AVIK CHOWDHURY

Program Facilitator Avik is an investor and trader in the Indian equity markets. He has 20 years of work experience.

Avik started investing in equities in the year 2004 and has primarily managed portfolios of family and friends apart from his own. He has successfully identified companies early on and invested in them – generating returns for 2 decades now. He has successfully invested in today’s large caps early on – like HDFC Bank, Reliance, Airtel etc. Apart from being a value investor, Avik also trades in the Futures and Options segments in Indexes and Stocks. Avik has also invested in and used Mutual Funds as instruments of investments.

Being a strong believer of the power of staying invested for long, he encourages people to start as early as possible and guides them with investing strategies – even if they are passive. With that in mind, Avik has started a blog in this space.

Prior to this, Avik had worked in the telecom sector for 15 years, heading divisions in Telcos, with a few years in the consulting space as well. He has worked in companies like Aircel, Airtel, Reliance and was also associated with EY.

Avik had co-founded and led a firm called Bignify which led projects in consulting, tech transformation and skill enhancement. The firm worked with clients around India, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe.

He is a graduate from Kolkata University with a degree in Accountancy and also had done his masters from UK.