Sujan Hajra, Chief Economist

  • 19 years of experience in financial services industry, of which 13 years with the RBI, last post held at the RBI was of Director
  • Rated by Institutional Investor and Asia Money Poll for the last three years
  • Represented India at the IMF, World Bank, WTO and UNCTAD; Participated in several official committees; authored a book and over 20 journal articles
  • Two-time National Scholar, UGC Research Fellow, M.Phil in International Trade & Development, JNU, New Delhi
Shirish Pardeshi, Co-head, Research

  • 18 years of experience in consumer industry - 12 years with Colgate Palmolive and 6 years in equity research
  • Rated by Institutional Investor and Asia Money Poll for the last three years, ranked number 2 consumer analyst in India by Institutional Investor Poll, 2011
  • Acknowledged expert on M&A and fund raising by consumer companies, most recently for Agro Tech, ConAgra Foods, Emami and Lovable Lingerie
  • Double MBA – Lancaster and Mumbai University
Jaspreet Singh Arora , Analyst - Cement, Construction

  • Over 9 years of experience in equity research
  • Honorable mention at Institutional Investor and Asia Money Poll
  • Apart from core coverage of cement and construction, also covered metals and real estate sectors
  • Worked at Prime Broking, Angel Broking; played cross-functional roles in corporate finance and investment banking
  • MBA - Finance
Clyton Fernandes , Analyst - Banks, Financials

  • Over 6 years of experience in equity research
  • Honorable mention at Institutional Investor and Asia Money Poll for the last two years
  • Wide coverage of the financial sector; and strong relationships with these companies
  • Strong track record of identifying mid-market financial companies with high growth prospects
  • Mechanical engineering graduate , MBA - Finance
Rohan Korde , Analyst - Automobiles

  • Over 7 years of experience in equity research, previously with Reliance Equities, Motilal Oswal and Prabhudas Liladhar
  • Voted in the Institutional Investor poll 
  • Currently lead analyst, Auto, with special focus on mid-market ancillary companies. Also covered fertilizer and capital goods sectors previously
  • Strong domain knowledge and relationships with corporates in the auto ancillary sector
  • B. Com, MBA ( Mumbai University)
Girish Solanki , Analyst - Mid- caps

  • Over 6 years of experience in equity research, previously worked with Religare, Angel Securities and Falcon Brokerage
  • Voted in the Asia Money Poll
  • Worked across sectors and initiated coverage on consumer durables, auto ancillary, chemicals, and capital goods companies
  • Strong relationships with mid-market growth companies across sectors
  • MBA _ Finance
Aniruddha Joshi , Analyst - Consumer

  • Nearly 7 years of experience in equity research tracking the consumer staple sector. Previously worked with Stratcap securities
  • Voted in Institutional Investor Poll for the last three years
  • Strong relationships with mid-market growth companies
  • M. Com. , Chartered Accountant
Sriram Rathi , Analyst - Pharma

  • Nearly 6 years of experience in equity research, previously with Centrum Broking and Pranav Securities
  • Recipient of Top Star Mine Analyst Award, 2011, for the biotechnology sector
  • Wide domain knowledge, official coverage and strong network in pharmaceuticals, healthcare and biotechnology sectors
  • Rank holder Chartered Accountant
Yogesh Kirve , Analyst - Telecom

  •  Working in equity research  for 6 years, previously with First Global
  • Apart from core coverage of telecom sector, also covers sparsely covered new media companies
  • Voted in Institutional Investor Poll for the last two years
  • Strong domain knowledge, acknowledged ability to identify mid-market growth companies and well-established corporate relationships
  • MBA - Finance
Gautam Singh , Analyst - Economy, Quantitative Techniques

  • Five years in economic research, the last two and half as a part of institutional equity research. Previously worked with the Aditya Birla Group as a Corporate Economist
  • Part of the economy team ranked by Institutional Investor and Asia Money Poll
  • Mathematics Graduate; MA – Economics, Gokhale Institute, Pune
Atul Thakkar , Analyst - IT & Education

  • Over 6 years of experience in equity research covering education and high growth, mid-market information technology companies; previously worked in areas like project finance and risk management
  • Extensive industry knowledge and strong network in the sparsely covered education and mid-market IT space
  • Strong relationships with unlisted high growth education companies
  • M. Com, Chartered Accountant