Sastry is the son of a High School Principal and has a Ph.D in Banking from [[Banaras Hindu University]] and M.P.F. from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Indian_Institute_of_Management_Bangalore_alumni Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B)].<ref>(Source: Business India)</ref> He worked on a research thesis on Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Markets as a Function of Capital Markets. Studied 27 emerging markets in the world with a hypothesis of "FDI as a function of rise in capital markets". As a part of Ph.D from B.H.U, worked on a thesis, on "Industrail Development of Backward Areas-Role of Development Banks". A Topper in his M.B.A from SKIM, he is well regarded as an 'all rounder' in financial circles in India.<ref>(Source: Business India and Fortune India)</ref> | Sastry is the son of a High School Principal and has a Ph.D in Banking from [[Banaras Hindu University]] and M.P.F. from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Indian_Institute_of_Management_Bangalore_alumni Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B)].<ref>(Source: Business India)</ref> He worked on a research thesis on Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Markets as a Function of Capital Markets. Studied 27 emerging markets in the world with a hypothesis of "FDI as a function of rise in capital markets". As a part of Ph.D from B.H.U, worked on a thesis, on "Industrail Development of Backward Areas-Role of Development Banks". A Topper in his M.B.A from SKIM, he is well regarded as an 'all rounder' in financial circles in India.<ref>(Source: Business India and Fortune India)</ref> |