This week's highlights: Monetary policy review and OPEC meet. |
All eyes will be on the RBI Governor this week, as he takes a call on interest rates in the backdrop of a surprise 75 basis points Fed rate cut last week. The other key event of the week is the OPEC meeting on February 1 at Vienna. And of course, there will be a host of quarterly results. Here are some other events of the week: |
Monday, January 28 India energy mart organised by IPPAI - an association of independent power producers - kicks off. Speakers at the two-day event include planning commission's Kirit Parikh, NTPC Chairman T Sankaralingam, Petroleum Regulator L Mansingh, Power Secretary Anil Razdan, Power Grid Chairman RP Singh |
Tata Tea Limited and the Tetley Group to announce quarterly results at a press meet in Mumbai. Other companies announcing results today include power equipment manufacturing firm BHEL, oil refining and marketing firm HPCL, Jet Airways, HCL Infosystems and Dabur |
Infosys chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy to inauguarate Bank of Baroda's "One Stop Financial Super Market" in Mumbai |
Tuesday, January 29 RBI MONETARY POLICY REVIEW: The quarterly review by Reserve Bank of India - scheduled to be released at noon - is in the backdrop of the 75 basis points Fed rate cut. Expectations range from status quo to a 25 basis points cut in repo rate (the rate at which RBI lends overnight money to banks). RBI Governor Y V Reddy will meet the media at 3 pm |
Nasscom President Som Mittal to release 'BPO Study Roadmap 2012' in Bangalore |
Annual Editors conference on social issues kicks off in Delhi.The inaugural address at the conference, organised by the government's Press Information Bureau, is by Rural Development Minister Dr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. |
The India Fashion Forum, a conference on fashion and retail, kicks off in Mumbai. The two-day event will also see the launch of "The India Textile Forum". Other highlights include a session on "Weaving a Vision for the Business of Fashion" moderated by Arvind Singhal, Chairman, Technopak. |
Conference on Indian Banking and Financial Services organised by Indian Venture Capital Journal in Mumbai |
Main Results: Steel Authority of India |
Thursday, January 31 Annual Capital Markets conference organised by FICCI in Mumbai. Speakers include SEBI chairman M Damodaran, Uday Kotak of Kotak Mahindra Bank and Dr Vijay L Kelkar, chairman of the 13th Finance Commission. |
Standard & Poor's launches ESG India Index in Mumbai which assesses companies on the basis of performance in environmental, social & governance parameters |
Initial Public Offer of IRB Infrastructure Developers opens for subscription. The price band for the offer has been fixed at Rs 185 to Rs 220 per Rs 10 share. |
Main Results: Oil marketing and refining firms Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum, gas marketing and pipelines firm GAIL, Moser Baer and Deccan Aviation |
Friday, February 1 OPEC MEET - The thirteen members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries meet in Vienna to decide on future crude oil supplies. |
Three-day conference on "Sustaining Growth in Family Business" organised by Indian School of Business begins in Hyderabad. Participants include Adi Godrej, G V Prasad of Dr Reddy's, Ashwin Choksi of Asian Paints, Sunil Kant Munjal of the Hero group and Cyril S Shroff of Amarchand & Mangaldas. |
National Convention and Exhibition on Biodiesel. Speakers at the 2-day event include Renewable Energy Minister Vilas Muttemwar, Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad and Prithviraj Chavan from the PMO |
Brand Summit organised by CII in Hyderabad kicks off. Speakers at the two day event include R Gopalakrishnan of TataSons, Nitin Paranjpe of Hindustan Unilever, Amul's BM Vyas and Dan Wieden of Wieden + Kennedy of USA Saturday, February 2 Interaction with Dr Tarun Khanna, Professor, Harvard Business School at the launch of his book "Billions of Enrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping their Futures and Yours" |