Uma Shashikant

Chairperson, Centre for Investment Education and Learning

Chairperson, Centre for Investment Education and Learning

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Stories by the author

• Financial independence: Why enabling agency and accountability matter for women, parents, and dependants

  
  08 Jun 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Couples and money: Why shared financial decisions, clear spending rules, and transparency matter in relationships

  
  25 May 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Lending money to friends or relatives? Why guaranteeing loans and personal lending can put your finances, credit score, and goals at risk

  
  11 May 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Inherited wealth: How to plan wisely and avoid costly impulsive decisions for long-term financial security

  
  27 Apr 2026 06:30 AM IST
• When money problems hurt kids: The hidden emotional cost and how to help

  
  20 Apr 2026 06:30 AM IST
• 6 things the elderly can do to overcome frugality mindset: What they can learn from youngsters

  
  06 Apr 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Why buying properties in India may not be a smart idea for NRIs

  
  16 Mar 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Reclaiming agency at home: Why allowances, autonomy, and decision-making matter for women and elderly parents

  
  02 Mar 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Instil money skills in your children at an early age to safeguard their financial future

  
  16 Feb 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Returning to India in your golden years? Your 6-step guide to live freely and stress-free

  
  09 Feb 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Whose budget is it anyway? How private sector investment and consumption drive growth in 2026

  
  02 Feb 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Struggling with your financial habits? Here's how you can fix them

  
  26 Jan 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Home or retirement facility: How seniors should prepare financially

  
  12 Jan 2026 06:30 AM IST
• Why New Year financial resolutions fail: How to break bad money habits and stick to savings goals in 2026

  
  05 Jan 2026 06:30 AM IST
• From missed chances to smarter moves: A better way to review personal finance

  
  29 Dec 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Private wealth, public exclusion: Why prosperity isn’t reaching everyone

  
  15 Dec 2025 06:30 AM IST
• From spending to managing: Why women must take charge of money and financial decisions

  
  08 Dec 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Money is limited: What young earners should learn about managing expenses

  
  24 Nov 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Why concentrated portfolio is bad for your wealth and what you should do to fix it

  
  17 Nov 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Why families should review their portfolios together

  
  01 Nov 2025 12:08 PM IST
• Retirement reality check: Why overconfidence about your golden years can backfire

  
  20 Oct 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Unclaimed shares: Why reclaiming dormant shares is a long, confusing journey for common equity investors

  
  13 Oct 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Relocation guide 2025: Here’s a financial and lifestyle checklist to relocate, move house smoothly

  
  04 Oct 2025 10:56 AM IST
• Crisis seldom comes with warning: How to keep your family ready to manage finances when you are not around

  
  15 Sep 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Early retirement can backfire if lifestyle choices, spending habits and expectations are not aligned

  
  08 Sep 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Why life’s wisdom, experiences and not standard rules drive better money planning

  
  01 Sep 2025 06:30 AM IST
• How to recover after suffering irretrievable financial losses and rebuild your wealth

  
  25 Aug 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Planning to live remote, amidst nature after retirement? Know all about the real cost of living that off-grid life

  
  18 Aug 2025 06:30 AM IST
• How to spend your retirement money without guilt and break free from scarcity mindset

  
  11 Aug 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Are you very frugal when it comes to spending? These signs could mean you're over-saving but under-living your life

  
  04 Aug 2025 06:30 AM IST
• How much money is truly enough to be happy? Define your relationship with money through self-awareness, not social pressure

  
  21 Jul 2025 06:30 AM IST
• 7 planning tips to go on vacation without taking loan but still have fun

  
  14 Jul 2025 06:30 AM IST
• 6 rules that can create consensus in family on managing income, saving and investment

  
  04 Jul 2025 09:34 PM IST
• Can your lifestyle survive without a salary? That’s the real test of freedom which you are perhaps chasing

  
  30 Jun 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Divorce & finance: With intertwined savings, investment and assets a separation is not easy; here’s how you can reach a settlement amicably

  
  23 Jun 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Today’s youth may do much more in retirement than previous generations did: Here’s why

  
  16 Jun 2025 06:30 AM IST
• How you can negotiate spending on your parents

  
  09 Jun 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Household finance mismanagement: Compulsive savings, lack of diversification won’t help you save more

  
  02 Jun 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Why your savings and investments can be your best tools of control against unexpected times in life?

  
  26 May 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Why property may not be the best thing to leave behind for your children

  
  19 May 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Why some personal finance decisions you take need not be objective or right, but emotionally satisfying

  
  12 May 2025 06:30 AM IST
• How young couples can resolve household money issues

  
  05 May 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Experiment to addiction: How the occasional fancy purchases can quickly turn into habit, pushing you to the brink of financial crisis

  
  28 Apr 2025 10:39 AM IST
• How windfall richness can force you change your personality, damage your relationships

  
  14 Apr 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Money arguments in household? Here’s how to resolve them

  
  07 Apr 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Making portfolio review an emotional activity: Act on investments that incite fear, guilt or shame in you during rebalancing

  
  31 Mar 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Long-term investing comes with power to rebalance portfolio as and when needed

  
  24 Mar 2025 06:30 AM IST
• Why financial investments, and not your cherished antique collection, will make for the best inheritance gift

  
  17 Mar 2025 06:30 AM IST