Colloquium on P to P lending

Name of the event - Colloquium on P to P lending

Date of the event- 13th august

Venue of the event- Prajna Hall, PIM

No of persons attended- 100

Organizers- Poornaprajna Institute of Management

Conference summary

On 13th of August, Poornaprajna Institute of Management organised Colloquium on P to P lending. Dr .Yashwanth Dongre, the keynote speaker, enlightened the gathering about the emerging financial trends in the Indian economy. He discussed the mechanism of Peer to Peer lending, the pros and cons and the emerging issues that India may face. He stressed upon the democratization of P2P Lending in India. He opined that though P2P lending has shown signs of quickly adapting to market changes and to broadening access to financial intermediation for borrowers and lenders, it is still a nascent industry and has to demonstrate fully its potential for scalability. He discussed the constraints including regulatory hurdles, limited and inconsistent transparency of information, and marketing challenges that could slow down the industry growth.

The talk was followed by an interaction with the audience where various aspects of P2P Lending were discussed.

Dr.Bharat, Dr.Surehramana Mayya, Dr. Krishna Kothai, Dr Raghavendra A, Principal of Poornaprajna College where present.

The presidential remarks were given by Dr.Bharath.

Dr.Bharathi Karanth was MC.