Our Team – Avanti Finance

Swapnil Dixit

Swapnil is Vice President, Product at Avanti. He is an engineer from IIT Kharagpur and MBA from UC Berkeley. Swapnil is a passionate educationist and design thinker. He spends his free time introducing the concepts of design thinking to students and making oscar winning home videos with his children.

Sushil Thaker

Sushil is Vice President, Finance at Avanti. He is an ACA, ACS and Bcom. In his free time he enjoys Ornithology and working on his life time pet project: his balcony garden.

Chitra Marian

Chitra is Executive Assistant to CEO and Avanti's Office Manager. An MBA in Marketing, Chitra ensures that Avanti's admin runs smoothly. Outside of work, Chitra's all time love is baking and also loves to explore hydroponics.

Devina Vaid

Devina works with the Partnerships and Operations team. She holds a BA in Economics and Environmental Studies and has a keen interest in ensuring the Avanti platform can be customised to the needs of its partners. Devina likes listening to business podcasts, watching Pixar films, discovering regional foods and spending time with her mother who is her best friend.

Karthik Pai

Karthik is the Finance Guy in the Avanti Team. He holds a BCom and is a Chartered Accountant who is passionate about travel and food.

Manu Prashanth

Manu is the Senior Accountant at Avanti. He is a Certified Public Accountant currently pursuing his BCom. He is an adventurer, pub explorer, food nerd and movie buff.

Nalini Chinta

Nalini works with the Partnerships and Operations team at Avanti. She is an MBA in Finance and a woman of many talents most notably, dancing and acting.

Nilansha Tiwari

Nilansha is a development professional who works with the partnerships and operations team. She also works on communications and financial literacy initiatives of Avanti. She is a Masters in Development Economics from IDS, University of Sussex. She is a feminist who loves travelling, politics and public policy.

Sainath S

Sainath is a part of the Partnerships and Operations team which he prefers to call the Problems and Solutions team as his role is to help customise the platform on ground to ensure financial inclusion of unserved customers. An MBA in Financial Management, he is a sports and happiness enthusiast.

Sashi Pandey

Sashi is an MBA and a part of the Partnerships and Operations team. When he is not working on institutional financing at Avanti he spends time on his two passions, gaming and books.

Urvashi Bahirsheth

Urvashi is Avanti's Company Secretary. She is a Bcom, L.L.B and C.S. She is a food explorer with a zest for life. One would be remiss if one did not mention her undying love for stationery and organising.