Sumanta Biswas

Sumanta Biswas joined Polaris Capital Management, LLC as an Analyst in January 2002 after completing an internship with the firm. He was promoted to Assistant Portfolio Manager in 2004, was named Vice President in 2005 and became an LLC member at Polaris in 2007. In January 2021, Mr. Biswas was promoted to Portfolio Manager. He remains a “generalist”, conducting fundamental analysis of potential investment opportunities and driving portfolio management decisions.

Mr. Biswas’ professional experience includes an equity research internship at Delta Partners of Boston in 2001. From 1996 through July of 2000, he was an officer of the Securities and Exchange Board of India. In 1995, Mr. Biswas participated in the initial public offering of Electro Steel Casting, Ltd. of India while interning at IFB Finance Ltd. of India.

Mr. Biswas received a master’s of science degree in finance from Boston College in 2001, and an MBA from Calcutta University in India in 1996. He earned his undergraduate degree in engineering from North Bengal University in 1993, and holds a diploma in business finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.