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EQUITY

Vetri Subramaniam - Chief Investment Officer




Vetri has over 18 years' experience in the Indian equity markets and is responsible for the AMC's equity portfolio. He joins Religare Asset Management from Motilal Oswal Securities where he was the Chief Investment Officer. Prior to Motilal Oswal, he was working as an Advisor to Boyer Allan Investment Management, UK, where he was advising them on their investments in India. Vetri has also worked with Kotak Mahindra Asset Management as Head of Equity Funds, Sharekhan.com as Chief Investment Advisor and SSKI Securities as Vice President - Equity Sales. Vetri holds a Commerce degree and holds a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Vinay Paharia – Fund Manager

Vinay has about 9 years’ experience in equity markets. Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Vinay was an Equity Research Analyst with DBS Cholamandalam AMC. Prior to DBS Cholamandalam AMC, Vinay worked with KRC, a domestic broking house, as an Analyst in the PMS division and as a sell side analyst with First Global. Vinay holds a B.Com degree from Narsee Monjee College and an M.M.S. degree from Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from ICFAI, Hyderabad.

Amit Ganatra – Fund Manager

Amit has over 7 years’ experience in equity research. Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Amit was working with DBS Cholamandalam Mutual Fund covering banking, property and construction sectors. Prior to DBS Cholamandalam Mutual Fund, he was working with Fidelity as sector specialist covering the banking sector. Amit holds a Commerce degree and is a Charted Accountant. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from AIMR.

Pranav Gokhale – Fund Manager

Pranav, age 32 years, is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi and has also done his M.Com. from Mumbai University. He has around 8 years of experience, which includes 6 years in Indian equity markets. He has worked with IL&FS as Assistant Manager - Senior Equity Analyst (May 2006 - Oct 2008), ICICI Direct as Assistant Manager - Research (Jul 2005 - May 2006). International Ship Repair LLC Fujairah as Senior Financial Officer (Sept 2004 - Oct 2004) and Rosy Blue Securities.

Neelesh Dhamnaskar – Analyst

Neelesh has over 5 years’ experience in equity research and financial services domain. He joins Religare Asset Management from Enam Securities Direct Private Limited, where he was tracking companies across sectors and also assisting the PMS Fund Manager in his investment decisions. Prior to this, he was working with K.R. Choksey Shares and Securities Limited, tracking companies within the automobiles, metals and sugar sector. Neelesh has also worked with Anand Rathi Securities Limited, as a Commodities Research Analyst, analyzing commodity fundamentals, spotting and executing arbitrage opportunities and creating basic spread trading strategies. Neelesh holds a Commerce degree and an MMS degree with specialization in Finance from Mumbai University. He is also pursuing CFA (AIMR) and is a Level II candidate.

Nitin Gosar – Analyst

Nitin has over 6 years’ experience in equity research. Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Nitin was working as Research Analyst with IFCI Financial Services where he was responsible for tracking pharma and agriculture related companies. Nitin has worked with Batlivala & Karani Securities tracking companies in the pharma. His other assignments include with SKP Securities and NDA Securities where he was tracking midcap companies in banking, steel, agriculture, publication, healthcare and engineering sectors.Nitin holds a BMS degree. He also holds a Master's degree in Finance from ICFAI.

Dhimant Kothari – Analyst

Dhimant Kothari has 6 years’ experience in financial and equity research. Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Dhimant was working as Senior Manager - Research with Credit Analysis & Research Ltd where he was responsible for analysis and preparation of research reports on various industries and companies. His other assignments include with Lotus India Asset Management and CRISIL Ltd, where he was responsible for analyzing companies across various sectors and preparing research reports. He is Chartered Accountant and holds a Commerce degree.

Rajeev Bhardwaj – Dealer

Rajeev has over 5 years’ of experience in equity sales and dealing. He joins Religare Asset Management from SAL Securities where he was in the Institutional Equity Sales function which involved Dealing and providing technical analysis to support and grow ongoing key client business. Prior to this, he was working in Share Khan as a Relationship Manager advising clients to invest in equity products including Portfolio Management Services and Mutual Funds. Rajeev has also worked with Motilal Oswal Securities as a Business Development Executive, acquiring high net worth clients and revenue generation. Rajeev holds a degree in Information Technology and is an MBA from Pune University.

Kuber Mannadi – Dealer

Kuber has over 6 years’ experience in the equity dealing and financial services domain.Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Kuber was an Equity Dealer with Sahara Asset Management Company, where he was responsible for execution of trades. Prior to Sahara Asset Management, Kuber worked at Wipro Business Process Outsourcing as Analyst. Kuber has also worked with Capital IQ Pvt.Ltd. as Research Associate where he was responsible for analyzing financial statements. Kuber holds a Commerce Degree, with a Post Graduate Diploma in Security Market and is an MBA from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.

FIXED INCOME

Sujoy Kumar Das – Head of Fixed Income

Sujoy has over 14 years' experience in the Fixed Income market. Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Sujoy was Head - Fixed Income with Bharti AXA Mutual Fund. Prior to Bharti AXA, he was with DSP Merrill Lynch Mutual Fund as Fund Manager, managing several fixed income funds. Sujoy has also worked with Bank of Punjab as a trader and traded in government securities, corporate bonds etc. and was a senior member of their treasury function. In May 2005, he was featured amongst the top debt fund managers in the country, in the "Top Fund Managers of India" survey conducted by Business Today and Mutualfundsindia.com. Sujoy graduated as a Bachelor in Science (Economics) from University of Calcutta. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration with specialization in Finance & International Business from Hindu Institute of Management.

Nitish Sikand – Fund Manager

Nitish has over 10 years’ experience in fixed income and product development. Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Nitish was working with ICICI Bank Limited, in their International Private Banking Division, as Product Manager. Prior to ICICI Bank, he was working with JM Financial Asset Management as a Fixed Income Analyst. Nitish has also worked with Citicorp Maruti Finance Limited as a Relationship Manager. Nitish holds a Commerce degree and is an MBA with specialization in Finance.

Krishna Cheemalapati - Fund Manager

Krishna has over 14 years’ experience in the Fixed Income market. Prior to joining Religare Asset Management, Krishna was associated with Reliance General Insurance as Chief Investment Officer for around 2 years. He has also worked with ICAP India Pvt. Ltd. for almost 8 years as a fixed income dealer. Krishna has completed his BE from Andhra University, PGDBA from ICFAI business school & CFA from ICFAI

Avishake Choudhary - Dealer

Avishake has over 7 years’ of experience in Fixed Income. He joins Religare Asset Management from DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management where he was Manager – Fixed Income. Prior to this, he was working as Treasury Manager in Fullerton India Credit Co. where he was jointly responsible for setting up the entire treasury of the company and mobilizing various funding resources. Avishake has also worked with Mata Securities as Senior Dealer overseeing corporate debt placements. Avishake holds an Arts degree and is an MBA from Pune University.

Kushal Agarwal – Dealer

Kushal has joined Religare Asset Management after completing his Master in Business Administration from NMIMS, Mumbai. He is involved across dealing function and econometric modeling & market research.

Ravi Vukkadala – Senior Credit Analyst

Ravi has over 5 years of experience in credit research and risk management. He joins Religare Asset Management from Bharti AXA Investment Managers where he was part of the Global Risk Management Team. Prior to Bharti AXA, he was working with JM Financial Ltd, where he was responsible for Group Risk Management. He has also worked with Merrill Lynch where he was part of the Liquidity Risk Group for design, assessment and implementation of credit risk solutions for Merrill Lynch Global Centres. He has also helped credit analysts develop financial risk models including ‘what-if‘ scenarios and counterparty credit ratings transition and default analysis. Ravi is a CFA, Financial Risk Manager (GARP) and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Finance from NMIMS, Mumbai, Master’s in Management & Information Systems, Virginia Tech, USA & Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from University of Mumbai.