Bhavana Khanna

Dr. Bhavana Khanna is a Managing Principal at KBK Capital Management LLC.
Prior to co-founding KBK Capital Management in 2016, Dr. Khanna was the lead Portfolio Manager for Blue Shores’ India Opportunity Fund.
She focused on macro, fundamental and technical research on Indian markets.
Prior to joining Blue Shores, she led the development of the CEDI Capital Markets India Private Capital and Foreign Direct Investment practice.
Before CEDI Capital Markets, she founded Udvesta Consulting LLC, a hedge fund marketing firm based in New York City catering to Indian high net worth investors.
Through Udvesta, she developed an extensive understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities faced by hedge funds and the Indian markets.
Previously, she was a Director for the Maxim Group, heading up the firm’s Government Sponsored Enterprise initiative.
She began her career with Merrill Lynch, first on the Foreign Exchange desk and then in the Debt Division where she marketed, structured and traded callable bonds and structured notes.
She was instrumental in building out the business for middle market institutional investors.
She earned a BS from St. Stephen’s College Delhi, a Masters from the University of Oxford and a PhD from Cornell University.