Team

Pankaj Patel is a Managing Director and Senior Partner at Vedanta Analytics. Before launching Vedanta Analytics, he held the position of Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Research at Cirrus Research, Evercore ISI, and Credit Suisse for over 20 years. During this time, he led the development and implementation of advanced quantitative products for major institutional and hedge fund clients. Notably, at Credit Suisse, he collaborated with the MIT Sloan School of Management to pioneer the first 130/30 index. Prior to his role at Credit Suisse, he served as a Portfolio Manager at Weiss Peck & Greer, where he assisted in managing $1.5 billion using quantitative models.

Pankaj is a CFA Charterholder. He earned his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from Gujarat University, India.

Amit Dugar is a Director and Senior Partner at Vedanta Analytics. Before co-founding Vedanta Analytics, he served as a Senior Vice President, Quantitative Strategist, and Portfolio Manager at Fiera Capital. He also held the position of Principal Researcher and Director at Charles Schwab, where his quantitative models generated alpha for a family of 4 and 5-Star mutual funds for over a decade. With over 20 years of experience, Amit has created and implemented advanced quantitative products that have managed billions of dollars for several firms, with two of those products winning Product of the Decade awards.

Amit is a CFA Charterholder. He earned his MBA from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.