Sarad is a Gold Medalist, MBA (Finance) from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. He is also a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He has won numerous National Case Competitions like TVS Credit, Vodafone, Indigoedge. He has secured Institute Rank 1 at IIM Kozhikode and Rank 19 across all business schools in Unstop College Championship 2024. He has also been recognized as India's 50 Most Employable MBA, Class of 2024 by InsideIIM. He attended International Immersion Post-Graduate Programme (Finance) at King's College, London. He has around four years of work experience in consulting. He completed his under-graduation from St. Xavier’s College (B. Com). He completed his summer internship at the renowed Private Equity firm, GEF Capital Partners, where he assisted in potential portfolio expansion by conducting research & feasibility analysis on textile waste recycling sector. During his corporate stint, Sarad was felicitated with numerous awards like Above and Beyond award, Client Appreciation award, Spot awards and other recognitions. He is one out of 350 IDFC Scholar Awardee in India. Sarad was also an elected member of the Students’ Placement Committee of IIM Kozhikode and had successfully placed largest batch (550+) in the history of the college with stellar statistics. In his free time, he enjoys travelling and is passionate about music & singing.