Samir Shah
Samir is the Executive Vice-Chair & Co-Founder of Dvara Holdings. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the Dvara Holdings’s mission of financial inclusion and portfolio management of group companies. Prior to joining Dvara Holdings, he was the Managing Director & CEO of NCDEX, India’s largest agri focused commodities exchange. During his tenure, the […]
Dr. Amit Basole
Dr. Amit Basole is a faculty member at the School of Arts and Sciences and has been with the Azim Premji University since 2017. He has taught at Bucknell University and the University of Massachusetts prior to coming to APU. His research has been published in various edited volumes and in journals such as Economic […]
Bama Balakrishnan
Ms. Bama Balakrishnan is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Northern Arc Capital. She has worked extensively in Corporate Banking, Credit Analysis and Investment Banking with responsibility for business development and portfolio credit quality as well as regulatory reporting and compliance. She previously worked with ICICI Bank for 10 years, starting off in the structured […]
Bindu Ananth
Bindu is the Chair, Co-Founder and Managing Trustee of Dvara Holdings. Bindu is the Founder of Dvara Health Finance. Prior to this, she was Board Chair of Northern Arc Capital from 2009 – 2018. She also worked in ICICI Bank’s microfinance team between 2001 and 2005 and was head of the new product development team […]
Dr. Indradeep Ghosh
Dr. Indradeep Ghosh is the Executive Director of Dvara Research. He has a PhD from MIT, an MA from Cambridge University (where he won the Adam Smith Prize given to the top graduating student in the university), and a BA from St. Stephen’s College, all in Economics. After graduating from MIT, Dr. Ghosh pursued an […]
