- Is a non-banking finance company (NBFC), regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. Vikram Akula, who served as its executive chair until November 2011, founded it in 1997. The company’s mission is to provide financial services to the poor under the premise that providing financial services to poor borrowers helps to alleviate poverty. In 2013, the company operated across 17 Indian states.

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