Mr. Amit Upadhyay, CIO of Meenakshi Alternates Advisors LLP. He is seasoned fund manager having 20+ years of experience across the fund lifecycle. He has managed Domestic and Offshore pools of capital across Equity, Mezzanine and Credit strategies. Having worked with prominent institution such as Axis Alternates and Piramal Capital. He was one of the founding team member at Axis Alternates Real Estate Fund, where he managed 2 credit funds having an AUM of Rs. 585 crores and delivered a return of ~19% gross IRR by deploying the funds across 11 deals. He was a part of senior management team at Piramal capital, where he was managing an AUM of Rs.5,000 crores+ and delivered a return of ~24% gross IRR by deploying funds across 21 deals. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi.