About us

Welcome to Tamohara, welcome to the light.

About Tamohara Investment Managers

Tamohara Investment Managers is a SEBI-registered, platform-neutral investment management company, based in Mumbai, India. We invest in benchmark and market cap-agnostic equity and multi-asset portfolios, providing fund management and advisory services. Our strength is identifying good businesses that will give higher long-term returns, aided by our unmatched research process.

Since 2015, our team has been focused on compounding our investors’ wealth. We work with individual investors, institutions, financial product advisors, family offices and foreign investors. We also partner with financial product advisors to create bespoke co-branded products.

Our belief & approach to investment

Tamahora Investment Managers stands on a foundation of time-tested investment principles, focusing on long-term value creation. We look at business fundamentals rather than current stock prices, and value research over hearsay.

Our philosophy is brought to life in two ways:

Investing in businesses (not stocks), which helps us deliver higher returns over the long term, than relative outperformance in the short term. While the market focuses on profitability, we look at cash flows. Latching on to an upside is easy, insulation from a downside is not.
In-depth analysis of each business, including substantial primary research with several of its stakeholders. This helps unearth insights that cannot be gleaned by simply looking at a financial statement.

We do the research, analysis and selection. Compounding and time does the rest.

About our name

Tamohara: Remover of Darkness, Sanskrit

At a time when the investment management world was becoming self-serving, thriving on obfuscation and cherry-picking data, we believe there is space for a company to go back to the basics of creating wealth. That could be done only with complete transparency, and taking our customers with us. This belief is reflected in our name, Tamohara - which means ‘remover of darkness’ in the ancient Indian language, Sanskrit.

We believe our role is just that: Removing the opaque veil created by 24/7 business coverage and pulse-raising rumours that make it easy to feel you’re missing out on an opportunity.

To us, Tamohara is more than just a name - our company is built around this philosophy. Firstly, we have invested in a large investment team who have the freedom to carry out comprehensive, deep research. Secondly, our own revenues and remuneration are linked to the performance of investor portfolios, so it is in our best interests to make certain our customers succeed. Finally, we help you navigate the seemingly complex world of investments - taking into account your investable corpus, risk appetite, horizon and goals.

Once the darkness is removed, there is light.
Where there is light, there is knowledge.

Our Directors

Karan Datta

Non-Executive Director

Karan Datta has over 26 years of rich experience in the field of finance. He has worked with companies like Birla Sunlife Distribution Company Limited and Axis Mutual Fund Trustee Limited. He has been part of the founding team of Axis Mutual Fund and made it the 10th largest mutual fund in India. He has also worked in Global firms such as Franklin Templeton Asset Management India Private Limited, Goldman Sachs Asset Management India Private Limited.

Navin Kumar

Non-Executive Director

Navin is an accomplished executive with Domestic & International experience in Sales, Marketing, Investor Relations, Business Strategy and Execution, Multichannel product distribution, and marketing involving both start-ups and growth organizations. With experience of over 29 years across Standard Chartered Bank, BNP Paribas, Deutsche AMC, Kotak Securities, and Milestone Capital Advisors Ltd etc, Navin is a professional with a very respectable network across the finance industry.

Vijai Mantri

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Vijai Mantri is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Strategist of JRL Capital, which is the Wealth Management and Retail Distribution arm of the J R Laddha Group. He is a rank holder Chartered Accountant and also has an AMP from Indian School of Business (in collaboration with Kellogg and Wharton Business School). He started his career with the Aditya Birla Group and worked in various verticals including NBFC, Mutual Fund distribution, among others. He was the CEO of Deutsche MF/Pramerica for over 8 years. He was also the founder of HDFC Mutual Fund. In his last assignment, he has successfully co-founded and ran a FinTech company called Buckfast. Overall, he has 25 years of experience in Mutual Fund and Capital Markets.

Our Investment Team

Sudhanshu Asthana

CEO & CIO

Sudhanshu holds an M.A. in Economics and has more than 20 years of experience in fund management wherein he has handled both large and small sized funds. His last stint was with Axis Mutual Fund as a senior fund manager. Prior experiences include Barclays Wealth India, SBI Fund management and Quantum Asset management. At Tamohara, his primary responsibility is steering the business and guiding the investment management team.

Sanjay Panicker

Deputy CEO, Portfolio Manager

Sanjay has an MBA in Finance & Systems and over 23 years of experience in Indian equities with a successful track recording-depth fundamental research and optimal portfolio allocation. His past roles have been in institutions like SSKI, IDFC, Ambit Capital, and Canbank Mutual Fund. At Tamohara, he is responsible for Investment Management and Business Development.

Sheetal Malpani

Head of Equity, Portfolio Manager

Sheetal is a post graduate in management with a major in Finance. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. He has 12 years of experience in the Indian Capital Markets. Before his association with Tamohara, he was with HDFC securities, Brics Securities, and Enam securities. At Tamohara, his primary responsibility is evaluating investment opportunities and Investment Management.

Sanjeev Panda

Portfolio Manager

Sanjeev holds an MBA in Finance from ICFAI Business School and has more than 13 years of fundamental research experience in Indian equities. Prior to joining Tamohara, Sanjeev was associated with institutions like Karvy, Sharekhan and ICICI Bank. At Tamohara, his primary responsibility is evaluating investment opportunities and Investment Management.

Varsha Valecha

Senior Vice President - Research

Varsha has a MBA in Finance and nearly 26 years’ experience in Investment Banking and Investing in Indian Equities. She has handled Fund Raising Mandates in Public & Private markets, and Mergers & Acquisitions in her long and distinguished career. Varsha has been associated with some of the most prestigious transactions in India during her time with pioneers such as Enam, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Edelweiss. She brings with her an in-depth understanding and knowledge of industries and corporates. At Tamohara, Varsha helps the team analyze and predict future course of businesses based on her vast experience of evaluating various businesses across sectors.

Nikhil Kothari

Research Analyst

Nikhil is a Chartered Accountant and a Bachelor of Commerce graduate from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics. He comes with 3 years of relevant experience in in-depth company analysis and research. He joined Tamohara Investment Managers in February 2017 from Phillip Capital India, where he worked as an Equity Advisor. Prior to joining the Capital Markets, he was managing the Finance Department at a private Paper Company. At Tamohara his primary responsibility is to evaluate investment opportunities and also to assist the team in their work.

Kenneth Mendonca

Research Analyst

Kenneth has completed his Master’s from The University of Nottingham. He has over 3 years of experience in the capital markets and prior experience with KPMG as well. At Tamohara, his primary responsibility is to evaluate investment opportunities and also to assist the team.

Madhuri Thakare

Research Analyst

Madhuri holds an MBA in finance from Pune University and has more than 5 years of experience in financial Industry, Prior to joining Tamohara, Madhuri was associated with Union Asset Management. At Tamohara, her primary responsibility is to evaluate investment opportunities and assist the team in their work.

About us

Welcome to Tamohara, welcome to the light.

About Tamohara Investment Managers

Our belief & approach to investment

We do the research, analysis and selection. Compounding and time does the rest.

About our name

Once the darkness is removed, there is light.
Where there is light, there is knowledge.

Our Directors

Karan Datta

Navin Kumar

Vijai Mantri

Our Investment Team

Sudhanshu Asthana

Sanjay Panicker

Sheetal Malpani

Sanjeev Panda

Varsha Valecha

Nikhil Kothari

Kenneth Mendonca

Madhuri Thakare

Contact Us

Get In Touch

About us

Welcome to Tamohara, welcome to the light.

About Tamohara Investment Managers

Our belief & approach to investment

We do the research, analysis and selection. Compounding and time does the rest.

About our name

Once the darkness is removed, there is light. Where there is light, there is knowledge.

Our Directors

Karan Datta

Navin Kumar

Vijai Mantri

Our Investment Team

Sudhanshu Asthana

Sanjay Panicker

Sheetal Malpani

Sanjeev Panda

Varsha Valecha

Nikhil Kothari

Kenneth Mendonca

Madhuri Thakare

Contact Us

Get In Touch

Once the darkness is removed, there is light.
Where there is light, there is knowledge.