School of Management, RK University Main Campus Organized an expert session for the students of MBA on 6th September 2024. The topic of this session was Depositories operations : A perspective of Indian equities. Almost 150 students were part of this session. The expert of this session was Mr. Himanshu Khatri - Manager, CDSL - Gujarat region. He began by first introducing the only two registered depositories of India – NSDL (National Securities Depository Limited) and CDSL (Central Depository Services Ltd.). He gave an overview of a depository functions like, a depository allows traders and investors to hold securities in dematerialized form; thus, eliminating the risk related to holding physical financial securities etc. He explained how depositories play an important role in maintaining the financial assets of people and how they enable a smooth transfer of stocks and securities form people to people. Afterwards he asked students how much in a month on an average they save and whether they invest this money or not. If they do invest which kind of financial products they prefer and why. He gave a brief overview of different financial instruments like Stocks, SIP, Fixed Deposits etc. Overall, the students enjoyed the session thoroughly and were thankful to Mr. Himanshu and faculties for the same.