The 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. Ms. Rehana D’Souza, Vice President, 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.
