Investment Manager
Avatar Investment Management
Janak R Jethmalani has been an American citizen since 1987. He
is a graduate of McGill university in Montreal and a former member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada. From 1982 to 1994, he
worked in the financial services industry in New York City, acquiring
experience at, among others, Touche Ross & Co, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc,
DBL Liquidating Trust, and New Street Capital. Since 1997, he has been advising
non-US clients on alternative investment strategies. He currently manages in
excess of $116 million. Janak also has significant experience in the field of
Mergers and Acquisitions, having played an advisory role in the mergers of
several large Indian corporations such as Union Carbide, Torrent Power and
Nutrine.
Investment Advisors
1. Advani OTC Dealers
Pashupati Advani has over two decades of experience in capital
markets. A graduate of the Imperial College in London and an MBA from the
University of California , Berkeley, Pashupati became one of the youngest ever
partners at Bear Stearns and Co in New York City in the 1980s. In 1990,
Pashupati moved back to India in order to rejuvenate his family stock-broking
firm. His combination of international exposure and intimate knowledge of the
domestic markets have made him an influential figure in the Indian capital
markets. Pashupati is a former President of the Association of NSE Members of
India, a group representing over 600 brokers across the nation. He was also
instrumental in founding the Securities Industry Association of India, and has
represented the Indian broking community on several policy-making committees of
Securities and Exchange Board of India. Pashupati is a popular commentator on
the markets on CNBC and NDTV.
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