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Kushal Lodha is the founder of KAGR, an education platform focused on financial literacy, and a podcaster with a significant social media following. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with multiple accolades and has worked in various roles within the Aditya Birla Group, including investment and economic analysis. His podcast, 'Konversation with Kushal', aims to enhance financial literacy by featuring industry experts and discussing money management strategies.

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Kushal Lodha Resume

Kushal Lodha is the founder of KAGR, an education platform focused on financial literacy, and a podcaster with a significant social media following. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with multiple accolades and has worked in various roles within the Aditya Birla Group, including investment and economic analysis. His podcast, 'Konversation with Kushal', aims to enhance financial literacy by featuring industry experts and discussing money management strategies.

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Contact

Kushal Lodha
www.linkedin.com/in/ Founder, KAGR | Podcaster | Forbes Top 100 Digital Creators |
kushallodha548 (LinkedIn) Bestselling Author | Rankholder CA, CFA, ACCA | LinkedIn Top
www.youtube.com/c/ Voice
KushalLodha548 (Personal) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Top Skills
Summary
Financial Modelling
Public Speaking Kushal Lodha is the founder of KAGR, an Education platform in
Social Media Finance Upskilling.

Languages He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with All India Ranks across


French all levels of CA Exams. He has cleared all levels of CFA and is an
English ACCA affiliate (World Rank 3).
Hindi
Marathi He was working in the Investment Team at Aditya Birla Ventures, the
Venture Capital arm of Aditya Birla Group. Prior to that, he was an
Certifications EA to the Chief Economist of Aditya Birla Group.
Strategy Consulting Virtual
Experience Program He is passionate about the creator economy and loves to chat about
Financial Modelling this space. He has scaled his social media presence to over 1Mn+
followers cumulatively. He runs a podcast titled 'Konversation with
Honors-Awards Kushal' where he interviews several industry stalwarts.
Best Paper Presenter (Thane)
Best Paper Presenter (Nashik) He is the author of 'Acing CA', and 'Unlocking Unicorn Secrets', #1
National Topper Best Seller on Amazon.
"Champion" in Abacus
High Commendation (MUN) If you want to collaborate with him, please reach out to
[email protected].

If you'd like to reach out to him, feel free to drop him an email at
[email protected].

Experience
KAGR
Founder
January 2023 - Present (2 years 1 month)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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KAGR is an Education Platform in Financial Literacy. We partner with Schools,
Universities, and B-Schools to train their students on Financial Literacy, AI for
Finance, Financial Analysis, Creator Economy and several topics that are not
taught in academia.

We also do Corporate Trainings for working professionals on the above


mentioned topics.

If you are looking for any training related to Finance or Creator Economy,
please feel free to reach out to me on [email protected].

Konversation with Kushal


Podcaster
May 2021 - Present (3 years 9 months)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Money as a topic was never taught in Schools, Colleges, & even Universities.
No one knows how to manage money, how to invest, how to save, and end up
making ample money mistakes that they later regret.

Through my podcast, Konversation with Kushal, I help you become better


when it comes to managing your finances and making you rich. If you want
to become smart when it comes to your finances & make the right career
decisions, this podcast will help you achieve that goal!

Our purpose is to make you financially literate, by calling experts who can
guide you, and help you take better informed decisions.

If you subscribe and follow us, we promise that every day we will bring top
leaders and ideas from the world of finance to teach you to get a slight edge in
your life.

Aditya Birla Ventures


Investment Team
December 2021 - June 2022 (7 months)
Aditya Birla Ventures (ABV) is the Venture Capital arm focused on early stage
investments (Seed to Series A/B) across sectors (both tech and non-tech) with
special focus on Consumer-tech, Fin-tech, Health-tech, Ed-tech, Enterprise
Applications (SaaS), Consumer Products (Brands) / Services.

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ABV is looking to back 'new age' businesses led by strong founding teams.
Apart from providing capital, ABV will open Aditya Birla Group's global eco-
system for the growth of portfolio companies.

Aditya Birla Group


1 year 6 months

EA to Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group


June 2021 - November 2021 (6 months)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

1. Assisting in Macroeconomic projections and analysis for planning and


budgeting of several Group business
2. Represented to Ministry of Commerce and Industry for supporting
businesses to analytically rationalize and champion the Policy Advocacy
needs
3. Updating businesses on financial markets development by conducting
monthly meetings and knowledge sessions for the Group’s Forex and Treasury
Committee
4. Writing articles and recording podcast with the Group Chief Economist on
current affairs to be circulated to all employees of the Group

Finance Leadership Associate


June 2020 - May 2021 (1 year)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

ABG-FLP (Finance Leadership Program) is a Flagship Leadership


Development Program for the Aditya Birla Group (US $48.3 billion Indian
conglomerate). The Program seeks to groom the Group's future financial
leaders through challenging financial decision-making assignments across the
various sectors the Group operates in.

Stint 1 - Strategy & Business Development, Aditya Birla Capital


1. Conducting due diligence of Business Correspondents to explore
partnerships in order to expand the reach of NBFC business of Aditya Birla
Capital into Tier II & Tier III cities
2. Identifying as well as analyzing M&A opportunities for NBFC and HFC
businesses of Aditya Birla Capital
3. Prepared a detailed peer benchmarking analysis of Aditya Birla Capital
vs its peers in the NBFC, HFC, Life Insurance, Asset Management & Health
Insurance businesses

Stint 2 - Corporate Finance Group

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1. Identified potential FinTech (having approximate valuation of $500 million)
partnership opportunities for NBFC business of Aditya Birla Capital
2. Prepared various financial models of new-age businesses of the Group to
evaluate project feasibility
3. Assisted in sell-side diligence of sale of Grasim Fertilizers business to
Indorama Corp. Pte Ltd. for $350 million

Stint 3 - ABFRL, Louis Philippe


1. Analyzing sales data, at every shop-in-shop till Contribution Before
Advertisement (CBA) level, with multiple factors like revenue generation,
margins, discount, return, etc.
2. Analyzing negative factors leading to erosion of CBA

Unacademy
Educator
April 2020 - May 2020 (2 months)
Was ranked #2 Educator in CA Finals on Unacademy, India's largest e-
learning platform.
Trained several CA Aspirants to achieve their dream of becoming a Chartered
Accountant through sharing my preparation strategies, handwritten notes, and
some tips & tricks.

Gokhale & Sathe Chartered Accountants


Article Assistant
April 2017 - March 2020 (3 years)
Mumbai Area, India

1. Involved in all the three facets of Direct Taxation – Compliance, Advisory as


well as Litigation
2. Handled direct taxation assessment as well as litigation before the
Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) and attended hearings in the Income
Tax Appellate Tribunal by preparing written submissions
3. Engaged into advisory of Domestic Income Tax & International Tax in
relation to Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements
4. Filed returns of various trusts and one of the leading sports organization
5. Involved in advisory as well as compliance in relation to Goods & Services
Tax
6. Integral team member of Statutory Audit assignment of a Co-operative
Bank (having an Asset Base of Rs. 9,000 Crores) and handled crucial areas of
NPA Provisioning, Ledger Scrutiny, LFAR Reporting, and Vouching as well as
Verification

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Education
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Chartered Accountant, Accounting and Finance · (2015 - 2019)

CFA Institute
CFA, Finance · (June 2018 - November 2021)

ACCA
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, Accounting and
Finance · (June 2021 - October 2021)

Savitribai Phule Pune University


Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Business/Commerce, General · (May
2016 - May 2019)

Fravashi International Academy


Mathematics · (2008 - 2015)

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