NSE Research Scholar Program

In its endeavour to be at the forefront of supporting financial research in India, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) had launched a research initiative in 2019, “The NSE Research Scholar Program”.  The program invited applications from universities, business schools and research institutions across India to get their promising students/researchers/faculty members to review the state-of-the-art on contemporary topics in the area of empirical finance, that are relevant to Indian financial markets.

Under this program, aspirants could submit a monograph on a chosen topic and prepare a presentation, summarizing the key findings. The monograph should provide a survey of the current state of research, major development and results, and extant open questions.

The authors of the top three selected papers are invited to present their findings at the NSE. They would additionally receive an honorarium award and get their work listed on the NSE’s Working Paper Series. These award-winning papers would also be featured in the NSE’s flagship publication, the ‘Market Pulse’ - a detailed monthly review of the financial markets.

NSE Research Scholar Program 2020

Rank	Research Title	Authors	Presentation	Summary	Working Paper
First	Impact of Mutual Fund Classification on Investors, Funds and Stock Market	Abhilash B. Chowdary (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta) Prof. Ashok Banerjee (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta)
Second	Short-term and Long-term Market Reaction to M&A: Evidence from India	Prof. N. K. Chidambaran (Fordham University) Dr. Dipali Krishnakumar (NIBM, Pune) Dr. Madhvi Sethi (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Bangalore)
Third	Dynamic Interlinkage among Arbitrage, Hedging and Speculation in Crude Oil Futures Market	Sharon Christina Tensingh (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras) Prof. M. Thenmozhi (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras)