Dr. S. Radha Krishnan Memorial National Media Network Awards-2016

Sri Rabindra Kumar Mohapatra( R K Mohapatra), MBA/Finance, FCMA, has more than Twenty Five years of rich experience in the field of finance in India and abroad, is now working as Joint General Manager of Finance at the Ircon International Ltd( A public Sector undertaking), Mumbai.

R K Mohapatra is an Indian author, known for his work on financial planning and retirement planning for individuals. He is the author of two books, ‘Retirement Planning: A simple guide for Individuals’ and ‘Investment... Risk & Growth: A Guide for Investors about Investment Vehicles’.

R K Mohapatra, describes the topic of financial planning for an individual along with future growth for financial product in India, which also reflects an investor’s perspective on handling his or her hard-earned money carefully through proper investment planning.

As far as his academic credentials go, Mohapatra is an Economic (Hons) graduate from Utkal University- 1983 batch. Subsequently, he secured a position in Cost & Management Accountant (CMA) course in the ICAI of Kolkata-1988 batch. He earned an MBA Finance in 2007 from Sylhet, a top ranked University. He is also a fellow member of Institute of Cost Account of India (ICAI).

Besides his financial expertise, his contribution towards social and religious fields is equally commendable. R K Mohapatra, won the 32nd Dr. S. Radha Krishnan Memorial National Media Network Awards-2016, as ‘the Eminent Author’ for his meticulous bestselling book, "Retirement Planning-A simple guide for individuals” at constitutional club in New Delhi.

Truth about financial planning is nobody knows because it could not teach in the school, college and also professional course. It is unfortunate for every individual in India, because they are poor about financial literacy. We really don’t know more about financial planning. It has a great importance in our life. Most of us start the work without any planning and consequence is negative, and unsuccessful. Why, this happened? Because, we are not understood the situations, need of the hour. There is no clear cut answer of this issue, because we all are thinking devoting time in personal financial planning may not help us in our life. We will hire the advisor from time to time and do our financial plan whenever required. In fact, the result is opposite, we are unable to reach our goal in time.

The author has a passion for writing articles in newspapers and spreading knowledge through the online media.