Smt Mukta Tilak, Hon’ble Mayor of Pune, inaugurated NSE Investor Fair on Saturday, Feb 23rd
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE), India’s leading Stock exchange, today organized the ‘Investor Fair’ in the cultural capital of Maharashtra – Pune, to to create awareness and reinforce the discipline and dynamics of equity investing among Investors and Student Community in the city.
NSE Investor Fair was inaugurated by Hon. Mayor of Pune Smt. Mukta Tilak, who was the Chief Guest for the event.
Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Tilak said NSE Investor Fair 2019 in Pune is a step in building the savings habit among young investors and routing them towards long term wealth creation. This would significantly strengthen the financial stability of families and help form a strong financial ecosystem in Pune.”
NSE has been focussed in developing strong securities markets mainly by creating Investor awareness in every district of India and has conducted more than 3000 investor awareness programmes this year.
Mr. Ravi Varanasi, Chief Business Development Officer, NSE, said “NSE has conducted more than 80% of investor awareness programmes in tier II and tier III cities. We are excited to conduct this Investor fair in Pune which is one of the top cities for equity investment either directly or through Mutual Funds. Young investors are educated about the financial markets and imparted the importance of financial planning.”
NSE Investor week, started from Feb 18th and ended with the Investor Fair on 23rd, witnessed focussed participation from Educational Institutes, Corporates and market intermediaries. As part of the Investor Week, Financial Quiz and Essay competitions were conducted in more than 30 Colleges in the city where more than 1000 students participated. The winners from these colleges were felicitated by Ms. Rehana D’Souza, Vice President, NSE at the Investor Fair on Feb 23rd. Experiencing the overwhelming active participation in the Investor Week, she said, “Investor Fair is an effective medium to engage with larger audience who believe in taking long term and sustainable investment decisions.”
More than 1000 participants visited the various educational kiosks set up by the NSE members as part of NSE Investor Fair and gained insight on the equity and debt investment.
About National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE):
National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) is the leading stock exchange in India and the second largest in the world by nos. of trades in equity shares from January to December 2018, according to World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) report. NSE was the first exchange in India to implement electronic or screen-based trading. It began operations in 1994 and is ranked as the largest stock exchange in India in terms of total and average daily turnover for equity shares every year since 1995, based on SEBI data. NSE has a fully-integrated business model comprising exchange listings, trading services, clearing and settlement services, indices, market data feeds, technology solutions and financial education offerings. NSE also oversees compliance by trading and clearing members with the rules and regulations of the exchange. NSE is a pioneer in technology and ensures the reliability and performance of its systems through a culture of innovation and investment in technology. NSE believes that the scale and breadth of its products and services, sustained leadership positions across multiple asset classes in India and globally enable it to be highly reactive to market demands and changes and deliver innovation in both trading and non-trading businesses to provide high-quality data and services to market participants and clients.
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