Ahmedabad: In India NAVRATRI festivities just got over. Navratri is dedicated to Devi Maa and it is a nine-day festival.
It was perhaps some kind of coincidence that Association of Mutual Funds of India or AMFI announced a new leadership team. It saw Radhika Gupta; the CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management Company, being appointed as the new vice-chairperson.
For Radhika Gupta, an alumnus of Wharton this is another feather in the cap. It is also indicative of how women in India are making a strong presence in the world of finance.
There are scores of women who have been in the Indian banking industry but here’s a list of some of the best-known women money managers who handle your and my money.
Swati Kulkarni
An executive vice-president and fund manager-equity with UTI Mutual Fund, Swati is a certified financial analyst or CFA and has over two decades of experience. A very sharp and analytical mind behind a very pleasant and smiling demeanor.
Sohini Andani
Another person who has strong analytical skills and is known as a person who can make the right equity call, she works with SBI Mutual Fund having joined the fund way back in 2007 when she came in as the head of equity research.
Lakshmi Iyer
An alumnus of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Lakshmi Iyer is the president and chief investment officer-debt with Kotak Mutual Fund. She too has over two decades of experience as a fund manager.
Anju Chajjer
A chartered accountant by training, Anju Chajjer was in the insurance sector having worked with PSU giant, National Insurance as head of treasury for nearly a decade before she jumped into the world of mutual funds. A senior fund manager with Nippon India Mutual Fund, Anju has been a fund manager now for over a dozen years.
Roshi Jain
A chartered accountant, an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and a CFA to boot, Roshi Jain works with Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund having worked for over 15 years. She had at one point of time even spent a year with tech giant, Wipro before joining IIM, Ahmedabad.