Scient Capital Alternative Investment Fund

Swapnil Pawar is the Founder and Chairman of Scient Capital with over 16 years of experience across strategy consulting, investment advisory, and asset management. He started his career in 2004 with Boston Consulting Group, Mumbai. He then set up and headed Karvy Group's asset management business (Karvy Capital), establishing products in high-yield debt, AIF Cat-III, and equity portfolio management. He has authored two books: 'Anatomy of Froth — Demystifying the Global Financial Crisis and Lessons to Learn' and 'Rethinking Money and Capital'. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Bombay in Aerospace Engineering and a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.

Ramesh Rachuri is CIO at Scient Capital with experience across forex, equity derivatives, and quant strategies, and the full spectrum of debt sub-markets including G-Secs and structured products. He has worked with STCI (Securities Trading Corporation of India), Reliance Mutual Fund, Reliance PMS, and BOI-AXA Mutual Fund. He completed his B.Com in 1994 and his PGDM from IIM Indore in 2001.

Sharon has over 14 years of experience in asset management in client servicing and operations roles. She has worked with YES AMC, Indiabulls AMC, Invesco (erstwhile Religare) AMC, ING AMC, IBM, and E-Funds International. She holds a major in Sociology from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

Antony has over 15 years of experience in the mutual fund industry in back-end operations. He managed 'MFI Explorer' at ICRA Analytics and has handled securities settlements and operational process execution for PMS and AIF at Scient. He holds a B.Sc. and a diploma in Business Management from Mumbai University.

Manjula has over a decade of experience in end-to-end HR activities including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, and exit processes. She has also been involved in Legal & Compliance, Finance & Audit, and Secretarial matters at Scient Capital. She holds a PGDM from Welingkar's Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, and is a certified HR generalist.