Our Team

Abhijit has over 27 years of diverse experience in development finance, commercial banking and microfinance. At Unitus Capital, Abhijit played a key role in developing and building the firm’s business, particularly in the financial inclusion sector

Previously, Abhijit was an AGM with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), where he led SIDBI’s transformational role in the Indian Microfinance space. Abhijit started his career with the State Bank of India (SBI), where he worked in a variety of business areas in six different locations within India. Abhijit has co-authored articles on microfinance and impact investing in international journals and is regularly quoted in leading national dailies in India. Abhijit has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Kolkata University and is a Certified Associate of IIBF, Mumbai. He has also attended the School of Applied Microfinance Program in Kenya and the Program on Strategic Leadership for Microfinance at the Harvard Business School.

Abhijit has a passion for sports and loves to play whenever the gets time.His favourite sports are Cricket, football, badminton and table tennis.

Abhinav is an inclusive finance professional with over 4 years of experience in evaluating multiple asset classes such as micro-finance, SME finance, affordable housing finance, and agri-finance. He was previously associated with Northern Arc Capital (formerly IFMR Capital), a non-banking finance company, where he worked on credit and risk management verticals and strategic advisory for clients in financial inclusion sectors.

Abhinav holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from VTU and is a management graduate in Development Management from Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal.

Abhinav loves food, travelling and exploring new places. In his free time, Abhinav also likes to go horse riding.

Adityapal joins UCIC from Legacy Investment Managers. He has experience in portfolio construction.

He is B.Com. graduate from University of Mumbai’s Mithibai College where he founded Mithibai Economic Forum, The Economic Transcript (also Editor-in-Chief) and The Mithibai Debate Society. He is a CFA Level 2 candidate.

Aditya is a shoe connoisseur who loves reading books and watching old classic movies.

Anjana has a year’s experience working with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the Risk and Assurance team. She has worked with large multinational companies to analyse the risk and provide solutions.

Anjana holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Christ University and has completed Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA, UK) course. Anjana is a CFA level 2 candidate.

Anjana enjoys playing badminton and is a classical dancer.

Ashutosh has over 10 years of experience as a corporate banker as well as credit analyst. He has extensive experience in working with SMEs and NBFCs especially MFIs, Housing Finance Companies and SME finance Companies. Ashutosh was earlier associated with RBL Bank, Northern Arc Capital CARE Ratings and Mahindra Finance.

Ashutosh is a MBA-Finance graduate from JBIMS, Mumbai and completed his bachelors in Statistics from Hindu College, Delhi.

Ashutosh enjoys reading on Indian History.

Deepak has over 14 years of experience in corporate finance and capital markets especially in fixed income. Prior to co-founding UC Inclusive Credit, Deepak worked with Unitus Capital for a number of years and helped the social enterprises in the areas of fund raising, corporate finance and strategy.

Previously, he worked with the Mumbai and Delhi offices of Darashaw & Co., a premier Indian Investment Bank. At Darashaw Deepak helped establish the Urban Infrastructure Financing practice while assisting various mainstream entities raise debt funds from the domestic capital markets in India. Deepak was also associated with the Bangalore office of Brand Capital, the strategic investment arm of The Times Group.

Deepak holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from the College of Business Studies, Delhi University, and an MBA from SCMHRD, Pune.

Deepak loves humour & food. In his free time he likes to read & focus on fitness.

Gowthaman has 5.5 years of experience in Credit domain having handled portfolios related to housing, SME and supply chain. He has also handled the risk profile for automated loans in SME’s. He was previously associated with Capital float and L&T housing finance. Gowthaman is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Shriram College of commerce. He holds Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification as well.

Gowthaman is an avid film buff and tries his hand in writing in his amateur blog. He enjoys reading books and travelling to places by bike. An armchair expert in cricket as well.

Prateek has a year of experience working as an intern with MSCI Inc. (formerly, Morgan Stanley Capital International) in their Index Research division.

He has a dual degree in Economics and Engineering from BITS Pilani.

Prateek enjoys discovering music and reading fiction in his spare time in addition to long distance running.

Finance professional with over 8 years of experience in Credit domain. Prior to joining UCIC, he was working with TATA Capital Financial Service Limited where he handled Credit vertical as ACM – SMEs Finance for Karnataka. Piyush was also associated with Kotak Mahindra Bank where he worked in Credit domain for SMEs lending.

Piyush is an Associate Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce.

Piyush likes watching movies and playing cricket.

Rakshan is a Legal Professional and an Associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He holds a Bachelor’s of Commerce degree from Christ University, Bangalore and is a Law graduate.

Rakshan has played hockey and represented school and college at the state level tournaments.

Samarth has a year of experience working in investment banking with JP Morgan prior to joining UCIC.

He is an Engineering graduate with a minor in finance from BITS Pilani, in addition to clearing CFA level 2.

Samarth likes to read non-fiction and watch movies in his free time. He also likes to dance and follows the urban dance community passionately.

Shrihari has over 28 years of experience in varied sectors such as development banking, equity investments, and corporate finance in social impact sectors. He began his career in 1991 with SIDBI and later with SIDBI Venture Capital wherein he worked in sectors such as NBFCs, microfinance, technology development and modernization in SME clusters, infrastructure lending, life sciences, IT/ITES, to name a few. During his stint with SIDBI, Shrihari has handled business origination, credit appraisal, portfolio monitoring and collection and recovery across various geographies in India.

For a period of five years, Shrihari was part of an entity that offered e-governance and various other IT-enabled G2C/private services throughout the state of Karnataka. He has also worked for a company that installs and operates renewable energy–based mini-grids in rural parts of North India.

During his stint with Unitus Capital, Shrihari worked on debt and equity transactions on behalf of clients in MFI, education finance, MSME lending, waste management and healthcare verticals.

Shrihari holds a BTech degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from IIM-Ahmedabad. He is also a Chevening Scholar from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shrihari likes travelling and listening to Indian music.

Legal professional with 4 years’ experience of working in the corporate domain, managing legal and secretarial compliances. Prior to joining UCIC, she was working with Reliance Group (ADAG), Mumbai where she handled corporate secretarial compliances for listed as well as unlisted companies.

Sneha is an Associate Company Secretary and holds a Bachelor’s in Law and Commerce

Sneha is a fitness enthusiastic and runner. She wishes to run a full marathon by 2021.

Snehal has two and a half years of experience working with KPMG in the UK Corporation Tax team. He has advised mid and large corporates based in the UK for their corporate tax compliance. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration(BBA) – Finance degree from Christ University and is a CFA Level – 3 candidate.

He enjoys playing football and squash during the weekend. He also loves travelling and meeting new people

Finance professional with over 5 years of experience. Prior to joining UCIC, she was working with Brickwork Ratings where she undertook over 180 rating assignments across sectors namely Corporates, SMEs, Educational Institutions, NGO and Tourism.

Thrupti has completed Bachelor of Business Administration and Post Graduate Diploma in Management with specialization in Finance.

Thrupti enjoys spending time with nature and glass painting.