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NSE of India Limited

Pre-IPO 
Stock Market

About Company:

National Stock Exchange of India Limited is the leading stock exchange of India, located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is under the ownership of some leading financial institutions, banks, and insurance companies. NSE was established in 1992 as the first dematerialized electronic exchange in the country.

Company Overview

Incorporated in 1992, NSE was recognised as a stock exchange by SEBI in April 1993, commenced operations in 1994 and has been 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. It is the largest derivatives exchange globally in terms of number of contracts.


NSE launched electronic screen-based trading in 1994, derivatives trading (in the form of index futures), and internet trading in 2000, which were each the first of its kind in India.


NSE is an established leadership among global exchanges in the volume of derivatives traded A proud instance of an Indian technology-driven enterprise figuring among the largest exchanges in the world across various parameters.


NSE is the world’s largest derivatives exchange by trading volume of contracts for 2020. NSE was ranked fourth in the world in cash equities by the number of trades (Source: World Federation of Exchanges) for 2020.

Promoter-Management

Name Designation

Mr. Vikram Limaye Managing Director & CEO

Mr. J. Ravichandran Group President

Mr. Ravi Varanasi Chief Business Development Officer

Mr. Yatrik Vin Group CFO & Head Corporate Affairs

Ms. Nisha Subhash Senior Vice President

Mr. Hari K. Chief Business Officer

Mr. Shiv Kumar Bhasin Chief Technology & Operations Officer

Mr. Arijit Sengupta Senior Vice President

Mr. Dinesh Soni Senior Vice President

Mr. S Madhavan Company Secretary

Mr. Tirthankar Patnaik Chief Economist

Mr. Somasundaram K S: Chief Enterprise Risk & Info Security Officer

Mr. Rohit Gupte Company Secretary

Mr. M Sheshadri Head - Cyber & Info Security

Mr. M Vasudev Rao Group General Counsel

Mr. Nagendra Kumar Chief Business Officer

Mr. Mayur Sindhwad Senior Vice President

Mr. Saurov Ghosh Group Head - Human Resource

Ms. Priya Subbaraman Chief Regulatory Officer

Mr. G. M. Shenoy Chief Technology Officer - Ops, Trading

Ms. Renu Bhandar Vice President

Ms. Yukti Sharma Associate Vice President

Mr. Avishkar Naik Head - Listing Compliance

Shareholders Pattern

Name No. of Shares % of Total Shares

Life Insurance Corporation of India 6,19,13,500 12.51

State Bank of India 2,18,59,160 4.42

GAGIL FDI Limited 1,87,52,382 3.78

Foreign Investors 169,940,000 34.22

Acacia Banyan Partners 1,23,75,000 2.5

IFCI Limited 1,20,66,871 2.44

Annual Reports





Investing Opportunities

NSE is building strategic disaster recovery and near-disaster recovery sites to support the deployment of scalable and resilient infrastructure and robust telecom networks across all sites. NSE invested proactively to build India’s largest private, pan-country infrastructure network that is the life-line of its capital market.


NSE began operations in 1994 and enjoys a leading market share (by total turnover) of 94% in the Equity Cash market, 100% in Equity Futures, 100% in Equity Options, 74% in Currency Futures and 68% in Currency Options for fiscal 2021, based on premium value.


The total turnover of the capital market segment increased to H 1,53,97,908 crores compared to H 89,98,811 crores in FY 2019-20, an increase of 71.11%. Correspondingly, the average daily traded value in FY 2020-21 was H 61,838 crores compared to H 36,432 crores in FY 2019-20.


During the FY 2020-21, there was a 84.85% increase in turnover and 64.80% increase in the number of contracts traded; in the daily average open interest, it increased by 150.61% over the previous year in the F&O segment.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the lock-in period of unlisted shares?
    If the company is unlisted, the shares can be traded as many times as per the will but once the company is listed, the shares can not sold for next 1 year.
  • Does SEBI regulate Unlisted Market?
    Rules and Regulations of SEBI are applicable in the Unlisted Market but to become an unlisted share broker, there is no such regulation yet.
  • Is buying or selling Unlisted Shares in India legal?
    Yes it is legal to buy and sell unlisted shares in India.
  • What is the Minimum Ticket Size for Investment in Unlisted Shares?
    Depending on the lot size of the shares, there is no fixed ticket size to buy and sell unlisted shares.
  • What is the Minimum Ticket Size for Investment in Unlisted Shares?
    Depending on the lot size of the shares, there is no fixed ticket size to buy and sell unlisted shares.
  • Is buying or selling Unlisted Shares in India legal?
    Yes it is legal to buy and sell unlisted shares in India.
  • Does SEBI regulate Unlisted Market?
    Rules and Regulations of SEBI are applicable in the Unlisted Market but to become an unlisted share broker, there is no such regulation yet.
  • What is the lock-in period of unlisted shares?
    If the company is unlisted, the shares can be traded as many times as per the will but once the company is listed, the shares can not sold for next 1 year.
  • What is the Minimum Ticket Size for Investment in Unlisted Shares?
    Depending on the lot size of the shares, there is no fixed ticket size to buy and sell unlisted shares.
  • Does SEBI regulate Unlisted Market?
    Rules and Regulations of SEBI are applicable in the Unlisted Market but to become an unlisted share broker, there is no such regulation yet.
  • What is the lock-in period of unlisted shares?
    If the company is unlisted, the shares can be traded as many times as per the will but once the company is listed, the shares can not sold for next 1 year.
  • Is buying or selling Unlisted Shares in India legal?
    Yes it is legal to buy and sell unlisted shares in India.
  • What is the lock-in period of unlisted shares?
    If the company is unlisted, the shares can be traded as many times as per the will but once the company is listed, the shares can not sold for next 1 year.
  • What is the Minimum Ticket Size for Investment in Unlisted Shares?
    Depending on the lot size of the shares, there is no fixed ticket size to buy and sell unlisted shares.
  • Is buying or selling Unlisted Shares in India legal?
    Yes it is legal to buy and sell unlisted shares in India.
  • Does SEBI regulate Unlisted Market?
    Rules and Regulations of SEBI are applicable in the Unlisted Market but to become an unlisted share broker, there is no such regulation yet.
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