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Institute of Company Secretaries of India operates as a recognized professional body in India to develop and regulate the profession of Company Secretaries in India.

Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. (MOSL) is a diversified brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai with an extensive network of branch offices throughout India. The firm is a subsidiary of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. (NSE: MOTILALOFS). MOSL provides research-based brokerage services that covers equity and derivatives. Their clients are international institutions from the US the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as corporations, high-net worth individuals and retail investors.

Nomura Securities International, Inc. (NSI) is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City and was founded in 1969. The firm is a division of Nomura Holding America, Inc. and their ultimate parent is Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMR, TYO: 8604, AMS: 8604). NSI provides securities brokerage services, as well as asset management, domestic retail, global markets, global investment banking and global merchant banking services. The firm's fixed-income business consists of bond sales and trading, origination and product supply for securitization deals and real estate-focused asset finance operations (in cooperation with Investment Banking). In the equity markets, NSI offers sales and trading of domestic and foreign stocks on a global basis, primarily for institutional investors.

Alteria Capital Advisors LLP (Alteria Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Vinod Murali and Ajay Hattangdi. The firm is headquartered in Mumbai,India.

Filter Capital India Advisors LLP (Filter Capital) is a private equity founded in 2018 by Nitin Lalit Nayar and Sumit Sinha. The firm is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Future Generali India Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (Future Generali) is an independent life insurance firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between Future Group and Italy-based global insurance and financial firm Generali Group. Future Generali offers general and life insurance products.

Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd. (Broker) (Emkay-Broker) is the securities brokerage division of Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd. (NSE: EMKAY), a publicly held financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, India. Founded in 1995, Emkay-Broker offers commodities, currency derivatives and retail broking services to various investors.

SBICAP Securities Ltd. (SSL) is the wholly-owned brokerage subsidiary of SBI Capital Markets Ltd., itself a subsidiary of the Indian Government's State Bank of India (BOM: 500112, NSE: SBIN). The firm was created in 2006 to take over the broking operations of SBI Capital Markets Ltd., which was founded in 2001. Headquartered in Mumbai, SSL provides broking services to a range of investors including financial institutions, FIIs, mutual funds, banks, corporates, high-net worth individual, non-residential investors and retail Indian investors. Its broking product range covers Institutional and Retail Equity, Derivatives, Depository Participant services, On-Line trading and a wide variety of Third Party Distribution products.

Kotak Securities Ltd. (KSL) is an equity brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 1994 and is a subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (NSE: KOTAKBANK). KSL offers a full-service stock broking service to retail and institutional investors across all segments of the capital market. Through a tie-up with partner brokers, they also provide direct access to the US markets.

JM Financial Services Ltd. offers comprehensive investment management solutions to institutions, banks, corporates, high-networth individuals and retail clients. The firm provides a wide spectrum of products and services ranging from equity trading to wealth management services as well as portfolio management services to distribution of investment products like mutual funds, public offerings and fixed income products. The company was founded on June 19, 1998 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

HDFC Securities Ltd. is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a subsidiary of HDFC Bank Ltd. (NSE: HDFCBANK). HDFC provides brokerage services across different asset classes such as equity, gold, debt, real estate, stocks, derivatives, mutual funds, fixed deposits, NCDs, insurance, bonds and currency derivatives.

Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc. (Diamond Hill) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded in 2000 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: DHIL). Diamond Hill provides investment management services to individual and institutional investors through mutual funds and separate accounts. The firm also offers investment advisory services to the clients of wrap sponsors.

Destimoney Securities Pvt Ltd. provides financial services. It offers an online trading platform, a window to invest in equity, commodity, currency, IPO, and mutual funds. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Karvy Stock Broking Ltd. (KSBL) is an independent brokerage firm headquartered in Hyderabad, India. The firm offers stock broking services to corporate, institutions and individual investors. Their services include share trading, currency trading, demat services and investment in various financial products at competitive brokerage charges in each segment. KSBL offers a user-friendly online trading platform in the industry that provides the benefits of trading in equities, derivatives and currencies. It also facilitates investments in bonds, NCDs, exchange traded funds (ETF) and mutual funds.

Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. (Investment Management) (NAM India-IM) is the asset management division of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd., which is owned by Nippon Life Insurance Co. in Japan. Formerly known as Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd. and as Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd., the firm was founded in 1995 as the investment manager of Nippon India Mutual Fund. Headquartered in Mumbai, NAM India-IM manages mutual funds for private clients as well as pension funds, managed accounts and offshore funds. They are a socially responsible investor which aims to influence and mobilize stakeholders to integrate responsible business practices into their processes.

Abakkus Asset Manager LLP (Abakkus) is an independent, alpha focused asset management firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was founded by Sunil B. Singhania in 2018. Abakkus serves as an investment manager to the Abakkus Growth Fund and offers discretionary Portfolio Management Services (PMS) which caters to the niche investors who can be individuals or institutions with high-net-worth.

Baptista Research provides financial research reports that focus on the markets. The private company is based in Janakpuri, India. Baptista Research was founded in 2018 by Ishan Majumdar, who has been the CEO since 2018. The Indian company offers market insights that help individuals and businesses make better decisions.

Mecklai Financial Services Ltd. is an independent India-based brokerage firm which was founded by Jamal Abdulsultan Mecklai in 1986. Headquartered in Mumbai, the firm provides treasury and foreign exchange risk management consulting services and specializes in currency and debt markets. They provide markets advisory services in the areas of FX risk management, FX infopac, and currency futures broking; strategic risk advisory services, including derivative valuation and accounting, structured product designs and analysis, liability management, treasury operations reviews, asset liability management, and debt structuring and resource mobilizations; risk management consulting services in the areas, such as customized risk management policies, implementation support and management information system development, hedge programs, outsourcing treasury operations, and risk manager software solutions and buyers credit services.

InnoVen Capital India Pvt Ltd (InnoVen Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007. The firm is headquartered in Maharashtra, India.

Rulka Electricals Ltd. engages in the provision of electrical and firefighting solutions. It offers services relating to electrical solutions, electrical panels, solar engineering procurement construction (EPC) contracts, turnkey electrical warehousing projects, electric commercial industrial services, maintenance services, electrical contracting, and data and voice cabling installation across the industrial, commercial, retail, and theatre sectors. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Mittal & Associates is a private company based in Gundavli, India.

The World Bank (Research) (World Bank-Research) is the investment research division of The World Bank, an international financial institution headquartered in Washington, DC. It provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects. World Bank-Research provides research to developing nations to aid economic advancement.

Capgemini Technology Services India Ltd. provides information technology and business process outsourcing services. It provides customized and packaged application development, application maintenance outsourcing, business intelligence services and application re-engineering through offshore development centers. The company was founded on December 27, 1993 and is headquartered in Pune, India.

Tuscan Ventures Pvt Ltd (Tuscan Ventures) is the private equity investment headquartered in India invests in companies based in India and Singapore. It is founded by Shagun Gogia in 2007.