This video is independent media coverage of CAPXCHANGE 2026 at RCM Bhubaneswar. It features Additional Director Dr. Shraddha Padi, finance faculty member Professor Satyanath Mahapatra, and finance student Sagar Kumar Sethi discussing why the conclave centres on experiential learning, financial modelling, AI, FinTech, ESG and direct industry interaction rather than classroom theory alone.
CAPXCHANGE 2026 is a two-day finance conclave hosted by Regional College of Management (RCM), Bhubaneswar, and this video brings independent media coverage of the event. In it, RCM’s Additional Director, a senior member of the Finance department and a participating student explain why the programme is built around experiential learning rather than lecture-based theory. The coverage shows how financial modelling, artificial intelligence, FinTech and ESG themes are tied together through direct industry interaction to prepare finance students for real business environments, and why RCM treats the conclave as a working extension of the classroom
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Watch the CAPXCHANGE 2026 Media Coverage
Chandrama Khabar independently produced and published this video as pre-event media coverage of CAPXCHANGE 2026. RCM shares it here for reference and does not imply editorial endorsement. Students can reserve seats for the conclave through the official CAPXCHANGE 2026 registration page.
The event also received pre-event media attention, highlighting its focus on practical finance learning and industry exposure.
Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Shraddha Padi
Dr. Shraddha Padi is the Additional Director of Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar, and one of the voices shaping CAPXCHANGE’s move toward experiential finance learning. In the coverage, she sets out the conclave’s underlying thinking: exposing students to national and international financial leaders, encouraging collaboration across universities, and using competitions to turn methodology and data modelling into applied skill rather than exam-only knowledge.
“For a long time, finance was considered a monotonous and theoretical subject. Therefore, we also want to encourage experiential learning.” — Dr. Shraddha Padi, Additional Director, Regional College of Management
What the Video Highlights
Experiential Learning in Finance
Dr. Padi describes finance as a subject long taught in a theoretical, monotonous way. CAPXCHANGE aims to bridge this gap by bringing students from different colleges together with faculty and industry leaders, allowing them to test classroom concepts through real methodologies and data-modelling exercises instead of treating them as theory alone.She also frames inter-university collaboration as a deliberate design choice: exposing students to peers and leaders beyond their own campus, so they encounter perspectives their regular coursework would not surface.
Learning Through Financial Modelling
Professor Mahapatra points to the conclave’s Financial Modelling Competition as central to this approach. Students work with realistic, real-world data and tools such as Power BI to build financial models — practice he says books or the internet alone cannot substitute for.
AI, FinTech and ESG
An accompanying Innovative Poster Making and Presentation Competition asks students to explore FinTech, AI, ESG and sustainable business through their own ideas. These themes also run through the conclave’s panel discussions, which cover artificial intelligence, ESG and sustainable business practices, and wealth management.
Industry Interaction
Executives from firms including JLL, EY, HSBC and Deloitte take part in panel discussions and masterclasses across the two days. Professor Mahapatra frames this interaction as the point where academic knowledge meets current market practice, giving students direct exposure to how these ideas are actually applied. Rather than a single guest lecture, the format spreads this exposure across two structured panels and multiple masterclass sessions, so students hear more than one professional’s take on each theme.
From Classroom Learning to Industry Readiness
Finance student Sagar Kumar Sethi describes CAPXCHANGE as a chance to learn directly from the industry leaders taking part in the programme. He points to the Financial Modelling and Poster Making competitions as the activities that have contributed most to his own sense of industry readiness, alongside the knowledge-sharing that comes from interacting with professionals outside the classroom.
Why the Video Matters
For prospective students, this coverage offers a more concrete picture of what an RCM finance conclave involves than an event listing alone can.It shows how students test classroom knowledge through competitions, discuss it with industry practitioners in panels and masterclasses, and apply it to real-world themes such as AI, FinTech and ESG instead of treating learning as a one-time lecture.
Explore the full event details and registration on the official CAPXCHANGE 2026 finance conclave page.
Continue Learning: RCM+ Programme Pathways
The themes covered in the video — financial modelling, AI, FinTech and ESG — run through several of RCM’s Plus programmes, which build industry interaction of this kind into the curriculum year-round rather than a single conclave.
PGDM+ — The PGDM+ specialisation in Green Finance & ESG (FinTech) extends the sustainability and FinTech themes from the conclave into a full postgraduate track.
MBA+ — The MBA+ in Finance, Leadership & Strategy builds on the financial modelling and industry-panel exposure shown in the video.
BBA+ — The BBA+ in Green Finance & ESG (FinTech) and BBA+ in Business Analytics mirror the finance-and-data focus of the Financial Modelling Competition.
MCA+ — The MCA+ specialisation in AI & Machine Learning and MCA+ in Data Science & Business Intelligence build directly on the AI and data-modelling tools discussed by Professor Mahapatra.
Continue Learning Beyond the Video
Explore RCM’s industry-integrated finance programmes and see how classroom learning connects with real-world business exposure through initiatives like CAPXCHANGE.
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Frequently Asked Questions
CAPXCHANGE 2026 is a two-day finance conclave that Regional College of Management (RCM), Bhubaneswar, organises around the theme “Green Finance, Smart Future: Redefining Wealth in the Age of AI and Sustainability.” The event brings together financial modelling competitions, panel discussions, and masterclasses featuring industry leaders.
The video highlights faculty and student perspectives on why CAPXCHANGE moves finance education beyond theory, covering experiential learning, financial modelling with real-world data, and industry interaction through panels on AI, ESG and wealth management.
RCM faculty in the video explain that subject knowledge alone is not enough; students need to apply concepts to realistic data and situations to genuinely understand them, which is why the conclave builds competitions and industry sessions into the programme.
A dedicated Financial Modelling Competition lets students work with realistic, real-world data and tools such as Power BI to build futuristic financial models, giving them hands-on practice that classroom study alone cannot provide.
Executives from firms such as JLL, EY, HSBC and Deloitte join panel discussions and masterclasses on AI, ESG, sustainable business and wealth management, giving students direct exposure to how industry professionals approach these topics.
