<span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Luminaries from the tech, government and business sectors have joined hands to create a microfinance unit in India. The new Avanti Finance counts Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of the Tata Group, Vijay Kelkar, former finance secretary, and Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys Ltd.</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;"> among its investors.</span>