Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited
Dhiraj Rajendran has extensive experience in the finance and investment sectors, currently serving as a Partner at Kotak Private Equity since December 2008, where engagement focuses on the Private Equity team. Prior to this role, Dhiraj was a Senior Associate in the M&A and Private Equity advisory team at Kotak Mahindra Bank and gained analytical experience at J.P. Morgan India, working within the Investment Banking Research team. Earlier, Dhiraj held a position at Thermax Limited as a Senior Executive in the treasury team. Dhiraj Rajendran holds a Master's degree in Management Studies with a focus on finance from SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, alongside a Bachelor's degree in Production Engineering from D.J. Sanghvi College of Engineering. Educational background includes attendance at St Thomas High School.
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Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited, erstwhile Kotak Investment Advisors Limited, is a part of Kotak Mahindra Group (Kotak), focuses on alternate assets management and investment advisory businesses. The company was set up in early 2005 and has raised/managed/advised over US$ 22 billion across different asset classes including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Special Situations, Data Centre and Private Credit. Kotak Alts also has a significant Investment Advisory business, and all asset management and Investment Advisory businesses are managed by independent teams. This change reflects the company's continued commitment to build and operate best in class investment and strong governance led alternate investment firm. KIAL was set up in early 2005 with its first structured third party funds to bring a sharper focus to this business. Since then it has raised / managed / advised in aggregate ~US$ 18 billion across different asset classes including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Special Situations, Data Centre and Private Credit. Kotak Alts also has a significant Investment Advisory business, and all asset management and Investment Each of these teams has significant industry and investment experience with strong deal origination and networking capabilities and a proven investment track record with demonstrated exits. The teams are known for their deal structuring capabilities, value creation and are among the few managers in India to have returned significant amount of capital and returns to our investors. Kotak is well versed in managing institutional capital and currently has several Sovereign Wealth Funds, Global Pension Funds, Insurance Companies and Development Finance Institutions as investors. Kotak Alts has consistently pioneered in identifying unique and differentiated investment opportunities in India and will continue to pursue this for the benefit of our Global LPs and domestic family office investors.