Indus Tech Edge

Anurag Kumar has 34+ years of corporate experience, including 27+ years in PE. He serves as CFO of Jacob Ballas India Private Limited (JBI), heading operations, investment structuring, portfolio management, exits, regulatory, legal, compliance, finance, and accounts. JBI has been an investment advisor to offshore PE funds with $540M+ across 30 companies. Previously in NBFC and manufacturing sectors: Siel Financial Services, Narang Group, Gujarat Ambuja Cement. Associate member of ICAI (Cost Accountant); LLB. He is the SEBI contact person for Indus Tech Edge Fund Trust.

Srinivas Chidambaram has 35+ years of corporate experience, including 26+ years in PE investing in India and SE Asia. He was Managing Director and CEO of Jacob Ballas India Private Limited (JBI), New Delhi — a leading India-focused mid-market growth PE advisor with $540M+ across 30 companies. Previously served with HSBC Private Equity Asia in Hong Kong and India. Prior corporate experience at HCL Technologies Group and SRF Finance. Active angel investor in consumer, e-commerce, edu-tech, food-tech, and manufacturing.

Saurav Adhikari has 40 years of global expertise across Technology, CPG/FMCG, and consumer durables. Over two decades at HCL (2000–2019), he served as Founding President of HCL's startup networking firm, built a multi-hundred-million-dollar ITES business, and served as President of Global Strategy. He was part of the team leading HCL Tech's pivot to IP-led solutions through $3B B2B software M&A. Former chairman of NASDAQ-listed Vahanna Tech Edge Acquisition I Corp (merged with Roadzen in $683M EV transaction). Board member of Goodricke Group Ltd., Accelya Solutions India Ltd., and Roadzen Inc. Also served as CEO at Groupe SEB India, and senior roles at Unilever and PepsiCo.

Sachin Varshney is a corporate development and M&A leader with 16+ years across Software, Communication Tech, and IT. He served as Director of Corporate Development at HCL Tech, personally mentored by Shiv Nadar, and led the inorganic strategy building HCL Software (~$1.4B revenue). Completed $3B M&A and helped pivot HCL to one of India's largest IP-led solution companies. Founding partner of Indus Global Techventures LLP. Founding advisory partner for NASDAQ-listed Vahanna Tech Edge Acquisition I Corp ($200M, merged with Roadzen at $683M EV). Sole M&A Advisor for Analytics Edge (acquired by C5i at $30–40M). Previously at Infosys Consulting, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Azaire Networks.