Mr. Prashant Kumar Jian is the Chief Investment Officer, 3P Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Prashant Kumar Jain obtained a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1989 and completed his PGDM from IIM Bangalore in 1991.
He holds the distinction of being the only fund manager in India and one of the few globally to have continuously managed a scheme for over 28 years.Some refer to him as a contrarian investor, some as a value investor, but he considers himself to be a rational investor. His key winning themes over this period were technology in the 90's, the old economy from early 2000 to pre-Lehman, consumers from pre-Lehman to mid-2010's, and corporate banks, energy, defence, utilities, etc. in the last phase.
He has worked with SBI Mutual Fund (1991-1993) as well as Zurich India Mutual Fund (1993-2003) in different capacities. He moved to HDFC Mutual Fund, subsequent to the takeover of Zurich India Mutual Fund by HDFC in 2003. He has recently set up 3P Investment Managers, a firm focused on long-term investing.Mr. Jain was Chief Investment Officer at HDFC Mutual Fund, a leading mutual fund in India, from 2004 to 2022. During this tenure, HDFC Mutual Fund’s assets grew from approximately Rs. 3000 crores to approximately Rs. 4,40,000 crores.
