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POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME INSECURITIES MARKETS

PGPSMPLACEMENTS

20152016

An Educational Initiative of SEBI

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SECURITIES MARKETSPlot No. 82, NISM Bhavan, Sector-17 Vashi, Navi Mumbai - 400 703Board: +91-22-66735100-05 | Fax: +91-22-66755710

Mr. Nitesh Bhati, Faculty: +91-99204 73408 Mr. Rajshekhar Torgal, Deputy Manager: +91-99308 80194

Email: placement@nism.ac.in | Website: www.nism.ac.in

1. Message from the Director .................................... [1] 2. Welcome to Campus Recruitment ......................... [2]3. About NISM ............................................................ [3]4. Board of Governors & Academic Council .............. [4]5. Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets (PGPSM) .................................................. [5]6. Why to Hire PGPSM Students? .............................. [5]7. Programme Architecture ....................................... [7]8. Learning Environment ........................................... [8]9. Visiting Faculty ....................................................... [9]10. Guest Lectures under the “Professional Education Series” Workshop ............................... [10]11. Batch at A Glance ................................................ [11]12. Students Profile ................................................... [12]13. Placement Process .............................................. [19]14. Our Major Past Recruiters ................................... [20]15. Testimonials of Recruiters ................................... [21]16. Awards and accolades won by NISM .................. [22]

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Message fromthe Director The class of 2015-16 is from a widely divergent background selected through a very rigorous process. They have gone through a demanding curriculum, guided and trained by highly qualified faculty members from academia and professionals from the industry. Academic rigour has been supplemented by strong exposure to securities markets through simulation exercises and internship in the workplace.

Graduates of past batches of this programme have excelled in work places across a variety of organisations in the Financial Sector. I am confident that in this class of 2015-16 you will find highly motivated, talented and energetic students who will prove to be an asset to your organization.

Sandip GhoseDirector

Dear Recruiter,

Welcome to the talent pool of NISM.

The School for Securities Education (SSE) at NISM is entrusted with the task of providing in-classroom education at the Professional or Master's level in the field of securities markets. Our Post Graduate Programme in Securities Markets (PGPSM) is a rigorous and intensive 1-year fulltime programme. Since inception, the design and delivery processes of this programme have maintained a fine balance of concepts and practice. Over the past 6 years, we have perfected the design and delivery mechanisms, as can be seen from the sterling on-the-job performance of our alumni. Two notable aspects that make PGPSM students unique are worthy of recall:

Process: Students are selected from an all-India pool through an NISM/GMAT/XAT written test, interview and essay. The curriculum is under constant review to keep it

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current and comprehensive. Our faculty members are engaged in research and conferences, and bring in specialized inputs to the classroom. Students learn from a wide range of modes, viz. cases, exercises, role-plays, simulations (SMART lab trading system), databases (Bloomberg, Prowess), seminars and conferences, book reviews, finance-related film reviews etc. Inputs are spread across three terms, covering Concepts, Applications, Advanced Applications and Industry-Integration. Conceptual inputs are blended with practical insights from real life through professionals from industry and regulatory bodies. Our location at Navi Mumbai provides proximity to the intellectual capital from Mumbai - the financial capital.

Product: PGPSM students are equipped to be complete securities market professionals. They are positioned to take up a wide range of responsibilities, such as Analysts, Investment Managers, Valuers of Asset Classes, Treasury & Risk Managers, Operational Managers, Compliance Officers, Financial Planners & Wealth Managers etc. Organizations that will find our students suitable include Analytics firms, Rating Agencies, Stock-Brokers, Fund Managers, Investment Banks, Registered Valuers, Banks, Financial Advisors etc. Students selected by recruiters have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with their work by April or earlier, if required. A project dissertation is to be submitted before May 31 each year. This crucial document serves as a link between academics and practice.

We welcome you once again to our talent pool and look forward to a longstanding relationship between our organizations.

Welcome to

Recruitment

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Mr. U. K. SinhaChairman, SEBI(Chairman, Board of Governors)

Mr. Rajeev Kumar AgarwalWhole Time Member, SEBI

Mr. Prashant SaranWhole Time Member, SEBI

Mr. Manoj JoshiJoint Secretary, Ministry of Finance (GOI)

Mr. Uday KotakVice Chairman & Managing Director,Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

Ms. Chanda KochharManaging Director &Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank

Mr. Y. M. DeosthaleeChairman and Managing Director,L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.

Prof. Ashish NandaDirector, Indian Institute ofManagement (IIM), Ahmedabad

Mr. Sanjay NayarChief Executive Officer,KKR India Advisors Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sandip GhoseDirector, NISM

Board of GovernorsAs on November 20, 2015

Dr. Bimal JalanFormer Governor, Reserve Bank of India(Chairman, Academic Council)

Mr. Cyril ShroffManaging Partner,Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Prof. Samir BaruaFormer Director,Indian Institute of Management (IIM),Ahmedabad

Dr. Shekhar ShahDirector-General,National Council of Applied EconomicResearch (NCAER)

Prof. Viral V AcharyaC.V. Starr Professor of Economics,New York University-Stern School ofBusiness

Prof. Devang V KhakharDirector, Indian Institute of Technology,Mumbai

Mr. N. R. PrabhalaChief Mentor and Head of Research,Centre for Advanced Financial Researchand Learning (CAFRAL)

Mr. Sandip GhoseDirector, NISM, Member Secretary

Academic CouncilAs on November 20, 2015

Mr. G. P. GargRegistrar, NISM

The National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) is a public trust established in 2006 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). From spreading awareness of securities market among common investors to skill development of market professionals, the institute carries out a wide range of capacity building activities at various levels. NISM’s six schools of excellence and the National Center for Financial Education work in synergy towards professionalizing securities market.

The School for Securities Education (SSE) creates new age securities market professionals and equips them with expertise to meet the enhanced expectations through its uniquely positioned academic programmes.

About NISMVision

To lead, catalyze and deliver education initiatives to professionalize the securities markets.

Mission

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

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PGPSM is a one-year full time Post-Graduate Programme for graduates, post graduates and executives interested in pursuing a career in securities market. This flagship programme was launched in 2010-11 and currently, the sixth batch is under way.

PGPSM students are equipped to be complete securities market professionals. They are positioned to take up a wide range of responsibilities, such as Analysts, Investment Managers, Valuers of Asset Classes, Treasury & Risk Managers, Operational Managers, Compliance Officers, Financial Planners & Wealth Managers etc. Organizations that will find our students suitable include Analytics firms, Rating Agencies, Stock-Brokers, Fund Managers, Investment Banks, Registered Valuers, Banks, Financial Advisors etc.

Post GraduateProgramme in SecuritiesMarkets (PGPSM)

Why hire PGPSM Students?· A mix batch, which is a blend of fresh and experienced Science, IT and Commerce graduates; eager to take up variety of profiles across the organisations; hierarchy.

· Equipped with comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge of all asset classes and across market segments.

· Excellent faculties drawn from the cream of academia, industry and SEBI.

· In-depth unique exposure to SMART lab (Simulated Trading in equities, commodities and F&O), Bloomberg and Financial databases like CMIE prowess.

· Well trained and ready to deliver from day one with SEBI mandated NISM certifications too.

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Programme Architecture Learning Environment

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

The learning environment is further stimulated by use of technology such as Databases (Bloomberg, Prowess), Application Software (Matlab, SAS, R) and

Fixed Income Securities, Financial Markets,Financial Reporting

MA (Econ & Pol Sc), PhD (Mumbai),FCA, ACMA, FASM, AIII

MCom, FICWA, PhD (BITS-Pilani) Securities Analysis, Corporate Finance,Trading & Financial Lab Analytics

Prof. Sunder Ram Korivi

Prof. Latha Chari

Quantitative Finance, FinancialEngineering, Financial Modelling

MSc (Math), MPhil (Econ),pursuing PhD (Derivatives)

Mr. Akhlaque Ahmad

SMART (Simulated Market Algorithm Related Trading). 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.

MCom, MBA, LLB

MA (Econ, JNU), PGDSL,LLB, CAIIB

MA (Econ), MFM Fixed Income Securities

Mr. Sahil Malik

Mr. Jitendra Kumar

Mr. Hruda Ranjan Sahoo

Ms. Prachi Nadkar FCA Corporate Governance

Mutual Funds

MBA (Finance)Corporate Finance,Securities Analysis

Macro Economics

Ms. Rajani Agadi

MCom, PhD (Osmania) Financial Markets,Portfolio Theory

Dr. Rachana Baid (Adjunct)

FCA, ACSMr. Nitesh Bhati Financial Accounting & Reporting, Taxation,Corporate Laws, Securities Market Regulations

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

Mr. Nitin Tike MBA, pursuing PhD(Financial Markets)

Financial Markets

NISM Series-VII: Securities Operations& Risk Mgt (SORM)

NISM Series-XV: Research Analyst

NISM Series-III-A: Securities IntermediariesCompliance (Non Fund)

Application Phase Advanced Application Phase Industry Interaction Phase

Macro Economics

Mathematics forSecurities Markets

Financial Accounting& Reporting

Corporate & Allied Laws

Financial Institutions& Markets

Statistics forSecurities Markets

Corporate Finance

BusinessCommunication

Econometrics

Equity Analysis & Valuation

Fixed Income Securities

Mutual Funds

Portfolio Management

Risk Management &Derivatives

Taxation for Securities Markets

Global Financial Markets

Securities Laws &Regulations

Mergers & Acquisitions

Corporate Governance

Financial Modelling &Computing

Behavioural Finance

Internship

Seminars

Project Dissertation

Term I Term II Term III Term VI

NISM Series-IX:Merchant Banking

NISM Series-XIII:Common Derivatives

NISM Series-III-B:Issuer Compliance

NISM Series-V-A:Mutual Fund Distributors

NISM Series-X-A:Investment Advisor (Level-1)

Conceptual Phase

SEBI mandated NISM Certifications

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Visiting Faculty

Mr. B. Renganathan FCS, LLB, ACMASenior Vice President,Edelweiss

Mr. B. Venkatesh ACA, CMA, CFA (USA),FRM (GARP)

Founder Director ofNavera Consulting

Mr. Sameer Chinchanikar MBA (IIM Lucknow)

Chief Representativeof KBC Bank (BelgianBank) Board Memberof KBC Union AMC

Mr. C.D. Shreedharan MA (Econ)Ex AGM-RBI,Adjunct Faculty-IIM-K

Ms. Jayna Gandhi CA & CFA (USA) Head Treasury, NSE

Dr. Kavitha Ranganathan MPhil, PhD (IGNOU)Senior Vice President,Edelweiss

Mr. Suneel Sarswat

MSc (Statistics &Informatics -IIT Bombay),pursuing Ph.D (FinancialComputing)

Research Scholar,TIFR

Dr. Jeet Shah MCom, CFP, pursuing PhD(Financial Planning)

Tax Planner andAdvisor

Dr. Surendra Sundararajan MA (Econ), LLB,MBA (Wisconsin), Ph.D

Full time faculty atM S University ofBaroda

Corporate Laws, Regulations,Corporate Restructuring

Mutual Funds, BehavioralFinance

Banking

Macro-Economics, ForeignExchange

Financial Accounting &Reporting

Behavioral Finance

Mathematics, FinancialModelling

Financial Planning, WealthManagement

Derivatives and RiskManagement

NISM Bhavan’s location on the outskirts of Mumbai enables access to some of the finest professionals in Mumbai, from various segments of the financial markets. In order to provide our students with the best blend of theory and practice, and to build industry-academia partnerships, NISM invites some of the senior-most executives and finest professionals to deliver guest lecturers under the title “Professional Education Series”.

Guest Lectures underthe “Professional EducationSeries”Workshop

During the year, NISM has conducted the following workshops:

Workshop on Appreciationof Bloomberg in CapitalMarket Research

Workshop on investmentbanking

Workshop on TechnicalAnalysis & CommodityMarkets

Workshop onRegulatory Perspectiveat SEBI Bhavan

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Abhishek Gupta

B.E (Electrical and Electronic)

Akash V. Ghorpade

B.Com

Akshay Rastogi

B.Tech (Electronics &Communication Engineering)

Aman Kumar

B.E. (Electrical Engineering)

2+ years experience as aDevelopment officer in LIC

2+ years experience as a Telecomengineer in TVS Group

Aniruddha Kalley

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering)

Anurag Joshi

B.Com

Ashutosh Yadav

B.Tech (Civil)

1 year experience as aSales Manager inTata Capital

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Arun Kumar

B.Sc (Physics)

1+ years experience as aRelationship Executivein Solar Factory RenewableEnergy Solutions (P) Ltd.

EducationStreams

ArtsCommerceEngineering/TechnologyScience

GraduatePost Graduate

EducationalQualifications

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Freshers1-3 Years3-5 Years>5 Years

WorkExperience

8% 4%

43%

45%

17%

83%

8%

51%

15%

26%

Chandrashekhar

B.A (Economics)

Danish Raj Manuja

PGP (MBA- Marketing)B.Com, CFA Level-I Candidate

1+ years experience as a ResearchAssociate in Hindustan Studies& Services Ltd.

8 months experience as a Marketing& Business Development in ApexAuctions India Pvt. Ltd.

Bharath S.G.D

B.E (Electrical Engineering)

M.Tech (VLSI Design &Embedded System Design)

3 years experience as aSub Broker in Angel Broking

Heenakausar Shaikh

MBA (Finance)

B.Com

2.5 years experience as anAccountant in HorizonHospital

Kumar Gaurav

M.B.A (Finance)

B.Com

4 years experience as aSenior Analyst in RBS

Joe Varghese Samuel

B.Com

Krusha Patel

B.Com

Deepak Jain

B.E (Electrical)

10 Years experience in Business

10 Years experience as a SeniorProject Manager in InfosysTechnologies

Alok Kumar

B.A (Economics)

Divya Agarwal

B.Com

Farhan Anwar

B.Sc (Physics)

Gagandeep Singh

B.Tech (Computer Science)

1+ years experience as a QA Engineerin Newgen Software Technology

2+ years experience as a System Engineer in Infosys SoftwareTechnology

Ganesh K. Chalamalasetti

B.Tech (Computer Science)

1 year experience as anAnalytics Executive in IMRB

4 months experience asSoftware Engineer in iGate Global

Geeta Devi Karturi

Bachelor of BusinessManagement (B.B.M)

G. Sai Revanth

B.Com

Kartik Nigam

B.E (Electricals)

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Laxman Rajan Iyer

B.Com

2+ years experience as anAudit Assistant

Lokesh Kumar Singh

B.E. (Electronics &Communication)

5 years experience as a TestSpecialist in IBM India(1 year in US)

3+ years experience as a Testlead in Wipro Technologies & TCS

Manish Tyagi

B.E

1 year experience as aDesign Engineer inPrakash Engineering Work

Manoj Kumar L

B.Tech (Electronics &Instrumentation)

2+ years experience as aContent Provider inEenadu Group

1 year experience as a CADEngineer in AEC Informatics

Mahesh Nagwan

B.Tech (Biotechnology)

Nehal Patil

M.Tech (Electronics andTelecommunication)

B.Tech (Electronics andTelecommunication)

5 years experience as a SystemEngineer in S2 Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Prashant Sakore

B.E (Computer Engineering)

Nikhil Bhargav

B.F.M (Bachelors in FinancialMarket)

Prachi D. Shah

B.Com

Prathamesh Gangan

B.E (Mechanical)

3 years experience as anEngineer in Posco ElectricalSteel India Pvt. Ltd

Prateek Yeovile

B.F.M (Bachelors in FinancialMarket)

2 years experience as a Seniorofficer in ICICI Bank

1+ years experience as anAccount Assistant in BriknsArya Pvt. Ltd.

Pulkit Gupta

B.Com

CFA Level-I Candidate

3 years experience as aSupply Chain Manager inImpression Glass

Rachana Dighe

B.E (Mechanical)

CFA Level-I Candidate

9 years experience as a SeniorManager in Reliance Infra Ltd.

Sahil Sood

P.G Diploma in Retail Banking

Bachelors of Financial andInvestment Analysis

2+ years experience as anAudit Associate in KPMG

Sahil Waingankar

B.Com

Sajal Sonekar

B.Tech (Electronics andTelecommunication)

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Sameer Sood

B.Tech (Mechanical)

2 years experience as a Junior Manager in EicherMotors

Sanjeev Shinde

B.Com

Santu Gharui

P.G Diploma (RS & GIS)

B.Tech (ECE)

2 years experience as aMarketing Manager at L.M(Domestic Appliances) Pvt. Ltd.

Subhasis Mishra

M.Sc (Computational Finance)

3+ years experience as anAnalyst in Blue Sea InfotechPvt. Ltd.

Suraj Mandal

B.B.A

Saurabh Sonekar

B.Tech (Mining Engineering)

Soumeet Sarkar

M.Com (Accountancy)

Sudhakar Singh

B.Tech (Computer science)

9+ years experience as an ProjectLeader in Software Development

2+ years experience as an SMEClearing & Settlement in ExchangeTraded Derivatives in Credit Suisse,Singapore

3+ years experience as a SeniorSpecialist in Merill Lynch

Vishnu Gangadharan

B.F.M (Bachelor in FinancialMarkets)

Swapnil Singh Rathore

B.Sc (Aircraft MaintenanceEngineering)

Vaibhav Mani

Post Graduate Diploma inBanking Operations

B. Com (Hons.)

1+ Year experience as aCustomer Service Officer inICICI Bank Limited

Varun Gundamaraju

B.Com

Vishwanath Rana

B.E (Mechanical)

2+ years experience as aSenior Marketing Executivein CAS India

1+ years experience as a

Process Owner inNew Allenberry Works

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Placement Schedule*

Mr. Nitesh BhatiFaculty, NISM

Phone: 022-66735107Mobile: +91-99204 73408

Mr. Rajshekhar TorgalDeputy Manager, NISM

Phone: 022-66735125Mobile: +91-99308 80194

Mahesh Nagwan: +91-80184 66097Kumar Gaurav: +91-99530 26915

Placement Process

Whom to Contact for Placements?

Pre-Placement Talk Open

Interviews January 1, 2016

Tentative Joining April 1, 2016

* Above placement schedule is indicative only and it can be tailored to suit the requirement of the companies

Placement activities and processes are conducted in collaboration between a Student's Placement Committeeand a Council of Faculty Members

Past Recruiters

Broking Investment Advisor IT

Email: placement@nism.ac.in

Placement Office Student Placement Committee

Canara Bank Securities Ltd A SUBSIDIARY OF CANARA BANK

Bank

Mutual Fund

2019

NISM faculty members have won several awards for their research papers in International Conferences.

NISM faculty members have written over 25 research papers at several International Conferences, with most of them published in International Peer-reviewed Journals.

NISM won the Business Leadership Award at the World Education Congress, Mumbai in June 2012.

Director Shri Sandip Ghose received the Leadership Excellence Award in HR at the World Education Congress at Bangalore in 2013.

Dean Prof. Sunder Ram Korivi received the best faculty award from the higher education forum in 2013.

Three students from PGPSM 2014-15 presented their paper at the 3rd National Conference on Legal Scholarship at Symbosis Law School, Pune.

NISM is actively involved in policy research & training for regulatory staff and central government officers.

NISM is currently ranked fourth among various post graduate institutions in India in the Bloomberg champions program using Bloomberg data and analytics .

Awards and accolades wonby NISM

Testimonials of RecruitersMs. Ankita Bansal has been employed with us since April 20, 2015 as Management Trainee. She has been able to grasp & handle the job responsibilities well and is a sincere and diligent worker. She was able to ascend the learning curve quickly on the back of the academic knowledge acquired during the course. The knowledge of fixed income markets and derivatives imparted by the course helped her to meet the job requirements in a very short span of time. She is time conscientious and meets deadlines for completion of tasks with quality and accuracy.

I have no hesitation in stating that we are pleased that we were able to receruit her as our employee from your Institute.

Mr. Preyas Mukul Patel is assigned with Treasury Analytical Desk and he is presently taking care of Board Agenda, Reports to top Management on Investment related activities and Research in Securities Market.

He meets our expectations very well. He is knowledgeable and is capable of conducting analysis of Financial statements . He is punctual and disciplined . We plan to enhance his area of work and he willbe given additional task of analytical division.

Very impressed with the calibre of candidates;we are quite keen to continue the relationship

Ms. Pallavi Jain of 1st Batch of PGPSM joined us. She is fast learner, intelligent and picking up her job well.

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Manish JadhwaniSenior Vice PresidentSTCI Primary Dealer Ltd

Yogyanath V. PaiChief ManagerThe Federal Bank Ltd

Nosheen KhanVP MarketingMarkit, London

Rajesh PawarDirector, I-peritus

PGPSM Batch 2015-16