Mukesh Jain

Founder

Over his 25 years of work life, Mukesh has worked in senior roles in Investment Banking, Private Equity and General Management. These exposures have given him a well-rounded view of businesses and their drivers. He has served in early stage Indian firms as well as global MNCs giving him a very diverse and rich work experience.

Mukesh’s transactions experience spans Venture Capital / Private Equity syndication and Mergers & Acquisitions advisory, across sectors. He has successfully closed transactions in IT Services, Media & Entertainment, Digital Media, Telecom Infrastructure Software, Healthcare and Manufacturing amongst others. He enjoys senior level access in most Private Equity / Venture Capital funds having interacted with them over the years and closing transactions with many.

He was one of the founding team members of IDFC Capital (erstwhile SSKI Corporate Finance) and the key driver for the Private Equity syndication practice when Private Equity industry was in its infancy in India. Subsequently, he spent 3 years at GE Capital as part of the small GE Equity India team investing in Indian companies. He then did a stint as COO of Miditech, one of the leading independent Television content production companies leading every function in the company other than Creative. Mukesh then moved to Ernst & Young as a senior member of the transactions team focusing on Technology & Entertainment industry. Given his past experience and expertise, he was assigned the role of the national transactions leader for the Media & Entertainment industry at E&Y.

Mukesh has also done very brief stints in Investment Banking in SBI Capital Markets, Kotak Mahindra and Equirus Capital.

Mukesh holds an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and a B.Tech. (Mech. Engg.) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Mukesh loves trekking and has been to places like Roopkund, Doditaal and Ladakh. He aspires to climb Mount Everest someday.

Robinder S Sodhi

Director

A seasoned banking professional with 25 years’ experience spanning Wholesale/Corporate Banking, Banking Operations and Consumer Bank with HSBC and ABN AMRO/RBS.The experience of working in each of the 5 major banking markets in India has given him unique exposure to dynamics of different markets and industry segments.Over the years, he has originated mandates totalling ~ $10 Bn across Equity, Debt and M&A from a wide cross section of clients in various sectors including IT Services, Infrastructure, Aviation, Construction, Consumer and Mining.

In his last role, Robinder was heading RBS’ Corporate & Institutional Bank for South India and was part of RBS India’s ExCo/Board. In other experience, Robinder ran a sole roadshow in Geneva and Zurich for ABN AMRO Switzerland’s corporate clients showcasing India as an investment destination and the Bank as a trusted partner.

He has participated in and benefitted from numerous training programs including on Leadership conducted by London Business School. In more recent years he has been active in the start-up ecosystem in Bangalore, advising and mentoring young companies and helping them raise capital. He has studied Economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and did his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Venkatesh Parthasarathy

Director

An experienced Business Leader with a strong bottom line orientation and a focus on execution and people. He has deep domain expertise in consumer products, retail and medical services. In a career span of close to three decades, he has launched two start-ups and has successfully hand-held shareholder transitions across various assignments. He has led and turned around two terminally sick businesses into sustainability

In his last corporate role, he was CEO and MD of Health & Glow and Foodworld for close to a decade. His previous stints include setting up Kaya Skin Clinic and working for Titan, Timex, Frito Lay among others. Apart from his business capabilities, Venkatesh is on familiar ground with governance as he has held board positions and is an expert in enterprise risk management. Currently, he helps and mentors organizations in various stages of their life-cycles and for their various strategic needs. He has studied Economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University and did his MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.

Mandar Kulkarni

Co-Founder & SVP

Mandar has close to ten years of experience that includes a mix of operating as well as corporate finance advisory roles. Prior to joining Zanskar Advisors, Mandar was at SBI Capital Markets, where he helped SMEs across sectors raise private equity funding. Before completing his MBA, Mandar worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Webaroo (GupShup) – a startup incubated at the IIT Bombay business incubator.

Mandar holds a BE (Computer Science) from VJTI (Mumbai University) and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from XLRI Jamshedpur. He loves to read, write and watch humor; and is also actively involved with couple of NGOs.

Monit Vyas

Senior Associate

Monit has close to six years of experience across Equity Research and Transfer Pricing domain. Before joining Zanskar Advisors, Monit has worked with Edelweiss and Emkay Global as an equity research associate covering Indian listed stocks in Technology and Media space.

Prior to that, Monit has also worked with EY and PwC in the Transfer Pricing domain involving various advisory and compliance assignments.

Monit is a Chartered Accountant by profession and also holds CFA (Level 3) and Bachelor of Commerce (Mumbai University) degrees. Monit is a sports enthusiast with keen interest in various sports including F1, Football and cricket and enjoys reading and trekking in his free time.

Mahek Shah

Associate

Mahek has close to 2 years of experience as a financial analyst for private equity at TresVista where she assisted the deal team in screening business opportunities as well as platform acquisitions, detailed company profiles and data analysis.

Prior to TresVista, she has interned at a boutique Investment Banking and consulting firm where she got an exposure to work on market entry and expansion strategies for mid-sized companies. Mahek has done her BBA in Finance from NMIMS Mumbai, and is a CFA Level 2 candidate.

She has volunteered for GirlUp India in the past where she has led various events to empower women through skill development. She is an avid reader and a student of classical dancing.

Vatsal Jain

Analyst

Vatsal is starting his journey as an analyst. With a strong background in finance, having completed his Bachelors in Business Administration from NMIMS, Mumbai and cleared all three levels of the CFA program.

He also enjoys extracurricular activities such as cricket and playing the piano.

When he’s not working, Vatsal likes to travel and to explore new places. Intrigued by the thriller genre, he is fond of watching screenplays and sitcoms.