"Sachin Vasant Padhye is an Australian of Indian origin with international academic and professional background spanning India, the United States, Australia, and early exposure to Japanese culture and education. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and later pursued his Master's degree in International Business in the United States. Having lived, studied, and worked across multiple countries, he developed a broad understanding of global markets, international business practices, and the financial challenges faced by ordinary families.
Coming from a middle-class background, Sachin was introduced to international thinking through his father, who was a Japanese language teacher. Discussions around Japan, economics, discipline, education, and global development became a natural part of his upbringing and helped shape his interest in financial systems and long-term investing.
Over the years, Sachin has worked across industries including procurement, recruitment, finance, human resources, investment services, international business, and English language teaching. His professional journey strengthened his belief that financial education should be practical, simple, and accessible to ordinary working people.
The reason behind writing Index Me was Sachin's desire to simplify investing concepts for ordinary people and encourage a calmer, disciplined, and long-term approach toward financial stability. Inspired by the investing philosophy of John C. Bogle, Sachin has promoted low-cost, long-term investing through newspaper writing, public discussions, interviews, podcasts, television appearances, and university lectures in Goa and other public forums.
The book Index Me is Sachin Vasant Padhye's first book and combines Bogle's philosophy of patience, discipline, diversification, and passive investing with Sachin's own practical observations and investment examples. While some examples and references are based on the Indian money market, the broader principles discussed in the book remain relevant to investors living in any free-market economy or participating in money markets anywhere in the world. Rather than encouraging speculation or short-term trading, the book promotes a calm, disciplined, and common-sense approach to long-term wealth creation through index funds and passive investing principles.
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