Bindu Ananth

Bindu Ananth is currently the President of IFMR Trust. She worked with ICICI Bank in the microfinance practice between 2001 and 2005 and was head of the new product development group within the bank’s rural finance business in 2007. She is also the founder of Centre for Micro Finance, IFMR. Bindu has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Madras University and master’s degrees from Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) and Harvard University’s Kennedy School. She is a Fellow at the Global Economic Society. Bindu has published in Small Enterprise Development Journal, Economic and Political Weekly, OECD working paper series, FAI working paper series, and ADB working paper series. She has also contributed to columns in Wall Street Journal, Forbes India, Mint, and Business Line.