Our Team
Bikramjit Singh Kalra
Managing Partner
Bikram has ~20 year of overall experience and >15 years of investment management experience across Fidelity Investments & Consortium Securities. He has managed investment book more than USD 2 bn over his career.
Besides Co-founding Capitar, Bikram serves as Director, Investment Advisory at Consortium Securities. Prior to Consortium, Bikram was an Investment Analyst with Fidelity advising the fund on its investments in the Healthcare and Financial Sectors in India. Previously, Bikram gained 5 years of technology industry experience in the US as a software developer at Microsoft and a Tech SaaS start-up.
Bikram is an INSEAD MBA and has a BSc. in Computer Science and BA in Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin.
Rahul Mahipal
Managing Partner
Rahul has 25+ years experience in Banking and Financial Services industry including leadership roles with leading foreign & private banks and NBFCs. He has debt financing & underwriting experience for transactions aggregating more than $4 billion.
Previously, Rahul served as SVP – Structured Finance and Head Commercial Lending at ECL Finance, where he was responsible for the Structured Finance business & managed a debt portfolio of over INR 3,000 Crores. Prior to that, Rahul served as Executive Director and Team Head – Commercial Banking at Standard Chartered & helped set-up their Indian mid-market business.
Rahul is a C.A. and Cost Accountant, holds an MBA degree, with distinction, from Strathclyde Graduate Business School, U.K and is a commerce graduate from St’ Xavier’s College, Kolkata
Shiv Gaurav Bhargava
Partner
Shiv has 20+ years of combined experience in Corporate & Investment Banking and operating roles in B2C businesses. He has originated & structured Debt & Equity transactions of over $3 billion and held leadership roles across B2C businesses.
Shiv spent first half of his career in originating, structuring & managing transactions for SME & Mid Cap businesses. The latter half has primarily been spent in C-Suite level roles in B2C businesses including co-founding a FinTech start-up. He has also held CSO & CEO positions during scale-up phases of B2C businesses across e-comm (D2C) & Gaming.
Shiv holds an MBA degree from IIM Lucknow and a BA (Hons.) in Economics degree from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.
Alric Dsouza
Principal Associate
Alric has 4 years of experience in structured finance, underwriting commercial mortgages for the North American market. He has worked on various transactions totaling ~$500 apart from co-authoring research pieces in the CMBS space. Alric’s previous stint was at DBRS Morningstar Inc. He holds an FRM charter and is working to obtain the CFA charter.
Dishit Gosalia
Principal
Dishit has 7 years of experience in Structured Finance Project Finance and Working Capital Finance. He has underwriting experience for transactions aggregating more than $1 billion. Previously, Dishit was associated with Axis finance and Edelweiss. He is a Chartered Accountant (C.A) and Certified Financial Analyst (CFA).
Savera Choudhary
Associate
Savera holds a master’s degree in Management from SP Jain, Mumbai and IESEG School of Management, France. She graduated with B.Com.(Hons.) Degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce & Economics, University of Delhi. She previously interned with Chapelle, Belgium (now BDO) as an Operational Risk intern besides similar other stints.
Shalini Pandey
Associate
Shalini has 10+ years experience in Corporate Law, Secretarial and Legal & Compliance, including for AIF & Debt Funds. She has in-depth exposure to various facets of Corporate Law including Legal Due Diligence, Secretarial Work, Liaisoning with CLB, ROC, RBI and SEBI. She is a fellow member of ICSI and holds an M.com degree
Vinayak Sharma
Associate
Vinayak holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics & Statistics from University of Mumbai. He founded the Economics Club of KC College, Mumbai and played a key role in organizing an inter-collegiate economics festival that garnered a footfall of ~2000 students. He is an avid debater having participated in MUNs and also represented Delhi state for football.
