This book is the result of six years of studios research. Mutual fund is a subject that has gained popularity in recent time not only among the players in the stock market, but also among the households and other investors\' in various forms. This book is comprehensively designed to intensively analyze the performance of private and public sector mutual funds in India. It examines the origin, growth and development of the Indian mutual fund industry since its inception. It analyses the performance of 130 mutual fund schmes consisting of income, balanced, growth and ELS schemes taken from both public and private sector for a period of 5 years, from 2003-04 to 2007-08. The NAVs of 130 schemes are compared with two benchmark indices viz., Sensex and Nifty. This is expected to provide an excellent guide to investors about performance of the selected mutual fund schemes based on different criteria and also their overall performance.