappa, my fav prof. Thats the best compliment I can give!!
He is the Fin God, Any finance course would be incomplete without such an insight. Hope this course is turned into a 2
credit course. He is the best prof in the country.
Excellent Professor.
Excellent prof.
Excellent teacher.
Great Course. Excellent professor. I might not have been so attentive in class, but make it a point to go through most your
readings. i both admire and respect you sir.
Excellent course.
Too good. One of the best profs at MDI.
Comments from the Batch of 2005-06
This is much more than an elective or a course, it has been a life enriching experience. If ever there was a wisdom in a
nutshell, it is here in this course under Prof Sanjay Bakshi.
He is the best prof. I can’t even imagine someone else teaching this course.
Amazingly excellent delivery… A course which added the most value to any student.
The best courses in MDI
Wish we had more such professors!!!!!!
A Prof. who teaches us to think!!!
Excellent Prof & teaching. Way to go
Beautiful course with good practical applications...something I will not want to forget in life
This is the best course across all b-schools....
This course is a life changing experience...
We need more of such courses in MBA curriculum
Comments from the Batch of 2004-05
"Your course has been one of the most fascinating I have attended in my life. Though I am not looking for a job in Finance,
but still the course has been the biggest value addition (anyways u mentioned in the first class that this course is not
Finance but worldly wisdom, and it has been that for me). I just wanted to thank you for sharing the wealth of knowledge,
information and wisdom you have accumulated over the years. Many times in your class, I have felt that is it humanly
possible to do what you have done?? You have been both a role model and a huge inspiration for all of us ( though i do not
know how many of us have the guts to do what you have done and abandon the security which an MNC job offers and
starting out on our own....). At this moment when all of us are at cross roads and do not know what the future holds for
us, your story is an inspiration that we too can make our own future."
"For me this course was one of the most enriching courses at MDI. I always was inclined towards stocks and now this
course of yours has enhanced it greatly."
"About disagreement , yes thats why i really liked your idea of " killing our own ideas" - you explained in class .... Thanx
for that lesson and a lot of other things."
"On behalf of the entire batch, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for this wonderful and memorable time we
spent together during the last 6 months. If I could use this word, there is only one word to explain our experience in this
course-“Fantabulous”. The learning was truly multi-dimensional and multi-faceted. A majority of my colleagues will agree
when I say that this course taught us not only to make money, but to tackle life and this I believe is the greatest value-add
from this course. I am also truly justified in saying that this course-BFBV is by far the best course at MDI or in fact any
other B school. We are indeed privileged that you are associated with our school and that we had the opportunity to interact
with you for such a long duration. We really enjoyed your jokes/cracks and also the 20 mails you sent daily ;)"
"Thanks a lot for ur help. Will get back to u for more in future. U are really an amazing person... Please excuse me for this
flattered praise... I am still feeling that i should not write this but I just want to let this mail go before I delete."
"I was left ‘without words’ after reading your mail. It is truly great to have a live testimony in front of ourselves of the fact
that perseverance and struggles in life do pay off and pay handsomely well. A very inspirational mail indeed for me, Sir. It
has given me more strength to go ahead with my plans in life."
"Really good course. the effort put in by prof. Bakshi induced me to reciprocate."
"The prof is fabulous. the best one on campus. very practical."
"Best course at MDI. Thank you sir for sharing soooo much knowledge with us."
"He is an amazing professor"
"Overall a great subject!! and a great teacher!! A small suggestion- stress should be more on current happenings rather than
old."
"The course was one of the best courses offered at MDI"
"The course was the only learning in two years at MDI and should be at the beginning of second year so that there is more
time to learn.."
"Awesome, fantabulous, too cool, amazing experience....."
"One of the best courses offered."
"Sir you have inspired us in lot many ways. thanks. . . My biggest takeaway was the mental model classes"
"A gem of a professor..should be retained by MDI as permanent faculty."
"An awesome experience!!!"
"He`s one of the best things that have happened to MDI!"
"The course has been excellent and the learning immense, has really forced people to think."
"Thanx for all the energy u bring to the class."
"Amazing Professor. the fact that the concepts taught by him are actually practiced by him and have worked, arouses lot
more interest."
"The knowledge and delivery style of the professor is simply great."
"Sir`s method of teaching is very comprehensive though the content in classes sometimes becomes very difficult to absorb
the best ; provided best materials, very helpful and always available, should be given more credit to his course".
Comments from the Batch of 2003-04
"I've learned more in this course than all other courses combined."
"Simply Excellent. Not only the concepts but the faculty gave the different aspects of real life. Salute to one of the greatest
faculty/person I have ever met."
"Great work u inspire many people in our batch."
"Its always refreshing to attend classes where originality in thinking is encouraged and practised - more so if one can pick
up a few hints on how to manage wealth along the way too."
"Please also accept our heartfelt appreciation on quite clearly the most outstanding and practical course at MDI."
"A class act. really competent professor with a great sense of humour. the pedagogy was very innovative and effective.
very, very impressive (i`m running out of superlatives here)."
"He's the best teacher in MDI by far!"
"Definitely amongst the top faculty at MDI."
"Key asset of MDI. Should be highly valued."
"Great exposure to the art of valuing a business."
"The course and the faculty member (both) are exceptional! Thanks for such a combination."
"Being from a non-finance background, this course made us appreciate the concepts of finance, and also introduced
valuation concepts hitherto unknown to me. Sir, your handling of the course is excellent, and the whole course is very
interesting (except exams and quiz of course)."
"A professor who puts in real effort."
"Outstanding!!!"
"GREAT COURSE. The instructor is brilliant. Lot of value addition."
"The course made me feel comfortable that I didn't waste my 4 lakhs in MDI."
"The best course in MDI. Should be made compulsory for all. Should be introduced in the 4th and 5th terms along with the
security analysis course."
"Absolutely brilliant. Should reduce the number of quizzes and assignments in the last term."
"Very innovative professor."
"Superb prof....words r insufficient to describe how good he is...!!!!!!!!! the guy is just too good!!!!!"
"Nice course, is a lot of value addition."
"Excellent learning."
"The course was one of the best ones in MDI and was helpful in learning many new concepts in finance."
"Brilliant, the most useful course in the entire two years. However, the professor can probably reduce 2-3 cases in the class
and take up more on behavioural finance."
"Great guy- should take course earlier."
"Excellent concepts and material. Extremely committed. Available for help outside the class as well."
"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant course to take."
"Great prof !!!!!!!!!"
"Excellent Content, Philosophy and Delivery....Was more applied than most other courses."
"Your course was the best till date... Thank you for teaching us."
"Readings were very good and useful."
"Good course in terms of practical content."
"One of the most striking thing I observed about you is ur reading habits... You almost seem to know anything to
everything about the thing ur talking about..."
"Thank you for the extremely enriching and entertaining curriculum you gave us."
"Absolutely brilliant."
"Wow."
"Excellent Course."
"Great delivery of lectures."
"Good course....great to be taught by a practitioner."
"One course whose learning can be applied in real life ."
Comments from the Batch of 2002-03
"On the whole, it was the best course and faculty at MDI."
"Great experience.....plzzzzz continue the good work"
"The single most relevant course in my point of view."
"The course has been another kind of eye opener after security analysis. He teaches all practical stuff, and which is simple
finance. It has been a tremendous learning experience. Thanx a lot to Prof. Bakshi for this course."
"The Professor has excellent knowledge about the subject. Keep it up."
"Simply superb."
"The Best Course at MDI. If a person joins MDI for just this course and does nothing else, he still has a good chance of
making more money than others. The Real Finance and the Real MBA. I am very very happy to be a part of this course."
"Overall the course was very good. One of the best courses in the two years at MDI."
"This was by far the best course at MDI, well structured, well taught by professor and eagerly received by students.
Words are not sufficient for its praise. I really liked it."
"A very learned faculty. The course should be taken in 4th and 5th terms to have more serious students` involvement and
learning. Nevertheless, the best professor at MDI!"
"Extraordinary lectures... learning for life! I have learnt something which I dont think I would have ever even know about."
"Excellent prof. Nothing can be better than studying from a practioner. Couldn't have asked for more."
"Good job done in stimulating the mind. Was very interesting throughout."
"Only course in the MDI whose class I used to look forward to, great teacher, great subject
Too brilliant and hope this course carries on like this."
"The professor was amazing, fabulous. He really made the classes interesting and the practical examples given by him are
worth listening. Course can be made better by incorporating a couple of classes for project presentations."
"The course elaborated a lot (and wonderfully so) on one school of thought i.e. value investing. However, it would be
enriching for us if some time is also spent on the concept of "growth" based investing."
"I`ll just say one word--- "Excellent"."
"The course is absolutely fabulous."
"Brilliant teaching. Just goes to show what a commited prof (an outsider) can do to a drap course like valuation."
"Extremely useful and wonderful prof.. just too good to be true."
Comments from the Batch of 2001-02
"Handling of the course by faculty was excellent and all the feed back and replies to our queries were practical and not just
theoretical."
"This was the best course offered in the area of Finance. The faculty was also excellent. Mr. Bakshi should be asked to
take more courses."
"He is stupendous. No theoretical farts, only logic. Best professor I have ever come across.
Course should have been offered in term V, so that more time was devoted to it by the students. Excellent handling by
Prof. Bakshi."
"Great Teacher !!! Simply great."
"SUPERB! Most fundamental and revolutionary course at MDI - should be made compulsory."
"Excellent course with an excellent prof."
"He is a great prof. He gave new directions to our thinking. He must be called for other courses also
one of the most outstanding courses in the last two years. Thank you sir."
"This course made MDI worth it. All of the financial knowledge acquired converged to a very pragmatic and honest
business intelligence and was very helpful and overwhelming. The course was simple too good."
"Perfect, others should learn from him."
"Great course, and the faculty was brilliant."
"An amazing course and a more amazing teacher. Mr.Bakshi is by far the most dedicated and best teacher in mdi. His
classes are a treat."
"By far the best course I had at MDI. I feel proud to be a part of the cast which featured in this course. The learning would
have been enhanced much more had Mr Sanjay Bakshi taken few more courses."
"Too good................should take all finance electives!!!!!"
"Great faculty..........he is easily the best faculty I came across........have this course compulsory for all....and may be in
third term....I am pretty sure, many more students will get interested in finance."
"Good course....good faculty."
"Excellent course, basically gives u real time learning, professor should take more courses on finance, he should be made
permanent faculty."
"The best course in all two years of my stay at MDI."
"Actually felt that I m being prepared for being a manager. I thoroughly enjoyed ur class sir. Thnx a lot."
"The best course in the whole PGPM course by far. It would be much more beneficial to the students if this course is
conducted in some term prior to the last one. Perhaps no one can make business valuation so interesting as Mr. Bakshi."
"Good course....nice prof...but low involvement of students make the class more participative
excellent value adding course but can be more participative."
"I am a non fin student, but this is my best course at MDI. I may not be very good at fin number crunching, but I won't be
blank in job when it comes to fin. Thanks."
"The best professor I have come across at MDI."
blowing. I hope BFBV gets better every year. Congratulations on this wonderful course."
"He just doesn’t change perspectives of finance… He changes lives."
Comments from the Batch of 2006-07
Haven`t seen someone handle a class so well and keep the attention of every single person to the last point. By bringing a
totally new perspective not only to the subject but also life, he has been by far one of the best professors.
Very good course, must for anyone even remotely interested in finance.
This is one course i wish goes on forever.. .Sir has so much to teach us...
He is simply amazing.
Too good! I found you as good as Bappa, my fav prof. Thats the best compliment I can give!!
He is the Fin God, Any finance course would be incomplete without such an insight. Hope this course is turned into a 2
credit course. He is the best prof in the country.
Excellent Professor.
Excellent prof.
Excellent teacher.
Great Course. Excellent professor. I might not have been so attentive in class, but make it a point to go through most your
readings. i both admire and respect you sir.
Excellent course.
Too good. One of the best profs at MDI.
Comments from the Batch of 2005-06
This is much more than an elective or a course, it has been a life enriching experience. If ever there was a wisdom in a
nutshell, it is here in this course under Prof Sanjay Bakshi.
He is the best prof. I can’t even imagine someone else teaching this course.
Amazingly excellent delivery… A course which added the most value to any student.
The best courses in MDI
Wish we had more such professors!!!!!!
A Prof. who teaches us to think!!!
Excellent Prof & teaching. Way to go
Beautiful course with good practical applications...something I will not want to forget in life
This is the best course across all b-schools....
This course is a life changing experience...
We need more of such courses in MBA curriculum
Comments from the Batch of 2004-05
"Your course has been one of the most fascinating I have attended in my life. Though I am not looking for a job in Finance,
but still the course has been the biggest value addition (anyways u mentioned in the first class that this course is not
Finance but worldly wisdom, and it has been that for me). I just wanted to thank you for sharing the wealth of knowledge,
information and wisdom you have accumulated over the years. Many times in your class, I have felt that is it humanly
possible to do what you have done?? You have been both a role model and a huge inspiration for all of us ( though i do not
know how many of us have the guts to do what you have done and abandon the security which an MNC job offers and
starting out on our own....). At this moment when all of us are at cross roads and do not know what the future holds for
us, your story is an inspiration that we too can make our own future."
"For me this course was one of the most enriching courses at MDI. I always was inclined towards stocks and now this
course of yours has enhanced it greatly."
"About disagreement , yes thats why i really liked your idea of " killing our own ideas" - you explained in class .... Thanx
for that lesson and a lot of other things."
"On behalf of the entire batch, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for this wonderful and memorable time we
spent together during the last 6 months. If I could use this word, there is only one word to explain our experience in this
course-“Fantabulous”. The learning was truly multi-dimensional and multi-faceted. A majority of my colleagues will agree
when I say that this course taught us not only to make money, but to tackle life and this I believe is the greatest value-add
from this course. I am also truly justified in saying that this course-BFBV is by far the best course at MDI or in fact any
other B school. We are indeed privileged that you are associated with our school and that we had the opportunity to interact
with you for such a long duration. We really enjoyed your jokes/cracks and also the 20 mails you sent daily ;)"
"Thanks a lot for ur help. Will get back to u for more in future. U are really an amazing person... Please excuse me for this
flattered praise... I am still feeling that i should not write this but I just want to let this mail go before I delete."
"I was left ‘without words’ after reading your mail. It is truly great to have a live testimony in front of ourselves of the fact
that perseverance and struggles in life do pay off and pay handsomely well. A very inspirational mail indeed for me, Sir. It
has given me more strength to go ahead with my plans in life."
"Really good course. the effort put in by prof. Bakshi induced me to reciprocate."
"The prof is fabulous. the best one on campus. very practical."
"Best course at MDI. Thank you sir for sharing soooo much knowledge with us."
"He is an amazing professor"
"Overall a great subject!! and a great teacher!! A small suggestion- stress should be more on current happenings rather than
old."
"The course was one of the best courses offered at MDI"
"The course was the only learning in two years at MDI and should be at the beginning of second year so that there is more
time to learn.."
"Awesome, fantabulous, too cool, amazing experience....."
"One of the best courses offered."
"Sir you have inspired us in lot many ways. thanks. . . My biggest takeaway was the mental model classes"
"A gem of a professor..should be retained by MDI as permanent faculty."
"An awesome experience!!!"
"He`s one of the best things that have happened to MDI!"
"The course has been excellent and the learning immense, has really forced people to think."
"Thanx for all the energy u bring to the class."
"Amazing Professor. the fact that the concepts taught by him are actually practiced by him and have worked, arouses lot
more interest."
"The knowledge and delivery style of the professor is simply great."
"Sir`s method of teaching is very comprehensive though the content in classes sometimes becomes very difficult to absorb
the best ; provided best materials, very helpful and always available, should be given more credit to his course".
Comments from the Batch of 2003-04
"I've learned more in this course than all other courses combined."
"Simply Excellent. Not only the concepts but the faculty gave the different aspects of real life. Salute to one of the greatest
faculty/person I have ever met."
"Great work u inspire many people in our batch."
"Its always refreshing to attend classes where originality in thinking is encouraged and practised - more so if one can pick
up a few hints on how to manage wealth along the way too."
"Please also accept our heartfelt appreciation on quite clearly the most outstanding and practical course at MDI."
"A class act. really competent professor with a great sense of humour. the pedagogy was very innovative and effective.
very, very impressive (i`m running out of superlatives here)."
"He's the best teacher in MDI by far!"
"Definitely amongst the top faculty at MDI."
"Key asset of MDI. Should be highly valued."
"Great exposure to the art of valuing a business."
"The course and the faculty member (both) are exceptional! Thanks for such a combination."
"Being from a non-finance background, this course made us appreciate the concepts of finance, and also introduced
valuation concepts hitherto unknown to me. Sir, your handling of the course is excellent, and the whole course is very
interesting (except exams and quiz of course)."
"A professor who puts in real effort."
"Outstanding!!!"
"GREAT COURSE. The instructor is brilliant. Lot of value addition."
"The course made me feel comfortable that I didn't waste my 4 lakhs in MDI."
"The best course in MDI. Should be made compulsory for all. Should be introduced in the 4th and 5th terms along with the
security analysis course."
"Absolutely brilliant. Should reduce the number of quizzes and assignments in the last term."
"Very innovative professor."
"Superb prof....words r insufficient to describe how good he is...!!!!!!!!! the guy is just too good!!!!!"
"Nice course, is a lot of value addition."
"Excellent learning."
"The course was one of the best ones in MDI and was helpful in learning many new concepts in finance."
"Brilliant, the most useful course in the entire two years. However, the professor can probably reduce 2-3 cases in the class
and take up more on behavioural finance."
"Great guy- should take course earlier."
"Excellent concepts and material. Extremely committed. Available for help outside the class as well."
"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant course to take."
"Great prof !!!!!!!!!"
"Excellent Content, Philosophy and Delivery....Was more applied than most other courses."
"Your course was the best till date... Thank you for teaching us."
"Readings were very good and useful."
"Good course in terms of practical content."
"One of the most striking thing I observed about you is ur reading habits... You almost seem to know anything to
everything about the thing ur talking about..."
"Thank you for the extremely enriching and entertaining curriculum you gave us."
"Absolutely brilliant."
"Wow."
"Excellent Course."
"Great delivery of lectures."
"Good course....great to be taught by a practitioner."
"One course whose learning can be applied in real life ."
Comments from the Batch of 2002-03
"On the whole, it was the best course and faculty at MDI."
"Great experience.....plzzzzz continue the good work"
"The single most relevant course in my point of view."
"The course has been another kind of eye opener after security analysis. He teaches all practical stuff, and which is simple
finance. It has been a tremendous learning experience. Thanx a lot to Prof. Bakshi for this course."
"The Professor has excellent knowledge about the subject. Keep it up."
"Simply superb."
"The Best Course at MDI. If a person joins MDI for just this course and does nothing else, he still has a good chance of
making more money than others. The Real Finance and the Real MBA. I am very very happy to be a part of this course."
"Overall the course was very good. One of the best courses in the two years at MDI."
"This was by far the best course at MDI, well structured, well taught by professor and eagerly received by students.
Words are not sufficient for its praise. I really liked it."
"A very learned faculty. The course should be taken in 4th and 5th terms to have more serious students` involvement and
learning. Nevertheless, the best professor at MDI!"
"Extraordinary lectures... learning for life! I have learnt something which I dont think I would have ever even know about."
"Excellent prof. Nothing can be better than studying from a practioner. Couldn't have asked for more."
"Good job done in stimulating the mind. Was very interesting throughout."
"Only course in the MDI whose class I used to look forward to, great teacher, great subject
Too brilliant and hope this course carries on like this."
"The professor was amazing, fabulous. He really made the classes interesting and the practical examples given by him are
worth listening. Course can be made better by incorporating a couple of classes for project presentations."
"The course elaborated a lot (and wonderfully so) on one school of thought i.e. value investing. However, it would be
enriching for us if some time is also spent on the concept of "growth" based investing."
"I`ll just say one word--- "Excellent"."
"The course is absolutely fabulous."
"Brilliant teaching. Just goes to show what a commited prof (an outsider) can do to a drap course like valuation."
"Extremely useful and wonderful prof.. just too good to be true."
Comments from the Batch of 2001-02
"Handling of the course by faculty was excellent and all the feed back and replies to our queries were practical and not just
theoretical."
"This was the best course offered in the area of Finance. The faculty was also excellent. Mr. Bakshi should be asked to
take more courses."
"He is stupendous. No theoretical farts, only logic. Best professor I have ever come across.
Course should have been offered in term V, so that more time was devoted to it by the students. Excellent handling by
Prof. Bakshi."
"Great Teacher !!! Simply great."
"SUPERB! Most fundamental and revolutionary course at MDI - should be made compulsory."
"Excellent course with an excellent prof."
"He is a great prof. He gave new directions to our thinking. He must be called for other courses also
one of the most outstanding courses in the last two years. Thank you sir."
"This course made MDI worth it. All of the financial knowledge acquired converged to a very pragmatic and honest
business intelligence and was very helpful and overwhelming. The course was simple too good."
"Perfect, others should learn from him."
"Great course, and the faculty was brilliant."
"An amazing course and a more amazing teacher. Mr.Bakshi is by far the most dedicated and best teacher in mdi. His
classes are a treat."
"By far the best course I had at MDI. I feel proud to be a part of the cast which featured in this course. The learning would
have been enhanced much more had Mr Sanjay Bakshi taken few more courses."
"Too good................should take all finance electives!!!!!"
"Great faculty..........he is easily the best faculty I came across........have this course compulsory for all....and may be in
third term....I am pretty sure, many more students will get interested in finance."
"Good course....good faculty."
"Excellent course, basically gives u real time learning, professor should take more courses on finance, he should be made
permanent faculty."
"The best course in all two years of my stay at MDI."
"Actually felt that I m being prepared for being a manager. I thoroughly enjoyed ur class sir. Thnx a lot."
"The best course in the whole PGPM course by far. It would be much more beneficial to the students if this course is
conducted in some term prior to the last one. Perhaps no one can make business valuation so interesting as Mr. Bakshi."
"Good course....nice prof...but low involvement of students make the class more participative
excellent value adding course but can be more participative."
"I am a non fin student, but this is my best course at MDI. I may not be very good at fin number crunching, but I won't be
blank in job when it comes to fin. Thanks."
"The best professor I have come across at MDI."