After graduating in 2006, Chintan started his career with Citigroup as a part of the capital markets team. In 2008, he was one of the 10 people selected across the Asia-Pacific region to undergo 1 year Citi TIGER program – a program that involved on-the-job training in Singapore & Hong Kong, offering international experience in markets. Subsequently, in 2009, he moved to the Corporate Sales and Structuring team in Citi treasury. After working as Head of Structuring in Citi treasury till 2015, Chintan moved to IDFC Bank, where he is currently Director in Financial Markets Group.
Chintan holds PGDBM (Finance) from S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, and B.E. from University of Mumbai. He was awarded a scholarship under the General Electric (GE) Foundation Scholar-Leaders Program.