About NISM


National Institute of Securities Market (NISM) and Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on December 30, 2019, to conduct collaborative activities in the area of Financial Market Regulations, Securities Laws, Investment Laws, Corporate Governance, Cyber Crime, Forensics, and related areas. In the academic year, 2020-21 NISM and MNLU will launch a one year LLM program in the securities market.

The National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM), established by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) the market regulator, registered as a Trust and Society under the provision of Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 and Societies Registration Act, 1860 respectively. One of the main objectives of NISM is to enhance capacity building and improve the quality of participation in the securities markets through education, certification, research, and training initiatives.

The Maharashtra National Law University established under “The Maharashtra National Law University Act, 2014” passed by Maharashtra Legislature under the Maharashtra Act No VI of 2014. One of the main objectives of MNLU is to ‘bring legal education on par with other professional courses’.
  • Introduction of NISM & MNLU, Mumbai
  • Courses Information
  • Admission Process
  • Placement Details
  • Student Life @ NISM , Syllabus , Placement
  • How NISM prepares legal professionals for the financial markets
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    Mr. Rajesh Kumar
    Programme Director, LLM, NISM
    Dr. Rajesh Kumar is a skilled and qualified teacher of law with more than fifteen years of teaching experience at Different Universities and Colleges. After completing his LL.B., LL.M and Ph.D. (Securities law) from Faculty of Law, University of Delhi and Qualifying his U.G.C Net Examination in December 2003, he remained actively engaged in teaching corporate and investment laws at various law colleges and universities starting from IMS Unison Law School, Dehradun and ICFAI Law School, Dehradun, VIPS (affiliated with G.G.S.I.P .University, Delhi) , Amity Law School, Delhi (affiliated with G.G.S.I.P .University, Delhi) and National Law University, Ranchi. Before Joining this institute, he worked as Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) and Assistant Dean of NLU, Ranchi.