About us
Board

Bindu Ananth – President, IFMR Trust
Bindu Ananth worked with ICICI Bank in the microfinance practice between 2001 and 2005 and was head of the new product development group within the bank’s rural finance business in 2007. She is also the founder of the Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR where she worked briefly as the Coordinator.

Bindu has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Madras University and master’s degrees from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) and Harvard University’s Kennedy School. She has published in the Small Enterprise Development Journal, the Economic and Political Weekly, the OECD working paper series and the IFMR working paper series.

Puneet Gupta – CEO, IFMR Rural Finance.
Puneet Gupta has been working with IFMR Trust since October 2007. Prior to his joining IFMR Trust, Puneet worked for ICICI Bank for a period of 6 years in areas of education, microfinance and rural finance. He was responsible for identification and development of new channels and products for delivering microfinance and financial services to rural households. He was also involved in developing models for attracting private equity investment in the microfinance sector. Puneet is a commerce graduate with a master’s degree in Rural Management from Institute of Rural Management, Anand (India).

S G Anil Kumar –  CEO, IFMR Rural Channels
Anil Kumar spearheads the establishment of a nationwide network of Regional Financial Institutions called Kshetriya Gramin Financial Services. Anil has been in the Rural and Microfinance space since 2005 as Head of Micro Finance Institution Development Team in ICICI Bank prior to this assignment. This team has been behind the creation of a footprint of over 200 MFIs across the country for ICICI bank. Anil holds a master’s degree in management from Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines, and a bachelor’s degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad.