NSDL conducts training and certifi cation programmes for Participants to increase the availability of trained personnel for depository operations. In September 2009, such programmes were conducted in Agra, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Jaipur,Kanpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nashik, New Delhi, Noida, Patna, Rajkot, Ranchi, Surat,Thiruvalla, Trichy, Vadodara and Vishakhapatnam.