SBI Dividend Yield Fund - Direct (G) vs SBI Innovative Opportunities Fund - Direct (G)

Rohit Shimpi

B. Com, PGDBM, CFA Charterholder

Rohit Shimpi, Fund Manager, Portfolio Management Services (PMS) of SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFML) has been transferred to Mutual Fund Department w.e.f. November 01, 2018 and is responsible for fund management and advisory services. Rohit joined SBIFML in 2006 as Equity Analyst. He had also been managing our Offshore Fund between March 2011 - October 2015. Rohit then moved to PMS division of SBIFML as Fund Manager in October 2015. Before joining SBIFML, he had worked with SGA News Ltd (Television 18 Group) as a Research Analyst for the firm's flagship financial news channel, CNBC TV18. Prior to that, he was a researcher with JP Morgan's offshore research centre. Rohit started his career as a management trainee with HDFC Standard Life Insurance.

Prasad Padala

B. Tech, MBA

Mr. Prasad Padala joined SBIFML in September 2017 as an Equity Research Analyst. He has an overall 15 years of experience. He worked for the past 11 years in the area of financial services and 4 years before that in the software industry. Prior to the current role as a fund manager, Prasad has worked as an equity analyst at SBIFML from September 2017 to August 2023 and an external consultant from August 2023 to February 2024 handling equity research. Prior to that, he was associated with following entities: Investec India - Equity Research (from August 2015 to August 2017) Springforth Capital - Investment Banking (from November 2014 - July 2015)