Fund Manager Interview

MR. JANAKIRAMAN RENGARAJU

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & PORTFOLIO MANAGER. FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INDIA

Mr. Janakiraman Rengaraju is Vice President & Portfolio Manager – Equities for Franklin Templeton India AMC Ltd. Mr. Rengaraju manages Franklin India Prima Fund, Franklin India Opportunities Fund and Franklin India Smaller Companies Fund. He is co-portfolio manager for Franklin India Equity Advantage Fund, Franklin India Equity Fund and Franklin India Taxshield.

Mr. Rengaraju has been in the investment management Industry since 1997. He started his career with Franklin Templeton in 2007. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, he was managing the investment corpus of Indian Syntans Group, a Chennai based privately held group of companies. Before this, he worked for UTI Securities, Mumbai.

Mr. Rengaraju earned his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore in 1995. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering from Govt. College of Tech., Coimbatore in 1992. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder.