Investment Team

With over 15 years of industry experience, Meeta Shetty is the Fund Manager for Tata Digital India Fund and Tata India Pharma & Healthcare Fund, since November 2018.

Meeta joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in March 2017 as Research Analyst, tracking IT, Pharma and Telecom sector and reporting to the Chief Investment OfficerEquities.

Her previous endeavors include services with Kotak Securities Ltd, HDFC Securities, Asian Market Securities and Dalal and Broacha Stock Broking, wherein she was tracking the Pharma sector. She has also worked with Karvy Stock Broking as an Equity Advisor.

Meeta is a CFA Chartered Holder from CFA Institute, US and a Bachelor in Economics.

Rupesh brings in more than 20 years of experience spread across listed equity investments, private equity real estate investments, credit risk assessment and evaluation of infrastructure projects.

Rupesh Patel joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in May 2008 and served assignments in equity research and as Head of Portfolio Management Services vertical. Rupesh is presently the Senior Fund Manager managing the equity portfolio.

Prior to joining Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, he worked with Indiareit Fund Advisors Private Limited in their investments team and also held directorships to represent Indiareit Fund Advisors Private Limited on the boards of investee companies. He also worked as head of the corporate sector ratings group at Credit Analysis & Research Limited (CARE).

Rupesh is a graduate in engineering from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat and holds a master's in business administration from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat.

Sonam Udasi - backed with 24 years of his expertise in Equities Research is presently the Senior Fund Manager for many of the equity schemes at Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, since April 2016.

Sonam joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. as Head Research in April 2014. He has also served as the Principal Officer for the Portfolio Management Services vertical of Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd.

Prior to joining Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, Sonam headed the Research Team at IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd. for 4 years. During this tenure, IDBI Capital Research Team was rated as No. 3 "Top Most Award Winning Team" by Thomson Reuters Starmine Awards for Excellence for Fiscal Year 2013.

He started his career as an Analyst with the Quantum Group headed by Ajit Dayal, building expertise in sectors like Consumer Staples, Retail, Media, Pharma and Utilities.

He later joined JM Financial AMC as Senior Analyst reporting to the CIO. Apart from this, he has also worked with erstwhile ASK Raymond James and BRICS Securities (Head – Consumer Vertical).

Sonam has a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, specializing in Finance.

Amit Somani, has over 20 years of experience in Global and Indian financial markets specializing in Credit Analysis and Fund Management. Amit is currently managing Tata's Liquid Fund, Money Market Fund and Banking and PSU Fund.

He joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. as a Credit Analyst in the year June 2010 and since September 2012, he has been working as a Fund Manager (Fixed Income).

Prior to joining Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, he has served stints with Fidelity Investments and Netscribes Pvt. Ltd as a Research Analyst and with SPA Capital and Khandwala Securities as a Debt Market Dealer.

Amit Somani is a B.Com, PGDBM and CFA Charterholder.

With over 15 years of industry experience, Amey Sathe is the Fund Manager for Tata Large Cap Fund and Tata Young Citizens Fund. He is also Assistant Fund Manager for Tata Banking and Financial Services Fund and Tata Equity P/E Fund since June 2018.

Amey joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in May 2015 as Research Analyst, tracking Banking & Financial Services sectors, and reporting to Chief Investment Officer - Equities.

His previous stints include services with JM Financial Institutional Securities Ltd as Assistant Vice President Equity Research from October 2009 to May 2018 and HDFC Securities in Equity research from June 2008 to March 2009, tracking similar sectors.

Amey is a Chartered Financial Analyst, USA and has completed his Masters of Management Studies from University of Mumbai.

With over 10 years of equity research experience Aditya Bagul joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in October 2021 as Research Analyst. Aditya tracks the consumer space including the FMCG and discretionary consumption categories.

Prior to joining Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, Aditya had a 6-year stint at Axis Capital as Vice President - Midcaps; and was responsible for the coverage on diverse range of midcap stocks including durables, hotels/ hospitality, building materials and an assortment of diversified names. He was also involved in multiple IPOs - representing the research team at Axis Capital.

His previous roles have all been in equity research covering Consumer and BFSI sectors at Ambit Capital and Reliance MF (now Nippon AMC).

Aditya holds the CFA charter from CFA institute - USA and is a Chartered Account from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

With over 15 years of industry experience Abhinav Sharma is the Fund Manager for Tata Infrastructure Fund and Assistant Fund Manager for Tata Multicap Fund.

Abhinav joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in July 2015 as a Research Analyst, tracking construction, capital goods, power utilities and cement sectors and reporting to the Chief In estment Officer- Equities.

His previous stints were as a Research Analyst with HDFC Securities Ltd from June 2012 to July 2015 and JM Financial Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. from August 2008 to May 2012 tracking infrastructure and related sectors. He has also worked as Research Analyst at Lehman Brothers India and Brics Securities Ltd.

Murthy Nagarajan is the Head of Fixed Income at Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd.

With an expertise spanning decades in the debt market, Murthy brings in a rich and valuable industry experience of more than 24 years in the financial services space.

Prior to his appointment at Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, Murthy was working with Quantum AMC. He was also associated with Mirae Asset Global Investment India Ltd in the Investment Department as the Head of Fixed Income for more than two years.

Murthy holds a Master of Commerce degree and has completed his PGDBA from Somaiya Institute of Management & Research.

With over 26 years of investment experience, Rahul Singh joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in October 2018 as CIO-Equities, leading the fund management and equity research teams.

In his previous role at Ampersand Capital Investment Advisors LLP, Rahul was the Managing Partner. He has also worked with many reputed financial institutions like Standard Chartered Securities and Citigroup Global Markets India as Head of Equity Research.

Rahul is a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and an alumnus of IIM Lucknow where he pursued his Master of Business Administration in Finance and Financial Management Services.

Akhil Mittal joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in June 2014 as a senior fund manager.

At Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd., Akhil manages debt funds including ultra-short funds, short & long duration funds and fixed income allocation in hybrid funds.

Akhil started his career in 2004 at Rallis India Limited where he worked till 2006 in the treasury department looking after working capital management, foreign exchange management & banking.

Akhil moved to Edelweiss Securities Limited in 2006, where he worked in the Corporate Treasury & resources department looking after resource mobilization, working capital management, banking & investments.

Later, Akhil joined Canara Robeco Asset Management Co Ltd as a fund manager (fixed income funds) from Sept 2008 till Nov 2010 & from March 2011 to June 2014; he managed various Fixed Income portfolios including money market funds, duration funds & hybrid funds.

Akhil also had a brief stint with Principal PNB Asset Management Co Ltd from Nov 2010 to Feb 2011 handling various income funds.

Akhil Mittal is a B.Com graduate & holds an MBA degree from University Business School.

Chandraprakash Padiyar joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. as a senior fund manager (equities), in September 2018.

Chandraprakash previously worked with Alchemy Capital Management Pvt Ltd. as portfolio manager for the onshore long-only strategies.

Chandraprakash has over 21 years of experience in research and fund management. He began his career in equity research and analysis at UTI Mutual Fund and in time was designated fund manager, overseeing the mutual fund schemes.

Chandraprakash is an M.B.A. (Finance) from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management affiliated to the University of Pune and has cleared all 3 levels of CFA Program from the CFA Institute, USA.

With more than 18 years of experience in both fund management and broking, Sailesh Jain joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in November 2018 as Fund Manager (Equities).

His prior stint includes IDFC Securities Ltd. where he was heading the Institutional Derivatives desk.

Sailesh started his career in 2003 at Refco-Sify securities as a fundamental and derivative analyst. He has also worked as a Fund Manager at Lotus India Mutual Fund and with IIFL (Indiainfoline) heading the derivatives desk.

Sailesh is an MBA (Finance) from Queensland University of Technology from Australia.

With over 15 years of industry experience, Satish Mishra is the Fund Manager for Tata Mid Cap Growth Fund and Tata Resources & Energy Fund.

Satish joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd.. in July 2017 as a Research Analyst, tracking Oil & Gas, Metals & Mining and Chemical sectors and reporting to the Chief Investment Officer - Equities.

His previous stints as Research Analyst include assignments with HDFC Securities Ltd, from May 2012 to July 2017 and PINC Research from June 2008 to May 2012 tracking similar sectors and reporting to Head of Research. In 2017, he received the "No. 1 stock picker, Energy" analyst award by Starmine. He has also worked as an Assistant Engineer at Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO) for more than two years.

Satish is qualified as a Bachelor of Technology from IIT (BHU) Varanasi and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from T A Pai Management Institute.

Aurobinda Prasad Gayan is the Head-Commodities Strategy at Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. He has over 17 years of experience in the areas of Financial Research, Currency & Commodity Analysis Management.

In his earlier stints, he has worked with Kotak Commodities, Mumbai as Vice President Research and with Karvy Comtrade Ltd as Research Head for over 9 years. He started his career with a FX broker as a Research Analyst.

Aurobinda is a gold medallist in "Operations research" and has completed his MBA Finance from Cochin University.

With over 12 years of industry experience, Abhishek Sonthalia is Fund Manager for Tata Medium Term Fund and Co-Fund Manager for Tata Short Term Bond Fund, Tata Treasury Advantage Fund and Tata Liquid Fund.

Abhishek joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in December 2013 as 'Research Analyst, Fixed Income'. Abhishek joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. from CRISIL ltd where he was part of the Credit Rating Team for Financial Institutions.

Abhishek is a CFA Charter Holder from CFA Institute, US and has done his management programme from NITIE, Mumbai.

Tejas is the fund manager for Tata India Tax Savings Fund. He joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in Dec 2019 as Principal Officer and Head of Portfolio Management Services, a position that he held until March 2021.

Tejas comes with a rich and diverse experience of over 15 years in the equity and fixed income markets.

Prior to joining Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, Tejas worked for over four years with Tamohara Invesment Managers, where he led the investment team and managed the flagship longonly small- & midcap portfolio, Tamohara Long Term Equity Strategy

Prior to Tamohara, Tejas worked for over six years with Barclays Wealth India across equity research, fixed income advisory, and investment strategy roles. He started his career as a credit analyst at CARE Ratings.

Tejas holds a Master in Management Studies (MMS - Finance) and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. -Mathematics) Degree from the Mumbai University.

In his free time, Tejas enjoys reading widely and curates a weekly reading digest. During breaks from work, Tejas enjoys spotting birds and tracking wild animals and is a self-taught wildlife photographer.

Venkat Samala has more than 7 years of industry experience. Currently, Venkat is the fund manager for Overseas Investnments for Tata Large Cap Fund, Tata Focused Equity Fund & Tata Digital India Fund.

Venkat joined Tata Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. in May 2019 as Management trainee – Research. As a Research Analyst he tracks Real Estate, Building Materials, US Technology, Aviation, Textiles & Hospitality sectors. At Tata Asset Management he reports to Chief Investment Officer- Equities.

He was previously associated with Quest Global, an aerospace services firm, as a senior design engineer between August 2012 to June 2017.

Venkat has completed his MBA from IIM Bangalore.