1 Examining the relationship between Trading Volume and Equity Market Volatility: Evidence from BRIC Countries Pramod Kumar Naik Doctoral Student in Economics Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, 400076, India Puja Padhi Assistant Professor of Economics Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai, 400076, India Email: pramodnaik@iitb.ac.in , kpramodnaik@gmail.com