Promoter & Managing Director, Light Microfinance Pvt Ltd

Shri Deepak Amin is the key promoter at Light Microfinance Pvt Ltd. He also co-founded Covelix Inc, a US and India based international software consulting entity which was later acquired by Emtec Inc. Earlier he had founded vJungle later acquired by Streamserve (now part of OpenText Corp). In his previous assignment he had worked at Microsoft USA for several years where he led the original Internet Explorer browser team and was also the lead engineer for Microsoft Windows Networking. An active angel investor in technology startups, he has been a limited partner in venture capital funds based in the US and India. With his immense expertise in technology, he serves on the Technology Advisory Council of Grameen Foundation for Microfinance, USA, Independent Director with SBI Life Insurance Ltd, Chairman of the Technology Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of the Board. Previously he had served on the Advisory Board of National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (Department of Science and Technology, Government of India), to promote technology entrepreneurship and innovation in India. Shri Deepak Amin holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from University of Rhode Island and Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the IIT – Mumbai.