About Navrist

Private-equity discipline, meet public-market liquidity.

OUR STORY

Why Navrist Exists.

Navrist Finance & Asset Management was founded on a simple conviction: the most durable alpha in Indian listed markets comes from applying private-equity discipline to public securities. Public markets are efficient at pricing yesterday. We price tomorrow.

Where traditional asset managers treat listed stocks as tickers on a screen, we treat them as businesses we would underwrite to own outright. Deep channel checks. Management forensics. Three-to-five year conviction horizons. An AI stack that reads 5,000+ disclosures while our analysts read the room.

We are a SEBI-registered investment adviser operating from Mumbai, India, serving institutional investors and high-net-worth families who believe in the decade ahead for Indian category leaders.

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WHAT DRIVES US

Three Convictions.

Conviction over Consensus

We build portfolios of 20-25 names we understand deeply, not 200 we understand shallowly. High active share. Low turnover. Skin in the game.

Forensic Discipline

We exclude before we include. Governance, capital allocation, and accounting quality are first-order filters — not afterthoughts.

Long-Term Thinking

Three-to-five year underwriting horizons. We ignore quarterly noise and invest where value migrates — not where it has already arrived.

Our Team.

Combined institutional experience across global private and public markets.

Suyash Chaini

Suyash Chaini

Founder

Over 25 years of distinguished expertise in capital markets, with a proven track record in managing investments across diverse asset classes. Possesses a deep understanding of listed equities and strategic portfolio management. Maintains an extensive network with DIIs, FIIs, Corporate India, and government organizations, consistently delivering superior investor outcomes.

Vipul Desai

Vipul Desai

Director

23+ years of extensive experience in capital markets, portfolio management, and strategic investments. Specializes in listed equities, derivatives, and debt instruments. Demonstrates strong market acumen and strategic foresight, consistently delivering superior risk-adjusted returns for institutional and high-net-worth investors.

Nikhil Oswal

Nikhil Oswal

Director

Over 10 years of experience in the Indian equity markets, with a core focus on identifying and investing in promising small and microcap stocks at their nascent stages. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Management and has cleared CFA Level II. Managed funds exceeding ₹200 crores while working as a Senior Analyst in Portfolio Management Services (PMS). Outside of work, interests include spiritual practices such as Vipassana meditation, reading, and travelling.

Council

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Jain

General Counsel

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Jain, General Counsel to Navrist, is a highly experienced corporate lawyer and Managing Partner at Singhania & Co., LLP, with deep expertise in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate law, regulatory compliance, foreign investment, infrastructure, maritime, and real estate matters.

Investment Committee

Mr. Ajit Hebbar

IC Member

Ajit Hebbar is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in fixed income and foreign exchange markets. He has held senior leadership roles at Credit Suisse, including Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income for the bank’s India branch, overseeing foreign exchange and interest rate operations. His expertise spans across capital markets and institutional sales. He is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Mr. Sanjay Kulkarni

IC Member

Sanjay Kulkarni is an investor and mentor to entrepreneurial businesses and early ventures. He has a successful investment track record in early ventures, private and publicly held businesses. He has led business transformation projects across sectors and life cycles. He is the former MD of Stern Stewart and Co. – a boutique Management consulting firm. His earlier assignments were with Reliance Industries Ltd, where he mentored group businesses and investments, and Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd, where he assisted business transformation and family office investments. He is a trained rock climber and trekker. He enjoys writing poetry in Hindustani, Marathi and English.

Mr. Yogesh Chadha

IC Member

Yogesh Chadha is the Chairman (Independent Director) of Mirae Asset Sharekhan Ltd, a well-established Financial Services Company, with over 34 years of extensive professional experience and significant leadership accomplishments in financial service industry. He is a Chartered Accountant, a forward thinker and a hands-on business leader who applies system thinking for results. His role is to establish future strategies- coordinating a strategic/ operational plan, overseeing functions like debt raising, equity leveraging working capital financing needs, revenue optimization, audit and compliance parameters, appropriate internal controls, 59 etc. He has successfully led teams through existing and new business start-ups, turnarounds and global strategic alliances. Yogesh Chadha has several leadership accomplishments, including being the Youngest Director on the board in Riyadh Investment Company- a holding conglomerate of eight large companies. He has been actively involved in board taking Mirae’s AUM from USD 150m to more than USD 18Bn in last ten years. He has set up proper financial and other banking systems with Oracle and had geared up the DCB bank for an IPO.

Capital with Conviction.

Join institutional investors and high-net-worth families in our pursuit of Indian category leaders.

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