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Fund manager · Kotak

Dhananjay Tikariha

Equity Fund Manager at Kotak. Runs 2 schemes worth ₹3,127 Cr.

  • Fund house

    KotakThey run their schemes at Kotak.

  • AUM they run

    ₹3,127 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

    18 years18

Profile(Kotak's SAI, 30 Jun 2026)

About

Role
Equity Fund Manager
Studied
B. Tech, M. Tech, PGDM
Age
45 years
Experience
18
Also as
Dhananjay Thikaria (Kotak)

Schemes now2

  1. Kotak MNC Fund₹2,291 Cr
  2. Kotak Healthcare Fund₹835 Cr

AUM they run(Dec 2024 – Sept 2026)

AUM at month end each month, and its change on the month before
12 months₹ CrChange
Sept 20263,127+1.6%
Aug 20263,077+8.7%
Jul 20262,832−0.9%
Jun 20262,858+7.0%
May 20262,672+5.0%
Apr 20262,544+13.9%
Mar 20262,234−10.4%
Feb 20262,494+3.0%
Jan 20262,421−4.9%
Dec 20252,546−2.2%
Nov 20252,604−3.3%
Oct 20252,692+1.7%
AUM at month end, Sept 2026
₹3,127 Cr
+16.1% since Oct 2025
Fig. 1.The AUM of the schemes Dhananjay Tikariha 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(Dec 2023 – now)

  1. Healthcare Fund
  2. MNC Fund
Kotak202420252026
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(Dec 2023 – now)

Kotak

2 now · since Dec 2023
  1. Kotak MNC Fund
    Fund manager, equityOct 2024—2y 1m₹2,291 CrSectoral / ThematicTER 0.90%
  2. Kotak Healthcare Fund
    Co-manager, equityDec 2023—2y 11m₹835 CrSectoral / ThematicTER 1.03%

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

Performance(2 schemes)

Growth · Direct plans

Return as manager
+16.34%
Beat peers
2 of 2
vs peers
+10.67 pt
Longest run
2.8 years
Beat benchmark
Upcoming
Each scheme Dhananjay Tikariha ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI. Click a column's header to sort by it.
Kotak Healthcare Fund
Dec '23–now · 2.8y
+21.16%+9.34%+11.82 pt––
Kotak MNC Fund
Oct '24–now · 1.9y
+11.52%+2.01%+9.52 pt––
Fig. 1.Each scheme Dhananjay Tikariha ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI.

Works with(2 now)

  1. Abhishek BisenMNC Fund · Healthcare Fund2 schemes
  2. Harsha UpadhyayaMNC Fund1 scheme