Ashish Kumar Chauhan unveils NSE’s future at StockTech 2026: Faster trading, new products and next‑gen market infrastructure

Whether it is ultra-fast trading infrastructure or new derivative products, the NSE is ready for a future that is driven by speed and technology.

At StockTech 2026, NSE MD & CEO Ashish Kumar Chauhan reiterated India's commitment to harnessing the best of cutting-edge technology in financial markets. “Stock markets are real-time finance,” he said. “For the last 32 years, India has been a pioneer in using technology to enhance market efficiency, transparency, and accessibility.”

Among the major announcements was the plan by the NSE to significantly improve its trading system. From April 11, 2026, the NSE will offer response times in nanoseconds, which is a major improvement that Paul Ghosh, the director of market operations, termed “a fundamental shift in processing speed that will benefit every segment of the market ecosystem.” This means that the NSE will be able to handle trading volumes with unprecedented reliability.

Chauhan also shared that the exchange is soon going to enhance its order processing capacity to 10 crore orders per second, which is a huge increase from the existing capacity of 50-60 lakh orders per second.

The reason for this upgrade is to ensure that the Indian capital markets are future-ready, as the number of electronic trades continues to rise, especially from algorithmic and high-frequency traders.

“Our markets need to be ready for the next decade of growth-and this infrastructure is the foundation,” he said.

Apart from the technological enhancements, Chauhan also announced new products that take into consideration the changing interests of investors as well as risk management requirements.

The NSE is soon going to launch Contract for Difference (CFD) products for electricity futures. This is a major step towards expanding the derivatives market in India at a time when energy markets are becoming more and more pivotal to economic planning.

Another significant product approval is the listing of gold futures contracts for 10 grams of gold, which has been approved by the regulators.

The listing of smaller gold contracts is expected to attract retail investors who currently find the 1kg gold futures contracts too big or too costly to trade.

Chauhan summed up the NSE’s strategy with a forward‑looking vision: “We are building infrastructure not just for today’s markets, but for tomorrow’s opportunities. With faster systems and broader product offerings, Indian markets are ready to rise with India.”