IEPFA-NCAER Partnership

The Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA), Ministry of Corporate Affairs, GoI and NCAER, under an  MoU in March 2020 established the IEPF Chair Unit at NCAER  to promote investor education and protection through impactful events, seminars, workshops, conferences, and research. Traversing through the COVID-19 pandemic, the unit transitioned majorly from virtual events to in-person activities under the leadership of the present Chair. The key initiatives include organizing workshops, seminars, conferences, collaborating with financial and educational institutions, publishing research articles, working papers and op-eds, while engaging in targeted investor awareness campaigns with specialized outreach programs for  youth, women, and rural children. It also updated IEPFA’s Knowledge Product: the IEC material.

The areas of intervention of this IEPFA-NCAER partnership include  Investor Education and Protection, financial literacy, inclusivity, and cybersecurity, fraud prevention etc. The IEPF Chair’s  engagements also included guest lectures, panel discussions, and media talks on areas like financial  literacy and education.

As the current year concludes, building on the grand success of the partnership,  the unit  prepares for its work program to be launched under the proposed extended partnership for  next five years, 2025-30, aiming to broaden the  outreach and further strengthen collaborations to advance investor education, financial inclusion, and investor protection.