Rishikesh Patkar is a senior member of the index-management research team, responsible for managing methodologies for real-asset indexes. He is also a lead author of MSCI’s annual Global Real Estate Market Size research report. Prior to joining MSCI, he was a portfolio-oversight manager at a U.S.- based REIT and previously worked for Citibank and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a B.E. in computer science from VJTI Mumbai and an MBA in finance from IIM Calcutta.