Brief and focussed research proposals of about 1000-1500 words may be e-mailed on research@nse.co.in. The proposal should present a well-posed issue, and a research strategy through which this issue will be addressed.

The proposal should clearly indicate the way it can (a) contribute to an understanding of some unanswered/debated issues in the literature, and/or (b) help market participants in designing appropriate strategies, policy, rules and regulations. It should be structured to include: (a) objective clearly stating the proposed contribution, (b) literature survey on the proposed topic, (c) methodology (d) description of empirical model, wherever applicable, (e) sources of data, and (f) list of references.