Vikas Chiranewal, CFA

Vikas Chiranewal is a senior executive director with research responsibilities for companies in India and small cap companies across global emerging markets (GEM). In his role as a senior research team member for the GEM/Asia small cap strategy, he is responsible for generating new ideas, coordinating small cap research efforts and leveraging group's resources to add value across funds within the GEM/Asia small cap strategies. Mr. Chiranewal also manages Templeton India Growth Fund and Templeton India Equity Income Fund.

Prior to joining Franklin Templeton in 2006, Mr. Chiranewal was a senior associate for Morgan Stanley's equity research team. Before his post-graduate diploma, he worked for McKinsey & Co.'s global research team.

Mr. Chiranewal holds a bachelor's degree in commerce from Delhi university and a post graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management in Lucknow. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder.p>