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8726BR004

Navigating the Alternative Investments Industry [Batch-4]

Program Dates

Start Date : 05 Oct, 2026
End Date : 09 Oct, 2026

 

 

Venue/Deadline

Venue : IIMB Campus
Early Bird Deadline : 14 Sep, 2026
Register By: 25 Sep, 2026
 

Program Fees (excluding GST)

Residential :  Rs. 1,47,500
Residential Early Bird :  Rs. 1,32,750
Non-Residential :  Rs. 1,20,000
Non-Resi Early Bird :   Rs. 1,08,000

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Email: sandhya.saravanan@iimb.ac.in

 

Mode
In-Person
Starting In
Sep-Oct
Level
Mid- Senior/Career
Duration
Short Duration
International Travel
No
Alumni Status
No

Programme Overview

  • Encompassing private equity, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds and private credit, the Alternative Investments industry is rapidly growing in scale and relevance accounting for ~15% of the overall global AUM
    • Alternatives’ AUM is expected to grow globally from $16 TN in 2023 to $25 TN by 2028
    • In India, over $400 BN has been invested by PE/VC funds since 2013; over $60 BN has been invested by Real Estate funds during this timeframe
    • Over 1900 Indian Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) are now registered with SEBI with an investment commitment of nearly INR 16 lakh crores
    • An increasingly large number of financial institutions, entrepreneurs, family offices and HNIs, corporate finance professionals, investment bankers, private bankers, lawyers, due-diligence professionals, and advisors are getting exposed to this growing industry
    • This course intends to give them a practitioner’s perspective of the industry to help them understand & navigate it better
    • It is curated for professionals who are operating within this sector, and for regulators and other institutions that interface/regulate/invest into Alternative Funds

Programme Objective

  • Given the scale of activity and growth within Alternatives, more and more professionals & entrepreneurs are looking to understand this industry better and many wish to make a career out it as well.
  • The objective of the programme is to provide participants a holistic, real-world understanding of the Alternatives industry – to enable them to comprehend its inner workings as well as the opportunities and challenges it presents.

Programme Content

  • The programme aims to deliver to its participants, a practitioner’s understanding of the Alternatives industry. It is NOT structured like a private equity valuation course.

Programme Structure

  • Alternative investments industry overview
  • Types of Alternative funds and their characteristics including PE, VC, RE, Credit etc
  • Typical investment process including valuation, structuring and documentation
  • Portfolio management & exits
  • Perspectives of fund investors & investee companies
  • Capital raising & regulatory structuring for funds
  • Group project work & presentation
  • Additional relevant content: refreshers on Financial Concepts 

Key Benefits / Takeaways

  • By the end of the course, participants are expected to become familiar with the market structure, business dynamics and the operating environment of the Alternatives industry. Participants intending to make a career in Alternatives should be able to understand what working directly within this sector could mean for them
  • Many more participants may not choose a career in Alternatives but are likely to deal with this sector – perhaps as a startup founder / investor / banker / lawyer / corporate finance executive – and they should be able to discern the key drivers for Alternative funds and what working alongside such funds might mean

Pedagogy

  • The course delivery will be a combination of lectures, industry interactions, case studies and a project
  • Keeping in mind the real-world focus of the programme, the pedagogy would include extensive practitioner insights, as well as live examples of the concepts covered

Who Should Participate

  • Corporate finance & investment banking professionals looking to make a career in Alternatives
  • Early-stage professionals already working with Alternative funds looking to enhance their understanding
  • Financial institutions, family offices and HNIs looking to invest into Alternative funds
  • Private banking and wealth management professionals advising on Alternative fund investments to their clients
  • Corporate lawyers dealing with funds & investors
  • Entrepreneurs & their CFOs looking to raise capital from PE/VC/RE/Credit funds
  • Regulators looking for a better understanding of the Alternatives ecosystem
  • Consultants, tax advisors, due diligence professionals who work for Alternative funds

Programme Directors

Venkatesh Panchapagesan

Dr. Venkatesh Panchapagesan is an accomplished finance professional and academic with over three decades of experience spanning research, policy, regulation, and capital markets. He is currently a Professor of Finance and the Dean of Administration at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).  He has published influential research in top-tier journals on real estate markets, market microstructure, and financial regulation.  He also heads the Real Estate Research Initiative, driving applied research on housing, land markets, and real estate finance in India.  He has held senior executive roles at global hedge funds such as Bridgewater Associates and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and academic roles at the Olin School of Business and the Nasdaq Stock Market in the US.  Currently, he is an independent director in several companies and a member of expert and technical committees at SEBI, IBBI, IFSCA, and the National Housing Bank.  He actively mentors and advises several startups and alternative funds, mostly in the fintech and proptech space.  He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Southern California and an MBA-equivalent Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta.  He is also qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Cost and Works Accountant in India.

 

Mr. Ritesh Vohra has been a financier, advisor, and entrepreneur over the course of his 26-year professional career and has managed several international & Indian investment funds. He is the co-founder and managing partner at Stoicap Ventures, an independent real estate focused fund manager. Previously, Ritesh was the head of the real estate funds management business for Investcorp India until mid-2023. He moved to Investcorp in early 2019 as a result of its acquisition of the IDFC Alternatives platform. Prior to that, Ritesh worked (2011-2019) as a Partner with IDFC Alternatives (AUM ~$3.5 BN) and previously (2005-2011) as a Managing Director at real estate fund manager Saffron Advisors (AUM ~$0.4 BN). Preceding that (1998-2005), he worked with a couple of advisory firms including Jones Lang LaSalle, and also had an entrepreneurial stint.

During his career, he has had the opportunity to work with a global Alternatives manager, an Indian institutional manager, and a startup manager. He has been involved with multiple fund-raises from blue-chip global institutions, family offices as well as HNIs. Since 2005, he has witnessed from close quarters the evolution of the Alternative Investment industry and the impact of market cycles upon business. Ritesh completed his post graduate program in management from the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon in 1998.

Participant Benefits

Participant Benefits
As a participant of this Short Duration Programme, you will be able to enjoy some exclusive benefits other than the outcomes such as skills and knowledge enhancement and building specific competencies that can help shape your career growth.

Some of the exclusive benefits of attending this programme are listed below –

  • Receive Executive Education eNewsletters
  • Invitation to share articles to the EEP blog (subject to a shortlisting process
  • Participate in EEP webinars on various topics
  • Invitation to curated events and programs by the EEP office

Programme Charges

Programme Fee
INR 1,47,500/- Residential and INR 1,12,000/- Non -Residential (+ Applicable GST) per person for participants from India and its equivalent in US Dollars for participants from other countries.

Early Bird Discount
Nominations received with payments on or before 14-Sep-26 will be entitled to an early bird Discount of 10%.
Early Bird Fee (Residential) INR 1,32,750/-(+ Applicable GST)
Early Bird Fee (Non-Residential) INR 1,08,000/-(+ Applicable GST)

Group Discount
Group Discount of 5% percentage can be availed for a group of 3 or more participants when nominations received from the same organization.

Please Note

  • All enrolments are subject to review and approval by the programme director. Joining Instructions will be sent to the selected candidates 10 days prior the start of the programme.
  • The programme fee should be received by the Executive Education Office before the programme commencement date.
  • In case of cancellations, the fee will be refunded only if a request is received at least 15 days prior to the start of the programme.
  • If a nomination is not accepted,the fee will be refunded to the person/ organisation concerned.
  • A certificate of participation will be awarded to the participants by IIMB.

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