Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

Samir Shah

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 […]

Bama Balakrishnan

Bama Balakrishnan

Ms. Bama has over two and a half decades of experience in Financial Services with 10+ years of C-Suite and Board experience. She is currently SVP Finance at Sundaram Finance. She also serves as a Director on the Board of Sundaram Alternate Assets Limited. Prior to joining Sundaram Finance, Bama worked for over a decade […]

Bindu Ananth

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 […]