General Atlantic Team
Our global team is dedicated to helping our portfolio companies become market leaders domestically, regionally, and globally.
Lakshay Bahl
Associate Mumbai
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Lakshay Bahl is an Associate at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investment in Consumer, Healthcare and Life Sciences space in India and Asia Pacific. Before joining General Atlantic, Lakshay was an Investment Associate at Partners Group where he focused on late stage buyout investments. Prior to that, he worked as a Management Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Shantanu Rastogi
Managing Director, Head of India Mumbai
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Shantanu Rastogi is a Managing Director and leads General Atlantic’s business in India. He rejoined General Atlantic in 2013 after working at the firm from 2005 to 2007. Previously, Shantanu was a Principal at Apax Partners, and prior to that, he was a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company
Sharad Bhojnagarwala
Principal Mumbai
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Sharad Bhojnagarwala is a Principal at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investments in the India and Southeast Asia regions. Prior to joining General Atlantic in 2011, Sharad was an Investment Professional at TVS Capital where he focused on investments in the mid-cap Consumer sector among others. Before that, he worked in technology roles at various companies in Boston, including EMC, Lucent Technologies, Trebia Networks, and ZipDiner.com.
Anand Agarwal
Operating Partner Mumbai
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Before joining General Atlantic in June 2024, Anand served as India Consumer CFO at Amazon India, where he partnered with India Country Head to build a large and sustainable business. Prior to that, he was Head of Finance, South Asia for Syngenta (Swiss MNC with global turnover of ~$15B), and General Manager, Finance of Britannia.
Srinivas Peddada
Principal Mumbai
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Srinivas Peddada is a Principal on General Atlantic’s Investment Support team focusing on our portfolio companies in India, expanding on work he was previously doing for GA as a Senior Advisor. Before joining GA, Srinivas was an Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited, where he led a team of 300+ professionals and oversaw technology strategy. Prior to that, Srinivas served as Chief Information Officer at Dun & Bradstreet in its South Asia, Middle East & North Africa Group. He has also served as Chief Technology Officer at AIG and GE Money (India Region), in addition to working as Certified Architect at IBM Albany NY. Srinivas received his Master of Business Administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his Master of Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, and his Bachelor of Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.
Varun Talukdar
Principal Mumbai
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Varun Talukdar is a Principal at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investments in the India & Asia-Pacific region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2013, Varun was an investment professional at Premji Invest where he concentrated on investments in the retail & consumer and education sectors. Prior to that, Varun worked with the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy Estate in New York to manage and unwind its Indian private and public equity assets. He has also worked at Bayside Capital, the Miami-based credit investment arm of H.I.G. Capital, and in the Industrials Investment Banking division of Bank of America in New York.
Asha Krishnan
Vice President Mumbai
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Asha Krishnan is a Vice President at General Atlantic, providing strategic support and advice to the firm’s portfolio companies in India and South East Asia with a focus on human capital. Before joining General Atlantic in 2019, she was a Senior Vice President in IDFC First Bank, where she headed Talent Acquisition for the bank and HR for the Operations and Technology verticals. Prior to that, Asha worked with Tata Sons, where she rendered support to Boards and Nomination & Remuneration Committees of Tata companies. Asha also held roles in the HR consulting practice of Ernst & Young and has driven multiple engagements across the HR value chain for companies spanning multiple sectors.
Rajat Mangla
Vice President Mumbai
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Rajat Mangla is a Vice President at General Atlantic and focuses on firm’s investments in Financial Services and Fintech sectors in the India & Asia-Pacific region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Rajat was an Investment Professional at GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, where he focused on investments in Fintech and SaaS space. Prior to that, he was an Investment Professional at Carlyle’s Asia Buyout Fund. Previously, Rajat has run his own startup in health-tech space and also, worked with Flipkart.
Ruchi Seth
Vice President Mumbai
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Ruchi Seth is a Vice President at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investments across India & South East Asia. Before joining General Atlantic in 2021, Ruchi was an Investment Professional at L Catterton in Mumbai. Prior to that, she was at Avendus Capital, an India headquartered investment bank.
Dhawal Bhathawala
Director Mumbai
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Dhawal Bhathawala is a Director at General Atlantic’s India office. In this role, he provides strategic support and financial expertise to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio companies with a focus on India & Asia-Pacific region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Dhawal was Vice President at Blue Ashva Capital, a SEBI registered Alternative Investment Fund. Prior to that, he was associated with IIFL, Deloitte and EY. Dhawal is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountant of India.
Manoj Purohit
Senior Director Mumbai
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Manoj Purohit is a Senior Director, Finance at General Atlantic and focuses on Finance, Accounts and Compliance in the firm’s office in Mumbai. Before joining General Atlantic in 2007, Manoj was a Assistant Manager, Finance at Deloitte Consulting, Mumbai. Prior to that he was Assistant Manager at Caritor an IT services company.
Abhishek Kshirsagar
Senior Associate Mumbai
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Abhishek Kshirsagar is a Senior Associate at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investments in the Technology sector in the India & Asia-Pacific region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2023, Abhishek was an Investment Professional at Premji Invest, focusing on investments in the SaaS and Deeptech space. Prior to this, he worked as a senior consultant in TSMG and Analysys Mason in the TMT sector. Prior to that, he had experience running a couple of startups in Health-tech and Prop-tech spaces.
Mukund Mundhra
Senior Associate Mumbai
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Mukund Mundhra is a Senior Associate at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investment in India and Asia Pacific. Before joining General Atlantic in 2020, Mukund was an Investment Analyst at True North. Prior to that, Mukund worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Arpwood Capital.
Nitin Kulshreshtha
Associate Mumbai
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Nitin Kulshreshtha is an Asscoiate at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investments in India and Southeast Asia regions. Before joining General Atlantic in 2022, Nitin was an Investment Banking Analyst at J. P. Morgan.
Krishna Wadhwa
Analyst Mumbai
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Krishna Wadhwa is an Analyst at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investments across India & South-East Asia.
Before joining General Atlantic in 2024, Krishna was an Investment Banking Analyst at Barclays.
Samir Shah
Associate Mumbai
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Samir Shah is an associate at General Atlantic and focuses on the firm’s investments across India & South-East Asia. Before joining General Atlantic, Samir was working in the private equity group of Bain & Company. Prior to that, he founded India Grooming Club.