New Delhi, June 26 -- National Stock Exchange (NSE) Managing Director and CEO Ashish Chauhan on Friday urged startups and MSMEs to view public listing as a strategic instrument for scaling businesses, rather than as a loss of control or an added compliance burden.

Speaking at the JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation's (JIIF) Foundation Day event at NSE, Chauhan said public markets provide growth capital, improve governance standards, enhance credibility and help companies attract talent, all while allowing promoters to retain majority ownership.

"Public listing lets founders raise growth capital without surrendering control," he said, noting that promoters can offer 25 per cent of equity to the market initially, retain 75 per cent,...