NISM in association with CEPAR, K.J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR) conducted 2^nd Annual One-day Conference on “Importance of Economic Research for Capital Markets” on September 22, 2017 at NISM Campus, Patalganga.

The objective of this Conference was to deliberate on current state of macroeconomic research related to capital markets.

The Keynote address was delivered by Shri. Ananta Barua, Executive Director, SEBI. He also released a book proceedings of last Conference on ‘Importance of Economic Research for Capital Markets’ held on March 03, 2017 at NISM Campus, Patalganga.

The other speakers of the conference were:

1. Mr. Sandip Ghose, Director, NISM
2. Mr. Indranil Sengupta, Co-Head & Economist, India Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
3. Dr. V. Shunmugam, Head – Research, MCX
4. Dr. SNV Siva Kumar, Professor & ACP, SIMSR

The programme was conducted by Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Member of Faculty, NISM.

Following selected papers were presented during the conference:

The participants for the programme were mix of academicians, researchers, faculty members of NISM, SIMSR, other Institutions, students of SIMSR & NISM and others. A certificate of Participation was given to all the participants at the end of the programme. The Conference proceedings will be published and be made available for future reference and use.