Banyan Tree Advisors Trust

Darshan Bhandarkar is a Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors.

Divij Punjabi is a Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors. He holds an MBA and BA from IIM Indore. He previously interned as a Summer Equity Analyst at Banyan Tree and as a Research Analyst at Alpha Alternatives. He also served as President of Appl-i: IPM Consulting Club at IIM Indore.

Harsh Kachchhi is an Equity Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors. He holds a Commerce degree from Delhi Public School Vadodara. He previously interned as an Equity Research Intern at Banyan Tree Advisors.

Kinjal Mota is an Equity Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors. She is a Chartered Accountant and CFA Level 2 candidate. Previously she worked at Accenture (financial planning and budgeting) and as an Articled Assistant at Shah & Savla, a chartered accountancy firm.

Pranaya Jain is a Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors. He holds a PGDBM from XLRI Jamshedpur, a B.Com from Jai Hind College, and has completed CFA Level 3. He completed CA IPCC at ICAI. Prior to Banyan Tree he participated in a Leadership Associate program at Aditya Birla Group (across ABMCPL, Novel Jewels, Aditya Birla Housing Finance, Birla White) and was an Equity Research Intern at 2Point2 Capital Advisors.

Shubham Saraf is a Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors. He previously worked as a Financial Analyst & Intern at Valutinum Advisory.

Umang Shah is a Senior Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a B.Com from Ahmedabad University.

Yug Bafna is a Research Analyst at Banyan Tree Advisors. He holds a Bachelor of Financial Markets (BFM) from KPB Hinduja College of Commerce and has achieved CFA Level III certification. He previously interned as an Equity Research Intern at Banyan Tree Advisors.

Prabhu Rajpurohit joined Banyan Tree Advisors in 2015. As a Senior Manager in the Client Services team, he is responsible for Business Development and Strategic Partnerships.

Ajay K. Merchant is the Senior Advisor at Banyan Tree Advisors, handling Business Development and Client Relationships. Ajay has a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University, and a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Ajay has been working in the financial services industry since 2005.

Amruta Tipnis is Senior Manager - Business Development at Banyan Tree Advisors, based in Mumbai. She holds a Masters in Financial Management from Welingkar Institute of Management (2013–2016). She previously worked at Multi-Act, Substance Advisory Private Limited (formerly Utopia Advisors Private Limited), HDFC Bank, and Kotak Securities.

Kishore Bejawada is Senior Manager of Client Services at Banyan Tree Advisors, one of the founding team members of the firm (2004). He holds an MBA from JB Institute of PG Courses.

Lalit Chavan is Senior Manager of Client Services at Banyan Tree Advisors. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from K J Somaiya College of Science & Commerce and is responsible for managing client relationships and providing financial advisory services.

Priti Rani Deva is Assistant Manager - Client Services at Banyan Tree Advisors. She previously worked at Axis Bank (Customer Relationship Management Specialist) and ICICI Bank.

Seema Lalavat is Manager - CRM at Banyan Tree Advisors. She previously worked as a Senior Executive at CRISIL.

Nandini V joined Banyan Tree Advisors in 2006 as its first employee, and has been an integral part of the firm ever since. She heads and manages daily operations along with corporate finance.

Piyush Tanna is Head - Compliance at Banyan Tree Advisors. He previously served as Associate VP in the Inspection & Compliance Department at the National Stock Exchange of India, and was deputed as Chief Regulatory Officer & Chief Revenue Officer at NSE IFSC Limited (Gift City). He also held the role of Manager, Trade Surveillance & Investigation Department at NSE.

Arun heads the IT department at Banyan Tree Advisors. Arun has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and has been working in Information Technology since 2009. He joined Banyan Tree Advisors in 2013.

Edwards Hudson Joseph leads the Process Excellence team at Banyan Tree Advisors. He has worked in the financial services industry since 2011, specializing in Operations, Process Improvement and Client Servicing. He joined Banyan Tree in 2023.

Alifya Neemuchwala is Senior Manager - Fund Accounting Operations at Banyan Tree Advisors. Previously she worked at Avendus as a Consultant and then Manager, independently managing AIF operations and investor relations for multiple PE funds, including end-to-end operational activities, audits, regulatory compliance, and investor onboarding and servicing.

Arul Nathan is Manager - Fund Accounting Operations at Banyan Tree Advisors.

Richard Mathew is Manager - Admin & Facilities Management at Banyan Tree Advisors. Previously he worked at Mphasis, progressing through roles as Facilities & Administration Senior Analyst and Administration & Facilities Analyst.