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Fund manager · Kotak

Mandar Pawar

Equity Fund Manager at Kotak. Runs 2 schemes worth ₹983 Cr.

  • Fund house

    KotakThey run their schemes at Kotak.

  • AUM they run

    ₹983 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

    21 years21

Profile(Kotak's SAI, 30 Jun 2026)

About

Role
Equity Fund Manager
Studied
B.Com. and M.M.S. (Finance) from Mumbai University
Age
45 years
Experience
21

Schemes now2

  1. Kotak ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund₹709 Cr
  2. Kotak Energy Opportunities Fund₹274 Cr

AUM they run(Jan 2024 – Sept 2026)

AUM at month end each month, and its change on the month before
12 months₹ CrChange
Sept 2026983−3.2%
Aug 20261,015−0.4%
Jul 20261,019−0.1%
Jun 20261,019+1.0%
May 20261,009−1.9%
Apr 20261,029+6.7%
Mar 2026964−11.6%
Feb 20261,090+0.5%
Jan 20261,085−2.8%
Dec 20251,117+0.8%
Nov 20251,1080.0%
Oct 20251,108+2.7%
AUM at month end, Sept 2026
₹983 Cr
−11.3% since Oct 2025
Fig. 1.The AUM of the schemes Mandar Pawar 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(Jan 2024 – now)

  1. ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund
  2. Energy Opportunities Fund
Kotak20252026
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(Jan 2024 – now)

Kotak

2 now · since Jan 2024
  1. Kotak ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund
    Fund manager, equityJan 2024—2y 10m₹709 CrSectoral / ThematicTER 1.14%
  2. Kotak Energy Opportunities Fund
    Co-manager, equityApr 2025—1y 7m₹274 CrSectoral / ThematicTER 1.11%

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

Performance(2 schemes)

Growth · Direct plans

Return as manager
+3.16%
Beat peers
0 of 2
vs peers
−4.15 pt
Longest run
2.8 years
Beat benchmark
Upcoming
Each scheme Mandar Pawar ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI. Click a column's header to sort by it.
Kotak ESG Exclusionary Strategy Fund
Jan '24–now · 2.8y
+3.96%+8.94%−4.98 pt––
Kotak Energy Opportunities Fund
May '25–now · 1.4y
+2.37%+5.69%−3.32 pt––
Fig. 1.Each scheme Mandar Pawar ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI.

Works with(1 now)

  1. Abhishek BisenEnergy Opportunities Fund1 scheme