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Fund manager · ICICI

Archana Nair

Associate Vice President - MF Equity Dealing at ICICI. Runs 2 schemes worth ₹50,481 Cr.

  • Fund house

    ICICIThey run their schemes at ICICI.

  • AUM they run

    ₹50,481 CrThe AUM of the schemes they run, as main or co-manager, at the latest month's end, as AMFI reports it. A scheme two people run counts for both.

  • Schemes

    2 now · 0 beforeSchemes they run now, as main or co-manager, and ones they ran before, since Aug 2024.

  • Experience

    7 yearsOver 7 years of experience

Profile(ICICI's SAI, 30 Jun 2026)

About

Role
Associate Vice President - MF Equity Dealing
Studied
Chartered Accounta nt and B.Com
Age
31 years
Experience
Over 7 years of experience

Schemes now2

  1. ICICI Prudential Arbitrage Fund₹35,576 Cr
  2. ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund₹14,905 Cr

AUM they run(Feb 2024 – Sept 2026)

AUM at month end each month, and its change on the month before
12 months₹ CrChange
Sept 202650,481−0.3%
Aug 202650,644+0.6%
Jul 202650,359+0.9%
Jun 202649,923+1.8%
May 202649,021−0.3%
Apr 202649,167+2.0%
Mar 202648,216−5.3%
Feb 202650,940−0.1%
Jan 202650,989+1.3%
Dec 202550,358+0.5%
Nov 202550,094+1.8%
Oct 202549,190+0.3%
AUM at month end, Sept 2026
₹50,481 Cr
+2.6% since Oct 2025
Fig. 1.The AUM of the schemes Archana Nair ran at each month's end, each only in the months they ran it, ₹ crore. A scheme two people run counts in full for both. Source: AMFI.

Schemes over time(Feb 2024 – now)

  1. Arbitrage Fund
  2. Equity Savings Fund
ICICI20252026
Fig. 1.The schemes they ran when, the oldest first: each from the date its fund house gives, or the first document listing them where it gives none, to when they left, coloured by fund house.

Schemes(Feb 2024 – now)

ICICI

2 now · since Feb 2024
  1. ICICI Prudential Arbitrage Fund
    Co-managerFeb 2024—2y 9m₹35,576 CrArbitrageTER 0.34%

Source.Each scheme's Scheme Summary Document at AMFI and its filings at NSE.

Performance(2 schemes)

Growth · Direct plans

Return as manager
+6.61%
Beat peers
1 of 2
vs peers
−0.44 pt
Longest run
2.7 years
Beat benchmark
Upcoming
Each scheme Archana Nair ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI. Click a column's header to sort by it.
ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund
Feb '24–now · 2.7y
+5.98%+6.92%−0.93 pt––
ICICI Prudential Arbitrage Fund
Feb '24–now · 2.7y
+7.23%+7.18%+0.05 pt––
Fig. 1.Each scheme Archana Nair ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI.

Works with(7 now)

  1. Ajaykumar SolankiArbitrage Fund · Equity Savings Fund2 schemes
  2. Darshil DedhiaArbitrage Fund1 scheme
  3. Dharmesh KakkadEquity Savings Fund1 scheme
  4. Manish BanthiaEquity Savings Fund1 scheme
  5. Nikhil KabraArbitrage Fund1 scheme
  6. Ritesh LunawatEquity Savings Fund1 scheme
  7. Sri SharmaEquity Savings Fund1 scheme