Karthik joined Acumen Fund India as Energy Portfolio Manager in March, 2010. Karthik’s last assignment was with TVS Capital Funds, looking at emerging sectors including water, energy and agriculture. During this time he also served as an EA to the CMD of the fund, a role in which he assisted in building the India@75 vision for the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Prior to that, he has worked as an associate with the Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Systems Group exploring opportunities to improve deal flow through technology and as a Project Manager with Merrill Lynch & Co., where he was part of a core team that helped build the Security Based Lending Business Group. Karthik holds an MBA from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business, a MS in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a BTech in Chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay.
