NSDL conducts training and certifi cation programmes for Participants to increase the availability of trained personnel for depository operations. In December 2009, such programmes were conducted in Amritsar, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Guwahati, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, New Delhi, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Siliguri and Vijayawada.