March 09, 2014
Press Release No. 1
NSE
creates awareness among Jaipur investors through Investor Week and Investothon
March 9, Jaipur: India’s leading stock exchange, the National Stock Exchange
(NSE) organized an investor run or ‘Investothon’ at Jaipur on Sunday morning.
An enthusiastic crowd of investors, member
brokers and Corporates participated in the run to create awareness
about the importance of financial planning and on following healthy investment
practices.
The
Investothon is organized along with the CNBC-TV18 group and has, over the years,
taken the shape of a huge movement to galvanise and motivate the investor
community and other market participants ,to build a healthy capital market.
The run was held early this morning at Amrudon Ka Bagh, near the prestigious Sawai Mansingh Cricket Stadium. There was a 3 km Bull Run, a 5 km timed Nifty Run and a 5 km Power Run. Prizes were given to a number of participants for the most enthusiastic team, most shareholders prize, high fives team and others.
NSE’s Chief Business Development, Mr. Ravi Varanasi said, “The trading members are the first point of contact for lakhs of investors. Therefore, it is important for them to promote safe investing and good investment practices. That, in turn, will give confidence to the investors, and help in deepening the financial market in India.’’
Today was the 29th investor run, organized by NSE. Since 2011, the Investothon has been organized in many cities like Bangalore, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Indore and Vadodara, apart from the metros. More than 50,000 people have participated in the Investothon in the past three years.
Earlier in the week, NSE officials conducted awareness sessions with the students of ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India) University, the ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries) Jaipur chapter, FIMDA, which represents fixed income market participants, CA Institute and Corporates.
Since inception, NSE has made rigorous effort to reach out to people in various cities to empower them with information on different asset classes and the benefits of investing. This week, the focus was on Jaipur, which is one of the fastest growing cities of Northern India.