National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) Raigad has begun accepting applications for its Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Securities Markets) programme for the year 2026. Other NISM Raigad courses include LLM Investment and Securities Laws, LLM Investment and Securities Laws, and PGCSM.
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Candidates can apply in the online mode by Rs. 1000 as the application fees. Interested candidates should check the eligibility criteria before applying to the National Institute of Securities Markets. Read the article below to know more details.
Last Date to Apply/Register | March 23, 2026 (2359 Hrs) |
Announcement of Call for Online Personal Interviews | April 23, 2026 (2359 Hrs) |
Date of Online Personal Interviews | May 4 - May 13, 2026 |
Announcement of First Selection List | June 10, 2026 (1730 Hrs) |
Announcement of Second Selection List | June 20, 2026 (1730 Hrs) |
Announcement of Second Selection List | June 30, 2026 (1730 Hrs) |
Student Orientation and Document Verification | July 10, 2026 (1100 Hrs) |
Academic Session Begins | July 13, 2026 |
Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree of a minimum of three (3) years’ duration and have obtained at least 50% marks. Those who are likely to complete their Graduation or equivalent qualification on or before 13 July 2026 may also apply, subject to meeting the minimum eligibility criteria. If selected, these candidates will be offered provisional admission to the PGDM SM course.
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Step 1: Visit the official website: apply.nism.ac.in/pgdm.
Step 2: Candidates must register themselves.
Step 3: Verify your email, and proceed further.
Step 4: Fill out the Application Form online.
Step 5: Pay the application fee of Rs. 1000.
Step 6: Submit the application form.
Applicants for admission to the programme will be shortlisted based on their scores in any of the following entrance examinations.
| Educational Qualifications | Valid Common Entrance Test Score |
|---|---|
Candidate must satisfy the following criteria to apply for the programme: Bachelor’s Degree of minimum 3 years’ duration and obtained at least 50% marks. Note: Candidates who are likely to complete Graduation or equivalent before the 13th of July, 2026 may also apply, subject to meeting the minimum eligibility criteria. If selected, such candidates will be offered admission to the programme provisionally. At the time of registration for the programme, such candidates must produce X and XII and Graduation mark sheets (securing minimum marks i.e. 50%) along with school leaving certificate/ migration certificate, failing which the candidate’s admission offer may stand cancelled. | The candidates are required to qualify in any one of the four All-India Common Admission Tests, i.e. CAT 2025, XAT 2026, CMAT 2026, MAT 2025/2026. Who all will be called for the interview? Is there a cut-off score? How will XAT, CMAT and MAT scores be converted to CAT equivalent? CAT will be the benchmark for the screening of applicants. The scores secured by applicants in an approved competitive exam conducted in the most recent year will only be considered after converting the score into the equivalent of CAT. The conversion factor will be decided every year by the institute. Therefore, candidates seeking admission to the PGDM (SM) of NISM must have appeared for any one of the above-mentioned tests and submit the score secured in the test in his/her application. |
Online Personal Interview (PI)
(I) Shortlisted candidates from Stage-II will appear in Stage-III i.e Online Personal Interview.
(ii) All shortlisted candidates will be informed by Email or download their call letters to appear in the Online Personal Interview. All the required details like date, time and other guidelines will be mentioned in the call letter.
(iii) Eligible candidates will receive an Email for the Online Personal Interview process for PGDM-SM Admissions 2026-28 (Batch VIII).
(I) The offer of admission to the candidate will be made strictly based on merit/ rank list.
(ii) The Merit List will be generated based on the valid composite score of the Entrance score 2025, Online Personal Interview, Past Academics and Gender Diversity. The merit list for the admissions is prepared as per the weightage given below:
Component | Weightage |
|---|---|
Competitive Exam Score (CAT 2025, XAT 2025, CMAT 2025, MAT 2025/26) | 50 |
Personal Interview (PI) | 30 |
Past Academics (Xth / SSC) or Equivalent Examination | 5 |
Past Academics (XII / HSC) or Equivalent Examination | 5 |
Past Academics (Graduation) | 5 |
Profile (Academic Diversity and Gender Diversity) | 5 |
Total | 100 |
At the time of programme registration, candidates must produce the following documents. Failure to submit the documents below may result in cancellation of the admission offer.
X and XII mark sheets
Graduation mark sheets (securing a minimum of 50% marks)
School Leaving Certificate / Migration Certificate
The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Securities Markets) – PGDM (SM) fees is Rs. 10,63,800. NISM Raigad Fees are payable in four installments.
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Email: pgdm@nism.ac.in
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National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) was established in 2006 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Courses by NISM are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
National Institute of Securities Markets fee structure for PGDM SM is Rs 6,78,800 and for LLM is Rs. 4,88,000. NISM placements are conducted for its final-year postgraduate programme students. National Institute of Securities Markets highest salary package offered to a PGPISM student is Rs 14 LPA.
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