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Fund manager · ICICI

Sanket Gaidhani

Fund Manager – MF Equity at ICICI. Runs 3 schemes worth ₹12,964 Cr.

  • Fund house

    ICICIThey run their schemes at ICICI.

  • AUM they run

    ₹12,964 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

    3 now · 0 beforeSchemes they run now, as main or co-manager, and ones they ran before, since Aug 2025.

  • Experience

    9 yearsOver 9 years of experience

Profile(ICICI's SAI, 30 Jun 2026)

About

Role
Fund Manager – MF Equity
Studied
Chartered Accounta nt
Age
32 years
Experience
Over 9 years of experience

Schemes now3

  1. ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund₹8,227 Cr
  2. ICICI Prudential Housing Opportunities Fund₹2,631 Cr
  3. ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund Pure Equity Plan₹2,106 Cr

AUM they run(Aug 2025 – Sept 2026)

AUM at month end each month, and its change on the month before
12 months₹ CrChange
Sept 202612,964−3.6%
Aug 202613,444+0.7%
Jul 202613,356+1.1%
Jun 202613,205+189.1%
May 20264,568+0.7%
Apr 20264,536+12.5%
Mar 20264,032−3.2%
Feb 20264,164+2.7%
Jan 20264,053+4.0%
Dec 20253,897+0.2%
Nov 20253,888+0.3%
Oct 20253,877+4.9%
AUM at month end, Sept 2026
₹12,964 Cr
+234.4% since Oct 2025
Fig. 1.The AUM of the schemes Sanket Gaidhani 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(Aug 2025 – now)

  1. Housing Opportunities Fund
  2. Retirement Fund Pure Equity Plan
  3. Infrastructure Fund
ICICI2026
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(Aug 2025 – now)

ICICI

3 now · since Aug 2025
  1. ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
    Fund managerJun 2026—5m₹8,227 CrSectoral / ThematicTER 1.15%
  2. ICICI Prudential Housing Opportunities Fund
    Co-managerAug 2025—1y 3m₹2,631 CrSectoral / ThematicTER 1.20%

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

Performance(3 schemes)

Growth · Direct plans

Return as manager
+0.44%
Beat peers
1 of 2
vs peers
−1.87 pt
Longest run
1.2 years
Beat benchmark
Upcoming
Each scheme Sanket Gaidhani ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI. Click a column's header to sort by it.
ICICI Prudential Retirement Fund Pure Equity Plan
Aug '25–now · 1.2y
+4.90%+1.70%+3.20 pt––
ICICI Prudential Housing Opportunities Fund
Aug '25–now · 1.2y
−4.03%+2.92%−6.95 pt––
ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund
Jun '26–now · 0.4y
−4.29%+1.51%−5.80 pt––
Fig. 1.Each scheme Sanket Gaidhani ran, against its peers and benchmark over the same months. Source: AMFI.

Works with(2 now)

  1. Darshil DedhiaRetirement Fund Pure Equity Plan1 scheme
  2. Rohit LakhotiaRetirement Fund Pure Equity Plan1 scheme