Department of Financial Studies

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{{Infobox university

|name = Department of Financial Studies

|image_name = DFS-LOGO.png

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|established = 1987

|type = Public

|affiliations = University of Delhi, CFA

|dean = Dr. Sanjay Sehgal

|city = {{Flag icon|India}} Delhi

|state = Delhi

|country = India

|campus = Urban

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|website = {{URL|http://www.mfc.edu/}}

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The Department of Financial Studies (DFS) is a department of the University of Delhi offering programs in finance. Tracing its roots in the Delhi School of Economics, the DFS was carved out of the Department of Commerce of the university in 1987 to provide training in the field of finance. The DFS is located at the South Campus of the university.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/HTEducation/Chunk-HT-UI-HTEducationSectionPage-OtherStories/Financially-sound/SP-Article1-784751.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125081600/http://www.hindustantimes.com/HTEducation/Chunk-HT-UI-HTEducationSectionPage-OtherStories/Financially-sound/SP-Article1-784751.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|title=Financially sound|work=Hindustan Times|accessdate=2015-02-04}}

DFS was rated AA by TIME (the Triumphant Institute of Management Education), making it one of the top 30 business schools in India.{{cite web|url=http://www.time4education.com/list_of_top90-schools.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423030700/http://www.time4education.com/List_of_Top90-Schools.asp|archive-date=2009-04-23|url-status=dead|title=Top 90 B-Schools|publisher=Triumphant Institute of Management Education |date=2009-06-10|accessdate=2015-02-04}}{{cite web|url=http://time4education.com/List_of_B-Schools.asp|title=T.I.M.E. List of Top B-schools in India|publisher=Triumphant Institute of Management Education |accessdate=2015-02-04}}

Eminent financial policy personalities of India including C. B. Bhave, Kamalesh Chandra Chakrabarty and M. Damodaran have served on its advisory board for the Master of Finance and Control course.{{cite web|url=http://pagalguy.s3.amazonaws.com/forum/files/1/0/6/7/3/0/11337/attach/mfc-prospectus-2009-11.pdf|date=31 December 2004|title=MFC Prospectus 09.11.2008 Final|author=amd-2|accessdate=2015-02-04}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The past deans of the department include some of the best known{{cite book|title=Financial Management|author=Pandey, I.M.|date=2009|publisher=Vikas Publishing House Pvt Limited|isbn=9788125916581|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdYVBV11Ex8C|accessdate=2015-02-04}}{{cite book|title=Financial Services|author=Khan, Y.|date=2004|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill|isbn=9780070585850|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noJ1TiqHbOYC|accessdate=2015-02-04}} financial management educationists like Professors M. Y. Khan, C. P. Gupta and I. M. Pandey.