Former Blackstone India MD Amit Jain joins Carlyle

Amit Jain, former senior managing director at Blackstone India, has joined US-based PE firm Carlyle as Managing Director based in Mumbai and Co-Head of the Carlyle India investment advisory team.

Since becoming one of the first international private equity firms to enter the region in 2005, Carlyle has invested and committed over $5.5 billion in the country across 44 investments to date, said a press statement.