A fee payable to a mutual fund house for managing your mutual fund investments. It is the total percentage of a company’s fund assets used for administrative, management, advertising, and other expenses.
Average of the yearly returns of a mutual fund over a given period.
Absolute returns
The total return of a mutual fund over a given period.
Returns and rankings
Annualised returns
Absolute returns
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Expense ratio
A fee payable to a mutual fund house for managing your mutual fund investments. It is the total percentage of a company's fund assets used for administrative, management, advertising, and other expenses.
Tax
A percentage of your capital gains payable to the government upon exiting your mutual fund investments. Taxation is categorized as long-term capital gains (LTCG) and short-term capital gains (STCG) depending on your holding period and the type of fund.
Exit load
A fee payable to a mutual fund house for exiting a fund (fully or partially) before the completion of a specified period from the date of investment.
Stamp duty
A form of tax payable for the purchase or sale of an asset or security.
Exit Load
Exit load, stamp duty and tax
Exit load
Exit load of 0.50%, if redeemed within 30 days.
Stamp duty on investment: 0.005% (from July 1st, 2020)
from July 1st 2020
Tax implication
If you redeem within one year, returns are taxed at 20%. If you redeem after one year, returns exceeding Rs 1.25 lakh in a financial year are taxed at 12.5%.
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Fund management
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Viraj Kulkarni
Nov 2025 - Present
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Education
Mr. Kulkarni is a B.Tech. (Electronics), CFA and also holds a PGDM (Finance).
Experience
Prior to joining Bandhan Mutual Fund (formerly IDFC Mutual Fund) he was associated with Franklin Templeton Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd. (May 2014-Sept. 2015) and Goldman Sachs Services India (June 2010-May 2012).
Prior to joining Bandhan Mutual Fund (formerly IDFC Mutual Fund) he has worked with IDBI Mutual Fund, IndiaBulls Mutual Fund, Mata Securities & Twenty First Century.
Prior to Bandhan AMC Limited, she was associated with Ocean Dial Asset Management, Elara Securities Pvt Ltd. and Batlivala & Karani Securities Pvt Ltd.
Bandhan Healthcare Fund Direct Growth is a Equity Mutual Fund Scheme launched by Bandhan Mutual Fund. This scheme was made available to investors on 20 Dec 1999. Viraj Kulkarni is the Current Fund Manager of Bandhan Healthcare Fund Direct Growth fund. The fund currently has an Asset Under Management(AUM) of ₹1,93,412 Cr and the Latest NAV as of 13 Jan 2026 is ₹9.69.
The Bandhan Healthcare Fund Direct Growth is rated Very High risk. Minimum SIP Investment is set to ₹100. Minimum Lumpsum Investment is ₹1,000. Exit load of 0.50%, if redeemed within 30 days.
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Investment Objective
The scheme seeks to generate long-term capital appreciation by investing predominantly in equity and equity-related instruments of companies engaged in Healthcare, Pharma and Allied sectors.