Dinesh Balachandran
Head Investments at SBI
Schemes named on
3
Managing since
05 May 2018
Background
- Qualifications· from the SAI
- B. Tech (IIT - B), M. S. (MIT, USA), CFA Charter holder
- Experience
- industry primarily as Research Analyst. Experience over the past years: • Mar 2012 – till date: SBI Funds Management Ltd. • Aug 2004 – Dec 2011: Research Analyst, Fidelity Investments, USA • Sep 2001 – July 2004: Research Associate, Fidelity Investments, USA Presently, Dinesh Balachandran is managing SBI Balanced Advantage Fund (Equity Portion), SBI Contra Fund, SBI Long Term Equity Fund, SBI Magnum Comma Fund and SBI Multi Asset Allocation Fund (Equity Portion).
Funds Dinesh Balachandran manages
3Ranked 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 | SBI Multi Asset Allocation Fund | ★★★☆☆ | +14.4% | +16.6% | +14.5% | 0.68% | ₹17,976Cr |
| 2 | SBI Contra Fund | ★★★★☆ | -0.0% | +13.4% | +17.5% | 0.83% | ₹45,949Cr |
| 3 | SBI Flexicap Fund | ★★☆☆☆ | +0.9% | +10.3% | +9.9% | 1.25% | ₹21,393Cr |
NAV data as of 21 Aug 2026. Role, qualifications and tenure are disclosures from SBI’s Scheme Information Documents and Statement of Additional Information — SEBI filings, not our assessment of anyone. 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.