Augmented Investing · August 2026 · Recap

Three Indian cities said yes
to a new way of investing.

Delhi, Gurgaon and Mumbai came out for a conversation most of the industry avoids: why index funds buy the biggest companies instead of the best ones — and what a pay-for-alpha mandate, priced on the alpha delivered rather than the assets gathered, means for India. Thank you to everyone who filled the rooms.

New DelhiWednesday 19 August · Nukleus, Barakhamba Tower, Connaught Place

GurgaonFriday 21 August · iSprout Business Centre, Sushant Lok Phase-1

MumbaiMonday 24 August · HyLo Taproom, Jio World Drive, BKC

The sandbox, explained one benchmark at a time

The evenings in pictures

A talk, a book, and the conversations that mattered.

The audience listening closely — A full room, every city.

The End of Passive Investing title slide with Mukul Pal — The End of Passive Investing — the story of the hidden bias.

Seventeen years, calculated by Nasdaq slide — Seventeen years, calculated by Nasdaq — not our arithmetic.

End of Passive Investing book stacks — End of Passive Investing — every guest left with a copy.

Guests at the book table — The book table stayed busy.

Guests in conversation — The benchmark question, debated in every corner of the room.

Mukul Pal speaking — Why the biggest is not the best.

Guests being welcomed — Old friends and new mandates.

Guests laughing together — Not your usual finance evening.

Group discussion — Family offices, fund managers, builders.

Guest speaker Anil Rego addressing the room — Guest speaker Anil Rego, Founder & CEO, Right Horizons.

Guests laughing at the bar under the AlphaBlock screen — The room stayed late.

Mukul Pal presenting to the full room — One engine, everywhere.

Conversation at the bar — Conversations that outlasted the agenda.

Guests together at the evening — Industry leaders.

Mukul Pal presenting — The temporal clock, in sixty seconds.

Guests under the AlphaBlock screen — Alpha, made systematic — the message behind the evening.

A one-on-one conversation — The questions that came after the talk.

Guests in a group conversation — Allocators, managers, and the next generation.

Two guests in conversation — Quiet conversations, serious thought.

Guests with the AlphaBlock team — Strong partnerships.

Next evenings

The conversation is just beginning.

The three-evening format travels — more Indian cities and international markets are next. Join the guest list and you hear first — a place at the table in whichever city we come to next. And the offer stands between events: bring your benchmark, we build a model to it inside a sixty-day sandbox, and you see the difference on your own numbers, not ours.

For family offices, ultra-high-net-worth investors, and asset managers building next-generation funds.

You are on the list.

You will hear first when the next evening is announced. If you shared a benchmark, the team will be in touch about the sandbox. Anything sooner: contact@alphablock.org.

Three Indian cities said yesto a new way of investing.

A talk, a book, and the conversations that mattered.

The conversation is just beginning.

You are on the list.

Three Indian cities said yes
to a new way of investing.