Indian Capital Market and Equity Culture in Maharashtra

About The Book

The capital markets in India have grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades. The Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has afforded support and infrastructure to encourage their growth and for this market there is no sky. Today, investors are comfortable trading stocks online due to the availability of large troves of relevant information. SEBI’s focus on the protection of the interests of retail investors has also added comfort, and investors today realize they are in safe hands.

Capital market is one of the most important segments of the Indian financial system. It is the market available to the companies for meeting their requirements of the long term funds. Capital market is the market for buying and selling equity and debt instruments. Capital markets channel savings and investment between suppliers of capital such as retail investors and institutional investors and users of capital like government, businesses and individuals. Indian Securities market / equity market deals in equities and debentures of the corporate. The market consists of primary and secondary market. Primary market deals with new securities which are not previously available and are offered to the investing public for the first time. Secondary market or stock market is the market for buying and selling securities of the existing companies.

This book in 10 various chapters covers various aspects of capital markets and deals with contemporary topics like Indian Capital markets, Savings and Investments, Economic development, Investors perception towards investing in capital market, Analysis of pattern of investment and factors that influences the investors towards investment in the capital market.

About The Author

Dr. Roopali Prashant Kudare is working as a Director is in Institute of Science Poona’s, Institute of Business Management and Research Wakad, Pune. An hard core teacher of MBA has a flair for research and teaching. Her career started working as a Manager (Operations) in the Insurance Company. Later on she started her career in teaching as Associate Professor. Her keen interest in research has resulted in more than 15 national and international research papers. Her Ph.D topic was selected keenly keeping in view with the interest of the people investing in equity market. Her topic of research was ‘A Study of Spread of Equity Culture in Maharashtra: With Special Reference to Indian Capital Market’

Her area of interests tells a lot about her dynamic personality and her desire to work in these areas. She has close to twelve years of experience in academics and seven years in industry. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and M.B.A with dual specialization in Finance and Marketing from Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

Her research interests are focused on Capital market and General Management.