Ms. Balehittal has over five years of experience in finance. Prior to becoming an advisor to MainStream, she was a team leader at Thomson Financial, a unit of Thomson Corporation which is now Thomson Reuters, in Bangalore. During her tenure at Thomson Financial, she served as a research analyst before being promoted to a data integrity specialist. Ms. Balehittal was also the team lead for a team of 18 analysts and was responsible for product and service delivery for that team. As an advisor to MainStream Ms. Balehittal's is responsible for preparing financial and valuation models, investment memorandums, equity research reports and industry analysis.
After completing her undergraduate degree in Computer Applications, Ms. Balehittal earned a Master in Business Administration degree in Finance from the M. S. Ramaiah College, Bangalore.