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2 2021 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 6
2 2020 | Spectrum | Volume 14 Number 6
IPO – Initial Public Offering

GAUTHAM P PILLAI market and companies. Never must be done before investing.
start with an enormous amount. Earnings in the stock market are
IPO stands for Initial Public Unlike normal stocks, this is a higher than bank returns. The
Offering more calculated risk. IPOs have only disadvantage of IPO is that
A company enters the stock greater returns, provided the if the total number of bidders is
market through an IPO, marking company that you have invested more than the available stocks
the transformation of a company in is doing remarkably well in then a lucky draw system is
An illustration showing Ancient Indian from private to public. Allotment their sector, and they also provide implemented. It is also a positive
Architecture presented in the conference of IPO stocks is done in two a platform for newcomers to trait as the company’s stock is
ways; fixed price offering and enter the market. Stock market in great demand. So, buckle
up and dive into the world of
knowledge is crucial as it will
ICON-BEST 2021: book building offering. In a help in gaining information stocks; just make sure you read
fixed-price offering, a particular
around the world. Thorough
all the scheme-related documents
The Importance of price is set for the stock. In the research about the company carefully!
case of a book-building offering,
a price range is set. IPO is an
Sustainable Building enthralling doorway to enter
the realm of stocks, and is a
riveting opportunity for college
PRIYANK KAPOOR they shared their experience of students. As students, any tiny
working in the field of building profit made is an achievement.
ICON-BE ST or t he science and discussed their All you need is a PAN card and
International Conference on major research projects along a trading account!
Built Environment, Science and with their outcomes to aid Choosing the right IPO
Technology, was organized by that. Several original research requires a lot of research, which
the School of Architecture and studies were presented with will indeed help build your
Interior Design of SRM Institute the idea that they could further understanding of the stock
of Science and Technology, help to solve issues related to
Kattankulathur, from 20th the built environment and that
to 21st February 2021. The the selected papers could be
focus of the conference was to published in Scopus Indexed Variety - The Spice of Agriscience!
highlight modern approaches journals. The participants also
to the design of buildings and viewed and talked about recent
urge the current generation to innovations, trends, and practical B KAVYA SHRUTHI Hence, in IFS, the by-products of social justice. Diversification of
make the world a sustainable challenges in their field. a subsystem are inputs to another, farming ensures regular influx
The green revolution, though ensuring efficient resource of income, reduces production
place for the future. Overcoming all hurdles and a boon in 1960-70s, has left a management, sustainability and market risks, and builds
Several eminent researchers, barriers set by the pandemic, the lingering wound in the Indian and reduced external inputs. subsistent livelihoods for small
academicians, and professionals conference successfully concluded Agri-scenario lately. Its overly- IFS also incorporates natural and marginal farmers. Women,
from universities all over the with a valedictory ceremony simplistic paradigm focuses on pest and weed control. an integral part of IFS, may set
world and belonging to varied with inspiring words from the the use of chemical fertilisers and up agri-oriented businesses
domains such as architecture, guests of honour. Continuing pesticides, intensive irrigation The ICAR has devised 63 such (weaving, food processing)
engineering, urban planning, the important conversation on and new-age machinery for IFS’s based on the farm’s terrain, assuring financial independence.
and psychology were present at sustainable building, ICON- maximum yield, resulting in local climate, biodiversity and It’s high time that we transition
the conference. Their primary BEST 2021 was a triumph increased input costs, degraded abiotic resources; which have from ‘Green Revolution’ to a
objective was bridging the and taught several important natural resources and lost genetic the potential to raise farmers’ ‘Greener Lifestyle’, and IFS
gap between different ideas lessons to upcoming architects diversity. Indian farming, income by 2-3 times in 3-4 years. can be a real game changer in
and their implementation, and and designers. IFS perpetuates economic and that journey.
constituting 86.21% of small
and marginal holdings and about
53.6% of rain-fed cultivation area,
cannot bear Green revolution’s
Reporting for Spectrum economic and ecological costs.
Integrated farming system
(IFS), a practice where two
• Contributing reports should be confined to a or more subsystems of food
maximum of 250 words and must be written production (agriculture, livestock
by students only. farming, aquaculture, horticulture,
apiculture, sericulture) are
• Accompanying pictures must have captions. integrated for inter-dependence,
Pictures without caption will not be published is more resilient and sustainable.
Educated through the
• Request for coverage in Spectrum by its government’s Women Scientist
editorial team must be made well in advance Scheme-B, Ms. Shanti Devi from

with an accompanying note and the invitation Uttarakhand built a 1-acre IFS
which includes a fish pond, a
to sridhark@srmist.edu.in poultry unit and some vegetable
beds. Fishes feed on plankton
• Coverage of a certain event or receipt of fostered by poultry droppings

an article does not guarantee publication. added to the pond. Vegetable
beds are irrigated using nutrient
-Editor (excreta)-rich pond water, and Give and take is fair play! Flooded farms integrat-
the chicken feed on plant waste. ing aquaculture with paddy-cultivation.