Rishi has been a fund-manager of repute for the past 10 years with an overall capital markets experience of 16 years and is presently heading ProAlpha Capital, the India arm of Monsoon Capital, which is a US based alternative asset manager focused on India. Monsoon Capital presently has $200 million assets under management (AUM).
Among his many professional achievements include starting the institutional equity derivatives broking business at SSKI Securities (now part of IDFC) back in 2004. He also started the quantitative hedge fund business for Monsoon Capital, which was among the first mover's in India in the quant trading space in 2007.
An expert in Capital Market dynamics, especially in equity futures and options trading, and Alternative Investment Funds (AIF). He is also Member of the PE/VC/Capital Markets Committee of BCCI as a voice for AIF Category III hedge funds in India. Rishi holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Mechanical Engineering from I.I.T Kanpur and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from I.I.M Ahmedabad