Prof. G. Sethu, In Charge of NISM

Prof. Sethu has 30 years of experience in teaching, research, advisory, and administration. He has B.Tech (Honours) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; M. Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Doctorate in Management with finance specialization from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has served in Indian Administrative Service (IAS) during 1981-1991.

Mr. M. L. Soneji, Registrar

Mr. Soneji has over 22 years of experience in the Securities Market in managing the Stock Exchanges with expertise in core functions viz. Trading Operations, Clearing & Settlement, Risk Management, Surveillance, Investigation, Compliance, etc., besides over 14 years of experience in corporate.  He has been part of various committees set up by SEBI, both responsible for policy as also operational aspects.  He was a member of Mr. M. R. Mayya Committee on 'Uniform Rules and Bye-laws for Stock Exchanges' and Dr. K. R. Chandrate Committee on 'Delisting of Security'.  He was also a member of Board of Directors of IISL, Calcutta Stock Exchange Ltd., Clearing Corporations established by Stock Exchanges, Councils for Equity Derivative Segment as well as for Currency Derivative Segment, Trustee of Investors' Protection Fund, etc.  He is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi, holds Masters Degree in Commercial Laws, and post graduate qualifications in Finance.  He has been occasionally giving talks on subjects relating to Securities Markets at School of Management under the auspices of Gujarat University, UTI Capital Markets and other Institutes/Chambers. He has been contributing articles relating to Securities Markets topics in 'Chartered Secretary', NSE News Letter and in English Daily Newspapers.

Mr. Paritosh Sharma, Advisor

An MBA graduate from XLRI Institute of Management, Jamshedpur, Mr. Sharma has over 17 years of consulting, change management and operational experience in the area of capital markets. His experience covers all aspects of capital markets from policy development and strategy through to operational implementation. He has worked in a variety of roles, most recently as the Resident Advisor & Chief of Party for the USAID Financial Institutions and Reform (FIRE) Project that provided assistance to Indian capital market institutions and the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Sharma is charged with the responsibility of School for Certification for Intermediaries (SCI) and School for Investor Education and Financial Literacy (SIEFL).

Prof. Sunder Ram Korivi, Professor

Prof. Korivi has MA (Economics & Political Science), PhD (Mumbai), Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Associate of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India and Associate of the Insurance Institute of India. He was a full-time faculty member at SP Jain Institute of Management and Professor at NMIMS, where he served as Heads of Departments of Finance and Economics and late, Dean of the School of Business Management at NMIMS University. His interests are in the fields of Financial Reporting, Financial Institutions & Markets and Fixed Income Securities. He has lectured at several institutions of national importance, such as the BSE Training Institute, RBI Bankers' Training College, National Institute of Bank Management, GIC, SPBT Bankers Training College, LIC Management Development Centre, National Insurance Academy, NITIE, and Indian Institute of Capital Markets. In addition to authoring papers in National Journals and International Conference Papers, he has served as a Ph.D. guide to two students.

Dr. K Kiran Kumar, Assistant Professor

Dr. Kiran Kumar holds a PhD in Finance from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore after completing M A (Economics) from Hyderabad Central University. Dr. Kiran's research focuses on market microstructure, derivatives, applied financial econometrics. He received five best paper awards in national and international conferences and has ten research papers. He delivered lectures in several research workshops including SAS Workshop for Researchers at Indian School of Business; Structural VAR Models at RBI Staff College; Econometrics Workshop of Indian Econometric Society. Formerly, Dr. Kiran was with Centre for Analytical Finance, Indian School of Business as Senior Researcher; Researcher at ICICI Research Centre, Chennai. At NISM, Dr. Kiran is associated with School for Securities Information and Research and involved in building Network for Securities Market Data.

Dr. Poonam Mehra, Assistant Professor

Dr. Poonam Mehra, Ph.D. from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, is currently working as an Assistant Professor in NISM since August 2009. She has been a Ph.D. scholar in University of Hamburg, Germany. She is a gold medalist in Economics (M.Sc.) with specialization in Econometrics and Industrial Organization. Her teaching interests include Economics for Finance, Statistics and Econometrics, Regulation in Securities Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions and Competition Policy. Her research interests include, Mutual Funds Corporate Finance, Regulations and Applied Econometrics and Game Theory. She has a refereed publications, research papers and working papers. She has presented her research work in several international conferences and workshops in different parts of Europe.

Mr. S. Venkatesh, Vice-President (HR)

An MBA with specialization in Human Resources from the University College of Commerce & Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad, he started his career with Vijaya Bank as a Personnel Officer in August 1992. Subsequently, he joined the erstwhile Bharat Overseas Bank Ltd. as Senior Manager in 2004 and went on to become the Chief Manager (HR & IR) and thereafter Assistant General Manager and Head of HR&IR in 2007. He joined Jet Airways India Ltd. as Regional Human Resources Manager (North India) in June 2007 and was also the Head of HR of JetLite India Ltd. for some time. He has a bandwidth of over 17 years of experience both in the public and private sector and now heads the Human Resources function of the Institute.

Mr. Jitender Aggarwal, Vice-President (Estates and Administration)

Mr. Jitender Aggarwal has over 23 years of experience in the field of construction and administration. He holds Masters in Financial Management from JBIMS, Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management from IGNOU, A.M.I.E (Civil Engg.) from Institution of Engineers, Kolkata. He has working experience in private as well as public sector undertakings namely L&T, PNB and SEBI. He is responsible for construction of NISM campus coming up at Patalganga and other matters relating to administration.

Mr. Suneel Sarswat, Academic Associate

Mr. Sarswat is an MSc in Statistics and Informatics from the Department of Mathematics at IIT Bombay. He has worked with Bank of America on Financial Analytics with a keen interest on Computational Finance. He is well versed in Visual Basic, C++, Matlab, R, PERL and other programming languages useful in Financial Engineering.

Ms. Kavitha Ranganathan, Academic Associate

Ms. Kavitha Ranganathan is an M.Phil and Post Graduate in Commerce (Mumbai University), pursuing PhD from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. She is currently working as an Academic Associate at NISM and is primarily associated with School for Regulatory Studies and Supervision, Securities Markets Programme and Research projects at NISM. She has been a research associate at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and her research interests are in Behavioral Finance, Experimental Economics and Behavioral Decision Making Approaches.

Ms. Shobana Balasubramaniam, Academic Associate

Ms. Shobana Balasubramaniam is an Economics-Statistics  graduate from Mumbai university and an M.Sc in Economics from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development and Research. She has joined NISM as an Academic Associate and is primarily associated with Securities Market Programme, Test Administration, Development of content for Newsletters and Research projects.

Ms. Mitu Bhardwaj, Programme Manager

Ms. Mitu has over 7 years of experience in Capital Market industry. She has previously worked with National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. She is an Economics (Hons.) graduate from BHU and MBE (Finance) from School of Economics, Devi Ahilya University. She has authored several articles on various capital markets topics. As Programme Manager, NISM, Ms. Mitu is currently handling activities relating to School of Certification of Intermediaries.

Ms. Devvya Sharma, Project Manager

An MBA graduate from NMIMS University, with a specialization in Finance, Devvya has previously worked with TATA Consultancy Services on the SBI Core Banking Solutions project, the world's largest core banking solution, as well as a project for the German Stock Exchange- Deutsche Boerse. She has recently joined NISM as Project Manager and is currently handling three projects including program on Investor Education and Financial Literacy, Data Centre for high level Research and a capital markets Simulator, along the lines offered world wide.

Ms. Gargi Datta, Project Manager

Ms. Gargi Datta, B.E. Electronics and Instrumentation (BITS Pilani), M.Sc. Mathematics (BITS Pilani), M.B.A. Finance (NMIMS), has worked with WIPRO Technologies on Non-Stop Tandem Servers under the Embedded Systems vertical on several projects. She is currently a project manager at NISM. She is associated with projects relating to Certification Examinations, IT Administration and Simulator.

Mr Chaitanya Nemali, Project Manager

Mr. Chaitanya Nemali is a B.Tech in Computer Science & Information Technology from JNTU and an M.B.A. with Finance specialization from NMIMS University. He has worked previously in Capital markets and IT industry. He joined NISM as a project manager and is associated with Financial Engineering & Risk Management programme and Corporate Governance workshops for media persons.

Mr. Nikhil Shinde, Project Manager

Mr. Nikhil Shinde is a B.E. in Information Technology from Mumbai University and an M.M.S. with Finance specialization from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. He has worked previously with TATA Consultancy Services as an Open Source Consultant. He is currently a Project Manager at NISM and is primarily associated with Certification Examinations and Network for Securities Market Data (NSMD).

Mr. Naresh Sabbani, Project Manager

Mr. Naresh Sabbani is a B.E in Electronics from Mumbai University and an M.M.S. with Finance specialisation from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. He has cleared FRM conducted by GARP and CFA Level I conducted by CFA Institute and is currently pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Securities Law from GLC, Mumbai. He has worked in IT industry for  two years. At NISM, he is employed as Project Manager in Certification and Investor Education and is also associated with Investments.