User:Jagannadham Thunuguntla

Jagannadham Thunuguntla, a [Chartered Accountant] by profession, is an [India]n banker and business executive. He is currently the Chief Strategist and Head of Research of SMC Global Securities Limited. He is the Co-Chairman of ASSOCHAM's National Council on Mergers and Acquisitions. He is also a member of Indian Angel Network and a mentor to a number of entrepreneurs. Jagannadham Thunuguntla is a qualified Chartered Accountant from ICAI and a qualified Cost Accountant from ICWAI

Early Years
From 2004 – 2006 he worked at Morgan Stanley, From 2007 - 2010 he was Head of Investment Banking at [SMC Capitals].

Current Positions
Along with serving as the Chief Strategist of SMC Global Securities Ltd, his other positions include Co-Chairmanship of [ASSOCHAM National Council of Mergers and Acquisitions]. He also holds different roles in several organizations like member in ASSOCHAM's Managing Committee, member of India Business Law Journal (Hong Kong) in Editorial Board, member of Academic Advisory Committee in BIMTECH (Birla Institute of Management and Technology), Member of Risk Advisory Council in Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Advisory Board member of [Mera Events] and Member of Management Committee in Delhi Management Association.

Career Highlights
He is associated with various student development programs in various business schools such as INSEAD (France), IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, ISB Hyderabad, IIT Delhi, IIT Mumbai and IIT Roorkee .

He has more than 100,000 references in various national and international newspapers & publications and more than 10,000 interviews in various business television channels. He has been associated with various industry forums as a speaker on the topics of discussion ranging from Global Economy, Private Equity, Banking License, Takeover code, Public-Private Partnership, M&A, Union Budget, Telecom, Corporate Governance, PSU Disinvestment, etc.

Ranks & Awards
He holds various academic distinctions including All India 3rd Rank in CA Final and All India 1st Rank in ICWA Final. “India’s Best Equity Analyst Award” under Equity Fundamental IPO Category (Source: Zee Business, 2012) presented by Mr. Pranab Mukherjee (Hon’ble the then Finance Minister of India), "Best Currency Broker in India” for the year 2011 and 2012 (Source: Bloomberg UTV Financial Leadership Awards, 2011 & 2012) and Ranked in “Top 3” for the category of “India’s Best Equity Analysts” under Equity Fundamental Category (Source: Zee Business, 2011).