Our Mission
You should be responsible for your wins & losses. We believe in a world that is bereft of recommendations & advisory calls, with complete independence in your decision making, with the right education & tools.
Why
FinLearn Academy?
Education + Application
Teaching you in a static environment, without going through the concepts under market conditions is like going to war without adequate ammunition. Our aim is simple, to arm you with the right tools so you’re best prepared facing the markets.
Strong Advisory Board
We’re guided by a board with combined experience in the markets of over 5 decades, in all aspects of Equities. Been there and done that!
Our Rich Legacy
We’re owned by a full service brokerage house, Emkay Global Financial Services. We leverage their capabilities in all aspects of Technology, Trading & Broking, bringing to you best in class, award winning services.
Our Advisory Board
Industry – Academia Advisory Board
Mr. Krishna Kumar Karwa
Advisor
Mr. Krishna Kumar Karwa
A rank holder Chartered Accountant from the ICAI. Mr Karwa is the Promoter and Managing Director of Emkay Global Financial Services Limited. He comes with a rich and varied experience of over 26 years in Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Advisory at Emkay. He is also a director at West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.
Mr. Prakash Kacholia
Advisor
Mr. Prakash Kacholia
A qualified Chartered Accountant from the ICAI. Mr Kacholia is the Promoter and Managing Director of Emkay Global Financial Services Limited. Mr Kacholia had served at the Central Depository Services (India) Limited in the capacity of a Director on the Board and was also on the Board of BSE Limited. Mr Kacholia has a rich experience of more than 26 years in the capital markets with a focus on the derivatives segment.
Mr. Rahul Rege
Advisor
Mr. Rahul Rege
An industry stalwart, Rahul Rege heads the Retail broking arm at Emkay Global where he puts to good use his acumen in Institutional and Non- Institutional broking business. He started his career as a research analyst over two decades ago. He has been with Emkay for nearly a decade now, adding to its basket of expertise, his key competencies like sharp business acumen, sound understanding of retail segment, excellent leadership and people management skills.
Team
Mr. Raunak Karwa
Founder and CEO
Mr. Raunak Karwa
Raunak is the Founder and CEO of FinLearn Academy, that has today trained over 5000 seasoned and aspiring students/professionals across platforms and mediums. In his previous stints, Raunak worked at EY and ICICI Securities before joining Emkay in the Institutional Clients Group, from where he went on to found FinLearn Academy. Raunak has acumen in analysing tactics and possesses great managerial skills. He is also an avid footballer and passionate supporter of Arsenal Football Club.
Mr. Hitesh Chotalia
Head of Education
Mr. Hitesh Chotalia
An industry veteran with over two and half decades of experience, Hitesh has had a successful career as a Technical Analyst & Market Strategist across top tier firms, across Retail and institutional broking, including Citi Investment Research & Global Markets, Centrum Broking, ShareKhan and Motilal Oswal. Having developed in-depth product expertise, Hitesh has effectively developed courses in the domain of Trading & Investing across multiple delivery platforms. He is the Head of Education at FinLearn Academy since inception.
Mr. Kapil Shah
Technical Instructor
Mr. Kapil Shah
A reputed professional, Kapil has amassed a decade’s experience across multiple roles in Sell-Side firms including ICICI Securities, ShareKhan, IDBI Capital and Choice Broking. A highly sought after Technical Analyst, Kapil has successfully combined his skills in designing and delivering Investing & Trading courses across delivery platforms. A resident Technical Analyst at Emkay Global, Kapil divides his time, conducting online courses at the FinLearn Academy and advising clients.
Mr. Pratik Sawant
Instructor
Mr. Pratik Sawant
With a background in Computer Science, Pratik comes with in-depth knowledge of strategy creation and backtesting strategies with drawdown and profit curve. In his previous assignments, Pratik has worked with Reliable Software and Spider Software.
Mr. Kiran Sakpal
Operations – Administration Manager
Mr. Kiran Sakpal
Accomplished operations and admin manager, Kiran has a successful track record of more than a decade overseeing a variety of operations and finance duties. Having worked with Motilal Oswal previously and presently with FinLearn Academy, he has acquired a range of knowledge and skills of organizational procedures and policies along with resolving administrative queries.
Mrs. Meghana More
Customer Engagement Manager
Mrs. Meghana More
Communication, interaction, building strong relationships with clients and guiding them rightly is what I love doing. I believe having a professional relation combined with emotional connects works best for me. When not working you will find me enthusiastically engaged in cooking and shopping.
Mr. Amit Solanki
Senior Manager – Digital Marketing
Mr. Amit Solanki
A result-oriented, Digital Marketing Professional with over a decade of experience. At FinLearn Academy he is managing website, technology integration, digital marketing & vendor management.
Our Parent
Emkay Global
Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd. is a leader in the financial services sector, actively creating wealth for our clients for over two decades.
Founded in 1995 with a clear goal of offering sound, research-backed financial advice, we have successfully served a wide variety of highly distinguished clientele around the world; including foreign institutional investors (FIIs), domestic mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, insurance companies, private equity firms, corporate houses, small and medium-sized enterprises and high net worth individuals (HNIs).
At Emkay, we combine the power of big picture thinking with the benefits of attention to detail. This is perfectly reflected in our expansive bouquet of financial solutions that are individually tailored to suit the unique needs of each customer.
