During August 2014, five more Participants have subscribed to the SPEED-e facility viz.,
Lohia Securities Limited (DP ID IN302189)
Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank Limited (DP ID IN301975)
Swastika Investmart Limited (DP ID IN303833)
SKI Capital Services Limited (DP ID IN301508)
Bank of India (DP ID IN300749)
Further, HSBC InvestDirect Securities (India) Limited (DP ID IN303825) has discontinued offering SPEED-e services consequent to the deletion of its DP ID from the depository system.
Clients of the above mentioned Participants can now avail the facility of submitting various instructions through SPEED-e facility.
This takes the total number of Participants who have subscribed to SPEED-e to 150.
In order to reach out to investors that are spread across the country and to apprise them about the facilities available in NSDL depository system and the awareness on stock markets, NSDL conducted 12 Joint Awareness Programmes with ICICI Securities Limited at Kurukshetra in Haryana, Aurangabad & Nagpur in Maharashtra, Jajpur road in Odisha, Ludhiana in Punjab, Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu, Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, Roorkee in Uttarakhand and Bongaon, Krishnanagar, Mahishadal & Mecheda in West Bengal & also two Joint Awareness Programmes with Peerless Securities Limited at Kharagpur & Medinipur in West Bengal during August 2014 which were attended by more than 800 investors.
Sponsorship in events conducted by Institutions:
In August 2014, NSDL participated as one of the sponsors at Banking Frontiers' Financial Fitness event. Financial Fitness event, a series of seminars conducted across India, brings top management from various co-operative banks across India under one roof to discuss strategies and strengthen co-operative banks' financial fitness. This event was conducted at Nasik in Maharashtra and at Hyderabad in Telangana which were attended by around 180 participants.
Participation in events conducted by Institutions:
In August 2014, NSDL sponsored an event viz., "Praxis 2014" at Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Over 300 participants visited the NSDL stall at this event. Various aspects on Depository related services were explained to these participants attending these events.
Training Programme conducted for college students:
In August 2014, NSDL had organized a training programme for students of M.D. College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Mumbai to educate & popularize them about the demat products and related concepts. This programme was attended by around 120 students.