Fund Manager - Biography
Mr. Harsha Upadhyaya
Harsha Upadhyaya is Executive Vice President and Fund Manager – Equities at UTI AMC. He has over 16 years of experience in the areas of Funds Management, Equity Research, Business Analysis and Finance.
He is an engineering graduate (B.E, Mechanical) from NIT, Suratkal, and a post-graduate in management (PGDM) from IIM, Lucknow. He also holds CFA charter conferred by the CFA Institute, USA.
Harsha began his career with Essar Steel as an engineer and moved on to pursue higher studies. After completion of his PGDM studies, he joined UTI in 1996 and worked as an equity analyst tracking various sectors for over three years.
Before his second stint with UTI Mutual Fund starting April 2006, Harsha gained considerable experience on Indian equity markets working as research analyst in local and foreign broking houses. He has also gained valuable experience in the areas of business analysis and finance working at Reliance Industries and Reliance Energy.
Harsha was recognised as India’s Best Fund Manager (Runner –up) in Equity category by Outlook Money in 2010.