Meet The Team
Ameya Prabhu
Mentor
Ameya Prabhu is the Founder and Managing Director of NAFA Capital Advisors Pvt. Ltd and a Partner in UAP Advisors LLP. Ameya has been designated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He is also a writer and the author of “The Rock Babas and other stories”, a book of short stories published by Amazon and sold in over 40 countries globally. Ameya also serves as the Managing Director of New Age Financial Advisors, a joint venture with IFFCO, which is the world’s largest farmer’s co-operative organization. Ameya is a BSc. in Economics, Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick and an MSc. in Financial Management from IE Business School, Madrid.
Ameya is a trustee of Manav Sandhan Vikas Sanstha, an NGO focused on skill training and skill development in rural and semi-urban India with an emphasis on job creation for women and the underprivileged classes. Ameya is a member of the advisory board of Climate Group India. He is currently the Chairperson of the Western Region of the Indian Chamber of Commerce and was formerly the Chairperson of the Young Leaders Forum of the IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also the Brand Ambassador for start-ups in the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
He is a columnist and his writings have been published by well-known global media outlets such as The Huffington Post, The Quint, Business Today, etc.
R K Sharma
Mentor
Ram Krishan Sharma, son of Late Ram Dayal Joshi (founder of Baidyanath) is a Managing Director of Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Private Limited, a 100+ year legacy brand in the ayurvedic products manufacturing and distribution, headquartered in Kolkata, India. Baidyanath has played a pioneering role in re-establishing ancient knowledge with modern research and manufacturing techniques and is the acknowledged leader of Ayurvedic know how. Under the Directorship of Ram K. Sharma, Baidyanath exports has moved forwards in advocating global usefulness of Ayurveda through global networks. Its exports to U.S.A, Europe, etc have played an effective role in channelling the information of Ayurveda and openin
Gayatri Sethuraman
Director
Gayatri holds the designation of Principal - Investments and Strategy at UAP Advisors LLP. Over the past 3.5 years, she has been actively involved in managing the Investments as well as advising clients of the UAP group. Gayatri has over seven years of experience across both multi-national and startup establishments. She was previously a co-founder at Dabbadoo, a first-of-its-kind subscription-based nutritional daily meal service for school-going children. Prior to that, she had worked with the structured finance team at ICICI Bank and also has experience in ESOPS consulting and equity research.
Gayatri is a CFA Charter holder and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Finance from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune.
Suryakant Rastogi
Director
Suryakant Rastogi has worked with the FMCG industry for the last 22 years and works in all the spheres of the FMCG domain like Finance, SCM, IT, and Logistics. He primarily works on Cost saving & optimization at all levels, track record of success in completing due diligence and fundraising exercise, handling investor relations, negotiating better terms with bankers and suppliers, setting up controls/processes, and work closely with EY, Mck, and ATK, Completing Audits with zero deviations. He has good international exposure as having handled Singapore, Nepal, and Bangladesh operations.
Mr. Karteek Andra
Director - Sales & Operations
Karteek has been an instrumental part of Baidyanath in the last few years. He has built Kapiva, a brand from the Baidyanath family, across developed markets like USA, UK.
He is experienced in building Indian brands like Aashirvaad, Sunfeast, Kitchens of India, Yippie, ITC Masterchef for ITC Foods in the Americas.
His career started with 24 mantra Organic, wherein he was involved in category creation in India and later in building International business. He holds an MBA from IIFT, Delhi.