Nityananda Misra

Nityananda Misra is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore (2007) and Gujarat University (2004). He has worked for more than fourteen years in the investment banking industry with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and CLSA. At work, he specialises in quantitative finance, market microstructure, algorithmic trading and execution consulting. Outside work, he is a multifaceted personality-a polyglot, a grammarian, a littérateur, an instrumentalist, a musicologist, a researcher, an editor, an author and a book designer. He is also a professional onomastician, providing consultation on Sanskrit names to parents and businesses. Misra is passionate about Indic culture, especially classical and medieval literature, music and arts. An initiated disciple of Swami Ramabhadracharya, he is a self-taught scholar of Sanskrit. Vyasa-Katha: Fables from the Mahabharata is his seventh book. He writes on Indic religions, scriptures, philosophy, culture and names. Misra lives in Mumbai with his family.