About Mr. P.N. Vasudevan

P.N. Vasudevan is the Promoter and Managing Director of Equitas, a Chennai-based new-age microfinance organization. In a retail finance career spanning over 20 years, Vasu rose up the ranks at Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Co Ltd and last served as the Executive Vice President & Business Head at Development Credit Bank, Mumbai.

Under Vasu's direction, Equitas has built a reputation of a professional, efficient and transparent MFI. Equitas is widely known in the industry for its innovations including a centralized back-office, pre-printed collection stickers and real-time collections monitoring. To quote CGAP's post on its website, "Equitas is one example of how good MIS is essential to well-managed microfinance". Equitas is also involved in a wide range of social interventions including vocational training and medical camps that have covered over 100,000 members.