Prior to founding Valentis, Jyoti worked for 21 years as Head of Research and strategist for India at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He helped build the research team as the leading research provider in India as well as one of the top institutional brokers in the country. As a strategist, he was rated amongst the top strategists in India by leading institutional investors in India.Jyoti has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of DSP Merrill Lynch, the Asia Pacific Research Executive Committee and Operating Committee, the India Country Leadership Team (CLT) and other management committees. Prior to DSP Merrill Lynch, Jyoti had worked in ICICI in the Project Financing Departmernt. Jyoti graduated in Commerce (B.Com) from Sydenham College and has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.