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Let’s be the first mutual fund in India.” That simple ambition, born out of youthful energy and a belief in an opportunity no one had explored, would go on to shape India's private mutual fund industry. Vivek Reddy was...
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MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva
Hosted by Vikaas M Sachdeva · business · EN
About this Podcast:
How did an industry no one knew thirty years ago grow to nearly ₹80 lakh crore today? MF Chronicles traces this extraordinary transformation, exploring three decades of India’s mutual fund journey through candid conversations with the people who built it. The series moves through the early years after liberalisation, the expansion phase of the 2000s, and the digital, democratised era that followed - mapping how an unfamiliar concept slowly became one of India’s most trusted financial pillars. Across nine episodes, the show brings together CEOs, CIOs, regulators, product creators, distributors, advisors, and industry innovators to reveal the real stories behind India’s investing culture. Their decisions, challenges, experiments, and breakthroughs form the core of this narrative - not as data points, but as lived experiences. Through long-form, honest discussions, MF Chronicles uncovers how trust was built, how categories were created, how cri
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What is MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva about?
How did an industry no one knew thirty years ago grow to nearly ₹80 lakh crore today? MF Chronicles traces this extraordinary transformation, exploring three decades of India’s mutual fund journey through candid conversations with the people who built it.
Who hosts MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva?
MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva is hosted by Vikaas M Sachdeva. The show has published 16 episodes to date.
What has MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Vivek Reddy: How India’s First Mutual Funds Began | Kothari Pioneer AMC | MF Chronicles" (11 August 2026, 70 minutes), "KN Sivasubramanian: One of India's Earliest Fund Managers | Kothari Pioneer | MF Chronicles" (28 July 2026, 73 minutes), and "Sanjiv Shah & Rajan Mehta: Building India's ETF Story | Benchmark AMC | MF Chronicles" (14 July 2026, 58 minutes).
How often does MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva publish?
MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 61 minutes across 16 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva?
Booking probability for MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva is 29%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva's contact route on record: verified email.
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Vikaas M Sachdeva hosts MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva, a business podcast with 16 episodes published.
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Episode #14
KN Sivasubramanian: One of India's Earliest Fund Managers | Kothari Pioneer | MF Chronicles
Jul 28, 20261h 13mS1"Great investing isn't about chasing markets. It's about questioning them." Before mutual funds became mainstream, there were a handful of people building the industry from scratch. KN Sivasubramanian was one of them...
Jul 14, 202658 minS1"Nobody has to push passive. The data will talk for itself."<br /><br />Long before ETFs became mainstream, Sanjiv Shah and Rajan Mehta bet on an idea that very few believed in. They didn't just build India's first ETF...
Episode #12
Nilesh Shah: The Man Who Watched Mutual Funds Grow Up | MF Chronicles with Vikaas M Sachdeva
Jun 23, 202656 minS1"Every crisis leaves a scar. The best ones leave a lesson." When I sat down with Nilesh Shah, Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra AMC. I wasn't looking for market predictions or investment ideas. I wanted to understand...
Episode #12
Nilesh Shah: The Man Who Watched Mutual Funds Grow Up | Kotak Mahindra AMC | MF Chronicles
Jun 23, 202656 minS1"Every crisis leaves a scar. The best ones leave a lesson."<br /><br />When I sat down with Nilesh Shah, Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra AMC. I wasn't looking for market predictions or investment ideas. I wanted to...
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Jun 2, 202658 minS1"The stock price determines the narrative of the street."<br /> These words. Decades of investing wisdom.<br /><br />Kenneth Andrade has spent most of his career looking where others aren't. Before he became one of...
May 19, 202658 minS1“Why beat the market… when you can simply access it?”<br /><br />For years, ETFs in India quietly stayed in the background while active investing took centre stage. But somewhere along the way, passive investing stopped...
Apr 24, 20261h 9mS1When your money could double in 5 years back in those days… why would you take market risk?It’s easy to forget that this was once the norm.<br /><br />To really understand that shift, I spoke to Navneet Munot, Managing...
Apr 9, 20261h 18mS1Why do investors enter at the top… and exit at the bottom? Let’s break that down.<br /><br />In this episode, I’m joined by Dhirendra Kumar - Founder & CEO, Value Research, who’s seen India’s investing journey up close...
Mar 13, 20261h 6mS1“The third generation will approach life very differently from the way we did.” That line genuinely made me pause.<br /><br />It came from Swarup Mohanty, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mirae Asset Mutual...
Feb 25, 202654 minS1“Investing isn’t arithmetic. It’s judgment.<br />”That line stayed with me.<br /><br />In this chronicle, I sit down with Sankaran Naren - currently the CIO at ICICI Prudential AMC, but once a fund manager navigating...
Feb 6, 20261h 18mS1The hardest part of investing isn’t earning returns. It’s staying in the game.<br /><br />This episode of #MFChronicles features two leaders who have quietly built one of India’s most respected long-term investing...
Episode #4
A Balasubramanian on India’s Debt and Bond Market | Ep. 4 | MF Chronicles with Vikaas M Sachdeva
Jan 19, 202655 minS1The foundation decade is over. Now begins the decade that made mutual funds stronger.<br />This episode of #MFChronicles features a leader who has closely seen the growth of India’s mutual fund industry, especially the...
Episode #3
Ajay Srinivasan: Built Big. Built Young. Built To Last | Vikaas M Sachdeva | Ep. 3 - MF Chronicles
Jan 5, 20261h 1mS1Before mutual funds became part of everyday conversations, the industry was being built from the ground up.<br /><br />In this episode of MF Chronicles, I sit down with Ajay Srinivasan to revisit the 1990s - when...
Episode #2
Bharat Shah: The OG of Calm Compounding | Vikaas M Sachdeva | Ep. 2 MF Chronicles 1991-2000
Dec 15, 20251h 39mS1In the second episode of MF Chronicles, we bring you a voice that has seen the Indian mutual fund industry from the inside - through its most uncertain and defining years.<br /><br />Bharat Shah, Executive Director at...
Dec 3, 202552 minS1Welcome to the very first episode of MF Chronicles with Vikaas M Sachdeva. <br /><br />In this debut episode, I sit down with Samir Arora, Founder of Helios Capital, to explore a decade that changed everything: 1995 to...
MF Chronicles by Vikaas M Sachdeva
9 Episodes. 3 Decades. 1 Incredible Story of Mutual Fund | MF Chronicles Podcast Teaser
Nov 14, 20252 minS1How did an unknown industry grow into an ₹80 lakh crore giant?<br /><br />The answer lies in the people who built it. MF Chronicles brings you their stories - the challenges, the breakthroughs, and the moments that...
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Sanjiv Shah
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Navneet Munot
Managing Director and CEO, HDFC Asset Management Company Limited
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Dhirendra Kumar
CEO, Value Research
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Swarup Mohanty
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India) Pvt Ltd.
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