Generally banks look for good communication skills, good interpersonal skills, and the ability to deal with customers, an alert nature, and basic knowledge of the industry. Good computer knowledge is always preferred.

There is a growing need for better and better banking facilities due to international trade and industrial liberalization which have contributed a lot to the change in the banking environment. All this has created an increase in opportunities in banking jobs and a requirement for people with marketing and technological skills apart from financial background.

There are various different levels at which a person can join the bank namely clerk, a Grade I officer, a Grade II officer or as a manager.

A good banker is a person who has a well-organized mind with an eye for detail. It helps in maintenance of records accurately and neatly. The person should have a mathematical aptitude. Employees joining as officers should be able to lead, motivate and manage the bank staff. Good verbal and written communication skills help in effective interaction with the clients as well as the staff. Integrity and honesty play a major role in all dealings related to money, staff and clients. A person responsible for foreign exchange transactions needs to have a sharp, quick and analytical mind.

There are front office personnel in all banks, and then there are supervisors who handle most back office operations like completion of transactions, general ledger work, and overall supervision. Banks are now offering good salary packages.

State Bank of India is the top commercial bank of the country. The Private sector with the entry of new banks mostly promoted by the major Financial Institutions like IDBI, ICICI etc has provided competition to both Public sector and Foreign Banks. They are more technology know-how and offer better salaries than Public sector Banks. Unlike public sector banks, the promotional avenues are not time-bound.

Foreign Banks are the most sought after due to their salary packages comparable to the best in the country and better job profiles. Public sector Banks recruit mainly graduates at the entry level on the basis of All India Level examination. However professionals like engineers, doctors, technologists, lawyers, ex-defence officers etc are recruited on senior positions through All India tests.

Private sector/Foreign Banks prefer to take MBA’s, CA’s etc at junior positions through Campus recruitment and interviews. However, at the senior positions they opt for experienced bankers. Thus the officers from Public sector Banks become the natural choice for such positions. Thus job-hopping has become a well-accepted norm in the Industry.

Therefore joining a Public sector Bank as Probationary Officer (Direct Officer) on the basis All India exam has become a stepping stone for the career growth in the Banking Industry.

Selection procedure for RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is the topmost financial institution in India which makes all the policies and regulations for the other banks. It conducts tests for three types of entry level positions:

• Clerical grade
• Grade I officers
• Grade II officers

The entry point for clerical staff is in the cash department as examiners of coins and notes. They are promoted to the next grade when they successfully clear the relevant examinations after 5-10 years of service.

There is an All India Exam conducted for class I posts. Graduates, Post Graduates, CA’s, MBA’s in the 21-26 years of age group are eligible.

The candidates are tested in

• Logical Reasoning,
• Mental Ability,
• Numerical Aptitude
•  General English

The examination is in parts.

Paper I is a written test comprising of General Mental Ability (Objective type).

Paper II is a subjective one which has English Essays/Comprehension/Precise writing etc.

Paper III is on Economics and Social problems.

Selected candidates are shortlisted for an interview which forms the basis for the final selection.

Selection procedure for other nationalized banks

 Anyone in the age group of 18-26 years having a degree is eligible for appearing in the written test. The format of the test is similar to the RBI examination. Test is followed by an interview. Clerical staff gets recruited through regional boards. The eligibility and test format are the same as for PO examination.

Selection procedure for nationalized

commercial banks

Commercial banks regularly advertise through their Banking Service Recruitment Board (BSRB) to recruit Probationary Officers (‘PO’). Each region has its own BSRB which carries out the recruitment. Eligibility is a graduate in any discipline with an upper age limit of 28 years.

Information about the examination

The office grade examination has 2 parts – objective and subjective.

Written Test

 The test of reasoning judges the analytical and problem solving skills of the candidate. The English language test focuses on the grammar, synonyms, antonyms, vocabulary etc. General awareness tests the understanding of environmental and social issues, people and events etc.

The quantitative aptitude test measures the numerical ability and accuracy in mathematical calculations. The questions range from purely numeric calculations to problems of arithmetic reasoning, graph and table reading, percentage analysis, categorization and quantitative analysis.

The subjective part of the paper typically involves imagining oneself in a situation such as observer in a public meeting. One has to then comprehend the situation, provide unique observations and analysis.

Interviews

Selection in the interview is based on the knowledge of the subject of study, personality and awareness. Candidate’s communication skills and leadership qualities are judged during the interview. Typically 30% of the candidates get selected after the interview.

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]]> http://www.careercola.com/careers-in-industry/careers-in-banking/career-in-banking-sector/feed 0 http://www.careercola.com/careers-in-industry/career-in-information-technology/cognizant-is-no-3-it-company http://www.careercola.com/careers-in-industry/career-in-information-technology/cognizant-is-no-3-it-company#comments Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:11:33 +0000 roop http://www.careercola.com/?p=336 Cognizant is No. 3 IT Company. Cognizant’s net profit jumped 20.83% to $208.04 million in the April-June 2011 quarter, up from $172.17 million in the year-ago period.

Cognizant said to the press on Tuesday that its revenue rose 34.4% to $1.49 billion in the quarter ended June, and in the process displaced Wipro Technologies as India’s No. 3 IT firm in terms of revenue. Wipro reported revenue of $1.41 billion in the quarter.

Cognizant said it is expecting revenue of $1.57 billion in the September quarter. Wipro’s guidance for the quarter lies in the range of $1.39-1 .42 billion. Cognizant has also narrowed the revenue gap with Infosys to less than $200 million. Infosys earned $1.671 billion in June quarter, and its guidance is $1.73 billion for September quarter.

The NASDAQ-listed firm, which has more than 70% of its software developers in India, has also been destructive on the recruitment front. In the June quarter, Cognizant net added 7,200 professionals as against Wipro’s 2,894 and Infosys’ 3,041. Only TCS recruited more, with a net addition of 11,700 people in the quarter.

Cognizant ended the quarter with over 1, 18,300 employees globally. The company added 76 new clients and closed the quarter with 721 active clients.

Geographic composition of revenues shows Cognizant earned 77.8% from North America, 18.6% from Europe and 3.6% from Asia Pacific, West Asia and Latin America.

Analysts had expected profit earnings of 66 cents a share, on revenue of $1.46 billion. The company reported profit earnings of 67 cents a share on revenues of $1.49 billion.

President and CEO Francisco D’Souza said to press reporters that “We believe that our ability to attract the world’s best talent and our unique global delivery model infused with deep consulting and domain expertise are among the reasons why we see continued demand for our services that deliver both top line and bottom-line value to our clients, and continued industry-leading growth for Cognizant”.

The company forecast a strong third quarter (July-September) at a time when rival Indian IT services exporters have warned of slowing technology spending. Infosys reported quarterly profit that missed expectations and warned it could face slow client spending. TCS flagged concerns about economic uncertainty, and Wipro said the uncertain economic environment had resulted in volatility in business, but it was not seeing delays in the IT spending decision-making process by customers.

Cognizant has projected third-quarter earnings of at least 76 cents a share, on revenue of at least $1.57 billion. Cognizant has also revised the guidance upwards to at least 32% for the full calendar year 2011 (from at least 29% announced last quarter and at least 26% at the start of the year).

President and CEO Francisco D’Souza said to press reporters that “We continue to see stronger than anticipated demand for our increasing range of services across the industries we serve. Over this past year, we have seen clients seeking our services not just to drive operational efficiencies, but also to transform their businesses to adapt to next generation technologies and to a new generation of ‘born digital’ workers and consumers.

CareerCola is conducting a poll on which is the best IT company in India work work for. Take some time and poll your vote to decide the best IT services company in India.

If you have some suggestions regarding the names of the best IT services companies that we are missing – write in comments below.

Computers are powerful but it doesn’t mean that the computer industry generates fulfilling, highly paid, and secure long-term careers for the employees. If you hear about a plastic surgeon getting rich it isn’t exciting because getting an MD and completing a residency is a long and arduous process. The problem with this analysis is survivorship bias. You look at the wealth of all the middle managers and C coders at Microsoft without reflecting on the thousands of other software companies that were started in the same year and that are dead now. Virtually 100 percent of plastic surgeons are rich whereas the average fate of a software company employee is unappealing indeed.

If you just love working with computers then probably you’ll be happy in the software industry because you’ll be getting paid for doing what you love. The software industry does not have a good reputation with ustomers.The small vendors go out of business and the big vendors charge different prices.    A further problem with working for software companies that the innovative ones tend to be fairly young organizationally. Thus they don’t have a lot of good metrics in place for evaluating employee performance. Promotions may be random or based on who is sucking up to the senior executives rather than on achievement.

Moreover, the number of software engineers being produced in these western countries are not enough so companies have to eventually transfer their work to India. Most Indian software professionals are ardworking and are able to devote more time to work than their western counterparts. Job placements in most engineering colleges is very good with many companies like Wipro, Infosys, Satyam and several multinationals competing to hire good students. Even the starting salaries which are offered to Indian software professionals are usually much more than the highest salary a regular government employee has ever received in his 30 years career.

But the fact which many are missing is that software industry (like other industries) is also about supply and demand, the demand of engineers being high as of now and jobs are everywhere. These days almost every student in India after completing his 10th class board exam starts to prepare for engineering entrance exams so that he/she can eventually become a software engineer. Every year hundreds of new engineering colleges are opening up all over India and there are over 5 lakh engineers graduating every year and the number will continue to increase. Even people from Civil and Mechanical engineering are entering software. There are additionally lakhs of MCA, BSC Computer Science and others from NIIT/Aptech etc comming out but all are at good jobs.

Due to our high population, there is competition in almost every field in India. With more and more educated people in India, there will be even more engineers in the future, and software competition will be on a rise. ” Software Industry situation is just like when the stock market goes up, everyone thinks this is the best way to make money, but when it comes down everyone loses.”

Why People choose their career in this field?
People working in BPO  feels as if they are working in any software company or in any big industries because they get everything what an software company employee gets. For joining BPO no higher qualification is required,minimum H.S.C is eligible. Jobs in the BPO sector attract youngsters as most BPO companies provide transport facilities. Most of the people are fascinated towards the attractive lifestyle and flexibility of time that they offer. Due to these advantages, numerous people strongly wish to develop their career in the BPO sector.The people in this field are getting very good pay as compared to the other industries without any high qualification required. So people are choosing this job with no tension of roaming across the other industries for the interviews and no hope of getting the job and after getting the job also if the market is down then again the person has to sit on the bench. In order to come out of all this process the people are choosing this job and getting settled themselves in this career. They are not thinking how to gain knowledge, just thinking of how to gain money,because money has became everything. Without money nothing can be done.

BPO has two processs- Voice Process and Nonvoice Process

voice process
voice process is the process where the customer queries are solved through phone i.e.,voice

Nonvoice Process

Nonvoice Process is the process where the customer queries are solved manually.

Some BPO has again different process-
1)Inbound Process-in which the customer makes a call and we have to answer them.
2)Outbound Process-in which we should make a call to the customer and solve their queries or explain them about our poduct
3)Blendid Process-in which both inbound and outbound process is going on simultaneously.

What are the Services of BPO?
BPO offers different kinds of services including customer support services, telemarketing services,technical support services, employee IT help-desk services, insurance services, data entry services, data conversion services, scanning OCR with editing & indexing services, online research and form processing services.

Some of the services are explained below:
Technical support services
Provide floor technical support in a Windows 2000 Workstation, Windows XP, Vista and Server 2002\2003 environment – Provide business support / technical assistance to all Moody?s associates in the use of Microsoft Office, Microsoft – Exchange, Lotus Notes and various proprietary applications – Plan & participate in implementation, migration, and maintenance in the PC/LAN environment – Configure, install, troubleshoot and repair PC?s – Coordinate support with
other support levels and vendors – Recognize problem areas and develop pro-active solutions – Assist other members of technical staff with support issues when requested – Provide timely follow-up to users and management on all support
issues. Assist with weekly internal PC moves. Hardware Blackberry support.

Customer support services
depends on the company product or service offering – customer service job can be inbound call answering customer inquiries on account information, billing information, ordering new service or products, or outbound calls (telemarketing) using scripts It is the process of targeting, acquiring and convincing customers to buy your and product and services.

Why are BPO jobs moving to India?

India scores in areas of technical expertise, quality, flexibility, cost control, competitive advantage and also its quality English speaking workforce. There is, perhaps, no other field that has made such rapid inroads in such a short span of time.

What is the future of BPO in India?

By the end of 2008, this industry is expected to employ over 1.1 million Indians. According to a study conducted by NASSCOM and a leading business intelligence company, Mckinsey & Co, the ITES-BPO industry is growing at over 50 percent per annum in terms of job creation.

There are companies that are making million-dollar investments, setting up offices in India to serve their global customers. According to Mckinsey, by 2008-09, revenue from the BPO industry may go up to 17 -24 billion and a workforce of 1.5 to 2 million will be employed by the industry. It is certainly here to stay for a long time, so youngsters should have no doubts about its stability.

Conclusion:-

The philosophy behind BPO is specific. “DO what you do best and leave everything else to business process outsourcers”. BPO saves precious management time and resources and allows focus while building upon core competencies. Using business process outsourcing helps financial services firms to refocus on their core competencies. This, in turn, provides managements with an environment where among others, cost reduction and improvement in service quality can happen simultaneously.

Here are some of the positions or roles available in the banks. Whether you are keen on making a career in banking or not – knowing this will be useful as we all interact with banks some or other time.

Bank Tellers: The Bank Tellers do all the monetary transactions at the front office. They are the one we see behind the cash counters when we line up to withdraw or deposit cash. Be it depositing the money or withdrawing the money – you deal with the Bank Tellers at the counter. The job of the Bank Teller is to focus on the minute details as in verifying the name, date and identity of the customers who are at the receiving end.

Book Keeping And Auditing Clerks: The job of the Auditing Clerk is to record and classify financial data. They normally work in the back office and do not interact with customers. They keep on calculating and keeping track of the financial records.

Financial Service Representative: The Jobs in Bank Industry of the Financial Service Representative is to promote different products and services offered by the banks. They are also responsible for opening and closing accounts and keeping a record of all the financial transactions. The Financial Representative sometimes cross sell other related products like insurance or a trading account.

Bank Branch Managers: The Bank Branch Manager’s job is to oversee the complete operation of a Bank Branch. They are responsible for end to end activities of the branch and are normally accountable for the profit / loss from the branch.

Financial Managers: Financial Managers formulate financial policies and also help in its implementation. They make business forecasts. Their main job is to manage the different branches of the bank. Financial Manager formulate strategies so as to minimize losses in the insurance sector of banks. The financial Manager prepares financial reports that reflect the financial health of the bank. along with this the Financial managers also monitor the flow of cash. The financial managers sometimes work as controller, treasurer, credit managers, treasurer, cash mangers, and insurance or risk managers.

Loan Officers or Credit Managers: The Loan Officer checks the eligibility of all the individuals seeking loans from the Bank. He checks their credit worthiness, i.e. their probability of loan repayment. After making a thorough evaluation of the loan application from the clients, Loan Officer does the loan officer recommends or approves them. Loans may be commercial real estate or credit loans.

Bill and Account Collectors: The Jobs in Bank Industry of the Bill and Account Collector is to collect the money overdue from the debtors.

In many countries like India a job in Bank is considered very esteemed and many aspirants apply for jobs with banks. Some of the reasons of Banking jobs being popular are – they never go out of demand, layoffs are usually low, and banks offer credit to employees at better rates.

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If you were to survey store managers, merchandisers, buyers, or other high-level retail executives, virtually all of them would say that their first retail jobs were in customer service or in retail sales. They may have started part-time when they were students, took seasonal mall jobs during the holiday season, or started full-time after taking classes in merchandising or in management. For almost every retail professional, though, what began as a retail job turned into a retail career.

How did they work their way up the ladder of retail work? First, they built a foundation based on customer service and sales. This is partly because, when it comes down to it, every successful retail operation is built upon customer satisfaction. A retailer that offers great prices and good merchandise may do well initially, but if the retailer doesn’t take care of customers, the operation is no more than a flash in the pan. Therefore, a proven commitment and passion for exceptional customer service is necessary before advancement is possible.

But the act of keeping customers happy is only one component of enjoying career advancement through retail opportunities. Equally important are the skills you acquire while developing your talent for customer service. After all, customer satisfaction requires a high degree of efficiency (for example, quickly ringing up sales), the ability to troubleshoot (determining what the problem or challenge is and how to fix it), strong interpersonal skills (remaining calm when a customer is upset), and great communication (both in listening and speaking).

Customer service or sales jobs in retail quickly separate those with star potential from those who simply take store jobs out of convenience. Store managers understand that those who have stellar customer service skills directly contribute to the profitability of the enterprise. After all, you are instrumental in establishing and maintaining customer relationships, which result in repeat customers and increased sales. Because retailers almost always promote from within the company, you are well positioned to move up in the company.

As you gain experience in customer service or sales, you are likely to discover other positions that appeal to you. Perhaps you would like to explore retail merchandising, and assume responsibility for merchandise displays, signage, and everything else the customer sees when he or she enters the store. Merchandising is an exciting job that engages your creativity, your understanding of human nature, and your knowledge of the products your store carries.

Another retail career path is in management. Perhaps you like the idea of being in charge of every aspect of your department, hiring and managing employees, and bringing your personal touch to the customer experience. Once you have demonstrated that you have an aptitude for management, you can rapidly advance up the management ranks, moving on to store manager, regional manager, or even district manager.

Retail career advancement can take many different forms. Taking advantage of in-house promotion opportunities is key, but you can help increase the speed with which you move up the ladder by volunteering for company trainings, attending management training programs at community colleges, developing relevant technology-related skills, and taking classes in specialty areas like merchandising.

Wherever your retail career path leads, keep in mind that entry-level retail jobs give you the chance to develop a variety of skills that will serve you well.

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Want to know if you really a cut for career in Insurance Industry? Answer these questions:

• Do you have an interest in understanding the risks (life and non life) and methods to cover risk?
• Do you understand or want to understand what is Insurance and Actuarial Science?
• Do you have the diligence to continuously improve yourself in one particular field even if you believe you are one of the best at what you do?
• Do you believe in products you handle (whether you sell them or process them) and will vouch for your products all times.
• Do you have the heart to help your clientele reap the most out of a risk coverage?

If your answers to two or more of these questions are yes, then maybe you should try looking into the building a career in Insurance Industry.

Insurance may be described as a social device to reduce or eliminate risk of life and property. Under the plan of insurance, a large number of people associate themselves by sharing risk, attached to individual. Insurance Career is the employment option that lately came to India’s innovative career seekers. When liberalization policies opened up ground to Indian private sector Insurance companies and FDI capital, the growth thirsty sector started to boom. India’s general public was also in a hurry to receive the service oriented insurance business. The Insurance sector not only provide protective shield to the lives and assets of the nation but generate thousands of jobs and career opportunities for India (insurance is second larges new age industry after BPO).

Insurance companies are in business of covering the risk. The risk, which can be insured against include fire, the peril of sea, death, incident, & burglary. Any risk contingent upon these may be insured against at a premium commensurate with the risk involved.

In a bookish definition – “Insurance is actually a contract between two parties whereby one party called insurer undertakes in exchange for a fixed sum called premium to pay the other party happening of a certain event”. The process of evaluating risk and asking a premium is known as underwriting. In simple words – Insurance is a contract whereby, in return for the payment of premium by the insured, the insurers pay the financial losses suffered by the insured as a result of the occurrence of unforeseen events. With the help of Insurance, large number of people exposed to a similar risk make contributions to a common fund out of which the losses suffered by the unfortunate few, due to accidental events, are made good.

Positions in Insurance Industry
Insurance industry requires people with diverse background such as marketing, sales, distribution, underwriting, operations, claims processing, investment experts, medical experts, agents, actuaries, risk managers and surveyors. Here some of the key positions are explained:

Insurance Advisor / Agent: The old saying – people do not buy insurance – it is sold to them. The advisor or agent is like last mile connectivity between Insurance Company and customer. A very vital link – the advisor helps them select an insurance policy and also aids in the ensuing paperwork and documentation. The advisor’s job is a hardcore sales job (mostly commission based) and is not a one time sale. Advisor has to maintain relationship with customer over a long period. To be successful at this job you need to have very high degree of persuasive skills. You do not need very high qualifications bu may need to pass IRDA exam to become an advisor. Advisors earn up to 10-15000 Rs. if they sell about five policies – and of course there is no limit for people with fire in their belly.

In most companies advisors and commission agents, there are chances for advisors to become Unit Managers in due course with few companies.

Unit Manager: Unit Manager recruits advisors and motivates them to do more business. They prove a vital link between insurance agents and company. The Unit Managers are usually recruited from non insurance sales background and they earn between 2 to 4 lacs per annum.

Branch Manager: The key role of Branch Manager to help achieve branch targets through his team of Sales managers, Unit Managers etc. They develop the sales network, chalk out the sales & marketing strategies for the Branch and help recruiting & inducting new Unit Managers. They sometimes joint sales call with their team. Branch managers in mid size cities earn somewhere between 3.5 to 8 lacs.

Insurance Underwriters: Underwriters are the one who decide if insurance is provided and under what terms. They are needed to identify and calculate the risk of loss from policyholders, establish who receives a policy, determine the appropriate premium, and write policies that cover this risk.

Actuaries: These are the guys who crunch the numbers (well they use mathematical theories, probability, historical data, compound interest, statistics and financial techniques) to decide on what premium is fixed for one category of customers. While underwriters decide on case by case basis (by using guidelines provided by Actuaries) Actuaries are the one who create insurance premium tables. If you like numbers – maths, statistics you can be a cut for this jobs but you need to be a member of Actuarial Society of India (which you become only after clearing some eighteen papers – mostly maths and stats related). This may soud tough but rewards a galore – they earn somewhere between Rs. 8 to 20 lacs per annum.

Useful References:

Regulatory & certification Bodies

Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA): http://www.irdaindia.org / http://www.irda.gov.in

List of Agent Training institutes:

http://www.irdaindia.org/ati/total_ati_list.zip

Actuarial Society of India: http://www.actuariesindia.org

Website of few Life & General Insurance companies in India

Life Insurance Corporation of India: www.licindia.com

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company: www.iciciprulife.com

ICICI General Insurance Company: www.icicilombard.com

Reliance Life Insurance:

www.reliancecapital.co.in/rcamportal/rcam/aboutus/reliance_life.html

Reliance General Insurance: www.reliancegeneral.co.in

Max NewYork Life Insurance Company: www.maxnewyorklife.com

State Bank of India Life Insurance Company: www.sbilife.co.in

Aviva Life Insurance Company: www.avivaindia.com

• Do you have an interest in the daily activities of the stock market?

• Do you understand or want to understand what makes the stocks of a company rise and fall?

• Do you have the diligence to continuously improve yourself in one particular field even if you believe you are one of the best at what you do?

• Do you have the heart to help your clientele reap the most out of a transaction?

If your answers to these questions are yes, then maybe you should try looking into the building a career in stock broking.

As a stockbroker, you would give advice to your clients according to your expertise and tell them how they can gain the most out of each stock they purchase. It is your analytical skills and your knowledge in the stock market that would determine if they made the right investment or not. Your credentials are banked on the accuracy of the predictions that you make. It would be in the best interest of your customer if your focus is not on the commission you gain from each of his transactions, but how much he gains regardless of how much you might loose. Your career will greatly rely on the integrity you maintain and the trust you gain from your customers, because their decisions are based on the information and the advice you give.

Openings in Stock Broking firms

Working for a brokerage firm, you have choice of various careers.

If you like identifying new clients, interacting with them and advising – you can become a Relationship Officer / Relationship Manager. As you gain more expertise about market, client acquisition and advisory you can lead a team of Relationship Managers as a Senior Relationship Manager. If you like to play with market’s bulls and bears – then you can start the career as a Dealer who trade on behalf of clients, which eventually leads you to position of Senior Dealer (a mix of advisory and trading profile). There are host of other positions to make your career like Analyst (Technical OR Fundamental), Back Office Executive, Depository Incharge, Demat, Franchisee Relationship Manager, Compliance Manager, Stock Broking Audit etc.

Useful References:

Important website about Stock Broking in India:

Stock Exchange Board of India
http://www.sebi.gov.in/

National Stock Exchange (NSE)
http://www.nseindia.com/

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
http://www.bseindia.com/

Investor Advisory Site
http://www.moneycontrol.com/

Useful Documents:

NSE’s document on Financial Markets NCFM tests are a useful source to learn:

http://www.nseindia.com/

Link to SEBI Secondary Markets FAQs

http://www.sebi.gov.in/faq/smdfaq.html