Analyst of the Year - Open Competition 2024
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Vishal Khandelwal

Vishal Khandelwal is an Indian investment educator and author known for his educational work in the personal investment realm. He is the founder of "Safal Niveshak" (meaning "successful investor"), a platform aimed at helping individual investors better understand value investing, investment psychology, and personal financial management through education and training. Vishal Khandelwal is the author of "The Sketchbook of Wisdom". He conveys his philosophy through writing, online courses, workshops, and public speaking, aiming to cultivate investors' critical thinking and independent decision-making skills. His work focuses not just on stock selection but also on helping investors develop the right investment mindset and behavior.
Vishal Khandelwal is the founder of SafalNiveshak.com, a website that aims to help people learn the art of value investing and behavioral finance to make better investment decisions. He has over 18 years of experience as a stock market analyst and investor, and more than 10 years of experience as an investment coach.
Created in 2011, Safal Niveshak has now grown into a community with over 90,000 loyal readers and has been rated among the world's best value investing blogs. The site is actively read and followed in over 100 countries/regions. Vishal is the author of "The Sketchbook of Wisdom", filled with the eternal ideas of the smartest people on Earth. He is also the creator of "The 1% Show", which openly explores the thoughts of the smartest people around us, helping us learn to think, invest, and live better every day, even if by a tiny percentage. He is on Twitter @safalniveshak.
At FLAME University, Vishal will teach courses not only in his area of expertise but also on building thinking frameworks and models from different disciplines and finding connections between them.

Sunil Singhania

Sunil Singhania is a renowned Indian investor known for his expertise in the financial markets and a successful track record in investments. He is one of the key figures in the Indian investment community, with a wealth of experience and a good reputation in the industry.
Sunil Singhania is an experienced investor with a deep understanding and extensive experience in the stock market.
He has served as the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Reliance Capital Ltd, where he managed a large investment portfolio and had a significant influence on the company's investment strategies.
During his tenure as CIO, he was also responsible for managing Reliance Mutual Fund (now known as Nippon India Mutual Fund), one of the largest mutual funds in India. After leaving Reliance Capital, he founded his own investment management company, Abakkus Asset Manager LLP, continuing to leverage his expertise in the field of investment management.
He is often regarded as having a strong academic background, including professional degrees in finance and accounting.
Sunil Singhania frequently speaks at various financial forums and conferences, sharing his market insights and commenting on investment strategies.
He is also actively involved in various investor associations and organizations, including serving as one of the founders of the CFA Society India.

Kenneth Andrade

Kenneth Andrade is a well-known investment manager and value investing expert in India, highly acclaimed for his performance in the Indian stock market.
Andrade boasts over 25 years of experience in the Indian financial sector, managing multiple portfolios during this time, including those for companies like IDFC Mutual Fund and Old Bridge Capital Management.
Andrade's investment style is primarily value-driven, adept at identifying undervalued stocks and focusing on in-depth analysis of financial data and company fundamentals. His investment strategy emphasizes long-term investments and risk diversification when investing.
Andrade's investment prowess is widely recognized in the Indian financial circles, with the portfolios he managed performing exceptionally well over the past decade, significantly outperforming Indian stock market indices.
His success and philosophy of value investing have had a profound impact on many Indian investors.
Kenneth is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Old Bridge Capital Management, a registered PMS headquartered in India. He manages the investment process and leads the investment philosophy.
In addition to over 27 years of experience in the Indian capital markets, portfolio management, and investment research, he also has a remarkable track record of managing some of India's most successful equity funds for 15 years.
In addition to over 27 years of experience in the Indian capital markets, portfolio management, and investment research, he also has a remarkable track record of managing some of India's most successful equity funds for 15 years.
From 2008 to 2015, IDFC MF was rated as the fastest-growing mutual fund in India. At IDFC, Kenneth, as the Chief Investment Officer, was responsible for the performance of $8 billion in assets.
He was responsible for building the company's equity franchise and managing one of the largest equity funds in terms of asset management size in India.
The company's flagship fund, IDFC Premier Equity Fund, boasted a compound annual growth rate of 22.3% over a decade.

KManish Chokhani

Manish Chokhani is a renowned investor and financial analyst in India, known for his rich experience and deep insights in the Indian capital markets. He holds high recognition in the Indian financial sector and has remarkable achievements in investment banking, equity market analysis, and investment management.
Manish Chokhani serves as a director at Enam Holdings Pvt. Ltd., a company engaged in investment management and financial services in India. Under his leadership at Enam Securities, the firm became one of India's leading investment banks before being acquired by Axis Bank. He has a profound understanding of the growth and value creation of Indian enterprises, which he demonstrates in his investment decisions.
Mr. Chokhani is one of India's most respected financial market experts, having established/led multiple institutions. He is best known for his role as the Managing Director and CEO at ENAM Securities, an iconic domestic investment bank, considered a trusted "banker" to some of India's most renowned business groups including Infosys, Zee, Birla, Reliance, Vedanta, Raheja, and the Future Group.
In 2011, Mr. Chokhani spearheaded the $400 million merger of Enam with Axis Bank, creating Axis Capital Ltd (ACL), where he served as the Managing Director and CEO until November 2013. In 1998, Mr. Chokhani co-founded Enam AMC, managing the wealth of some of India's leading business families, as well as offshore institutional funds. He also served on the board of the $1 billion ZA Capital Fund and as an advisor to the $400 million India Capital Fund. He has assisted several other leading institutional investors in formulating and implementing their India investment strategies, including serving as the Chairman of TPG Growth India during 2014-16. Mr. Chokhani has thrice been the co-chair of the Capital Markets Committee of the Indian Merchants' Chamber. He is an active member of the World Presidents' Organization and the All India Management Association.
Mr. Chokhani is a qualified Chartered Accountant and one of the youngest MBA graduates from the London Business School. He has served on the school's international alumni board and scholarship panel. He has been a visiting professor at IIM-K and is passionate about teaching. An avid sportsman, Manish has represented his university team in cricket, tennis, badminton, and sprinting. He is a trained singer and also enjoys reading, painting, traveling, and Vipassana (a Buddhist meditation technique).