National Institute of Securities Markets

SEBI Bhavan, Plot No. C-4A, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400 051

SELECTION OF ARCHITECT Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has established the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM), an educational institute to cater to the needs of securities market education. NISM proposes to construct its educational campus of International Standards with state of art infrastructure at Patalganga Industrial Area, Patalganga, near Mumbai on Mumbai Pune Express Highway on a plot of land admeasuring 70 acre (approx.). The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 200 crore (approx.) The salient features of the campus vision are attached herewith. Applications are invited for selection of Architect from firm of Architects for providing architectural and other consultancy services for the above campus who fulfill the following criteria: i. The Architect should be registered with the Council of Architecture, India with established office in India.

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The Architect should have completed planning, designing, architectural and other consultancy services for atleast one commercial building / project costing not less than Rs. 60 crore (construction cost excluding cost of the land) during the last 7 years. The construction of the project should have been completed within the last 7 years.

iii.

The Architect should have minimum experience of 10 years in the field.

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Minimum average annual turnover of the firm should not be less than Rs. 1 crore during the last 3 years ending 31st March 2007.

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Association between the two Architects including one of them from abroad is permitted. In case of association, the associates should fulfill / agree to the following criteria and conditions:

a.

The Lead Architect should have completed planning, designing, architectural and other consultancy services for atleast one commercial building / project costing not less than Rs. 30 crore (construction cost excluding cost of the land) during the last 7 years and the Associate Architect should have completed planning, designing, architectural and other consultancy services for atleast one similar project costing not less than Rs. 60 crore (construction cost excluding cost of the land) during the last 7 years (either in India or abroad). The similar project for Associate Architect means Educational /University / IT Campus and Institutional training centre having facilities of academic, administrative, residential, hostel blocks, etc. The construction of the projects handled by the respective Architects should have been completed within the last 7 years.

b.

In case of association between an Indian and a Foreign Architect, the Indian Architect shall be the Lead Architect. He will be nominated as incharge on behalf of the associates. The in-charge shall be authorized to receive instructions for and on behalf of both the associates. This authorization shall be evidenced by submitting a copy of memorandum of understanding or such similar document indicating terms of association between the two associates, duly signed by the authorized signatories of both the associates. The association shall be for the entire duration of the project so as to complete the project successfully.

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In case of association, the Associate Architect shall atleast be responsible for overall architectural concept drawings of the campus as a whole, concept drawings of the individual buildings and broad specifications etc. The Lead Architect shall be responsible for developing and preparing detailed working drawings based on the overall concept of the Associate Architect, appointment of various service consultants, coordination and preparation of the services drawings, obtaining all approvals from various local authorities, etc.

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The Lead Architect should be registered with the Council of Architecture, India with established office in India.

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The Lead Architect should have an average annual financial turnover of minimum Rs. 40 lakh during the last three years ending 31st March 2007 and the annual average turnover of the other associate should be more than Rs. 1 crore during the last three years ending 31st March 2007.

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The Lead Architect should have minimum experience of 7 years whereas the other associate should have minimum experience of 10 years.

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The Lead Architect should have complete in-house facility for preparation of Architectural and other drawings.

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The payment shall be made in the name of Lead Architect only.

The Architect shall be responsible for preparation of sketch designs, architectural and working drawings, making structural and other calculations, provide detailed specifications for all items of work, appointing other service consultants for specialized works, submission of all the services drawings, detailed calculations, co-ordination drawings, visit periodically to site to ensure adherence of specifications, obtaining approvals from various local authorities, etc. for successful completion of the project in all respect. Detailed conditions and scope of architectural and other consultancy services along with a copy of the agreement to be executed between NISM and the selected Architect shall be provided to all the shortlisted Architects before submitting their models / design. The Project Management Consultant (appointed separately) will be responsible for preparation of cost estimates, bill of quantities, proof checking of structural and service designs submitted by the Architect, tender documents, invitation of tenders, day to day supervision, quality control, project management, measurements and certification of contractors bills, etc.

NISM reserves the right to verify the credentials of the applicants independently including visits to the works carried out by them and the Architect or Associate Architects will authorize NISM in this regard. The period of 7 years for the purpose of having completed projects handled by the Architects shall be from 01/01/2001 to 31/12/2007.

The applicants fulfilling the above criteria can obtain application forms from the office of the Chief General Manager, Facilities Management Division, SEBI, from SEBI Bhavan, Plot No. C-4A, G Block, 4th Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai400 051 or can download the application forms from NISM / SEBI websites. The duly filled in forms in a sealed cover shall be submitted to the Chief General Manager, SEBI so as to reach his office within 21 days from the date of issue of the aforesaid advertisement in the newspapers.

NISM reserves the right to accept or reject any or all the applications without assigning any reason thereof. The decision of NISM shall be final and binding in this regard on all concerned.

For further details, please contact Shri Jitender K. Aggarwal (phone no. 022- 26449403) or Shri M.V. N. Suryakumar (phone no. 022-26449406 ).

KOCHI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is planning to bring about massive changes in the Indian capital market in 16 to 18 months, with the Board poised to introduce Indian depository receipts (IDRs), an exclusive exchange for small and medium enterprises and a dedicated fund for investor education. SEBI Chairman M. Damodaran said here on Monday that with these and other measures, India would be turned into world's preferred market for investors. Delivering the 9th K.P. Hormis Memorial Lecture organised here by the FedBank K.P. Hormis Trust, he said the measures included a worldclass training centre for capital market personnel in private-public partnership on the outskirts of

Mumbai, demutualisation of regional stock exchanges to be completed by 2007 and likely permission to foreign entities to invest in the exchanges. He said the IDRs would enable both Indian and foreign companies to raise funds in the Indian market fast in a cost-effective way so that the earlier practices of raising funds through ADRs and GDRs [American and global depository receipts] would become redundant. The exchange for small and medium enterprises would provide the muchneeded boost to these units in the country. The Indian capital market had turned away from a merit-based system to a disclosure-based system, and in the process, had introduced what was considered the benchmark for disclosure norms the world over.

He said it was not right to say that foreign institutional investors held sway in the Indian capital market. Even on days when they turned out to be net sellers, indexes closed higher. He said the introduction of capital protection-oriented mutual funds had attracted more investors to the capital market in the country. SEBI's role was to see that the investor received protection, while the Board worked to develop the market. An exclusive fund to build investor awareness was a key step. M. Venugopalan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Federal Bank, welcomed the gathering. Members of the Board of Directors and family members of the late Hormis, founder of the bank, were present.

Securities and Exchange Board of India

Plot No. C4-A, "G" Block Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai, India 400 051

Invitation of Expression of Interest

1. PREAMBLE AND INTRODUCTION INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM LEADING VENDORS FOR A TOTAL SOLUTION on a turnkey basis for supply, installation, design & development of business intelligence (data warehousing, data mining, scenario development and reporting) system, integration of all market data and system components where practicable, implementation and maintenance of necessary hardware, operating system, a relational database management system (RDBMS) and/or off-the-shelf software required for a comprehensive "Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence System (DWBIS). Specifically the project requires developing infrastructure and processes for data collection, transformation and loading; data mining, data analysis with research and regulatory purposes; reporting and charting with multi-dimensional drill down capabilities. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is a statutory body, which operates within the legal framework of Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992. Its statutory objectives are: a. Protection of interests of investors in securities b. Promotion and development of the securities market c. Regulation and supervision of securities market and matters incidental thereto. 2. BROAD SCOPE OF WORK SEBI intends to setup a comprehensive "Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence System for building business intelligence system with respect to data received from stock exchanges (including equities, debt, currency and derivatives trading etc. at exchanges) and depositories etc.. In this regard SEBI invites "Expression of Interest" from leading vendors of international class and standing to provide an end-to-end solution for building the said project on a total turnkey basis. SEBI desires to implement a comprehensive data warehousing and business intelligence platform that will provide it with: a. Data cleansing, ETL tool, data warehousing, multidimensional data modeling, report and query generation and scheduling capabilities, data analysis and data visualization capabilities; b. Business intelligence tools, sophisticated reporting and charting tools with multi dimensional drill down capabilities; all of which are suitably customized and configured to handle large volume of raw data (currently 3 TB, growing at the rate of 1.5 TB per year), coming from multiple sources. These include both, structured and unstructured data; c. Analytical tool providing integrated environment for creation, management and deployment of predictive and descriptive models; data and text mining; dynamic data visualization capabilities; and tracking and monitoring model performance. 3. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA a) The vendor must have a consulting practice in the financial sector specifically in the Securities Market. Vendor is either an entity or the lead bidder of a consortium (where more than one entity have partnered), which exhibits its interest in response to this EOI.

In case a consortium wishes to apply, the lead bidder should be reputed systems integrator and must have a consulting practice in the financial sector specifically in the securities market. Lead bidder must provide list of partners indicating their individual roles (e.g. hardware, database, application software, etc.). Partners with expertise and experience in financial (securities) sector should be clearly marked. In case the lead bidder is different from software solution provider (Consortium partner implementing the main application software of Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Business Intelligence etc.) then the lead bidder should provide the legal agreement between the lead bidder and such solution provider. b) The vendor should have successfully implemented a large project of similar kind in the financial sector, preferably with the proposed solution in a Stock Exchange/Regulatory Authority in India or internationally. International Exposure will be given due consideration. c) The vendor must have SEI CMMI level 5 and preferably ISO 9001 certification or above. d) The vendor should have or have access to, a software development and competency center in India. e) The vendor and/or partners of the consortium should have valid authorization from and active relationship with Software licenser of Off-the-Shelf Software (computer software product, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license), preferably for a minimum period of one year prior to the awarding of this project. f) The vendor and/or partners of the consortium should have the ability to supply, install, design & develop business intelligence (data warehousing, data mining, scenario development and reporting) system; integration of all market data and system components where practicable; implementation and maintenance of the total solution for the "Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence System. This should be demonstrated by way of documents to be submitted under subsequent para 4(c). Further: i. the vendor and/or partners of the consortium who propose to supply the software shall have, or will have to establish a local representative office in Mumbai. ii. the vendor and/or partners of the consortium who propose to supply the hardware shall have, or will have to establish, a local representative office in Mumbai with technical expertise and capability to supply and maintain the required hardware/ operating system, application software and the RDBMS. iii. the vendor and/or partners of the consortium must have proven financial and organizational strength to undertake and execute the project. 4. DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED BY ELIGIBLE VENDOR Interested vendors confirming the above requirements may furnish the following: a. Company Profile b. Write up on companys experience as a provider of a total solution for establishing a Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence System or a similar kind of undertaking. c. List of current/recent clients/references (related with aforesaid requirement) wherein project completed entails handling data of similar complexity and size as indicated in para 2(b) earlier. d. Audited financial statements of latest three years. (In case of the consortium, for lead bidder and for each partner) e. Expression of interest in the project. The response along with the above required documents shall be delivered to the following

address on or before May 11, 2009 (Monday) by 1600 Hrs (Indian Standard Time) in sealed envelope superscribing "SEBI- Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence System." Officer on Special Duty Integrated Surveillance Department Securities and Exchange Board of India 5th Floor, A Wing, SEBI BHAVAN Plot No. C4-A, "G" Block Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E) Mumbai, India 400 051 As part of short listing exercise, vendors may be required to make a focused presentation on company, expertise and experience in the relevant field, products, etc. for not exceeding 15 minutes to the Technical Committee of SEBI. Please note that, Request For Proposal (RFP) shall be issued only to the short listed vendors for the requirements of SEBI. As part of the evaluation process of RFP, the short listed vendors may be required to demonstrate Proof of Concept (POC) based on existing sample data. SEBI reserves the right to accept/reject any or all expressions of interest received in response to this advertisement without assigning any reasons, whatsoever. SEBI also reserves the right to raise the eligibility criteria for short listing the vendors.

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Support for the workshop provided by the following:

International Expert Workshop on the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators and Post-2010 Indicator Development
A workshop convened by the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) In cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Hosted by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), with funding provided by the European Commission (EC), the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Innovation Centre, Reading, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6-8 July 2009

Lessons from regional use of biodiversity indicators The SEBI 2010 project
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Lessons from regional use of biodiversity indicators - the SEBI 2010 project
(Frederik Schutyser, European Environment Agency - frederik.schutyser@eea.europa.eu)

SEBI 2010 (Streamlining European Biodiversity Indicators for 2010) is a process initiated in 2005 to select a set of indicators to monitor progress towards 2010 in Europe. Its institutional partners are the European Environment Agency (and its European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity), the European Centre for Nature Conservation, the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the European Commission, the Joint Secretariat of the Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS), and the Czech Republic (as lead country for the Kiev Resolution on Biodiversitys Action Plan on Monitoring and Indicators). The SEBI 2010 process covers 53 countries across Europe. SEBI 2010 built on the conceptual framework provided by the CBD, and worked with a set of headline indicators within the CBD focal areas. Key lessons from SEBI 2010 to date include the following: 1. Policy context and organisation of the process: experts, countries, institutional partners SEBI 2010 benefited from existing networks and processes: SEBI 2010 links to policy at the national, regional and global level. It has benefited from existing frameworks such as EEA member states and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET); EU policy framework; Pan-European Biological and Landscape Diversity Strategy (PEBLDS) and the Kiev Resolution on Biodiversity. Especially the existing network of EEA member countries was instrumental in the involvement of experts from many countries. A Coordination Team was established to oversee and guide the work of SEBI 2010. It is composed of representatives from SEBI 2010 institutional partners as well as chairs and coordinators of expert groups. Nominations for experts (from national administration, research, NGOs) to participate in working groups were solicited from all countries. For nominations of experts from national administration or institutes, the endorsement of the EEA National Focal Point was required. Over 120 experts participated in the

SEBI process to date. In the first phase, the experts were organised in six Expert Groups. Each of the groups examined candidate indicators for one or more of the headline indicators in CBD focal areas. The CT was in charge for a few headline indicators. In the second phase, the expert groups were replaced by working groups on interlinkages, communication and climate change. 2. Selection of the indicators A thorough selection process was used to select specific indicators. The final selection was of course to some extent based on expert opinion and driven by the need to select at least one indicator per headline.
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All candidate indicators were described in detail in a standard documentation form, with sections describing policy relevance, geographical and temporal coverage, methodology etc. In addition, each indicator was scored using criteria based on CBD criteria (e.g. biodiversity relevance, methodology well founded, sensitivity). The Coordination Team met in October 2006 to decide which of the 70+ indicators under consideration would be ready by the end of 2006, and hence could be proposed for inclusion into a first set. Approximately 50 indicators were deemed sufficiently developed to be discussed at a workshop held in Copenhagen in November 2006. Whilst in some cases it was possible to select a single indicator to reflect the EU headline, in most cases the EU headline could not be reduced to one indicator and should therefore be represented by a small set of indicators or sub-indicators. Following the workshop, the Expert Groups and Coordination Team continued to prepare documentation forms describing each candidate indicator, its data requirements, methodology, strengths and weaknesses, and presentation. The Coordination Team then met in January 2007 to review the outcome of the November workshop and the draft documentation forms. It drew up the list of 26 indicators presented in this report to put forward to the EU and PEBLDS for endorsement within Europe. 3. Strengths and weaknesses of the process and the set The process was transparent and involved a wide range of experts from governments, research and NGOs. Stronger direct links with countries to compare national sets with the SEBI set would be useful. While geographical coverage is good for EU countries and EEA member states, coverage for European countries further East is not satisfactory. The set must be considered the best available now, but there certainly is room for improvement. Some indicators provide specific measurements and trends on genetic, species and ecosystem/landscape diversity, but many have a much more indirect link to biodiversity. Very few were established specifically to assess biodiversity. Coverage of the components of biological diversity (especially genetic diversity) needs to be improved and the focal areas of access and benefit-sharing and sustainable use need to be strengthened. Establishing stronger links between the indicators is essential to draw policy relevant conclusions. In the next assessment based on the set (due to be published in 2010) the following elements will be elaborated more strongly: The state of biodiversity. More information is required to better assess trends in the components of biodiversity.

 Target values and baselines. Within the SEBI 2010 process and within the context of the global indicators used to assess global progress towards 2010, work is under way to determine target values and baselines for each indicator where possible. Responses what has worked and what has not. Where the current report has given a detailed assessment per focal area, the assessment in 2010 will
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focus more strongly on interactions, responses and integration of biodiversity concerns into sectoral policies. The marine environment. As the EU is discussing reforms to the Common Fisheries Policy, addressing anthropogenic impacts on the marine environment will become a policy priority. Europe's impact. A deeper analysis will be done of the impact of Europe and its policies on biodiversity in the world. 4. Challenges for 2010 and beyond The indicator framework for monitoring progress towards the new post-2010 target could be based on the current CBD framework around focal areas, but add specific targets on threats and ecosystem services. This would allow for a stronger sectoral approach and focus on drivers, which would be required to influence sectors more effectively. It may also be useful to include a focal area on responses. At the global and regional level discussions on shaping the indicator framework are ongoing and they will continue as a target is adopted. One problem with the current 2010 target is that it is not really measurable but is still considered as a target of which the achievement should be assessed. It is helpful to make a distinction between an overall target (or goal) without a time limit, and a set of subtargets which may have a specific time frame. The overall target can be ambitious and long term (cf. the first Millennium Development Goal Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger) and does not necessarily need to be measurable. The subtargets can then be elaborated to be SMART, and they can also be evaluated, updated or replaced as appropriate. 5. Initial ambition and results to date Challenges remain for several of the envisaged outputs of SEBI 2010: To provide an initial set of indicators available at EU and pan-European levels: This has been achieved, but pan-European coverage remains a distant aim. To provide a coherent European programme for the progressive development of biodiversity indicators, including the exploration of funding mechanisms for timely production and delivery of agreed indicators: The development of a programme may have been overtaken by national developments, but sharing of information for streamlining is certainly happening; SEBI 2010 has raised the issue of funding at several levels but this remains a challenge. To provide proposals and guidance on the development, production and delivery of agreed indicators: This has happened in practice through exchanges between experts in the SEBI process as well as policy makers at several levels. To provide proposals, guidance, recommendations and information for presentation to the appropriate European governance groups developing biodiversity policy for formal adoption: This has happened through participation in meetings, processes etc.
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To provide information to the CBD Secretariat advisory and governance processes on the results of the work being undertaken: Regular interaction with CBD Secretariat as well as 2010 BIP has taken place. To provide a recommendation for an approach to using the agreed indicators for measuring the progress of national governments, the EU and the pan-European community towards achieving the 2010 target: This happened in practice through the production of reports. To provide advice on relating changes in biodiversity at EU and pan-European level to policy measures adopted at these levels, so as to help the EU and countries to adjust or strengthen the measures concerned: A first attempt has been made in the recently published report, and this will be further developed in the 2010 assessment report; SEBI 2010 has directly fed indicators and assessments into the review process of the EU Biodiversity Action Plan. Further reading: EEA 2007. Halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010: proposal for a first set of indicators to monitor progress in Europe. EEA Technical report No 11/2007. European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark. Available at: www.eea.europa.eu/publications/technical_report_2007_11 EEA, 2009a. Progress towards the European 2010 biodiversity target. EEA Report 04/2009. Available online at http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/publications/progress-towards-the-european2010-biodiversity-target/ EEA, 2009b. Progress towards the European 2010 biodiversity target Indicator fact sheets. EEA Technical report No 05/2009. European Environment Agency, Copenhagen. Available at www.eea.europa.eu/publications/progress-towards-theeuropean2010biodiversity-target-indicator-fact-sheets/