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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SECURITIES MARKETS

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POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN SECURITIES MARKETS

PGPSM

2011-2012

PLACEMENTS

Close interface with policy makers, regulators and industry participants

Continuous knowledge creation, acquisition and dissemination

Collaboration with the larger educational and market infrastructure to reach constituencies

relevant to the securities markets

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SECURITIES MARKETS (NISM)

NISM is a public trust established by the Securities and Exchange Board of India

(SEBI), the regulator of securities markets in India. It is an autonomous body

governed by a Board of Governors with strategic guidance from an international

Advisory Council. NISM envisions a catalytic role in promoting securities markets

research and education, through:

VISIONTo lead, catalyze and deliver educational initiatives to enhance the quality of securities markets.

MISSIONTo engage in capacity building among stakeholders in the securities markets through financial literacy, professional education, certification, enhancing governance standards and fostering policy research.

INSTITUTE'S PHILOSOPHYNISM's activities are dedicated towards enhancing the quality of participation in securities markets. This involves development of knowledge and skill base of all stakeholders. The Institute's philosophy embodies the spirit of commitment to these objectives.

The activities at NISM are carried out through its Six Schools.

These include;

School for Investor Education and Financial Literacy (SIEFL)

School for Certification of Intermediaries (SCI)

School for Securities Information and Research (SSIR)

School for Regulatory Studies and Supervision (SRSS)

School for Corporate Governance (SCG)

School for Securities Education (SSE)

In his budget speech of February 2005, the Honourable Union Finance Minister announced that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) would establish an institute to undertake securities markets education and research. In pursuance of this mandate, SEBI established the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) in Mumbai as a public trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950.The mission for NISM is to add to market quality through educational and research initiatives that would support, enable and expedite an entire gamut of high quality knowledge services in the securities industry. A market for securities education and research is gradually emerging in India and abroad – partly due to the buoyancy in the securities industry and partly because of the regulatory efforts to create minimum competency levels for securities industry professionals. NISM intends to play a catalytic role in addressing these needs.

Given the uniqueness of India and other developing markets, such intervention would follow the twin approaches of accessing and disseminating the relevant existing knowledge and creating new knowledge that is more specific and appropriate for developing markets. With no other institute in the Asian region that seeks to address as wide a canvas, NISM stands uniquely poised to become an institution that would not only serve the securities markets in India but could also assume a pan-Asian purpose.

ABOUT NISM

BOARD OF GOVERNORS* Mr. U.K.Sinha, Chairman, SEBI (Chairman, Board of Governors) Mr. Prashant Saran, Whole Time Member, SEBI Dr. K. P. Krishnan, Secretary to Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, Government of India Mr. P.K.Nagpal, Executive Director, SEBI Mr. Uday Kotak, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Ms. Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank Dr. Anil Khandelwal, Former Chairman, Bank of Baroda Mr. M.S.Sahoo, Advocate

ACADEMIC COUNCIL* Dr. Pritam Singh, Professor of Eminence, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon Prof. R. Vaidyanathan, Professor of Finance, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Dr. Sanjay Kallapur, Senior - Associate Dean, Faculty and Research, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad Dr. Ajay Shah, Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi

*As on October 15, 2011

*As on October 15, 2011

NISM articulates and implements its mission of improving market quality through its six schools, each having a specific domain presence within the securities markets. The role of the School for Securities Education (SSE) is to provide education for preparing competent professionals who will serve the securities markets.

The last few years have seen a demand for securities professionals who are equipped with a wider repertoire of knowledge and skills. This demand has been spurred by the challenges posed by the growing Indian economy and the expanding securities market. With the Indian economy growing consistently at over 6%, many Indian companies are scaling up their activities in India and abroad. This has necessitated a greater need for corporations to access the securities markets. The overall economic growth has also witnessed many Indian corporations attracting domestic and foreign investments through listings in India and overseas.

As the Indian economy grows and as Indian investors seek to participate more in the capital markets, the Indian stock exchanges, mutual funds, merchant bankers, analysts and stock brokers would play an even more vital role in meeting the enhanced expectations of various stakeholders.

With its proximity to policy makers and professionals in the securities markets community, SSE is uniquely positioned to provide educational programmes that will create new age securities markets professionals.

Considering the capacity building needs of securities industry, NISM, under its School for Securities Education (SSE) offers three long-duration programmes as under:

ABOUT THE SCHOOL FOR SECURITIESEDUCATION (SSE)

1) POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN SECURITIES MARKETS (PGPSM)PGPSM is a one-year full time post-graduate programme. This flagship programme was launched in 2010-11 and currently, the second batch is underway.

Students of first batch are working in the securities industry in various entities including credit rating agencies, banks, brokerages, intermediaries and analytic firms.

2) POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN SECURITIES MARKETS (PGCSM)NISM and ICICI have entered into an arrangement for offering an exclusive programme titled “Post Graduate Certificate in Securities Markets”, at NISM, as a joint initiative to attract bright and experienced talent for taking up a career in banking and financial services with ICICI Bank and its associate companies and to transform them into skilled professionals in these fields.

It is a pre-placed batch and students, after successfully completing the programme, will be joining ICICI Group at a compensation level of ̀ 12.50 lacs.

The first batch commenced in July 2011 and students are expected to join ICICI Group in July 2012.

3) CERTIFICATE IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING AND RISK MANAGEMENT (CFERM)CFERM is a nine-month week end programme for working executives for equipping skills and nuances of advanced financial engineering aspects. It is a highly quantitative-oriented programme aimed at grooming risk management professionals. NISM launched this programme in 2009-10, and the third batch of CFERM is currently underway.

CFERM is offered in two formats – weekend as well as on a residential, modular basis.

PROGRAMME ARCHITECTURE

Divided into four terms, the programme is a balanced blend of theory and practice. These four terms lay emphasis on the following:• Conceptual Phase• Application Phase• Advanced Application Phase• Industry Interaction Phase

In addition to the above, students gain exposure through several workshops on contemporary topics such as IFRS, XBRL, Simulated Trading, Market Microstructure, Behavioural Finance etc.

During Terms I to III, students are expected to study a total of 18 courses of 1 full credit each. Each credit would mean approximately 30 hours of classroom inputs.

In Term IV, commencing from April 16, students are required to undertake an internship project with an organization where they are placed as executives/interns in the securities industry. The Project Dissertation which carries 2 credits, it is to be submitted before May 31, the concluding day of Term IV. Students are free to join their respective organizations on or after April 16 each year.

Term IConceptual Phase

Term IIApplication Phase

Term IIIAdvanced Application Phase

Global Financial Markets

Securities Analysis &Valuation

Statistics for FinanceEconometrics & Time

Series Analysis

Financial Accounting &Reporting

Portfolio Management

Financial Institutions &Markets

Derivatives & RiskManagement

Corporate Finance Mutual Fund

Operations

Economics Fixed Income Securities

Mathematics for Finance Regulation - Theory &

Practice

Mergers, Acquisitions &Corporate Restructuring

Financial Modelling

Corporate Governance

Term IVIndustry Interaction Phase

Internship

Special Topics

Project Dissertation

Seminars

POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN SECURITIES MARKETS (PGPSM)

For students interested in pursuing a career in securities markets, the PGPSM is an extremely unique opportunity to obtain first-hand knowledge, both theoretical and practical, from an institute established by SEBI, the market regulator. The faculty, consisting of academicians and practitioners, has the capability to deliver a high-quality programme to the students looking for knowledge and skill-sets as a solid foundation.

Informal estimates indicate that the securities markets would require about 32,000 professionals every year. The required skill-sets could be grouped as follows: (1) Fund Management, Analysis and Dealings (2) Sales, Product Management and Brand Management (3) Operations and Services (4) Information Technology (5) Compliance and (6) Financial Advice and Planning.

PGPSM thus seeks to prepare students to become Fund Managers, Analysts, Dealers, Institutional Sales Persons, Product Designers, Operations Managers, Compliance Officers, Risk Management Officers, Investment Bankers, and Investment Advisors in the securities markets.

ABOUT POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN SECURITIES MARKETS (PGPSM)

PGPSM is a one-year full time Post-Graduate Programme aimed at creating next generation securities markets professionals.

VALUE ADDITION FROM PGPSM

By completing the PGPSM, students would be able to:• Abstract the building blocks of the securities markets, understand them conceptually, and develop the capability to design solutions that meet specific requirements• Upgrade knowledge and skill sets necessary to perform the key technical activities in the securities markets• Develop a well-rounded, complete understanding of securities markets

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audience includes:• Graduates and post-graduates aspiring for careers in securities markets• Executives seeking careers or career switches related to securities markets

STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION CRITERIA

PGPSM is a rigorous programme pegged at the level of post graduation, leading to the award of PGPSM. The programme is specially designed to raise the professional standards of students. The PGPSM will be awarded on the basis of the student's performance in the following components:• Pre-class reading and preparation• Class participation• Quizzes• Term papers/projects/assignments• Mid-term and end-term examinations• Any other component of evaluation that the Institute may prescribe from time to time• A student is expected to obtain the minimum passing grade of 50% in each of the courses listed above.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

The PGPSM programme is strengthened by sound delivery by expert faculty, together with multiple pedagogy. The faculty-team is comprised of the following:

NISM also draws upon the cream of academia and industry for providing cutting-edge inputs in the Securities markets domain.

The learning environment is further stimulated by use of technology such as Databases (Bloomberg, Capitaline, Prowess), Application Software (Matlab, SAS, R) and Simulated Trading with streaming data. Students are provided with internationally benchmarked textbooks. Additionally, the library is exclusively dedicated towards finance, securities markets and related areas with an up-to-date collection of books and scientific journals.

Sunder Ram Korivi

Kiran Kumar

Poonam Mehra

S Rachappa

Suneel Sarswat

Akhlaque Ahmad

Rachana Baid

MA, PhD (Mumbai), FCA, AICWA

MA. PhD (IISc)

Msc (Econ), PhD (IGIDR)

M.Com (Rank Holder),PhD (Osmania)

Msc (IIT Bombay)(Statistics & Informatics)

M.Sc (Math), M.Phil (Econ),Pursuing PhD Mumbai

M.Com (Gold Medallist),PhD (Osmania)

Fixed Income Securities, FinancialMarkets, Financial Reporting

Statistics, Econometrics & Time Series,Financial Engineering

Economics, Regulation, Corporate Finance

Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis,Forensic Finance, Insurance

Mathematics, Computational Finance

Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering,Financial Modelling

Financial Markets, Portfolio Theory

SECTOR WISE COMPOSITION

IT

Manufacturing Sector

Finance

Market Research & Analysis

Telecommication

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freshers

Experienced (0-12 Months)

Experienced (13-24 Months)

Experienced (25-36 Months)

Experienced (More than 36 Months)

BATCH AT A GLANCEClass Profile 2011-2012

EDUCATION BACK GROUND

Engineers

Post Graduate (Business)

Post Graduate (Statistics, Finance & Economics)

Graduates (Commerce & Geography)

PGSPM: 2011-12 – BATCH PROFILE

Ajith BP B.E. (Electrical & Electronics)Infosys Technologies (32 months)

Alok RustagiB.E. (Computer)Reliance Communications (12 Months)

Amit AgrawalB.Tech (Chemical)Schenectady International Group India Ltd. (36 Months)

Anand R.A B.E (Electronics & Communication) Capgemini Consulting (32 Months)

Ashish BaghelB.E. (Mechanical)Tata Consultancy Services (30 Months)

Ayushi Gupta M.A. Economics

Bhanupriya GuptaB.Tech (Electronics & Communication)

Ganapathy PremkumarM.Sc FinanceJP Morgan India Services (10 Months)GlobeOp Financial Services (32 Months)

PGSPM: 2011-12 – BATCH PROFILE

G. Venu BabuB.Sc (Computers), M.B.A (Finance)

Hitesh GuptaB.E. (Computers)Accenture Services Ltd. (18 Months)

Kartikeya BalasubramanianB.Sc (Statistics), PG Diploma (Applied Statistics)WNS Global Services (5 Months)

Kaushik SadhuM.Sc (BioInformatics)ICICI Bank Ltd. (15 Months)

Mithun M SurpurB.Tech (Mechanical)Tata Consultancy Services (15 Months)

Ketan Verma B.Tech (Electronics & Communication)

Kunal KanishkaB.A(H) Geography

Kshitiz SinhaB.E. (Computers)Ariston Capital Services Pvt Ltd. (23 Months)

PGSPM: 2011-12 – BATCH PROFILE

Mithun Kumar RoyBCA, PGDM and Licentiate (Insurance Institute of India)SBI Life Insurance (24 Months)

Neeraj MishraB.ComNSE India Ltd (31 Months)Reliance Securities (12 Months) Standard Chartered Bank (10 Months)

Paresh NemadeB.E. (Electronics)ECIL-RAPISCAN (12 Months)Surag Instruments (7 Months)

Neha Singh InaniyaB.Com(H) Finance Kotak Securities Ltd (12 Months)

Sayantan GhoshB.Tech (Bioinformatics)Wipro Ltd. (16 Months)

Sandeep K BiswalM.A. EconomicsGreen method enterprises (6 Months)Indian Council for Market Research (29 Months)National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (18 Months)

Sameer KhandelwalBBA(CAM), MBA(Finance and Marketing)Yes Bank Ltd. (14 Months)Religare Finvest Ltd. (4 Months)ICICI Bank Ltd. (12 Months)

Saikiran KopparthiB.Tech (Electronics and Communications)Tata Consultancy Services (35 Months)

PGSPM: 2011-12 – BATCH PROFILE

Shashank KackerB.Sc Biotech, Post Graduate Diploma in BankingICICI Bank Ltd. (30 Months)

Shrey Kumar SaoB.Tech (Electronics and Communication)

SriHarsha P B.Tech (Electronics & Communication), PGDBM (Finance & Marketing)Northern Trust (4 Months)VITEOS Fund Services (Credit Suisse) 26Months

Swapnil DeshpandeB.E. (Mechanical)Colour Roof (I) Ltd(4 Months)

For the first batch of PGPSM: 2010-11, NISM has received good support and encouragement from industry. During placement season 2010-11, the institute has elicited a favourable response from the industry.

The following organisations have participated in campus selections and have offered jobs to students of the first batch:• Asit C. Mehta Intermediaries Ltd.• CARE Ratings• Capgemini• Darashaw & Co. Ltd.• ICICI Bank Ltd.• ICRA Management Consulting Services Ltd.• IRIS Business Solutions Ltd.• JMN Investment Research Ltd.• JP Morgan• Markit• Syntel

Other organizations that expressed their interest:

• AIG Global AMC• BNP Paribas Mutual•Canara Robeco AMC• CRISIL• I-peritus• Pramerica AMC• Sahara Mutual Fund

The average salary annual CTC offered to students of first batch of PGSPM: 2010-11 was ̀ 6.18 lacs, in a range of ̀ 4 lacs to ̀ 15 lacs.

PLACEMENTS

• Above placement schedule is indicative only and it can be tailored to suit the requirement of the companies.• Companies are welcome to visit our campus and interact with students for pre-placements throughout the year.• Placement activities and processes are conducted in collaboration between a Student's Placement Committee and a Council of Faculty Members

Whom to contact for placements?

Please contact or write to:

• Mr. A. S. Ramayya, Asst. Vice President, Programme Office, NISM • Phone: 022 66735121 or 5125 (Direct) and 66735100-105 (Board)• Email : placement@nism.ac.in or as.ramayya@nism.ac.in

Invitation to recruiters for Pre-placement talks

Scheduling of Pre-placement interactions

Short-listing of Cvs

Campus selection process and interviews

Offer letters

Acceptances

Placement process closure March 31, 2012

15 days from date of final interview

November 15, 2011

November 21, 2011 onwards

December 1, 2011 onwards

January 9, 2012 onwards

15 days from date of offer

Placement Schedule:

PLACEMENT PROCESS