Samana Business Group

The firm's Chairman and Managing Director, O.M.A. Rasheed, holds concentrated authority over strategy and investment decisions. The firm's public materials do not name a separate CIO or investment committee; Rasheed's CMD message frames the next decade's focus on governance, sustainability, and talent, suggesting investment authority remains closely held.

Samana operates seven business verticals — hospitality, healthcare, information technology, urban horticulture and farming, real estate, and infrastructure — that the firm describes as independently interdependent. This means each vertical functions as a separate operating unit under the same corporate umbrella, with no firewalls between the investment program and the operating companies.

The firm launched its own fund vehicle, Samana Global Fund (SGF 2020-Scheme 1), in January 2019 at the Bombay Stock Exchange alongside IBMC and VISTRA. Beyond this self-sponsored fund, there is no public evidence that Samana commits capital to third-party funds; the group's model appears built around direct deployment into projects it controls.

Samana Global Fund (SGF 2020-Scheme 1) is a fund vehicle launched at the Bombay Stock Exchange in January 2019. The firm partnered with IBMC and VISTRA for the launch (per the firm, January 2019). Details on fund size, sector focus, and investor base have not been publicly disclosed.

The firm reports operations in India and the Gulf region, with its headquarters in Calicut, Kerala. The hospitality vertical, run through Dimora Hospitality Services, appears to form the core of the Gulf presence, while the remaining verticals — including agriculture and technology — are managed from the Indian base.