It gives me great pleasure to reach members of ITsAP formerly HYSEA, a little over 18

years after its formation

The HYSEA formed by half a dozen members has grown over the years
into a premier organization in the state and has successfully
addressed several issues of software exports. I, as

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The trading on stock exchanges in India used to take place through open outcry without
use of information technology for immediate matching or recording of trades. This was
time consuming and inefficient. This Imposed limits on trading volumes and efficiency. In
order to provide efficient, liquidity and transparency, NSE introduced a nation-wide on-
line fully-automated screen based trading system (SBTS) where a member can punch into
the computer quantities of securities and the prices at which he likes to transact and the
transaction is executed as soon as it finds a matching sale or buy order from a counter
party. SBTS electronically matches orders on a strict price/time priority and hence cuts
down on time, cost and risk of error, as well as on fraud resulting in improved operational
efficiency. It allows faster incorporation of price sensitive information into prevailing
prices, thus increasing the information efficiency of markets. It enables market
participants, irrespective if their geographical locations, to trade with one another
simultaneously, improving the depth and liquidity of the market. It provides full
anonymity by accepting orders, big or small, from embers without revealing thei