Youth
Money Olympiad (YMO) is the largest financial literacy test in India for
college students. The two companies involved in the YMO are Money Wizards,
which focuses on providing user friendly financial literacy to all those who
need it, and Principal Mutual Funds, one of the top performing mutual fund
companies in India. It attracts over 15,000 participants from more than 150
colleges all over the country including the IIMs. The students are assessed on
the basis of a personal finance IQ test conducted first at the college level,
and then at a national level. National level winners are duly awarded at a
prize distribution event hosted by Principal PNB AMC at NSE Mumbai.
Ananyashree
Garg, a sophomore student pursuing Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science,
BITS Pilani had participated in Youth Money Olympiad 2017. After the 1st round she
was ranked as the YMO College Topper, and was promoted to the 2nd round. After
the 2nd round which was held on21 May 2017, she was ranked 3rd at national level. She
will be receiving the prize for winning 3rd rank in May end at a
grand ceremony, which will be held at National Stock Exchange (NSE) Mumbai.
Ananyashree
Garg is a hardworking and dedicated student. She had presented an app
based project in APOGEE 2016, the annual academic festival held at BITS, Pilani
campus and was awarded the 2nd prize. She also worked as a data
analyst intern at EDUREKA (a startup - an online learning platform). She will
be working at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun for her PS1 (Practice
School for Industrial Training). She has always shown keen interest in honing her
academic skills while maintaining a balance with extra-curricular activities. She
loves to participate in Olympiads from her childhood and has won many awards.