NSE unveils new logo, sheds brown, takes on shades of marigold at 25

To mark 25 years of its existence, the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) on Wednesday unveiled a new logo, shedding the age-old brown patch and adding dashes of marigold, yellow, red and blue, symbolising integrity, excellence, trust and commitment.

The premier bourse also changed the contours of its squarish emblem into a more rounded structure.

The new logo was unveiled as the bourse kicked off its silver jubilee celebration at a glitzy function in New Delhi.

Former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Deputy Chairman, Niti Aayog Rajiv Kumar and Delhi lieutenant-governor Anil Baijal graced the occasion. Dr Singh was the Finance Minister when NSE was first conceived.

President Ramnath Kovind, who was scheduled to grace the event, opted out citing his busy schedule.

NSE, which commands lion’s share of the equity spot as well as derivatives market in India, is seeking an image makeover as it prepares to launch it much-awaited IPO sometime early next year.

NSE has been dogged by a series of controversies of late, including lapses in offering preferential access to select brokers in the co-location case and the recent CBI chargesheet against its Chairman Ashok Chawla in Aircel-Maxis scam.

CEO Vikram Limaye said in June that the bourse should be able to get out of the regulatory logjam and float the public issue by the end of the financial year.