Rahul Baijal
Fund manager at HDFC
Rahul Baijal is named on 14 schemes at HDFC. Of the 14 ranked with a three-year record, 3-year CAGR runs from 36.0% (HDFC Defence Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option) down to 6.2% (HDFC Gilt Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option), across Sectoral/ Thematic, Flexi Cap Fund, Focused Fund and 6 more categories. Returns are computed from AMFI NAV history and are net of expenses; the roles and dates come from HDFC's SEBI filings.
Background
- Qualifications
- PGDM (MBA), B. E. (Delhi College of Engineering)
- Experience
- Collectively over 25 years experience in Fund Management and Equity Research • July 11, 2022 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited • July 1, 2016 till June 28, 2022: Sundaram Asset Management Company Limited Last Position Held: Senior Fund Manager – Equity • June 27, 2012 till June 15, 2016: Bharti Axa Life Insurance Company Limited Last Position Held: Vice President - Investments(Fund Manager) Collectively over 14 years experience in equity research • October 3, 2019 till Date: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited • August 27, 2014 till September 27, 2019: Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited Last Position Held- Associate Vice President - Research • August 12, 2013 till August 24, 2014: Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited Last Position Held - Research Analyst • November 8, 2010 till August 8, 2013: Crisil Limited Last Position Held - Senior Research Analyst - Irevna FR-Equity Research FROM EXISTING SCHEMES OF Absolute returns for each financial year for last 2
Funds Rahul Baijal manages
14Ranked by 3Y CAGR. Schemes without a three-year record yet are not listed. Open a fund for NAV history, rolling returns, risk metrics and peer rank.
| 1 | HDFC Defence Fund | ★★★★☆ | +20.2% | +36.0% | — | 0.89% | ₹9,371Cr |
| 2 | HDFC Flexi Cap Fund | ★★★★★ | -2.8% | +14.6% | +15.2% | 0.77% | ₹1,01,793Cr |
| 3 | HDFC Focused Fund | ★★★★★ | -3.9% | +14.5% | +16.3% | 0.82% | ₹26,336Cr |
| 4 | HDFC Infrastructure Fund | ★★☆☆☆ | -4.8% | +13.0% | +17.7% | 1.33% | ₹2,384Cr |
| 5 | HDFC Large & Mid Cap Fund | ★★☆☆☆ | -2.5% | +11.6% | +12.8% | 0.91% | ₹28,339Cr |
| 6 | HDFC Banking & Financial Services Fund | ★★★☆☆ | +1.5% | +11.3% | +11.0% | 0.98% | — |
| 7 | HDFC Business Cycle Fund | ★★☆☆☆ | +0.2% | +10.4% | — | 1.13% | ₹2,594Cr |
| 8 | HDFC Dividend Yield Fund | ★★★☆☆ | -3.3% | +10.0% | +12.1% | 0.87% | ₹5,632Cr |
| 9 | HDFC Housing Opportunities Fund | ★★☆☆☆ | -7.8% | +7.9% | +10.3% | 1.39% | ₹1,191Cr |
| 10 | HDFC Large Cap Fund | ★★★☆☆ | -5.9% | +7.9% | +9.2% | 1.03% | ₹38,097Cr |
| 11 | HDFC Banking and PSU Debt Fund | ★★★☆☆ | +4.6% | +7.0% | +6.2% | 0.35% | ₹5,270Cr |
| 12 | HDFC Corporate Bond Fund | ★★☆☆☆ | +4.0% | +6.9% | +6.2% | 0.38% | ₹31,301Cr |
| 13 | HDFC MNC Fund | ★☆☆☆☆ | +0.2% | +6.8% | — | 1.87% | ₹525.29Cr |
| 14 | HDFC Gilt Fund | ★★★☆☆ | +2.3% | +6.2% | +5.4% | 0.46% | ₹2,183Cr |
NAV data as of 05 Oct 2026. Role, qualifications and tenure are disclosures from HDFC’s Scheme Information Documents and Statement of Additional Information — SEBI filings, not our assessment of anyone. 12 of the 14 scheme assignments come from another of the house’s filings naming them rather than from that scheme’s own document, so that list may be incomplete. Returns are computed from AMFI NAV history; see our methodology. A fund’s performance is not attributable to one person, and nothing here is investment advice.