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N. ArunaGiri (commonly referred to as 'Arun') is the Founder-Director cum Chief Investment Officer of TrustLine. He carries overall responsibility for the business with direct responsibility for Research and Fund Management. He has a background spanning 36+ years of industry experience. A significant part of his career was with one of India's most admired IT services companies, where he held various senior positions across diverse functions. He brings an enviable track record in equity and financial research. He is an Engineering Graduate from REC (Regional Engineering College), Trichy, with additional qualifications in 'Business Finance and Financial Analysis' from ICFAI. He also writes a widely followed blog at arungiri.wordpress.com.

N. Ulaganathan is the co-founder and Domain Consultant at TrustLine. He has 33+ years of industry experience and is a post-graduate from Clarkson University, New York. He brings critical domain skills for sectors including IT (Process Control), Petrochemicals, Industrial Automation, Engineering, Oil & Gas, and related sectors. The company actively seeks his guidance and consulting inputs on these sectors as part of investment research.

Vijay Kumar is a Research Consultant and one of the early shareholders of TrustLine. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) and an Engineering degree, with 30+ years of industry experience. A significant part of his career was with Dun & Bradstreet, where he gained rich experience in security analysis and equity markets. He also brings rich experience in Business Development from his tenure at a leading Telecom Service Provider in India.

Anil Jain was a Senior Vice President & Business Head at Wipro Ltd. for 25+ years, with a diversified career spanning Marketing, Export Sales, Business Development, Finance, and Innovation. He held leadership roles in the Wipro-Acer PC business, WPC business, and drove Wipro Infotech's retail presence and strategy.

Padmanabhan S.V. (Paddy) is the former Group Chief Technology Officer of Noor Investment Group LLC (a USD 1 Billion Dubai Government-backed Islamic investment venture comprising Noor Islamic Bank and Noor Takaful). He has 20+ years of IT experience across Sales, Services, and senior Data Center / Operations leadership at Wipro Infotech and Citibank India (VP & Head – India Data Centers covering Consumer & Corporate banking). He holds a degree from a reputed engineering institution.

Podila Pandu Ranga Rao (P.P.R. Rao) is the former Executive Director of UCAL Fuel System Limited. He is an Engineering Graduate from Andhra University with 40+ years of industry experience at BHEL, English Electric, SRF Nippondenso, Wipro, Digital Equipment India, and Bizworth India. He has held roles as Chief Works Manager, GM, CEO, Director, MD, and COO.

Ram N Agarwal is the MD and CEO of WeP Solutions Limited, where he pioneered India's first employee-owned company. He holds a B.Tech from IIT Kanpur (1970) and a PGDM from IIM Kolkata (1972, specialising in Finance, Marketing, and Systems). He has 40+ years of industry experience, a major part of which was at Wipro. He has been a member of MAIT's Executive Council for six years.

Shabbir Merchant is the Chief Value Creator at ValuLead Consulting, with two decades of experience in Human Resources Management and Leadership Development across IT, Manufacturing, Financial Services, FMCG, Pharma, and Supply Chain industries across India, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. He was previously EVP at Right – Grow Talent (NYSE: MAN) for South Asia and spent nine years at Wipro (NYSE: WIT) as GM & Head HR of Wipro Infotech. Under his leadership, Wipro Infotech became the first company in the world to be assessed at Level V of People CMM Version 2. He holds a Masters in Personnel Management from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Pune.

Srinivasan Varadarajan is a veteran banker and market expert. He began his career at ICICI Ltd. (Merchant Banking Division, 1990) and was part of the start-up team of ICICI Securities (I-Sec, JV with J.P. Morgan), heading the Fixed Income business. From 1999 he was with JPMorgan India; in his last assignment he was Managing Director and Head of Markets, with the dual role of CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank Mumbai Branch and Chairman of J.P. Morgan Securities (India) Pvt. Ltd. He has served on multiple RBI Committees (TAC, STRIPS, Repos) and was Chairman of FIMMDA and PDAI. He holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta (1990) and an Engineering degree from the College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai.