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The technology sector is a category of equity fund that invest in companies involved in technological businesses, such as manufacturers producing computer software and hardware. It also includes electronics & technological service companies such as those providing information technology, etc. The greatest advantage of Investing in technology Mutual Funds is that investors can gain access and exposure to dozens of technology stocks in just one fund.
India's IT Services Industry was born in Mumbai in 1967 with the establishment of the Tata Group in partnership with Burroughs. The first software export zone, SEEPZ, the precursor to the modern-day IT park, was established in Mumbai in 1973. More than 80 percent of the country's software exports were from SEEPZ in the 1980s.
The technology sector in India is undergoing rapid evolution and is changing the shape of Indian business standards. The global sourcing Market in India continues to grow at a higher pace. The country remained world’s top sourcing destination in 2016-17 with a share of 55%.
India’s IT industry contributed around
7.7%
to the country’s GDP and is expected to contribute10%
by 2025.
During COVID-19 pandemic Indian IT industry showed positive signs and had the resilience to overcome this mass tragedy. It has emerged as a global economic force and a major contributor to the Indian Economy in particular and the world in general.
Some of India’s leading IT firms are Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, etc., that have created a huge mark in the sector.
Technology mutual funds in India have consistently provided an annualized return of 15 percent to 19 percent
over a five year period. With such a decent performance in the past, these funds are believed to deliver good returns in the future too.
Ideally, investors should invest in this fund for the purpose of diversification. One should not solely depend on this fund for wealth creation. Investors who are planning to invest in technology funds must closely watch the funds’ past 3 years’ performances. One should have an in-depth knowledge about the technology sector and its future market.
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To provide long-term capital appreciation by predominantly investing in equity and equity related securities of technology and technology related companies. Franklin India Technology Fund is a Equity - Sectoral fund was launched on 22 Aug 98. It is a fund with High risk and has given a Below is the key information for Franklin India Technology Fund Returns up to 1 year are on To generate long-term capital appreciation for you from a portfolio made up predominantly of equity and equity-related securities of technology intensive companies. ICICI Prudential Technology Fund is a Equity - Sectoral fund was launched on 3 Mar 00. It is a fund with High risk and has given a Below is the key information for ICICI Prudential Technology Fund Returns up to 1 year are on (Erstwhile SBI IT Fund) To provide the investors maximum growth opportunity through equity
investments in stocks of growth oriented sectors of the economy. SBI Technology Opportunities Fund is a Equity - Sectoral fund was launched on 9 Jan 13. It is a fund with High risk and has given a Below is the key information for SBI Technology Opportunities Fund Returns up to 1 year are on The investment objective of the scheme is to seek long term capital appreciation by investing atleast 80% of its net assets in equity/equity related instruments of the companies in Information Technology Sector in India.However, there is no assurance or guarantee that the investment objective of the Scheme will be achieved.The Scheme does not assure or guarantee any returns. TATA Digital India Fund is a Equity - Sectoral fund was launched on 28 Dec 15. It is a fund with High risk and has given a Below is the key information for TATA Digital India Fund Returns up to 1 year are on (Erstwhile Aditya Birla Sun Life New Millennium Fund) A multi-sector open-ended growth scheme with the objective of long term growth of capital, through a portfolio with a target allocation of 100% equity, focusing on investing in technology and technology dependent companies, hardware, peripherals and components, software, telecom, media, internet and e-commerce and other technology enabled companies. The secondary objective is income generation and distribution of dividend. Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund is a Equity - Sectoral fund was launched on 15 Jan 00. It is a fund with High risk and has given a Below is the key information for Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund Returns up to 1 year are on Fund NAV Net Assets (Cr) 3 MO (%) 6 MO (%) 1 YR (%) 3 YR (%) 5 YR (%) 2024 (%) Franklin India Technology Fund Growth ₹507.649
↑ 2.93 ₹1,759 4.8 -9.4 12.1 20.1 24.6 28.4 ICICI Prudential Technology Fund Growth ₹197.97
↑ 0.95 ₹12,983 4.2 -10.2 18 13 29.7 25.4 SBI Technology Opportunities Fund Growth ₹213.546
↑ 0.82 ₹4,225 4.9 -6 23.5 16.4 26.9 30.1 TATA Digital India Fund Growth ₹47.5625
↑ 0.24 ₹11,037 2.8 -14.8 12.8 14.1 27.9 30.6 Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund Growth ₹169.62
↑ 0.76 ₹4,540 4 -12.4 13.1 13.1 26.5 18.1 Note: Returns up to 1 year are on absolute basis & more than 1 year are on CAGR basis. as on 5 Jun 25 1. Franklin India Technology Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 18.8% since its launch. Ranked 41 in Sectoral
category. Return for 2024 was 28.4% , 2023 was 51.1% and 2022 was -22.3% . Franklin India Technology Fund
Growth Launch Date 22 Aug 98 NAV (05 Jun 25) ₹507.649 ↑ 2.93 (0.58 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹1,759 on 30 Apr 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC Franklin Templeton Asst Mgmt(IND)Pvt Ltd Rating ☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 2.2 Sharpe Ratio -0.16 Information Ratio 0.89 Alpha Ratio -8.75 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load 0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 May 20 ₹10,000 31 May 21 ₹17,610 31 May 22 ₹18,177 31 May 23 ₹19,309 31 May 24 ₹27,760 31 May 25 ₹31,081 Returns for Franklin India Technology Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 5 Jun 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 6.1% 3 Month 4.8% 6 Month -9.4% 1 Year 12.1% 3 Year 20.1% 5 Year 24.6% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 18.8% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 28.4% 2023 51.1% 2022 -22.3% 2021 39% 2020 56.8% 2019 12.4% 2018 11.9% 2017 19.1% 2016 -2.6% 2015 3.8% Fund Manager information for Franklin India Technology Fund
Name Since Tenure Venkatesh Sanjeevi 4 Oct 24 0.66 Yr. R. Janakiraman 1 Dec 23 1.5 Yr. Sandeep Manam 18 Oct 21 3.62 Yr. Data below for Franklin India Technology Fund as on 30 Apr 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Technology 60.57% Communication Services 19.72% Consumer Cyclical 10.05% Financial Services 4.96% Industrials 1.18% Health Care 0.07% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 3.15% Equity 96.78% Other 0% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 29 Feb 12 | INFY19% ₹336 Cr 2,242,479 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 18 | BHARTIARTL15% ₹271 Cr 1,455,827
↑ 124,097 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 04 | TCS15% ₹264 Cr 764,559 Franklin Technology I Acc USD
Investment Fund | -7% ₹122 Cr 215,810 Eternal Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 21 | 5433207% ₹118 Cr 5,067,142 PB Fintech Ltd (Financial Services)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 21 | 5433905% ₹84 Cr 517,479 HCL Technologies Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 14 | HCLTECH3% ₹61 Cr 387,170 Zensar Technologies Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 23 | ZENSARTECH3% ₹46 Cr 642,259 Intellect Design Arena Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 22 | INTELLECT2% ₹43 Cr 543,133
↑ 543,133 Swiggy Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 25 | SWIGGY2% ₹43 Cr 1,346,780 2. ICICI Prudential Technology Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 12.5% since its launch. Ranked 37 in Sectoral
category. Return for 2024 was 25.4% , 2023 was 27.5% and 2022 was -23.2% . ICICI Prudential Technology Fund
Growth Launch Date 3 Mar 00 NAV (05 Jun 25) ₹197.97 ↑ 0.95 (0.48 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹12,983 on 30 Apr 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited Rating ☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 1.96 Sharpe Ratio 0.29 Information Ratio 0.33 Alpha Ratio -0.37 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 100 Exit Load 0-1 Years (1%),1 Years and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 May 20 ₹10,000 31 May 21 ₹22,767 31 May 22 ₹26,397 31 May 23 ₹26,249 31 May 24 ₹32,004 31 May 25 ₹38,000 Returns for ICICI Prudential Technology Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 5 Jun 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 4.9% 3 Month 4.2% 6 Month -10.2% 1 Year 18% 3 Year 13% 5 Year 29.7% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 12.5% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 25.4% 2023 27.5% 2022 -23.2% 2021 75.7% 2020 70.6% 2019 2.3% 2018 19.1% 2017 19.8% 2016 -4% 2015 3.9% Fund Manager information for ICICI Prudential Technology Fund
Name Since Tenure Vaibhav Dusad 2 May 20 5.08 Yr. Sharmila D’mello 30 Jun 22 2.92 Yr. Data below for ICICI Prudential Technology Fund as on 30 Apr 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Technology 68.12% Communication Services 19.73% Consumer Cyclical 5.28% Industrials 2.29% Financial Services 1.61% Health Care 0.49% Consumer Defensive 0.19% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.21% Equity 97.79% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 08 | INFY17% ₹2,177 Cr 14,511,638
↓ -1,216,662 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 19 | TCS14% ₹1,803 Cr 5,220,719
↑ 547,856 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 May 20 | BHARTIARTL8% ₹1,037 Cr 5,561,641
↓ -800,000 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Partly Paid Rs.1.25) (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 21 | 8901577% ₹873 Cr 6,179,439
↑ 110,000 LTIMindtree Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 16 | LTIM6% ₹722 Cr 1,573,178 Tech Mahindra Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 16 | 5327555% ₹651 Cr 4,333,905
↑ 2,400 HCL Technologies Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 20 | HCLTECH4% ₹582 Cr 3,709,962
↓ -185,900 Eternal Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 22 | 5433203% ₹423 Cr 18,203,419 Wipro Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Sep 19 | 5076853% ₹358 Cr 14,803,503
↑ 1,500,000 Persistent Systems Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 May 20 | PERSISTENT2% ₹248 Cr 466,865
↑ 5,965 3. SBI Technology Opportunities Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 19.7% since its launch. Ranked 42 in Sectoral
category. Return for 2024 was 30.1% , 2023 was 24.8% and 2022 was -15.5% . SBI Technology Opportunities Fund
Growth Launch Date 9 Jan 13 NAV (05 Jun 25) ₹213.546 ↑ 0.82 (0.39 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹4,225 on 30 Apr 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC SBI Funds Management Private Limited Rating ☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 1.99 Sharpe Ratio 0.48 Information Ratio 0.86 Alpha Ratio 3.61 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 500 Exit Load 0-15 Days (0.5%),15 Days and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 May 20 ₹10,000 31 May 21 ₹18,509 31 May 22 ₹21,312 31 May 23 ₹23,001 31 May 24 ₹27,243 31 May 25 ₹33,700 Returns for SBI Technology Opportunities Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 5 Jun 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 6.9% 3 Month 4.9% 6 Month -6% 1 Year 23.5% 3 Year 16.4% 5 Year 26.9% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 19.7% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 30.1% 2023 24.8% 2022 -15.5% 2021 66.4% 2020 47.3% 2019 12.2% 2018 17.1% 2017 13% 2016 -3.3% 2015 2.4% Fund Manager information for SBI Technology Opportunities Fund
Name Since Tenure Vivek Gedda 1 Apr 24 1.17 Yr. Data below for SBI Technology Opportunities Fund as on 30 Apr 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Technology 58.25% Communication Services 25.03% Consumer Cyclical 6.96% Financial Services 2.69% Industrials 2.1% Health Care 1.16% Consumer Defensive 0.97% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.85% Equity 97.15% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 May 18 | BHARTIARTL15% ₹634 Cr 3,400,000
↑ 500,000 Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 03 | INFY15% ₹630 Cr 4,200,000
↓ -800,000 Firstsource Solutions Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 23 | FSL6% ₹260 Cr 7,645,887 LTIMindtree Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 24 | LTIM5% ₹229 Cr 500,000
↑ 100,000 Coforge Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | COFORGE5% ₹222 Cr 304,454 Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 23 | CTSH5% ₹206 Cr 330,000
↑ 76,000 Eternal Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 24 | 5433204% ₹174 Cr 7,500,000 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 06 | TCS3% ₹138 Cr 400,000 Microsoft Corp (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 20 | MSFT3% ₹128 Cr 38,000 Nazara Technologies Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 23 | NAZARA3% ₹128 Cr 1,260,504 4. TATA Digital India Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 18% since its launch. Return for 2024 was 30.6% , 2023 was 31.9% and 2022 was -23.3% . TATA Digital India Fund
Growth Launch Date 28 Dec 15 NAV (06 Jun 25) ₹47.5625 ↑ 0.24 (0.52 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹11,037 on 30 Apr 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC Tata Asset Management Limited Rating Risk High Expense Ratio 0 Sharpe Ratio 0.14 Information Ratio 0.55 Alpha Ratio -2.22 Min Investment 5,000 Min SIP Investment 150 Exit Load 0-3 Months (0.25%),3 Months and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 May 20 ₹10,000 31 May 21 ₹20,805 31 May 22 ₹23,846 31 May 23 ₹24,310 31 May 24 ₹30,166 31 May 25 ₹34,984 Returns for TATA Digital India Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 5 Jun 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 7.1% 3 Month 2.8% 6 Month -14.8% 1 Year 12.8% 3 Year 14.1% 5 Year 27.9% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 18% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 30.6% 2023 31.9% 2022 -23.3% 2021 74.4% 2020 54.8% 2019 7.5% 2018 24.9% 2017 19.6% 2016 -6% 2015 Fund Manager information for TATA Digital India Fund
Name Since Tenure Meeta Shetty 9 Mar 21 4.23 Yr. Hasmukh Vishariya 1 Mar 25 0.25 Yr. Data below for TATA Digital India Fund as on 30 Apr 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Technology 76.13% Consumer Cyclical 7.56% Communication Services 5.08% Financial Services 4.4% Industrials 3.76% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 2.67% Equity 97.33% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 16 | INFY19% ₹2,127 Cr 14,180,857
↑ 300,000 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 16 | TCS13% ₹1,429 Cr 4,136,873 Tech Mahindra Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 16 | 53275510% ₹1,074 Cr 7,145,933 Wipro Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 18 | 5076857% ₹792 Cr 32,787,324 HCL Technologies Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 16 | HCLTECH7% ₹781 Cr 4,983,886 Eternal Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 22 | 5433206% ₹676 Cr 29,067,000 LTIMindtree Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 28 Feb 21 | LTIM4% ₹453 Cr 988,062 Persistent Systems Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Jan 16 | PERSISTENT4% ₹404 Cr 759,192 Firstsource Solutions Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Nov 21 | FSL3% ₹345 Cr 10,123,112 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Oct 21 | BHARTIARTL2% ₹274 Cr 1,469,200 5. Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund
CAGR/Annualized
return of 11.8% since its launch. Ranked 33 in Sectoral
category. Return for 2024 was 18.1% , 2023 was 35.8% and 2022 was -21.6% . Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund
Growth Launch Date 15 Jan 00 NAV (05 Jun 25) ₹169.62 ↑ 0.76 (0.45 %) Net Assets (Cr) ₹4,540 on 30 Apr 25 Category Equity - Sectoral AMC Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co Ltd Rating ☆☆ Risk High Expense Ratio 1.88 Sharpe Ratio 0.03 Information Ratio -0.02 Alpha Ratio -5.64 Min Investment 1,000 Min SIP Investment 100 Exit Load 0-365 Days (1%),365 Days and above(NIL) Growth of 10,000 investment over the years.
Date Value 31 May 20 ₹10,000 31 May 21 ₹21,241 31 May 22 ₹23,456 31 May 23 ₹24,643 31 May 24 ₹29,781 31 May 25 ₹33,789 Returns for Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund
absolute basis
& more than 1 year are on CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate)
basis. as on 5 Jun 25 Duration Returns 1 Month 6.1% 3 Month 4% 6 Month -12.4% 1 Year 13.1% 3 Year 13.1% 5 Year 26.5% 10 Year 15 Year Since launch 11.8% Historical performance (Yearly) on absolute basis
Year Returns 2024 18.1% 2023 35.8% 2022 -21.6% 2021 70.5% 2020 59% 2019 9.6% 2018 15.6% 2017 22.4% 2016 -3.5% 2015 11.2% Fund Manager information for Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund
Name Since Tenure Kunal Sangoi 16 Jan 14 11.38 Yr. Dhaval Joshi 21 Nov 22 2.53 Yr. Data below for Aditya Birla Sun Life Digital India Fund as on 30 Apr 25
Equity Sector Allocation
Sector Value Technology 67.47% Communication Services 13.89% Consumer Cyclical 6.64% Industrials 6.51% Financial Services 2.15% Health Care 0.28% Asset Allocation
Asset Class Value Cash 1.58% Equity 97.2% Other 1.21% Top Securities Holdings / Portfolio
Name Holding Value Quantity Infosys Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 05 | INFY19% ₹842 Cr 5,610,747
↑ 74,224 Bharti Airtel Ltd (Communication Services)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 19 | BHARTIARTL9% ₹421 Cr 2,256,068
↓ -301,815 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Apr 05 | TCS9% ₹412 Cr 1,193,747 Tech Mahindra Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 May 13 | 5327558% ₹365 Cr 2,427,846
↑ 56,386 LTIMindtree Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Mar 21 | LTIM5% ₹217 Cr 473,994 Eternal Ltd (Consumer Cyclical)
Equity, Since 31 Jul 21 | 5433204% ₹190 Cr 8,166,342
↓ -944,247 HCL Technologies Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Dec 10 | HCLTECH4% ₹181 Cr 1,153,973 Coforge Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 30 Jun 20 | COFORGE3% ₹156 Cr 213,389
↑ 10,518 Cyient Ltd (Industrials)
Equity, Since 31 May 14 | CYIENT3% ₹142 Cr 1,197,859 Firstsource Solutions Ltd (Technology)
Equity, Since 31 Aug 23 | FSL2% ₹106 Cr 3,104,696
↓ -466,522
As the technology fund belongs to the sector category of Equity Funds they carry high-risk with them. Thus, investors who have the ability to tolerate risk in their investment should only plan to invest in these funds. Also, it is suggested that one should invest for a longer duration, more than five years, to attain long-term benefits of the equity market.
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