Venkat Chalasani on AMFI, Ethics, and Financial Literacy

In Part 1 of this Market Makers conversation, AMFI CEO Venkat Chalasani joins host Manoj Rane to discuss the transformation of India’s mutual fund industry.

Highlights include:

• AMFI’s role as the voice of the ₹57 trillion mutual fund industry
• Standardising processes and regulating over 300,000 distributors
• The Mutual Fund Sahi Hai campaign and the push to raise India’s financial literacy above 27%
• Creation of AMFI’s ethics committee, a global first, with ex-RBI and SEBI leaders
• Expansion through India Post (100,000 new distributors) and IIM/university partnerships
• The importance of transparency, governance, and investor-first culture

Watch Part 2 for Chalasani’s journey at SBI Treasury and lessons from managing ₹12 trillion, which will be posted soon.