NIIF bridges global capital & the India opportunity
NIIF is a sovereign-linked alternative asset manager anchored by the Government of India, catalysing global capital to invest in sectors and asset classes that drive India's growth story. The Governing Council, chaired by the Hon'ble Finance Minister of India, provides strategic guidance and convenes annually to provide direction on the overall strategy of the NIIF. The Investment Committee is responsible for all investment and divestment decisions and reviews investment performance regularly.
Sanjiv Aggarwal
Managing Director & CEO
Sanjiv Aggarwal is the Managing Director and CEO of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited. He leads NIIF's investment strategy, LP relationships, and bilateral fund initiatives including the India Japan Fund.
Sujoy Bose
Founding Managing Director & CEO (2016–2022)
Sujoy Bose was the Founding Managing Director and CEO of NIIF Ltd. (2016–2022). He set up NIIF from scratch, building the institution from ground zero into a $5 billion AUM platform with 29 global investors. Previously MD, Head of Emerging Markets at International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School.
Jitender Tanikella
Principal – Legal & Compliance, NIIF; SEBI Contact Person
Jitender Tanikella is a Principal at NIIF responsible for PE & VC/M&A/JVs with a focus on new economy ventures, and also advises on fund structuring and formation. He has engaged closely with DPIIT (formerly DIPP), FIPB, SEBI, and RBI on regulatory matters. He is qualified to practise law in India and holds a law degree from Columbia Law School, Columbia University.
Rajiv Dhar
Chief Investment Officer
Rajiv Dhar is the current Managing Director and CEO of NIIF Ltd. He joined NIIF as Managing Director (Investments) and was elevated to MD & CEO. He previously served as Co-Head of Infrastructure Investment Banking at Barclays India and has led major infrastructure financing transactions. He holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta.
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Akhilesh Tilotia
Head of Research, NIIF
Akhilesh Tilotia is NIIF's Head of Research, responsible for developing the firm's GRIX (Greeks) investment framework and anchoring macro-level India investment thesis. He regularly engages with media and institutional investors on India's growth story.
Anindya Bose
Managing Director – Fund of Funds
Anindya Bose manages the Fund of Funds strategy at NIIF, deploying capital into venture and growth funds targeting infrastructure-adjacent sectors. Previously at IFC, Macquarie, and BNP Paribas.
Prasad Gadkari
Executive Director and Chief Strategy Officer
Vinod Giri
Managing Partner, Master Fund
Vinod has 20+ years of experience across investments, strategy and management consulting and project finance. Vinod has made investments across varied sectors across early stage, growth stage and platform deals. He is amongst the few investment professionals in the Indian private equity infrastructure investments landscape with full investment cycle experience. He joined NIIF in early 2017 and is currently the Managing Partner for NIIF Master Fund. In his current role, Vinod is responsible for the overall investment strategy including setting up sectoral platforms and forging relationships with strategic operators, portfolio management and stakeholder management. Prior to NIIF, Vinod spent 13 years with IDFC Alternatives. During his tenure, he evaluated and invested in companies across sectors including oil and gas value chain, transportation value chain, logistics, real estate, education, consumption and agri value chain. Some of the marquee deals he handled include Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL), L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Limited (L&TIDPL), Gujarat Pipavav Port Limited (GPPL) and few city gas distribution companies. At IDFC, Vinod served on Boards of investee companies, helping with interventions in strategic directions, strengthening management team, assisting investee companies with access to regulators, business development and others. Vinod was also instrumental in consummating exits of investee companies through various routes - IPO, sale to strategic investors, sale to financial investors and promoter buybacks. Prior to joining the IDFC Alternatives, Vinod worked with the infrastructure advisory vertical of Credit Analysis & Research Limited (CARE).
Anand Unnikrishnan
Managing Partner, Private Markets
Gauravjit Singh
Managing Partner, Global Head of Capital Formation
Prakhar Sharma
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer
Arun Krishnamurthy
Chief Human Resources Officer
Krishna Kumar
Partner, India-Japan Fund
Gordon Dsouza
Partner, India-Japan Fund
Karthikeyan M
Partner, Master Fund
Parag Baduni
Partner, Master Fund
Puneet Rustagi
Partner, Master Fund
Subhas Chandra Ghosal
Operating Partner, Master Fund
Krupa Shankar
Partner, Private Markets
Nilesh Shrivastava
Partner, Strategic Opportunities Fund
Nirmala Sitharaman
BoardHon'ble Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs (Chair)
Anuradha Thakur
BoardSecretary, Department of Economic Affairs
M. Nagaraju
BoardSecretary, Department of Financial Services
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty
BoardChairman, State Bank of India
Hemendra Kothari
BoardChairman, DSP Group
Uday Kotak
BoardFounder and Director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited
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