Fund manager · SBI

Dinesh Balachandran

Fund Manager, Head – Investments, Head of Research (Equity) at SBI. Runs 6 schemes worth ₹1,60,000 Cr.

Fund house
SBIThey run their schemes at SBI.
AUM they run
₹1,60,000 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
6 now · 0 beforeSchemes they run now, as main or co-manager, and ones they ran before, since Jul 2026.
Experience
23 years23 years

What Dinesh Balachandran's schemes hold^{(Jul 2018 – Sept 2026)}

What Dinesh Balachandran's schemes hold in Sept 2026. Tick up to 2 to plot them.
Plot	235 companies ·	₹ Cr
	ICICI Bank	7,184
	HDFC Bank	7,181
	Reliance Industries	5,663
	Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited	4,534
	Larsen and Toubro	2,954
	Biocon	2,669
	GAIL India	2,616
	Axis Bank	2,498
	Torrent Power	2,355
	Punjab National Bank	2,302
	Bharti Infratel	2,289
	Tech Mahindra	2,219
	Bharti Airtel Limited	2,103
	Tata Steel Limited	2,092
	Bandhan Bank Limited	2,058
	FSN E Commerce Ventures Limited	1,936
	Tata Motors Limited	1,733
	Sun Pharmaceutical Ind Ltd	1,635
	Delhivery Limited	1,612
	Mahindra Mahindra Financial Services Ltd	1,601
	State Bank of India	1,590
	Cipla	1,444
	ITC	1,435
	Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited	1,382
	Motherson Sumi Systems	1,366
	Bajaj Finance Limited	1,349
	Jsw Infrastructure Limited	1,334
	Embassy Office Parks Reit	1,233
	Bajaj Auto	1,191
	Aurobindo Pharma	1,166
	MARUTI SUZUKI INDA LIMITED	1,151
	Tata Motors	1,105
	NHPC	1,096
	ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co Ltd	1,087
	CESC	1,078
	Hindalco Industries	1,068
	Brookfield India Real Estate Trust	1,046
	Swiggy Limited	1,045
	Dabur India Ltd	1,029
	Cholamandalam DBS Finance	1,010
	LIC of India Ltd	962
	Adani Enterprises	879
	Eicher Motors	855
	United Phosphorous	826
	Mahindra and Mahindra Limited	791
	Bank of Baroda	761
	Grindwell Norton Limited	755
	Indian Oil Corp Ltd	746
	Eternal Limited	725
	HCL Technologies	721

ICICI Bank
HDFC Bank

Market value of each ticked company across the schemes Dinesh Balachandran runs, ₹ crore. Month end. Source: AMC monthly portfolio disclosures.
Month	ICICI Bank	HDFC Bank
Sept 2025	₹3,852 Cr	₹10,488 Cr
Oct 2025	₹3,844 Cr	₹10,889 Cr
Nov 2025	₹3,760 Cr	₹11,113 Cr
Dec 2025	₹3,635 Cr	₹10,932 Cr
Jan 2026	₹3,822 Cr	₹9,893 Cr
Feb 2026	₹5,434 Cr	₹8,559 Cr
Mar 2026	₹6,174 Cr	₹6,949 Cr
Apr 2026	₹6,833 Cr	₹7,254 Cr
May 2026	₹7,360 Cr	₹6,440 Cr
Jun 2026	₹8,413 Cr	₹7,660 Cr
Jul 2026	₹8,427 Cr	₹8,082 Cr
Aug 2026	₹8,246 Cr	₹7,304 Cr
Sept 2026	₹7,184 Cr	₹7,181 Cr

Fig. 1.Market value of each ticked company across the schemes Dinesh Balachandran runs, ₹ crore. Month end. Source: AMC monthly portfolio disclosures.

Allocation^{(Sept 2026)}

Market cap

		% of AUM
Large Cap	73	48.41

Mid Cap	57	17.89

Small Cap	94	13.51

Foreign	4	1.13

REIT / InvIT	1	0.000

Unlisted	5	0.16

Other equity	1	1.31

Cash & others		17.60

Sectors

Companies

Fig. 2.What the schemes this manager runs hold, all together, by market cap, by sector and by company. Hover a slice or a row; click a slice to open it.

What Dinesh Balachandran bought and sold^{(Oct 2025 – Sept 2026)}

What Dinesh Balachandran bought and sold. Change in market value since the previous month, ₹ crore. Month end. Source: AMC monthly portfolio disclosures.

Fig. 3.Change in market value since the previous month, ₹ crore. Month end. Source: AMC monthly portfolio disclosures.