Fund Managers
Rajeev Thakkar
Chief Investment officer and Equity Fund Manager
Having commenced his career in 1994, he possesses wide-ranging experience in the field of financial services. These include - Investment banking, managing fixed income portfolios, broking operations and Portfolio Management Services (PMS) operations.
He joined PPFAS Limited in 2001 and besides serving as a Fund Manager for its PMS, also earned the post of Chief Executive Officer, which he held until 2012.
He currently serves as Chief Investment Officer of PPFAS Mutual Fund.
Educational Qualifications:
B. Com (Bombay University), Chartered Accountant, CFA Charter Holder and Grad ICWA
Raunak Onkar
Dedicated Fund Manager for overseas investments and Co- Fund Manager
Raunak Onkar is a Fund Manager & Research Head at PPFAS Mutual Fund. He started his career with PPFAS in 2008 as an intern in the Research Team.
He graduated from the University of Mumbai with a BSc in IT & MMS (Masters in Management Studies) in Finance.
Raj Mehta
Debt Fund Manager
Beginning his career as an intern with PPFAS Mutual Fund in 2012, Raj swiftly moved up the ranks, and is currently part of the Fund Management team.
Apart from being a Commerce graduate from University of Mumbai (N.M. College).
He is also a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a CFA Charter Holder. He has also earned a Certificate for the 'NSE Debt Market Module' issued jointly by FIMMDA and NCFM. He is also featured as a regular participant on various TV channels and a columnist in select financial publications.
Educational Qualifications:
B.Com, M.Com (Mumbai University), Chartered Accountant, CFA Charter Holder
Rukun Tarachandani
Domestic Equity Fund Manager
Rukun is part of the Fund Management team at PPFAS Mutual Fund. He has more than 9 years of experience in Equity Markets.
He started his career in 2013 as an Equity Research analyst with Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research.
Prior to joining PPFAS, he worked with Kotak Mahindra Asset Management as an Equity Research analyst and also managed the Kotak Equity Arbitrage fund from May 2019 to Dec 2019. He is an avid reader of books on Behavioral finance, Value Investing and Quantitative Investing.
Educational Qualifications:
MBA (Finance) from Management Development Institute Gurgaon, B.Tech (Information Technology) from Nirma University, CFA Charterholder and CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance) certificate holder
Mansi Kariya
Co-Fund Manager Debt and Credit research Analyst
Mansi Kariya joined PPFAS Mutual Fund in 2018 as a Debt Dealer. Gradually, she assumed the role of Credit Research Analyst within the Fixed Income Team and then eventually became a Co-Fund Manager Debt. In her previous roles, Mansi has worked as a research associate and senior executive - debt products for 3.5 years.
B.Com Hons (Calcutta University), MS -Finance (ICFAI University) and CFA Charter Holder.
