Avishek Gupta

Avishek Gupta is the Managing Director & CEO of Caspian Debt. He heads Caspian Debt which makes debt investments across a wide variety of sectors including food & agribusiness, financial inclusion, clean energy, healthcare, education, etc.

Prior to Caspian Debt, Avishek helped set up a wholesale structured finance business in small business lending and affordable housing finance sectors. He has worked on a wide range of financial products ranging from pure debt to quasi-equity as well as structured products like securitization and pooled transactions. Earlier, Avishek managed the incubation of a portfolio of start-ups operating in sectors like dairy, agriculture, rural tourism, drinking water, and clean energy. Prior to this, Avishek set up a technology-backed dairy supply chain company that supported rural financial institutions offering cattle insurance, loan, and healthcare to dairy farmers residing in remote rural locations across three states in India.

​Avishek holds a B.Tech (Dairy Technology) and M.Sc. (Dairy Chemistry). He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA).