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Seema Hingorani to receive Bates College honorary degree
She will receive a Doctor of Humane Letters degree
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Staff Reporter - Fri, 10, Apr 2026
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Seema Hingorani / bates.edu
Bates College will honor Indian American investment executive Seema Hingorani with a Doctor of Humane Letters degree during its commencement ceremony on May 31.
The college has recognized the Morgan Stanley executive and founder of the nonprofit Girls Who Invest for levaraging her expertise to empower girls and women and to create access to opportunity.
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An investment professional with over 30 years of experience across both the private and public sectors, Hingorani currently serves as managing director, senior client advisor, and member of the Operating Committee at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. As a senior member of the firm, she oversees strategic client relationships, investment talent development, and diversity initiatives.
Prior to this, Hingorani founded and led SevenStep Capital, an investment platform focused on backing women portfolio managers. She also served as chief investment officer of the New York City Retirement Systems, overseeing $160 billion in assets, where her leadership earned the fund recognition as Hedge Fund Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor.
Earlier in her career, she held senior roles across major investment firms, including Pyramis Global Advisors, Andor Capital, Pequot Capital, and Mirador Capital, and began as an equity analyst at T. Rowe Price.
Hingorani founded Girls Who Invest, a national nonprofit that aims to balance the gender inequity in portfolio management and executive leadership in the investment management industry in 2015. Today the organization has impacted over 4,000 college women through its educational programs, a paid internship for talented professionals, and mentorship through a robust, ongoing support community.
Her commitment and advocacy for empowering females along with her industry leadership has earned her multiple honors, including the 2025 Icon Award from Pensions & Investments and the inaugural Torch Bearer Mentorship Award from the PEWIN Foundation.
In 2024, she was named to Forbes’ “50 Over 50: Investment” list, and in 2021, she received France’s prestigious Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur. She was also recognized by Barron’s as one of the 100 most influential women in U.S. finance in 2021 and was featured in the 2019 Bloomberg 50: Ones to Watch.
Hingorani has earned degrees in psychology and philosophy at Yale University and an MBA in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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