Kedar manages the Composite India GARP Fund. He has worked across multiple industries like investment management, banking and technology. His experience as an operating manager across domains helps him view businesses from multiple perspectives that aids in evaluating business quality. His framework of evaluating businesses was built over a decade of observing some of the country's best organizations from within. As an investment specialist with a leading private banking outfit, Kedar had multiple years to analyze and ponder over the inefficiencies plaguing the portfolio management industry that were leading to suboptimal investment outcomes for investors. At Composite PMS, his approach is to research each business bottom up as an analyst while managing portfolio risk like a professional risk manager. His objective is to build differentiated portfolios that are calibrated to market conditions at all times. Kedar is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode and also holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering