Chirag Jain manages multiple businesses and new initiatives at the Ashika Group, a diversified financial services group in India, where he leads the firm’s efforts to help people, companies and institutions raise capital and grow and manage their wealth and assets.His approach is to bring the right balance between cautious, pragmatic and efficient views on one side while being backed by brutally honest, bold, actionable advice and support, on the other side, to give clients the confidence to push their agenda forward and drive future investment returns.He is also leading a long-only public markets fund - Ashika India Alpha Fund (a Category III AIF) focused on investing in the mid-cap and small-cap stocks in the Indian stock market.He is also leading the launch of a VC Fund to invest in the tech ecosystem of India along with foreign partner FinsightVC.Chirag is an active investor and has invested in various companies. His portfolio includes Jugnoo, Finarkein, Drivezy, GoodMylk, Arata, ClearDekho, Strata, House of Masaba (acquired by Aditya Birla Group), Witworks (acquired by Myntra).He also created Future Bets - a thought-leadership property that brings world-class experts like Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Lalitesh Katragadda, Pardis Sabeti, etc. to share their perspectives about disruptions shaping the future of India through talks, performance art simulations, rich media and more. (www.MakeFutureBets.com)He’s a rank-holder chartered accountant, a member of YPO and a Global Shaper (an initiative of the World Economic Forum).--If you are someone who is looking to learn more about a career in finance, please do not hesitate to reach out to me on Linkedin and I will try to respond to you within 24 hours.