NSDL conducts training and certification programmes for Participants to increase the availability of trained personnel for depository operations. In November 2010, such programmes were conducted in Aurangabad, Changanacherry (Kerala), Coimbatore, Guwahati, Kochi, Kozhikode (Calicut - Kerala), Mumbai, Panaji (Goa), Pune, Rajpalayam (Tamil Nadu), Ranchi, Sangli, Siliguri, Trichy and Vadodara. In all, 668 persons attended the training programmes conducted at these locations.