IBA Bangalore Alumni: How Indus Business Academy Graduates Are Leading Marketing, Finance, HR and Global Business Roles

About IBA Bangalore: A Snapshot
Before we recognize IBA alumni, here is a quick overview of IBA Bangalore:

• Established: 2001, with a single-programme focus on Post Graduate Management.

• Programme: Two-year, full-time PGDM approved by AICTE; MBA equivalence granted by AIU.

• International Accreditations: Internationally accredited by IACBE, USA (recognised by CHEA, USA); SAQS by AMDISA; member of CHEA International Quality Group.

• International Recognition: One of the few colleges in India to hold IACBE international accreditation. WCRC has certified IBA, process evaluated by KPMG, as one of Asia's fastest-growing institutes.

• Campus: 8.5-acre eco-friendly residential campus on Kanakapura Main Road, Bangalore.

• Specialisations offered: Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, International Business, Operations, Business Analytics, Retail and Entrepreneurship Management.

• USP: Offers value for money industry-ready MBA-equivalent program

With this institutional context in place, here is where IBA alumni stand in their careers today.

IBA Bangalore Alumni: A Master Snapshot
The table below summarises senior IBA Bangalore alumni currently holding leadership and senior management positions across marketing, finance, HR, international business, consulting and public sector. Years of experience are calculated from the year of PGDM completion to May 2026.

Source: LinkedIn profiles. Designations and organisations as on May 2026. Years of experience are calculated from PGDM passing year to May 2026 and represent post-MBA experience.

Let’s now look at each of these famous IBA Alumni who are leaders in Marketing, Finance, HR and other business domains.

1. Marketing & Brand Leadership: IBA Alumni at EY, Fidelity, L'Oréal 

Marketing has been one of IBA's strongest specialisation tracks, and the alumni footprint reflects that. Here are profiles of a few senior IBA Bangalore alumni. 

• Rajdeep Singh Saini (Batch 2005–07) is currently Director, Brand Marketing and Communications (Services and Solutions) at EY, Bengaluru. He leads integrated marketing and communications strategy across global markets, having earlier built marketing functions at Infosys, HCL Technologies, Oracle and Trianz across an 18-year career. 

• Kavya Gowda (Batch 2008–10) is Director, Field Marketing at Kyndryl India, where she drives strategic market programmes for enterprise growth. Before being promoted to Director, she served as Associate Director, BFSI & Alliances at Kyndryl, with a prior 10-year tenure at IBM in field marketing and digital strategy roles across APAC.

• Anshu Yadav (Batch 2008–10) is Head of Central Marketing Operations at Fidelity International, Gurugram. She joins Fidelity after a 14-year run at KPMG, where she rose from Analyst to Director, a career arc that demonstrates long-term institutional trust.

• Haindavi Kethavarapu (Batch 2010–12) is General Manager at Intas Pharmaceuticals, Ahmedabad, leading pharmaceutical brand management. Her 9-year journey at Intas has been preceded by product management roles at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Nestlé India.

• Vivek Lakhanpal (Batch 2009–11) is AVP – Ecommerce at Borosil Limited, Gurugram, where he heads the company's national e-commerce business across Amazon, Flipkart and other large platforms. He has spent eight years at Borosil, with prior experience at Snapdeal and Bajaj Electricals.

• Sabin Sunny (Batch 2018–20) is Senior Business Development Executive at L'Oréal, Bangalore, leading product launches in beauty and cosmetics with retail coverage across 1,100-plus outlets.

• Shreya Mazumder (Batch 2016–18) is Regional Key Account Manager at the MENARINI Group, after senior modern-trade sales roles at Hershey's, Mars and Colgate-Palmolive.

2. Finance & Banking: IBA Alumni at Stan Chart, IIFL, PwC 

Finance has been another of IBA's strongest specialisation tracks, and the alumni footprint reflects that. Here are profiles of a few senior IBA Bangalore alumni who are excelling in the world of finance. 

Luigi Cordeiro D'Souza (Batch 2003–05) is one of the most internationally placed IBA alumni. He serves as Executive Director, FX Trading – Africa at Standard Chartered Bank, based in DIFC, Dubai, on a UAE Golden Visa. With 15-plus years at Standard Chartered across Kenya, South Africa and Dubai, he has also served as Chairman of the ACI Financial Markets Association of Uganda. He is also a member of IBA's Governing Council/Academic Advisory Board.

Rajat Verma (Batch 2006–08) is Executive Director and Transaction Banking Sales Lead for Global Subsidiaries, India at Standard Chartered, Gurugram. He has spent over 13 years at Standard Chartered, scaling from Team Manager to Executive Director.

Mayank Srivastava (Batch 2009–11) is Senior Partner – SVP at IIFL Capital Services. He brings 14 years of investment management experience, with a 12-plus-year tenure spanning Kotak Private and HSBC Wealth Management, advising business families, founders and institutional clients.

Gourab Mazumder (Batch 2018–20) is Senior Consultant at PwC, Bengaluru, advising financial institutions on regulatory reporting and data transformation, with prior experience at Infosys and LSEG.

Sapna Soni (Batch 2015–17) is Associate Principal at FundsIndia Private Wealth, with a 9-year track record in investment banking and wealth management at Bank of Baroda, Kotak Securities and ICICI Securities.

3. Human Resources Leadership: IBA Alumni at Morgan Stanley, Microsoft

The domain of HR has also seen many IBA alumni excelling in it. Here are profiles of a few senior IBA Bangalore alumni.

Sanchari Pyne (Batch 2014–16) is Director HR – Data Products & Strategy at Morgan Stanley, Bengaluru. With a full 10-year career at Morgan Stanley — rising from HR Analyst to Director. She leads HR data strategy at one of the world's leading investment banks.

Vartika Dixit (Batch 2003–05) is University Leader at Microsoft, Bengaluru, leading university engagement and diversity hiring strategy. She has previously held campus and university programme roles at Intel and Adobe.

Mandeep Singh (Batch 2007–09) is Cluster Head – HR at AWL Agri Business Limited, Mundra, overseeing HR for four manufacturing plants. His 15-plus-year industrial-relations career spans Jindal Saw, Reliance Industries, Diageo India, Hero MotoCorp and Tata Motors.

Tushma Singh (Batch 2007–09) is GM and Head – Talent & OD at Granules India Limited, Hyderabad, with prior tenures at the Indian School of Business and Mylan Laboratories.

Alisha Ali (Batch 2017–19) is HR Specialist – Process Excellence at The Citco Group Limited, Hyderabad, leading enterprise HR transformation initiatives.

Sundarra Harini (Batch 2021–23) representing the most recent IBA alumni cohort is Talent Acquisition Associate at Kinaxis, Chennai, indicating that IBA's recent graduates are entering high-quality global technology firms.

4. International Leaders at AWS Singapore, Amazon Global 

A meaningful share of IBA alumni have moved into international roles — a marker that often distinguishes B-schools with global aspirations.

Sumit Moriyani (Batch 2003–05) is Partner Development Manager – GSI, Public Sector – APJ at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Singapore. He manages a USD 98 million revenue portfolio and works with global system integrators including Accenture, Deloitte, Wipro, TCS, Infosys and HCL across the Asia-Pacific and Japan public sector. Earlier he held APAC alliance and sales leadership roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Tech Mahindra.

Rajdeep Datta (Batch 2004–06) is Director – Trustworthy Shopping Experience International at Amazon, Bengaluru. His role spans LATAM, EU, MENA, India and APAC markets, covering customer-trust programmes including restricted products, catalog and discovery risk and product quality. He has spent 10 years at Amazon, with earlier supply-chain leadership roles at Snapdeal and Carrefour India.

Karthik Subramaniyam (Batch 2004–06) is Senior Technical Account Manager at Episode Six (E6), Singapore, with 22-plus years in the global payments industry. His earlier roles include Vice President – Processing at Nium, Principal Software Architect at Wirecard, and Director – Product at Visa Processing Service (VPS).

Amar Rastogi (Batch 2002–04) is Head – Gas to Power at Greenville LNG, Lagos, Nigeria, after a 14-year career in the African telecom-power and FMCG markets across Mantrac, Mikano International and others.

5. Consulting & Strategy: IBA Alumni at McKinsey & Company

Saurav Kumar (Batch 2020–22) is a Consultant at McKinsey & Company, Gurugram, working on commercial due-diligence projects across APAC and EMEA. His specialisation is in market research, competitive benchmarking and go-to-market strategy execution. Notably, he has built McKinsey's "Market Insights" repository, which his profile credits with cutting turnaround time and enabling faster client support. He moved to McKinsey after roles at KPMG and Deloitte.

A consultant role at McKinsey within five years of an IBA PGDM is a meaningful career outcome, and indicates that IBA graduates can compete for top-tier consulting positions when they build the right post-MBA experience.

Dinesh Subramanian (Batch 2013–15) is Associate Director at VspaceZ Workspace Solutions, Bengaluru, after senior roles at Reliance Retail and Steelcase.

6. Public Sector: A Differentiated Path

Not every IBA alumnus has chosen the corporate route. Sudeep Faldesai (Batch 2013–15) is Project Officer at the Goa State Innovation Council (GSInC), Government of Goa, where, per his profile, his work has supported the council in winning three national awards for innovation and IPR. He also serves as State Nodal Officer for the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems and as Government Representative on the Incubator Seed Management Committee at BITS Pilani, Goa.

Ms. Seema Devi (Batch 2009-11) is a State Project Manager, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Manipur. She has worked at Iris Computers in Business Development role handling a portfolio of products including IBM, Lenovo, HP, Samsung, Brocade and Dell.

For aspirants interested in the intersection of management and public policy, these examples are worth noting.

What IBA's Alumni Footprint Means for MBA Aspirant 

Looking at the alumni data factually, three observations stand out for aspirants evaluating IBA Bangalore for the 2026 batch:

IBA graduates reach Director and senior leadership roles at well-known global organizations. Examples include Director-level positions at Morgan Stanley, EY, Kyndryl, Amazon and Standard Chartered (Executive Director). These outcomes typically emerge 10–15 years post-PGDM, which is a fair window for evaluating B-school career impact.

IBA's international placement footprint is real, not occasional. Alumni are placed in Singapore (AWS, Episode Six), Dubai (Standard Chartered), Nigeria (Greenville LNG) and across other markets. For a non-IIM B-school, this geographic spread is notable.

Functional diversity is genuine. IBA alumni are visible across marketing, finance, HR, consulting, e-commerce, public-sector innovation and global technology roles, suggesting the PGDM curriculum and placement support are not narrowly focused on a single function.

In summary, Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore was established in 2001 on 8.5 Acre lush green area and is the Top 1% Management Institute in India with exclusive focus on PGDM Programme. IBA is Triple accredited by IACBE, USA (Recognized by CHEA, USA), SAQS by AMDISA (for 5 years) and NBA (National Board of Accreditation). IBA PGDM programme is also granted an equivalence to MBA by AIU (Association of Indian Universities, GOI). IBA has maintained a consistent track record of 96% placements since inception and more than 95+ companies visit IBA campus every year. IBA Alumni have excelled in leading organizing in India and the world. IBA Admission 2026 is currently open. Apply Now.