Dr M. Pattabiraman is an IIT Associate Professor who also simplifies personal-finance for ordinary Indians.
Dr Pattabiraman’s expertise includes mutual fund analysis, investment risk, retirement planning, stock valuation and personal finance.
Pattabiraman specialises in financial goal-based portfolio management where the investment risk is gauged based on need alone, regardless of market movements. This has resulted in a unique open-source robo-advisory tool.
His analytical tools and research on mutual fund investing, stock selection, pre-retirement planning, post-retirement risk management, and portfolio management have been published regularly on the website freefincal since May 2012.
He is the author of personal finance books -
- You Can Be Rich Too: With Goal Based Investing
- Gamechanger: Forget Start-ups, Join Corporate and Still Live the Rich Life you want Paperback
- Chinchu Gets a Superpower! (Girls Edition)
- Chinchu Gets a Superpower!
Nine of the calculators from the book are available on the SEBI investor education website.
He has also written e-books on various topics of money management that can be downloaded for free.
His podcast is available on Youtube, Audible & other platforms. He is also active on social media.
He says, he's "Happiest when I stand before a class and let the students teach me a thing or two about life and physics."