Ajay Shah studied at IIT, Bombay and USC, Los Angeles. He has held positions at the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (Bombay), Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (Bombay) and the Ministry of Finance. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in India. His research interests include policy issues on Indian economic growth, open economy macroeconomics, public finance, financial economics and pensions. In the past decade, he was extensively involved in the policy process in the reforms of the equity market and the New Pension System. His work can be accessed on the web at http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah Susan Thomas is faculty at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research in Bombay. Her research has been in financial econometrics, specifically on models of the volatility of financial prices, and aspects of market microstructure in Indian financial markets. She has also worked on models for the Indian zero coupon yield curve, govt. bond index construction and probability of default for Indian firms. Her work can be accessed on the web at http://www.igidr.ac.in/~susant. Michael Gorham is Industry Professor and Director of the IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets at the Stuart School of Business in the Illinois Institute of Technology. He serves on the board of directors for two exchanges — the CBOE Futures Exchange and the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange of India. He also serves on the Business Conduct Committees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the National Futures Association and the editorial boards of the GARP Risk Review and of Futures Industry magazine.

"...tells you the how and why of investing in India and provides essential information on the markets, institutions and instruments that are integral to Indian financial services.... an invaluable guide for practitioners and students alike." --Richard G. DuFour, Executive Vice President, Chicago Board Options Exchange

• 1. The Economy 2. The Firms 3. Private Equity and the IPO Market 4. The Public Equity Market 5. Government Bonds 6. Corporate Bonds 7. Commodity Futures Markets 8. Real Estate9. The Rupee10. Financial Firms11. Policy Issues12. What Can Global Financial Firms Do with India?Appendix A. SourcesAppendix B. AbbreviationsAppendix C. Interpreting Those Strange Indian

Ajay Shah studied at IIT, Bombay and USC, Los Angeles. He has held positions at the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (Bombay), Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (Bombay) and the Ministry of Finance. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in India. His research interests include policy issues on Indian economic growth, open economy macroeconomics, public finance, financial economics and pensions. In the past decade, he was extensively involved in the policy process in the reforms of the equity market and the New Pension System. His work can be accessed on the web at http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah Susan Thomas is faculty at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research in Bombay. Her research has been in financial econometrics, specifically on models of the volatility of financial prices, and aspects of market microstructure in Indian financial markets. She has also worked on models for the Indian zero coupon yield curve, govt. bond index construction and probability of default for Indian firms. Her work can be accessed on the web at http://www.igidr.ac.in/~susant. Michael Gorham is Industry Professor and Director of the IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets at the Stuart School of Business in the Illinois Institute of Technology. He serves on the board of directors for two exchanges — the CBOE Futures Exchange and the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange of India. He also serves on the Business Conduct Committees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the National Futures Association and the editorial boards of the GARP Risk Review and of Futures Industry magazine.

"...tells you the how and why of investing in India and provides essential information on the markets, institutions and instruments that are integral to Indian financial services.... an invaluable guide for practitioners and students alike." --Richard G. DuFour, Executive Vice President, Chicago Board Options Exchange

• 1. The Economy 2. The Firms 3. Private Equity and the IPO Market 4. The Public Equity Market 5. Government Bonds 6. Corporate Bonds 7. Commodity Futures Markets 8. Real Estate9. The Rupee10. Financial Firms11. Policy Issues12. What Can Global Financial Firms Do with India?Appendix A. SourcesAppendix B. AbbreviationsAppendix C. Interpreting Those Strange Indian

Ajay Shah studied at IIT, Bombay and USC, Los Angeles. He has held positions at the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (Bombay), Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research (Bombay) and the Ministry of Finance. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in India. His research interests include policy issues on Indian economic growth, open economy macroeconomics, public finance, financial economics and pensions. In the past decade, he was extensively involved in the policy process in the reforms of the equity market and the New Pension System. His work can be accessed on the web at http://www.mayin.org/ajayshah Susan Thomas is faculty at the Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research in Bombay. Her research has been in financial econometrics, specifically on models of the volatility of financial prices, and aspects of market microstructure in Indian financial markets. She has also worked on models for the Indian zero coupon yield curve, govt. bond index construction and probability of default for Indian firms. Her work can be accessed on the web at http://www.igidr.ac.in/~susant. Michael Gorham is Industry Professor and Director of the IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets at the Stuart School of Business in the Illinois Institute of Technology. He serves on the board of directors for two exchanges — the CBOE Futures Exchange and the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange of India. He also serves on the Business Conduct Committees of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the National Futures Association and the editorial boards of the GARP Risk Review and of Futures Industry magazine.

"...tells you the how and why of investing in India and provides essential information on the markets, institutions and instruments that are integral to Indian financial services.... an invaluable guide for practitioners and students alike." --Richard G. DuFour, Executive Vice President, Chicago Board Options Exchange

• 1. The Economy 2. The Firms 3. Private Equity and the IPO Market 4. The Public Equity Market 5. Government Bonds 6. Corporate Bonds 7. Commodity Futures Markets 8. Real Estate9. The Rupee10. Financial Firms11. Policy Issues12. What Can Global Financial Firms Do with India?Appendix A. SourcesAppendix B. AbbreviationsAppendix C. Interpreting Those Strange Indian