For NISM, 2025 was defined by a renewed commitment to capacity building and investor education. Anchored by our mandate from the Securities and Exchange Board of India, NISM’s initiatives in education, capacity building, certification, and financial literacy continue to enhance the quality of market participants.

In 2025, we reintroduced two of our flagship on-campus programs – the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Securities Markets) and the LL.M. (Investment & Securities Law). Our ongoing 1-year Post-Graduate Program in Investments and Securities Markets, and 15-month Post-Graduate Program in Securities Market (PM/AI/RA), continued to be much sought after.

We stepped up our professional training and capacity-building initiatives in 2025. Management Development Programs, advanced workshops, and leadership programs for market infrastructure institutions, intermediaries, and government stakeholders were curated to enhance the operational and regulatory understanding of a wide cross-section of participants.  To cater to the increasing demand from market participants for digital offerings, we have developed a portfolio of 36 Skill Development Modules and 27 eLearning courses, covering almost every facet of the securities market. These courses are now being offered on the iGOT Karmayogi platform and the SWAYAM Plus portal, thus extending their reach even further.

NISM takes its role of maintaining high standards of competence and conduct among market professionals very seriously. To this end, we have significantly expanded our certification ecosystem and our engagement in Continuous Professional Education. We have upgraded our testing platform and our LMS platform, expanded our test centre coverage, and increased our testing capacity to cater to over 500,000 candidates annually.

Investor education and financial literacy are core to NISM’s mission. In 2025, we rolled out many initiatives to foster greater investor awareness. These include investor awareness sessions, the National Financial Literacy Quiz, webinars with market experts, and the NISM Masterclass series. We have also partnered with over 500 higher education institutions to connect with India’s youth.

At NISM, we are committed to nurturing the next generation of market professionals and informed investors. We are grateful to our partners, our students, the market participants, and the wider investment community, whose continued engagement and support make our work at NISM more meaningful and impactful.

On behalf of the NISM community, I wish you a productive, secure, and prosperous 2026.

Author: Shri. Sashi Krishnan, Director NISM