Hi Friends,
To tell you something about me
Name: Gopal Gidwani
City: Born and brought up in Pune, Maharashtra
Date of Birth: 5th March 1981
Relationship Status: Single
Education: Bachelor of Commerce from Ness Wadia College of Commerce. Apart from that I have done NCFM Certifications in Dealers, Derivatives, Commodities, AMFI (Mutual Funds) and NSDL (Demat) Modules
Currently pursuing Certified Financial Planner Course (CFP) from International College of Financial Planning (ICFP)
Qualified as Associate Financial Planner in the following 4 Modules:
1) Risk Management and Insurance Planning
2) Retirement Planning and Employee Benefits
3) Tax Planning and Estate Planning Module
4) Investment Planning Module
Professional Details: I have worked with companies like Infosys BPO, ICICI Bank, Iflex Solutions Limited and Global Talent Track.
Infosys BPO: In Infosys BPO I was working on a Back Office Process on Order Management.
ICICI Bank: In ICICI Bank I worked as a Senior Officer in Retail Branch Banking Operations.
Iflex Solutions Limited: In Iflex I worked as a Functional Consultant / Business Analyst on FlexCube (Core Banking Solution) into Retail Banking Group
Global Talent Track (GTT): In GTT I worked as a Subject Matter Expert - BFSI - Banking, Financial Services and Insurance. The work profile was to generate content and conduct trainings on various BFSI Courses. I have generated content for a BFSI Product Selling Course and a Retail Banking Processes / Operations Course. I have also partly generated content for course in MicroFinance, Financial Accounting, Taxation and Insurance.
It is here in GTT when generating content for different BFSI courses; the idea of starting my own website on Financial Planning hit me. That was when www.bachatkhata.com was born. Bachatkhata has articles on Personal Financial Planning, Investments, Children’s Education Planning and Marriage Planning, Retirement Planning, Life Insurance, Taxation and Product Reviews on various Financial Products.
Others Interests:
I am completely crazy about financial markets. I have good knowledge of Equity Markets, Commodities Markets and Forex Markets, Insurance Industry. Also track the movements of Other Global Financial Markets and Global Commodities like Gold, Crude Oil.
I like to keep myself updated with the latest business happenings around the globe. Like reading Business Magazines, Business Websites and watching Business News TV Channels.
I write articles on Personal Financial Planning, Investments, Children’s Education Planning and Marriage Planning, Retirement Planning, Life Insurance, Taxation and Product Reviews on various Financial Products. This website www.bachatkhata.com is a byproduct of that.
Achievements: I recently featured in a Television interview on ‘Budget Guru’ Show. I was invited by Samay Mumbai Channel (part of Sahara Group) as an Expert Speaker to come and talk on Gold as an Investment. It was presented as a chat show wherein the host was MTV VJ Cyrus Sahukar. The show focused on how gold has fared as an investment in the past decade, different ways of investment in gold, features of gold ETFs and why one should invest in gold.
Hobbies: Listening Music, Internet Browsing, Watching Television, Reading Business Magazines.
Contact: For anything you can reach me at [email protected]
22 thoughts on “About”
Super Cool !!!!!!!!
Nice to see you Gopal …. ,
All the Best !!!!!
Thanks Ranish
Hi Gopal,
You are a handsome Guy:)
The amazing point is that in just age of 30 your achiemments are marvalous. your writing skills and way to communicate your ideas that can be easily understandable by anyone is brillient
keep it up
Cheers,
Govind
Hello Mr. Govind,
Thanks a lot for the kind words. Appreciate it!!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Best wishes.
Hello Irshad,
Thanks for your comment ………… 🙂
Hello Gopal,
Great post!!
Can you please tell me How can I follow your website?
I dont see any RSS Feed or Subscribe through email.
Hello Ankit,
Its nice to know that you are interested in following my website. But at the moment I dont have a subscription feature on my website. Also I dont have RSS feed option. Technology wise I am not very sound and as such I dont understand much about how things like RSS exactly work.
Hi Gopal,
Hoping everything well at your end
Haven’t seen any new post from you from a long time. Please keep posting your ideas/suggestion. Looking forward to have many post from you 🙂
Thanks,
Govind Singhal
Hello Govind,
Thanks for your comment. I am a little tied up with my work and my other assignments. Hence the article posting has slowed down in the recent past. But dont worry I will make up for it in the time to come. And definitely you will see more posts from my side in future
Hi Gopal
A very nice and informative blog…I wish you all the very best. btw today is your birthday so many many happy returns of the day and God bless you.
I am a CFP (I also completed it through ICOFP) and I also write on my blog. its my passion. Looking forward to staying in touch and mutually sharing the learnings.
My no. is 9819342185. Let me know whenever you are in Mumbai.
Abhinav
Hello Abhinav,
Thanks a lot for the Birthday Wishes!!!
I visited your blog. It has got good information on some very important topics.
I will definitely keep in touch and will keep sharing information. Also will definitely let you know when I come to Mumbai
Hi Gopal,
Can you share your contact number, i have query for term plan. ?
Thanks
Tejas
Hi,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Just a request though, can you update dates on the articles you write? It helps to know when the article was written and its relevance to current markets.
Thanks,
Sudhindra
Hi Sudhindra,
Thanks for your suggestion. I will implement that!
How can you guarantee about the accuracy of the facts and figures of your post in term plan comparison as there is not information available on IRDA site?
http://www.irdaindia.org/anualreport.html
Hello Vinay,
Go to http://www.irda.gov.in
On the 1st page on the top you will find links like Grievances, Annual reports, Committee reports, Press releases etc. etc..
Click on the Annual Reports link. There you will find the link for Annual Report for 2010-11. In the report you will find all the facts and figures about claim settlement ratio that I have mentioned in the article. The premium amounts have been taken from the respective insurance company websites. You may cross check the numbers.
It is my pleasure to nominate you for the Liebster Blog Award.
http://wealthymatters.com/2013/04/21/liebster-blog-awards/#more-5172
Hey ggidwani,
How are you?? Nice to see you on different forum. Hope you remember me,,, i guarantee that you will as ICOP & Discounts relations are that much strong.. 😉
Regd your website,,, its very useful and awesome in terms of contents.. Pls call me on so that we can talk in person… after a long time.. 🙂
Rerouting case to ggidwani (discounts) until further revert,
Rgds,
rrege
Hello Rakesh,
Thanks for the kind words about the website. It was nice to connect with you after a long time and talk to you.
Hii Sir,
I am Krishna .. I have my saving A/c in IDBI, HDFC, SBI, Axis & ICICI Bank . My salary is 45000 per month and expenditure is 25000 per month. As I have Rs 30000 in my saving A/c. please suggest me which of the above bank is best for Flexi FD for the low amount/month . kindly mention name of product in all banks for flexi fix deposit.