Dr M. Pattabiraman (PhD) is the founder, managing editor and primary author of earnfromskills. He bring in eight years experience of managing one of the most successful financial websites in India -freefincal.com into our internet marketing service. Our flagship course “How to get people to pay for your skills” aka “Earn from Skills” stems from his vast digital market experience in transforming freefincal from a personal finance blog to a reportage news media organisation. Dr. Pattabiraman is an associate professor at IIT, Madras with over eights years of experience publishing news-analysis, research, financial product development, SEO, internet market, digital marketing, social media marketing and online discoverability.
Expertise and Experience
Over 500 members are part of “Earn from Skills” digital marketing course launched in Sep 2020. Over 1800 people have signed up for his advanced research-based courses on goal-based portfolio management.
Dr M. Pattabiraman has co-authored two books, You can be rich too with goal-based investing (CNBC TV18) and Gamechanger and seven other free e-books on various topics of money management. His journey to financial independence has been featured on LiveMint: Light the FIRE and lose the fear of getting fired and Can your FIRE dreams get past the COVID-19 impact?
He is also a contributor at Economic Times
- Why investing is not only about equity
- Mutual fund advisers earning commissions from AMCs may not give you the best advice
- DIY investing is not everybody’s cup of tea
He is a patron and co-founder of “Fee-only India” an organisation to promote unbiased, commission-free investment advice.
Pattabiraman specialises in financial goal-based portfolio management where the investment risk is gauged based on need alone regardless of market movements. This has resulted in a unique open-source robo advisory template and a hand-picked set of mutual funds called plumbline
His analytical tools and research on mutual fund investing, stock selection, pre-retirement planning, post-retirement risk management and other aspects of portfolio management are published regularly at freefincal since May 2012. The site serves more than a million readers per year (2.5 million page views).
He conducts free money management sessions for corporates and associations(see details below). Previous engagements include World Bank, RBI, BHEL, Asian Paints, TamilNadu Investors Association etc. He follows strict journalistic integrity as defined by the organisation’s Policies and Standards.
Related Links
- Pattabiraman listed on the Indian Research Information Network System
- IIT Madras faculty listing, dept of Physics listing
- Reddit AMA conducted by M. Pattabiraman
- Google Scholar Page
- Amazon Author Page
Contact
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- Contact information: pattu {at} freefincal {dot} com (sponsored posts or paid collaborations will not be entertained)