In order to improve market efficiency further and to set international benchmarks in the securities industry, NSE launched the NSE Research Initiative with a view to develop an information base and a better insight into the working of securities market in India.

The objective of this initiative is to foster research, which can support and facilitate:

(a) stock exchanges to better design market micro-structure,
(b) participants to frame their strategies in the market place,
(c) regulators to frame regulations,
(d) policy makers to formulate policies and
(e) expand the horizon of knowledge.

NSE supports research initiatives on issues that have a bearing on securities market in India.