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Ameya Hardas

Date of Birth: 17th Apr, 1979 Summary I have experience in research, financial modeling, Stock Index creation and management and database management. My current profile at Pragmatic Wealth Management is to create and maintain stock indices. My previous profile at Parsoli Corporation was to write equity reports with strong subjectivity. I intend venture into Equity Research by leveraging on my skills and experience. My skill-set comprises of company valuation, research report writing, database management and people management. Work Experience Organization: Pragmatic Wealth Management (www.islamitijara.com) (since Jan 2009) Designation: Senior Research Analyst-Equity Experience: o Hand-picking stocks from sectors incidental to the India growth story by stock screening and filtering stocks using sector specific parameters and investment indicators o Creating and maintaining model portfolios and giving an opinion purely based on sector and company fundamentals o Creating and maintaining various stock indices on a free-float basis.

Organization: Parsoli Corporation www.iio.moneycontrol.com (from Aug 2007 to Dec 2008) Designation: Research Analyst-Equity Experience o Perform financial modeling and valuations; which included, Earnings models, DCF valuation. o Identifying stocks based on various Industry trends and solvency, asset and earnings ratios. o Equity Research on companies listed on the Indian Stock Exchanges, with a focus on the IT and Telecom Sector. o Databases – worked on Capital Line, ISI Emerging markets, and Thomson Research

Organization: Gridstone Research www.gridstoneresearch.com (from Nov 2005 to Aug 2007) (Previously Perputo Content Management Pvt. Ltd) Designation: Sr. Research Associate Experience o Creation and maintenance of database (of quantitative and qualitative data) for US equities in the following sectors: (1) Consumer-Tobacco; (2) IT services; (3) Telecom Services o Writing research reports using primary sources such as press releases, call transcripts, SEC filings o Making story-boards used by client facing colleagues in the US for sales pitches o Lead a team 12 people (three Team Leads, six Research Associates and three Junior Research Associates) and involved in Induction training CURRICULAM VITAE

Professional Achievement o Being a founder batch employee at Gridstone Research, played a key role in building a prototype of the company’s core research product offering which enabled the company to get its first round of funding from the VCs. o Created Master files for Sector/Industry and Sub-Industry allocation at Pragmatic Wealth Management. o Appraised for excellent performance, handling and motivation of the team at Gridstone research o Was made a Key trainer to new recruits for excellent business writing skills.

Education o M.com – Nagpur University. o M.B.A- Nagpur University. o CA Foundation o 3 years CA Articleship

Reference:

 Mr. Sandeep Shroff, Vice President - Operations and Finance, Gridstone Research (Formerly Perputo Content Management) [email protected]

 Mr. Amit Verma, Sr.Manager-MF & Insurance, Motilal Oswal Securities Mumbai. Phone: +91-9773540386

 Mr. Asif Sharief, AVP Business Development, Pragmatic Wealth Management Pvt Ltd. Phone: +91-9845251337