Gorakhpur, 09 August (HS). In the meeting of the Executive Council held on Friday under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor of Deendayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Prof. Poonam Tandon, approval was given to confer honorary doctorate degree to Radhika Gupta. Radhika Gupta, Managing Director and CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund, will attend the upcoming convocation as the chief guest on August 30, 2024.
Radhika Gupta is a respected name among financial sector professionals. She has been dedicated to building India's investment landscape. She is currently the MD and CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund. Her career spans strategy consulting at McKinsey & Company, portfolio management at AQR Capital and founding Forefront Capital Management, India's first homegrown hedge fund licensed by SEBI. Under her leadership, Edelweiss Mutual Fund's assets have grown from Rs 5,000 crore in 2017 to Rs 1.4 crore today. She has been a judge and investor on Shark Tank.