AgriSURE Fund for Start-ups & Rural Enterprises supports innovative, technology-driven and high-impact startups in the agriculture and rural ecosystem. The fund is sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India and NABARD. NABVENTURES Limited acts as the investment manager for the SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund.
Vikas Bhatt
Managing Director
Mr. Vikas Bhatt has more than two decades of experience in the Banking and Financial Services space. He has worked in different positions across various Regional Offices and Head Office of NABARD in the Business Initiatives Department, Department of Storage and Marketing, State Projects Department, Farm Sector Development Department, Off-Farm Development Department, Department of Supervision and Human Resources Management Department. He has also worked with NABARD Consultancy Services Private Limited (NABCONS). His areas of experience include financing of infrastructure projects under Food Processing, Warehousing, Power, Irrigation, Rural Housing and Sanitation sectors. He also brings rich experience of working with grass-root level institutions involved in agriculture and rural development such as FPOs, SHGs, JLGs, and PACS. He is a Post Graduate in Economics, holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) with specialisation in Marketing, and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF).
Ashish Km Choudhury
Chief Investment Officer
Ashish joined NABVENTURES in 2024. He has over 17 years of experience in ICICI Group and has spent the last 15 years in the investment business (PE/VC), managing growth and early stage transactions across diversified sectors including BFSI/fintech, consumers, agri, healthcare, and education. He has experience managing the full lifecycle of a fund and has evaluated a large set of emerging companies across sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and an MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai.
Anupam Pattanayak
Deputy General Manager (DGM)
Mr. Anupam Pattanayak has more than 16 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services space. He has worked in different positions at NABARD and NABCONS Head Office Mumbai and in the North Eastern Region. He played an instrumental role in operationalizing innovative funding mechanisms under Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF), Micro Irrigation Fund (MIF), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G), and Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), culminating in a total disbursement of USD 12 billion by NABARD. He has also served as a District Development Manager (DDM) in Birbhum district, West Bengal, with experience in tribal development, watershed development, FPOs, OFPOs, PACS, etc. He is a graduate in Chemical Engineering, has completed 2 levels of CFA, and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF).
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Mohd. Khalid
Deputy General Manager (DGM)
Mr. Mohammad Khalid has more than 15 years of experience in NABARD, having worked in various capacities in the Department of Subsidiaries and Strategic Investment and the Funds & Accounts Department. His areas of experience include investments in Alternate Investment Funds (AIFs), Risk Management, Asset Liability Management, and Bank Supervision. He has been part of the investment team for AIFs in NABARD, having committed capital of more than USD 87 million across various funds. He has also worked as a District Development Manager with grassroot experience in implementing projects related to FPOs, SHGs, and PACS. He holds an MBA in Finance from AMU and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.
Ankit Bhatnagar
Vice President
Ankit was previously working with Thinq Ventures as an Investment Analyst, focusing on seed to early stage investments. He has also worked with Canara Bank Securities and ICICI Bank. He holds a PG in Securities Markets from NISM.
Tunu Sahu
Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
Tunu Sahu is the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer at NABVENTURES with over 15 years of experience in Corporate Secretarial, Legal, Finance, and Managerial functions. Previously, he worked with Reliance Communications Limited, The Rubber Products Ltd, and Technocraft Industries India Ltd. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law and a Bachelor's Degree in Science from Sambalpur University, and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), New Delhi.
Shashwat S Goyal
Associate
Shashwat joined NABVENTURES in 2025. He has over five years of experience in private equity and venture capital, focusing on early-stage and growth investments across high-growth sectors. Prior to NABVENTURES, he was an Associate at First Bridge India Growth Fund, where he gained end-to-end experience in fund lifecycle, investment evaluation, due diligence, portfolio monitoring, and fund raising. He also previously worked at Ernst & Young in statutory audit. He is a Chartered Accountant and CFA Charterholder.
Akshit Agarwal
Associate
Akshit Agarwal joined NABVENTURES in 2025 and brings over four years of experience across venture fundraising, transaction execution, and business strategy. A Chartered Accountant (AIR 3, AIR 30) and CFA, he has led end-to-end fundraising processes, working on financial modelling, due diligence, competitive benchmarking, deal structuring, and investor relations. Prior to NABVENTURES, he worked with Deloitte, Aditya Birla Group, and SalarySe.
Anmol Menon
Analyst
Anmol Menon joined NABVENTURES in 2025 and brings over three years of experience in fundraising and deal advisory with a focus on early- and growth-stage startups. Before joining, he served as a Senior Associate at CreedCap Advisors, where he led the consumer segment and was involved across all stages of the transaction cycle including mandate evaluation, investment collateral preparation, due diligence, and negotiation of shareholder agreements. He began his career at Grant Thornton in the Financial Due Diligence practice, working on growth-stage M&A transactions. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Vadodara.
Sunita Salunkhe
Assistant Manager
Smt. Sunita Salunkhe has 33 years of experience across various departments of NABARD including the Institutional Development Department, Farm Sector, and Human Resource and Management Department. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University.
Sumeet Daharwal
Assistant Manager
Mr. Sumeet Daharwal is a Chartered Accountant and Commerce graduate with specialisation in Finance and Accounts. He has 4.5 years of work experience across various industries and sectors. He worked with ICICI Bank Limited as a Credit Analyst for 2.5 years handling Working Capital Appraisal, and with FCI as an Internal Auditor.
Parth Anand
Assistant Manager
Parth Anand is a graduate in Electrical Engineering and holds an MBA with major in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Jammu. Prior to NABVENTURES, he worked across Financial Planning & Analysis, NPA Management, Forex Risk Management, and Financial Product Pricing. He served as Associate Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis at PayNearby, and as a Specialist Officer – Forex in the Treasury and International Banking Division of Union Bank of India.
Nitya Balwani
Analyst
Nitya Balwani joined NABVENTURES investment team in 2026. She is a Chartered Accountant (AIR 34) and a Lawyer with transaction and SPA advisory experience across venture capital, private equity, and strategic M&A. She has worked with global funds and strategic investors on buy and sell-side transactions focusing on early and growth-stage startups across technology, media, financial services, education, and telecom. Prior to NABVENTURES, she was with Deloitte's Strategy, Risk and Transaction practice, where she built expertise in financial due diligence, quality of earnings, legal and commercial judgment, and investor relations management across transactions.
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