Who Is India’s Best Mutual Fund Manager?

Published on: December 12, 2025

Most of us who invest in mutual funds instinctively look at the 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year return before making any investment decision, whether it’s a disciplined SIP or a confident lumpsum. Returns become our guide and our safe place. Take a break for a second.

How many of you ever look past the returns and try to figure out the style of the Fund Manager?

How many people look at how that fund manager acts when the market is going up, when it is going sideways, or when it is going down violently?

There is a person behind every return who decides with conviction, discipline, or sometimes bias, and he is called Fund Manager.

But as investors, we often overlook this hidden factor that affects performance. It sounds dramatic to judge a cricket team only by last season’s score and not care who the captain is. But that’s exactly what most of us do with mutual funds.

You might be wondering, “Where will I find such detailed information about the Fund Manager?” “Is there a place where I can learn about fund managers like analysts learn about company CEOs?”

So, the answer is finally here.

Definedge Gives You the Fund Managers Tool in MFZone

We added a feature to MFZone that will change the game, The Tool for Fund Managers
This tool lets you look at the “brains behind the funds” instead of just chasing returns. To get to it, go to MFZone, just click on “Tools” and then “Top Fund Managers.”

From the Fund Manager’s perspective, you will get a full and organised view of the mutual fund universe. The tool shows the following for each fund manager:

1. The number of Schemes they Manage

Because it’s not the same to manage one scheme as it is to manage ten. More schemes mean more responsibility, more knowledge, or sometimes too much to handle.

2. AUM they Manage

AUM tells you how much faith the market has in a manager. It’s like knowing how many people trust a pilot before flying.

3. A full return comparison of all their plans

Investors can compare the performance of the schemes right from 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, 5 years and since the scheme inception.

You can use this timeline to see how consistent things are. You might get lucky with short-term returns, but you need skill to do well over the long term.

4. Data for the last three months to show how recent performance fits with long-term patterns.

These insights show patterns that some fund managers do well in bull markets, some do well in sideways ranges, and some stand out in bear markets with smart ways to manage risk. This tool helps you figure out what kind of market cycle is good for a certain manager and if that style fits your level of risk.

This kind of research is what sets a serious investor apart from a casual one.


Your Style, Your Research: Sort, Filter, Compare

The Fund Managers tool is easy to use for exploration. You can sort any column, whether it’s returns, the number of schemes, or AUM, to put the data in the order you want. No more endless scrolling or trouble spotting patterns.

You can also sort fund managers by type: Equity, Debt, Hybrid, Commodity,  and Others

This helps you focus on the specific part of the mutual fund universe that you want to invest in, rather than being overwhelmed by the whole thing.

Find Any Fund Manager Right Away

The search bar makes things even easier if you already know the name of a fund manager, like someone you have read about in the news or someone whose fund you already own.

Just type in the name, and you can analyse the all the plans the manager is in charge of and how well they do over time in a single view of their style and results.

You can see their whole career dashboard in one glance.