Krishnamurthy Vijayan

Krishnamurthy Vijayan is the promoter and Managing Director of Charioteer, Investments for Livelihood an organization committed to investing and using the “power of the cheque” to help Social Enterprise in becoming better businesses. Charioteer is registered with SEBI as a Category I (Social) AIF.

Before embarking on the journey of an impact investor, Krish had a stellar career in the Indian Mutual Fund industry, raising from a probationary officer in UTI in 1986 to the CEO of JM Mutual Fund in 2000. He later went on to be the Executive Chairman JPMorgan AMC and MD, IDBI AMC. With 25 years’ experience in the mutual fund industry of which 11 years was at Chief Executive Level, he has been at the forefront of many changes in the industry and was Member AMFI Governing Board, FICCI Capital Market Committee and number of other industry bodies.

He continues to be a trustee of SBI Mutual Fund besides being on the Board of various companies and NGOs.

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Community Voice Is Hard to Define. We’re Trying Anyway.

 
/ February 26, 2026

This piece summarizes the key findings from eight research reports recently published by Video Volunteers exploring how community voice works, where it breaks down, and what it actually produces when it is taken seriously.

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A Call for Research on AI’s Role in Amplifying the Insights of the Systemically Unheard

 
/ January 14, 2025

The article argues that systematically ignoring and silencing the voices of the poor and marginalized worldwide does not serve society or democracy well and must be countered. While new technologies such as AI could provide an opportunity for change, we contend that these technologies need to account more effectively for...