Sailesh Raj Bhan is President & CIO – Equity Investments at Nippon India Mutual Fund. He has over 27 years of experience in Indian Equity Markets with over 19years at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. An MBA in Finance and CFA by qualification, he has been managing multiple flagship funds namely, Nippon India Large Cap Fund, Nippon India Multi Cap Fund& Nippon India Pharma Fund for over 15 years.
Rupesh Patel has joined as a
Senior Fund Manager - Equity in Investment Equity team at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He comes with over 23 years of experience across listed Equity Investments, Pvt Equity RE investments, Credit Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Infrastructure projects. Prior to joining us, he was working with Tata Asset Management Limited since 2008, where he was managing some of their flagship funds like Midcap Growth, Large Cap, Tax Savings, Focused Equity Fund and Infrastructure Funds. Rupesh is a Civil Engineering graduate and an MBA in Finance from Sardar Patel University.
Samir Rachh is a Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University. He has total experience of over 31 years. He has been associated with Nippon Life India Asset Management since 2007 as an Analyst and then as a Fund Manager for over 15 years. He specializes in Mid Cap/Small Cap stocks.
Meenakshi Dawar has over 16 years of experience in Fund Management and Equity Research. Prior to joining Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, she was managing Large Cap and Hybrids funds at IDFC mutual fund. She was also instrumental in launch of various new products at IDFC. She has worked with ICICI Securities as Equity Research Analyst covering Indian Markets. She has a done her Post graduation in Management from Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad and B.Tech from IGIT-Delhi.
Vinay Sharma is
Senior Fund Manager- Equity at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Vinay is an Architecture graduate from MNIT Jaipur and did his Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management from IIM Calcutta. He has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, conferred by CFA Institute, USA. Vinay has a total experience of over 18 years. Before his association with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, Vinay worked as a Fund Manager at ICICI Prudential Management for several years managing both diversified and thematic funds. Prior to that, he has been an Equity Research Analyst at AIG Global Asset Management and JP Morgan India. Vinay has been instrumental in many NFO launches and product initiatives in his previous stintsand has attended several Global Investment conferences and seminars.
Nemish Sheth is a Fund Manager and Equity Dealer at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Nemish Sheth has a total experience of over 16 years. Before his association with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, Nemish worked as a Fund Manager at Bandhan Mutual Fund for several years managing Arbitrage fund, Passive fund and Equity Dealing. Nemish has been instrumental in many NFO launches ( Passive Index funds, Hybrid funds) and product initiatives in his previous stint.
Herin Visaria is Fund manager and Dealer – Equity at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Herin has a total experience of over 17 years. Before his association with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, Herin worked as a Fund Manager for Foreign Securities and Dealer – Equity at Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. Prior to that, he has worked as Institutional Sales trading at Religare Capital Markets and Derivatives Research Analyst at Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. He has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, conferred by CFA Institute, USA.
Dhrumil Shah is Fund Manager- Equity Investments at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Dhrumil has over 16 years of experience in Equity Research and Fund Management. Prior to Joining NIMF, he was managing Mid Cap funds as well as Large Cap Funds at Birla Sun Life Insurance. Prior to Birla Sun Life, he was associated with ASK Investment Managers as Portfolio Manager. Dhrumil is a graduate from Mumbai University and a Chartered Accountant.
Bhavik Dave has over 10 years of experience in Equity Research. He is Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Prior to this, he was working with Motilal Oswal Securities Limited - Institutional Equities. Bhavik Dave joined Nippon Life India Asset Management Limitedin 2014 as a Research Associate. He is currently co-handling Nippon India Banking Fund. He has done his graduation in Finance, followed it up with Post Graduate Diploma & Management, Capital markets (PGDM) from Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai.
Kinjal Desai is Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Kinjal has obtained her Masters in Economics from Warwick University, UK. She has a total experience of over 10 years at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, where she started her career as an Associate.
Ritesh Rathod is Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 18 years of work experience in Investment Research. He is working with Nippon India since 2020.
In Past, he has worked at UTI Mutual Fund as Senior Research Analyst for 12 years and as Co-Fund Manager (for Healthcare Fund) for 18months. He specializes in Technology, Healthcare & Metal sector. Ritesh has done MBA in Finance from NMIMS and has cleared CFA (USA) and FRM (GARP).
Aishwarya Deepak Agarwal is a Senior Research Analyst & Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He is a certified Chartered Accountant and CFA Charter holder from CFA Institute, US. He has a total experience of over 22 years out of which he has spent over 8 years with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited.
Vikram Dhawan is Fund Manager - Commodities at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Vikram has over 28 years of experience in Commodities, Fund Management, Enterprise Risk Management and Investing in Corporate and Banking sectors in India and Overseas.Prior joining us, he was associated with Reliance AIF Management Ltd, and Reliance Capital. He was also managing the Risk Portfolio with Gold Matrix Pte, Singapore.Vikram is B. E -Mechanical from Nagpur University and has a P G Diploma in Materials Management.
Rohit Hasmukh Shah is Fund Manager and Dealer – Equity at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 12 years of experience in Equity Dealing. Prior to Joining Dealing team, he was in risk management department of Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He is a Chartered Accountant and FRM - GARP US.
Rahul Modi is Research Analyst and Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 17 years of work experience in Investment Research. He is working with Nippon India since 2023. Prior to that, he has worked as an analyst at ICICI Securities for 6 years and other broking houses based out of Mumbai. He specializes in Power, Industrials and Infrastructure sectors. Rahul has done Masters in Finance & Investment from Nottingham Business School, UK.
Rishit Parikh is a Research Analyst and a Co-Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 14 years of experience, of which 11+ years have been in Investment research. He has been with Nippon India for the past 3 years and his prior stints have been with Nomura and Goldman Sachs. Rishit holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Mumbai University and a PGDM (specialization in Banking/Finance) from NMIMS, Mumbai.
Shirish Valmik Guthe is Research Analyst and Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 13 years of work experience in Investment Research. He is working with Nippon India since December 2024. Prior to that, he has worked as an Equity Research analyst at HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd. for 12.5 years. He specializes in Automobile, Consumer Goods and IT related sectors. Shirish has done Master of Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai University.
Amber Singhania is Assistant Fund Manager and Research Analyst at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 22 years of work experience in Investment Research. He is working with Nippon India since September 2021. Prior to that, he has worked as an Senior Equity Research Analyst at Asian Markets Securities, Quant Broking , Sunidhi Securities , Span Capital. He specializes in Consumer Durables, EMS, Cement and Capital Goods related sectors. Amber has done Master of Management Studies from University of Mumbai.
