Zerodha Demat Account Review

1. First – Register the account with the required details; Email & Set Password.
2. Enter Full name, Email and Mobile.
   
   Set a Password.
   
   
   
3. Enter Your PAN and Date of Birth – If you have done eKYC or KYC before, it will fetch your details and show whether you are KYC complied or not.
4. Pay the Account Opening Fee – Zerodha account opening charges is a one time fee of 500 rs as account opening fee. This account opening charge can be paid online only using net banking wallet or credit card.
5. Enter your Aadhaar for esigning
6. Enter OTP number
7. Fill in few basic details like background details , bank details etc.
8. IPV ( In person verification) – Write the unique 4 digit pin displayed to you on a piece on paper and hold it while clicking the IPV images. Make sure the pin is visible to the camera. I did not do this step and directly went to the next step.
9. Two options- Aadhaar and Print and courier. 
10. Choose Aadhaar 
11. Upload the required documents [Income proof only if you want to trade in NFO and CDS segments]
12. Bank proof ( Personalized canceled Cheque/1month Bank statement / Passbook front page xerox) – If you have internet banking, you can easily generate 6 months account statement online and download via pdf. Upload this as Bank Proof. It shows MICR code.
13. Income proof (Pay Slip/ITR/6 months bank statement)If F&O segment required. – You can upload the 6 months account statement pdf that is used as Bank proof for this.
14. Signature proof – Sign on a white sheet , click a picture and upload
15. Pan copy – upload pan copy with self attest ( If not KYC compliance) –  I did not do this step and directly went to next step.
16. You need to click on “esign Equity” or “esign Commodity” as per requirement. [You have to authorise Digio, to e sign]
17. Proceed with Email Verification Code
18. E sign is complete
19. Now download Demat POA, Commodity ECN forms and print them. As per the SEBI rules, Demat POA & ECN can’t be digitally signed. So you have to print and courier this form.
20. If your kyc is verified as ekyc-otp-e or n which means that your kyc is in-complete. Zerodha shall process your account but still you will not be able to invest in MF if your kyc status in N and if your kyc is verifed as E-KYC you cannot invest more than Rs 50,000. So to complete your kyc process you have to send the kyc page duly signed by affixing the photograph along with self-attested pan and address proof. Zerodha shall complete your kyc after receipt of the hard-copy. If you are not KYC compliant, you will receive a mail from Zerodha to submit a copy of KYC form also, download that and print it. You have to courier all these to Zerodha office in Bangalore.
21. Call anyone at Zerodha and ask how to fill the form and where to sign and try not to make any mistakes. Otherwise you have to resend it again. 
22. Summary of Documents You need are; 

1. KYC form with self-attested pan and address proof. – if only eKYC verified and received mail from Zerodha team.
2. Power Of Attorney (Voluntary)
3.  Electronic Contract Note (ECN) declaration (Voluntary)
4.  Nomination Details – Annexure 1A