Meet our Partners

Aerik Sharma has been with Encore for over 9 years and currently leads EARC’s business development and portfolio acquisition functions. He has been a part of the leadership team responsible for setting up the Greenfield debt-buying venture in India. Aerik has been instrumental in developing deep connections with sellers and various market intermediaries in India. He has also set up a robust due diligence team to evaluate secured NPLs in India. Aerik has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector. Prior to Encore, he has worked with PNB MetLife India, Morgan Stanley, Tata AIG Life Insurance and Grant Thornton India. Aerik is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is a certified Company Secretary

Amit Chauhan is an entrepreneur who owns ‘Rugs in Style’ with his business partner. Rugs in Style is an export house for rugs and carpets, which has grown to deliver its expertise to over 65 countries around the world. He recently acquired the ethnic womenswear venture ‘Kiaasa’ to take this unique concept to a new level, with the aim of keeping modern Indian women close to Indian roots and culture by syncing modern and Indian ethnicity. His project has now turned into more than 100 operational stores across India.
Amit is shy and introverted as he believes that ‘silent people have the loudest minds.’ He loves cooking and is passionate about trying new cuisines. Amit never procrastinates and believes in proactive planning with an 'always-on-the-go' and a 'never-give-up' attitude. He loves spending quality time with his family despite his busy schedule.

Anjana Anand is the founder of FYC Global Career Guidance Company. Pursuing an MSW from DSSW inspired Anjana’s passion to make a difference in the lives of children and adolescents. A constant learner herself, Anjana is a certified career counsellor from University of California, Los Angeles, a certified NLP (neuro linguistic programming) practitioner, a communications and social development expert and a youth trainer. She has over 28 years of professional experience working with children and youth in India, Singapore and Bangladesh.

Anna Abraham is a Chartered Account and MBA (ISB, Hyderabad) with cross-sector experience in corporate finance, investment banking and audit and assurance practices in various roles. She has experience working on strategic planning, M&A transactions, capital allocation decisions, operational transformation and productivity improvement programmes, treasury management and investor management. Anna currently works at HT Media as Head – Financial Planning & Strategy, Treasury, Investor Relations and M&A. She previously worked with Kotak Investment Banking in Corporate Advisory (M&A), Citigroup and PwC.

Antara Roy holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a diploma in personal relations. She previously worked as a teacher and is certified in primary school teaching from The Shri Ram School, Gurgaon. She is currently taking a sabbatical to pursue her interest in fashion and lifestyle. Antara is currently enrolled in a one-year programme in fashion designing from Pearl Academy, Delhi.

Bhavya Wadhwa is an accomplished celebrity makeup artist who specialises in bridal makeup. She has over 15 years of experience and has served more than 2,000 brides, catering to clients from all communities. Bhavya has participated in numerous competitions and won many prestigious awards along the way. She travels extensively during the wedding season, covering many destination weddings. She is accompanied by her own well-trained students and caters to friends and relatives of the bride, if required.
>Bhavya is extremely passionate about her profession, which keeps her desire to polish her skills ever-burning. For this, she continuously travels around the world to train with the world’s most renowned artists. She has trained under several international artists including Georgy Kot, Farrukh Shamuratov and Waseem Steve.
Bhavya also runs a successful training academy and has directly trained more than 500 students. She offers on-the-job training to her students, as she firmly believes that it is the most important part of training. She also conducts seminars across the country, giving a glimpse of her internationally acquired skills to budding makeup artists. She conducts competitions for her students, always endeavouring to bring out the best in them. Bhavya’s training includes not only the art itself, but also enables her students to start their own operations. She imparts product training, client interaction skills and business management, among other required skills. Bhavya has recently expanded her operations by adding spa and salon services, to offer a luxurious experience to her clients with different types of massages, hair treatments and skin care.

Bijal Mehta is a homemaker and a qualified fashion designer from Ahmedabad. She is passionate about singing and dancing and occasionally takes up dance classes.

Darshana Vora is a homemaker. She loves cooking, dancing and visiting new places.

Deepa Garg holds a master’s degree in commerce from Lucknow University. She is a homemaker who loves gardening, traveling and meeting new people.

Gaurav Mukhija is a proficient and results-driven Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of experience in the Finance domain with diverse multinational organisations. He is skilled at building teams, driving process excellence, partnering finance with core business operations and achieving organisational goals. Mr Mukhija is highly specialied in financial reporting, statutory audit, controls, compliances, tax litigations and offshoring engagements. He currently leads financial reporting and technical accounting (regional controllership) of over 10 countries, including the India tax litigation and secretarial compliance teams, for the Global Finance Function at UKG. His leadership has been vital in successfully transitioning regional controllership of various legal entities spread across APAC and EMEA. Mr Mukhija has built highly-engaged and high-performing teams (90%+ score) and has established trust across the firm’s global Finance and non-Finance leadership.

Gautam has over 19 years of advisory experience managing tax matters of multinational corporations, advising on international tax issues, including tax treaty classifications, cross-border tax structuring and effective tax rate (ETR) management, supervising international tax compliance for US entities, US international tax advisory, US Federal tax issues and compliance etc. His experience spans several industry sectors, including, financial services, media and technology, and oil and gas. Gautam is regularly invited to speak on tax issues at various conferences and workshops. He is also a regular contributor of articles/write-ups on international tax and transaction tax issues in leading publications, including books and journals published by LexisNexis Butterworths, Wolters Kluwer, Thomson Reuters, etc.

Gayatri Joshi is a behavioural trainer, soft skills expert and academician with an affinity for psychology and youth development. She has a keen interest in being a part of ‘People Development’. After working with various organisations like Siemens, SHCIL etc. for 5 years, Gayatri took the conscious decision to give up a lucrative career in Finance in order to make a meaningful debut in training and development. She has been successful in her endeavour and has not looked back for the past 17 years.
Gayatri started her training career by coaching candidates in verbal ability and soft skills for competitive exams like CAT, GMAT, GRE, TOEFL as part of premier institutes like IMS, T.I.M.E and Career Launcher. Over the past decade and half, she has established herself as a Corporate Trainer specializing in facilitation of behavioural interventions in classrooms and outbound format. She conducts behavioural training workshops for middle management, young leaders, junior management and graduate engineering trainees across sectors like financial services, IT, retail, telecom, hospitality and many more.
>As a passionate trainer, Gayatri has been chosen as a trainer for modules like change management, enhancing personal productivity, assertiveness training, personal effectiveness, time management, conflict management, English skills, team building, people management, collaboration, leadership development, soft skills development and presentation skills.

Gunjan Agarwal is a self-employed Chartered Accountant with over 15 years of experience in tax and Finance. She previously worked with Max Healthcare and E&Y. Gunjan is currently pursuing further studies in law. In her free time, she enjoys listing to music, travelling and exploring new places.

Iti Bahety works as a Senior Quality Analyst at Tech Mahindra. Her job is to ensure and maintain high quality, safe deliverables. Iti is an energy and SS healer and loves to promote wellness, mindfulness and awakening all around. In her spare time she loves to read, sketch and paint.

Dr Madhavi works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce at Maharani Cluster University, Bangalore. She has more than 20 years of teaching experience and is a published author of several academic journals and a financial accounting book for BBA students. Her hobbies include traveling, shopping and embroidery.

Kangshini Dixit holds a master’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Bombay and a CAIIB from the Indian Institute of Bankers. From 1982 to 2018, she worked at the Reserve Bank of India in several departments, such as cash, department of government and bank accounts, as well as the department of statistics and information management.

Kanika Garg is Chief Product Officer at Tata Motors Finance. She holds an MBA from IIM‐Bangalore and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Thapar University. Kanika has rich experience managing Digital business in leadership roles. She is known for growing digital business, strategic planning, product launch (mobile apps, website and GTM), customer experience, and data analytics. Kanika previously worked with organisations like Principal Mutual Fund, Airtel and IBM and is known for industry-first initiatives. She secured the top rank across India in the Punjab C.E.T. Kanika likes dancing, playing chess, sudoku, and actively contributing to social initiatives such as Prayaas for differently-abled children.

Kirti is an educator with over 20 years of experience in the field of special education and works with neuro-diverse students. She is an avid reader and enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Lakshmi Ganeshan is a highly organised and passionate homemaker. She is also versatile in the art of cooking, demonstrating this in a variety of ways on Instagram. She strongly believes in taking care of the family and is actively involved in social activities. Mrs Ganeshan holds a bachelor’s degree in science. A proud of mother of two sons, her hobbies include reading, rangoli and listening to music.

Dr Lakshmi Garimella is a PhD in biotechnology and is a currently on sabbatical. Previously, she received a research fellowship from the Government of India and was associated with JNCASR, Bengaluru.

Mamta Kulkarni is a homemaker. She previously worked at a reputed bank before giving up her job to take care of her son’s upbringing. She holds a degree in computers management as well as commerce.

Meghna Jain is a professional chartered accountant with over 10 years of experience. She previously worked in assurance at PwC, and at Lenovo as a business finance manager. She currently works at Vedantu, an EdTech company, as the Associate Director, Business Finance. In her free time, she likes to work on DIY home projects and participate in social events.

Neelam Aggarwal is a homemaker. She completed her MSc and doctorate in Zoology from Marathwada University. She was born and brought up in Rajasthan and Aurangabad, respectively. Mrs. Aggarwal has 2 daughters, one studying management in the US and the other working at Amazon after completing her industrial engineering degree from the US, where she is now based. She is the wife of Ajay Aggarwal, CFO of Cyient, and has previously lived in Kota, Delhi and Jakarta. Mrs. Aggarwal has been living in Hyderabad for over 10 years. She is fond of gardening and organic farming and additionally enjoys food and cuisine as well as travel.

Neelam Agrawal is a homemaker blessed with 2 daughters, Nehal and Navya. She holds a bachelor of arts degree and is currently a Hindi language tutor for children in her community. She loves cooking food and is a keen listener. In her free time, she enjoys reading.

Niketa Lakhani a homemaker and a hands-on mother to her twin daughters. She holds a postgraduate degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai. She leads a fulfilling life pursuing and nurturing her creative and spiritual characteristics. Constantly driven by her creative pursuits, Niketa indulges in various art forms, ranging from gardening, painting and doodling to cooking, dancing and singing, amongst other things. She believes that a lifetime has an array of things to offer which can only come when we stop trying to control our narrative and instead learn to go with the flow.

Piyali Basu is a homemaker and a mother to triplets. She previously worked as a teacher but gave it up in order to take care of her kids once they were born. Piyali’s hobbies include listening to music, travelling and cooking.

Prema Rajesh spent over a decade working with various industries in the Finance and accounting domain. She holds a dual master’s degree in commerce and English and later decided to change her focus to the education of children and young adults. Prema spent several years teaching in schools for the economically-backward and the underprivileged before deciding to focus more on personal coaching, tutoring and teaching. Just like most other women, she has been adept at balancing work, family and life in general.

Priti Roy is a freelance corporate trainer, POSH enabler and an NLP Master Practitioner. She is associated with various organisations and imparts training across India. She is also an education consultant. In the past, she has held senior HR/L&D positions in renowned organisations across the FMCG and retail industries in India and the Middle East, where she gained experience dealing with multinational, multicultural workforces. Priti holds an MBA from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and bachelor’s degrees in science and education from Mumbai University.

Rashmi Murthy is a Senior Principal Consultant at SAP Ariba, Bangalore. She holds a bachelor of engineering degree from VTU Bangalore and has previously worked as a product engineer and a software engineer in various organisations. She is married to Pavan and has an 11-year-old son, Pranav.

Ritu Chopra is a teacher at Amity International, Gurgaon. She loves to nurture kids and truly believes in giving them good moral values in their early stages to ensure their holistic development. Ritu is a volunteer and follower of the Art of Living and loves giving back to society and spreading happiness. She loves travelling and in her leisure time enjoys cooking and gardening.

Ruchi Mundra is a school coordinator at The Shri Ram Universal School, Hyderabad. She is a passionate teacher who, in addition to her profession, has a keen interest in creative activities, interacting with people and travelling.

Ruta Bhojani holds bachelor’s degrees in commerce and law. She is a homemaker who spends a lot of her time taking care of her 12-year-old daughter and her parents-in-law. Ruta likes to read and travel and has lately developed a keen interest in stock markets.

Sangeeta Sethi holds a degree in statistics and is an artist who makes murals, paintings, home décor items among other things. She owns a small business and sells her artwork through her website ‘Tinkerings’ and ‘Kalashrey’. Sangeeta also takes classes and teaches students across diverse age groups about different art forms. She loves travelling and listening to good music. Sangeeta has two kids, her daughter is married and her son currently studies at RMIT University in Melbourne.

Sarika Agrawal holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. She previously worked as a testing engineer and a life insurance advisor. Sarika is currently a homemaker and a mother to two lovely daughters, Anushree and Hitika. She enjoys travelling, cooking and watching movies.

Sarla Joshi was born and brought up in a small town in Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra. She moved to Mumbai after getting married to Sachinn. Sarla is a homemaker and mother to two sons, Prateek and Arpeet. She enjoys cooking, watching movies, spending time with family and travelling to new places.

Shalaka currently works with a German publishing company, where her job is to help publish research books written by German authors. A commerce post-graduate, Shalaka holds a German language specialisation from the Goethe institute. She is an avid learner of the German language and is thus happy to explore her passion in her job. On a personal note, Shalaka likes to explore new places, travel, read and listen to music.

Sheetal Gupta is a freelance Advocate with a keen interest in academic teaching. She is also associated with various philanthropic institutions. Sheetal has two children, a son and a daughter who are both currently studying law. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling to various places and exploring as well as reading books.

Shweta is a Chartered Accountant with over 7 years of experience working at Big 4, a Fortune 100 MNC as well as a unicorn start-up. She also spent over 7 years in the role of Chief Home Officer, parenting a baby girl and boy. Shweta resumed work in 2021 at a fast growing start-up and that too India’s largest eSports and mobile gaming company - MPL! She is currently pursuing CPA from AICPA. Shweta met Shetul while they were both pursuing their CA qualification.

Sonali Shah is a homemaker and has successfully raised a daughter and a son. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Mumbai and completed her schooling from St Anns High School, Secunderabad. Apart from her full-time role, Sonali dabbles in spirituality, and enjoys travelling and watching movies.

Sreedevi K was born in August 1973 and had a tough childhood due to the early demise of her father. She completed her graduation from Andhra University and married Mr. K S Sastry in March 1998. Her penchant for further studies led her to pursue a Masters degree in English and Bachelors in Education after her marriage. She decided to curtail her carrier aspirations, after briefly working at a school, in order to care for her family. ,

Sumedha holds masters degree in English, sociology and education from Lady Shriram College, Delhi University.. She pursued a career in education, working in Delhi Administration schools for 27 years as a PGT English teacher and later as the Head of School. She voluntarily retired in 2019 to pursue her interests, which include reading, listening to music and travelling.

Sunanda Arya holds a master’s degree in commerce from Delhi University. She is a homemaker and an entrepreneur who runs a dance academy. Sunanda loves travelling and spending time with her son.

Suparna Malhotra is an internationally certified counsellor, life-coach and trainer. She has been providing psychological well-being services under the name ‘soul connect’ for over 12 years with international training and experience from Singapore. As a mental health professional, she is passionate about facilitating a positive transformation in people and helping them lead fulfilled lives with health, harmony and happiness.A CBT and family therapist, Suparna holds a master’s degree in social science in professional counselling and graduated as a Valedictorian from Swinburne University, Australia. She is motivated about counselling children, teenagers, adults and families in face-to-face and online sessions. Suparna ensures a confidential, therapeutic setting to help people overcome their mental and emotional challenges.
Suparna is also a certified transformational life-coach (working in collaboration with renowned coach Arfeen Khan), and facilitates clients through ‘The Incredible You 10-Week Coaching programme’ to achieve transformation by helping them unlock the best version of their personality. A certified trainer with a master diploma in training from the Indian Academy of Training & Development, Suparna loves conducting interactive, experiential life-skills training workshops for varied clients and organizational settings.

Usha Rathi is a homemaker. She enjoys participating in cultural and other general social programmes organised by her society.

Vasudha holds a bachelors degree in arts and has worked with the Central Government for nearly 25 years. She is from Mysore and enjoys reading in her free time.

Vinita Jain is the co-founder, together with Anu Seth and Preetha Wali, of Pay It Forward. Pay it Forward is a movement to spread financial awareness and responsibility, an essential life skill that does not feature in any school or college curriculum, and whose absence results in much financial stress and haphazard investing.

Vishnu Priya A has a degree in engineering and worked as a Professor at an engineering college over 2010-2012. After her marriage, she decided to stay home, take care of her family and spend time with her lovely son, Vamsi. Her hobbies include watching movies, listening to music and exploring new places.