Organizer: National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM)
About the Course
- Certificate: Earn a Certificate upon successful completion
- Free Registration.
- Flexible Timeline: Learn in accordance with your schedule
- 100% Online: Start now and learn from anywhere
- Learning Hours: Approximately 10 hours to complete
- Learning Medium: English
Municipal Bonds
Municipal bonds are an innovative, yet underutilised, financing option for Indian municipalities and urban local bodies.
To help bridge this gap, a comprehensive eLearning course has been prepared aimed at empowering municipalities with the knowledge and practical skills to leverage municipal bonds as a powerful tool for financing development projects.
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Who should take this course
This course is designed primarily for:
- Municipal employees and urban local body staff involved in finance, infrastructure, or urban planning.
- State-level regulatory officials and finance department personnel who work with or oversee municipal finance.
- Policy makers and advisors engaged in urban development and funding strategies.
- Financial consultants and advisors supporting municipal or state projects.
Course Content
This course has following 9 modules:
- Introduction to Municipal Finance
- Basics of Municipal Bonds
- Regulatory Framework and Compliance
- Financial Reforms for Better Municipal Governance
- Pre-issuance Process
- The Issuance Process
- Post-issuance Process
- Case Study of Successful Issues in India
- Innovative Financing Strategies
Learning Hours and Access Period
This course has approximately 10 hours of learning content including videos, module quizzes, and assessments.
To complete the course, you will be given access to the course content for 180 days from the date of your registration. If you are not able to complete the course within the access period of 180 days, you can re-register for the course and start from the beginning.
Assessment and Certificate
Candidates will be tested through an online Multiple-Choice Question-based assessment immediately after the course.
Candidates will need to score a minimum 60% in the online assessment to earn the certification.
After successfully passing the assessment, you will be able to download the course Certificate.
Course Fee
For Individual Candidates:
The course is available FREE OF COST as a special offer till March 31, 2025. This fee includes access to the course content, assessment and certification.
For Corporate Candidates:
Corporates/ Municipalities nominating a minimum of 5 or more candidates can avail a discounted fee of Rs. 1,000 plus applicable taxes per candidate through the bulk registration facility.
For bulk registration, the corporate is required to provide the following information to NISM:
- Details of SPOC (Single Point of Contact)
- Number of candidates to be registered
- Company details
- Banking details
- Copy of PAN, GSTIN, and cancelled cheque
Accordingly, NISM will raise a proforma invoice for payment.
After the payment is received, NISM will share an excel format in which the candidate details are to be provided.
NISM will register these candidates from back-end and login credentials will be shared with the candidates on their email. After this, the candidates can login to NISM’s LMS and start the course.
Please note that the course fee, once paid, is non-refundable under any circumstances.
For more information, please write to [email protected]