Anil Sarin

Bio

Anil Sarin, a managing director with BVP India in Mumbai, joined the firm in 2006. He focuses on investments in banking and financial services, consumer services and agri-business. Anil has been closely involved with the firm's investments in KS Oils, Tulip Telecom, Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols, Dhanlaxmi Bank and Home First Finance. Named a platinum fund manager recently by The Economic Times, Anil has more than a decade of public-equity, fund-management experience. Most recently he was the co-head of equities at Prudential ICICI Asset Management, India’s largest mutual-fund company. Anil’s four funds—the Power Fund, the Dynamic Fund, the Emerging Star Fund and the Fusion Fund—routinely produced market-beating returns under his management and won a number of industry awards. Among Anil’s successful investments were the Deccan Chronicle newspaper company, Subex Systems software, and Zenith Infotech, an IT-services company. During Anil’s tenure, the money that he managed at Prudential ICICI grew from less than $30 million in 2004 to more than $800 million in 2006. Prior to joining Prudential ICICI, Anil was a fund manager for Birla Sun Life specializing in technology. Under his management, the Birla IT Fund won Best Technology Fund in 2001 and 2002, and the Birla Equity Fund was named Best ELSS Tax Saving Fund in 2003. Anil began his career as an equity-research analyst and fund manager at SBI Funds Management. Anil holds a bachelor’s in commerce from Delhi University and an MBA from the Institute of Management and Technology in Ghaziabad. Before attending graduate school, he served in the Indian army as an infantry officer, seeing active duty in Sri Lanka and training junior officers at the Infantry School in Mhow.