Our Advisors

Professional Background

• Former Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI)
• Career in the financial services industry spread over more than four decades
• Held senior positions in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
• Served in senior roles at the erstwhile Unit Trust of India (UTI)
• Appointed as Executive Chairman of AMFI in 1998
• Chairman of Geogit Financial Services Ltd
• Member of the Board of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd
• Executive Committee of National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL)
• Technical Advisory Committee of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
• Member of SEBI Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds
• Served on the Boards of several Companies
• Played a pivotal role in shaping India's mutual fund industry
• Contributed to policy formulation at RBI and SEBI
• Guided the growth and regulation of mutual funds in India
• Mentored numerous professionals in the financial services sector

Professional Background

• Industries Promotion Officer under the Ministry of Industry, Govt. of India – 1974 to 1975
• Research Officer, Central Labour Institute, Ministry of Labour, Govt. of India Mumbai in 1975
• Joined INDIAN CUSTOMS at Mumbai in the year 1980 as Machinery Expert
• Assistant Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise, Mumbai (Indian Revenue Services) – 1990-1998
• Divisional Deputy Commissioner, Central Excise & Customs : 1998 to 2001
• Founder Chairman since 1991, of CROSSROADS Prison Ministries, engaged in counselling, correction and rehabilitation of prisoners, ex-prisoners, their family members and remand home youth
• Managing Trustee, Twitter Education Trust, Mumbai
• Member, Board of Directors, Bombay YMCA
• Chairman, YMCA Vocational Training Centre, Andheri, Mumbai

Professional Background

• Advocate on the list of Bar council of Maharashtra since 1969
• Attorney of the High Court of Judicature, Mumbai in April 1976
• Registered as a Solicitor of Supreme Court of England and Wales in May 1983
• Part time Professor Law at New Law college, Matunga, Mumbai from 1976 to 1987
• Judge of the City Civil and Sessions Courts, Greater Mumbai since 1987
• Principal Judge City Civil and Sessions Court, Mumbai since 1996
• Elevated to the Mumbai High Court in 2001
• Chairman of Maharashtra State Advisory Board, Under the Juvenile Justice Act
• Chairman of Enquiry commission – Unauthorised construction in KDMC area
• On Panel of Arbitrators: a) Indian Council of Arbitration b) Indian Merchants Chamber c) National Stock Exchange

Professional Background

• Born in Mangalore on August 28, 1944
• Chief Executive of the Ryan International Group of Institutions, a network of 110 schools spread across 15 states with about 2,00,000 children enrolled
• First school at Malad in Mumbai was opened in 1976
• Ryan International Group of Institutions spread across: Mumbai region, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nasik, Jalna, Aurangabad, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka
• Opened Ryan International Group of Institutions in Delhi in 1991
• Introduced computer literacy classes from standard I in all his schools as early as 1986
• Launched Ryan T.V. at Ryan International School Malad on 26th June 2003 – India's first school to run an in house television broadcasting station
• Started Anubhav School in Gurgaon Haryana and the Radiant School, Panvel, Navi Mumbai for underprivileged children
• Appointed as the Sheriff of Mumbai in 2000

Awards & Recognition