Prasad Gadkari has over two decades of experience in areas of private equity, principal investments, joint ventures, project finance, and corporate & policy advisory. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at NIIF and is responsible for the Strategic Initiatives & Policy Advisory function. Prior to joining NIIF in 2017, Prasad was the Managing Director at TVS Capital, based in Mumbai. During his stint at TVS, he was responsible for driving the PE business with a specific focus on select consumer/industrial deals and finalisation of investment and fund-raise strategy of TVS - Fund 3. Prior to TVS, Prasad was a Partner with IDFC Private Equity, focussed on investments in core infrastructure and social sectors. Over his almost decade long stint with IDFC PE, he handled several important deals including India’s first infrastructure holding company, an oncology care chain, largest airport privatisation deal, a water management business and India’s first student living solutions company. Prasad has also worked with General Electric (GE), where he was responsible for infrastructure investing and joint ventures in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa region. Prior to GE, Prasad was with IDFC Ltd in their project finance group, where he handled some of the earliest project financing transactions in the country. He was also a key member of the team that provided policy level inputs to the Govt of India (e.g. NHAI, JNPT) for their initial privatisation transactions. Prasad started his career in 1996 with Larsen & Toubro’s infrastructure finance business, just around the time India started experimenting with infrastructure privatisation. Prasad has a Bachelor’s in Commerce from Bombay University and a Master of Management Studies (MMS) from NMIMS, Mumbai. He is also a CFA Charter holder.

Saurabh has over 16 years of experience across 12 countries in Asia and Africa. His experience includes work in the areas of public private partnerships, regional infrastructure planning, developing and advising on policies and regulations related to infrastructure, contract management and negotiations, feasibility assessments, risk analysis, investment strategy, bid and transaction advisory, and capacity building. He joined NIIF in 2018 and is a part of the Strategic Initiatives and Policy Advisory team. At NIIF, Saurabh’s role spans across developing investment themes for large projects, closely working with several stakeholders to explore joint initiatives and contributing to infrastructure finance related policy matters. Saurabh also works with NIIF’s portfolio companies for business expansion initiatives. Prior to joining NIIF, Saurabh worked as a Director of the PPP Unit at the Ministry of Finance in Namibia. During his three-year stint with the Ministry, he coordinated PPP policy and regulatory actions in the country and the efficient review and approval of PPP projects. He extensively engaged with multiple government ministries and other public bodies to assist in bringing credible PPP projects to market. Saurabh started his career with CRISIL’s Infrastructure Advisory vertical in 2004 and worked with the firm for 11 years. During this period, he led consulting assignments in a range of infrastructure sectors, including transport & logistics, energy, urban/municipal development, tourism, industrial zones and mining; and advised both private and public sector clients. Saurabh holds a Bachelor’s in Business Management from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (Delhi University), and an MBA from T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI).

Mukundan has over two decades of experience across managing infrastructure and private equity Funds and in debt investments in infrastructure projects. He joined NIIF in April 2021 and is part of the Strategic Initiatives and Policy Advisory team. At NIIF, he is responsible for leading State level strategic initiatives for building investment pipeline for NIIF Funds and policy advisory in infrastructure financing. Prior to joining NIIF, he was at TVS Capital as Executive Director where he was handling investments in a mid-market focused AIF. Prior to TVS Capital, Mukundan was with UTI Mutual Fund Group for over 11 years and was last CEO of UTI Capital, the alternate assets platform of the UTI Mutual Fund Group where he was responsible for fund raising, investment management and investor relations. UTI managed infrastructure private equity and social impact funds. He has also been with Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management Corporation, where he was Executive Director- Investments. Mukundan was also with SIDBI and SIDBI Ventures for over 13 years, where he managed Debt Investments in Infrastructure Projects and in venture capital investing in early-stage tech companies. Mukundan is an Electrical Engineer and has completed his post-graduation (Master of Financial Management) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Rudra is an Analyst in the Strategic Initiatives & Policy Advisory team. He joined NIIF in December 2022 and is based out of the Mumbai office. Prior to NIIF, Rudra worked as an Analyst in Equity Synthetics and Security Lending team at Bank of America Continuum where he reported to the Delta 1 trading desk in Hong Kong and was responsible for booking of Give-up trades, creating reports and analysing client level impact of Corporate Action events. Rudra started his career with CRISIL and worked with the Fixed Income Research team. He was working on portfolio construction, creating and maintaining standard and customised Bond Indices.He has completed his Mechanical Engineering from Sinhgad College of Engineering and PGDM - Finance from Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research. Rudra also holds a Master's degree in Political Science and International Relations.

Kyle is a Research Analyst in NIIF’s SIPA team in Mumbai. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from NMIMS and has done his internship in infrastructure investment banking with Centrum Capital. In his last role, he was an Associate with Tresvista where he supported one of the world’s leading PE funds across multiple stages of the M&A deal cycle.