Overview
Dr. V.V.L.N. Sastry is a Jurist, whospearheadsLex India Juris as a Legal Counsel. Dr. Sastry has a legal education spanning from LL.B, LL.M, M. Phil (Business Laws), LL.D (Honoris Causa), and Ph. D in Criminal Justice, Law and Public Policy from Walden University, U.S.A. He follows the wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King and firmly believes that our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Sastry is the son of a High School Principal and a Topper in M.B.A from SKIM, and MBA Essentials from London School of Economics (LSE) and Oxford FINTECH from University of Oxford. He has pursued Corporate Finance as a sole specialization at Columbia Business School, and is an Associate Cost and Management Accountant (ACMA, India), CIMA (UK), CGMA (UK), ACPA (U.K), FCMI (U.K), CMA(Australia), MIPA (Australia) and ACSI (London),
Sastry has a Ph.D in Banking from Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.), another Ph.D. in Financial Management on the topic of Subprime Crisis and its Impact on World and Indian Economy from SKIM - SKU, Ph. D in Cloud Computing area in Computer Science from JJTU, M.P.F. from Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B), and D.B.A from Calwest University (USA). Sastry also holds 5 Honoris Causa Doctorates in various subjects conferred by Commonwealth Vocational University.
Dr. Sastry’s impeccable knowledge made him a natural blend of Jurisprudence with Economics, and Financial Management, where he also comments on economic and financial affairs as anIndian economist and Financial Analyst and contributes his knowledge on honorary basis. He is also an Honorary Director of an investment banking company by name First CallInvestment Banking, India. He has earlier held positions with Rabo Bank, Netherlandsas an Associate Director.
He is a thorough professional and is well regarded as an 'all-rounder' in economics, financials, technology, and legalcircles in India.
Dr. Sastry has more than 18 years of experience in Banking, Investment Banking including Merchant Banking, Equity Research, Private Equity, M&A, Software, Corporate Finance, and Corporate& Criminal Laws.
Born in a Vedicpandit’s family, Sastry's father, V.S. Sastry is the first in the family who pursued a post graduate degree and in turn, got his son well educated in the areas of law and management with a specialization in finance and criminal laws. Sastry's grandfather, Lakshmi Narasimha Sastry is a well-knownSanskritscholar, who taught Sanskrit toSaint Satya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradeshand taught the Pontiff of Sringeri, Sankaracharya.
In 1997, much before NASSCOM in India came out with Software Industry Report, Sastry brought the software industry report and was acclaimed as the First Software Business Analyst of India. Later in 2000, he once again got the distinction of presenting the Biotech Opportunities in the form of an Industry Report, which has led to the emergence of various biotech parks in India. A columnist in financial magazines, an expert analyst in various international and national business channels and a person who gets frequently quoted in the pink (financial) press and legal pressboth in India and abroad on honorary basis is what sums up the personality of Dr. Sastry.
Dr. Sastry has published more than 500 articles in various publications across the world.
He has worked on diverse fields of law, economy, banking, financial management, and technology.