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MBA colleges have produced many famous Alumni who are holding the positions of the CEOs, CXOs in many top companies in India and abroad.  IRMA Anand Notable Alumni are the torch bearers of their alma meter and are the inspiration for the budding managers studying in IRMA Anand.

Institute of Rural Management Anand Alumni are many top CEOs, CXOs, HR Heads, top managers, entrepreneurs, from its management programs. These IRMA Anand famous alumni are leading many Global and India companies. Below is a short IRMA Anand Alumni List of some of the notable alumni who are making their B-school proud and are the constant inspiration for the upcoming management graduates 

IRMA Alumni Mr R S Sodhi is the Managing Director of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., popularly known as AMUL. He is the first-batch alumnus from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), India. Mr Sodhi joined GCMMF (AMUL) in the year 1982 after completing his post-graduation in rural management from IRMA and rose to the present level of Managing Director. Today, Amul accounts for more than 25% of organized dairy industry in India. Read more on LinkedIn

IRMA Alumnus Mr. Milan Wahi has been Executive Director and Managing Director of Lotte India Corp. Ltd. since September 2016. This is his second stint with Lotte. His first tenure as MD at Lotte was from 2012 to 2014. Milan has over 25 years of experience in various consumer sectors like FMCG and consumer durables. In his previous roles, he has served as the Business Head at Kenstar, Chief Executive Officer of J K Dairy and Managing Director of Lotte India Corporation. He has also worked in leadership positions in other reputed companies such as Cavin Kare, VST Industries Whirlpool India and Cavinkare. Read more on LinkedIn

IRMA Alumnus S Sivakumar oversees Agri and IT Businesses of the ITC Company and popularly known for his e-Chowpal initiative. He was the Divisional Chief Executive of the Agri Business Division till November 2017. He is the Chairman of Technico Agri Sciences Limited, and Vice Chairman of ITC Infotech India Limited and its subsidiaries in the UK and USA.

The e-Choupal initiative was developed and executed under Sivakumar's leadership of the Agri Business Division. Sivakumar is the Chairman of the National Agricultural Council of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Vice Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Social Innovation, and a member on the Board of Governors of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). Read more on LinkedIn

IRMA Alumni Andy Mukherjee is an award-winning business journalist with more than two decades of experience in India, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Andy is currently a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies and financial services. He previously was a columnist for Reuters Breakingviews. He has also worked for leading media organizations like the Straits Times, ET NOW and Bloomberg News. Read more on LinkedIn

Mr Mallick has been a part of Adani Wilmar since its inception in 1999 and has grown from the position of a Deputy General Manager to his current role of heading the organization. He played an instrumental role in the rise of Fortune as India’s No. 1 edible oil brand within just 20 months of its launch. His critical insights have ensured that Fortune has maintained its leadership position to date.

Prior to joining Adani Wilmar, Mr Mallick was associated with the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) as Head of Operation at Dhara. Before that, he worked with the Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), Anand, in sales, marketing, distribution & exports. Mr. Mallick has done his Bachelors in Dairy Technology from National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, & Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). Read more on LinkedIn

IRMA Alumni Manju George is the Head, Strategy, Platform on Digital Economy at the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF). She is 2013-14 Rockefeller Foundation Social Innovation Fellow and 2013-16 Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum. Prior to WEF, she worked with Kudumbashree, a government programme launched to eradicate absolute poverty through microentrepreneurship in Kerala. She also co-founded Intellecap, an emerging markets consulting firm that advises social entrepreneurs, corporations, multilaterals, investors and philanthropic foundations in Asia. Read more on LinkedIn

Ashutosh Chadha, Group Director Government Affairs and Public Policy at Microsoft India

Ashutosh is responsible for Government Relations, Policy and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft India. In his career spanning 30 years, he has had extensive experience in Channel Management, Corporate Affairs & Policy, CSR, as well as Sales and Marketing. He has spoken at events hosted by World Bank, WTO, UNICEF, UNESCO as well as Academic Institutions. He is passionate about advocating the use of technology for socio-economic development and through education, innovation and entrepreneurship.

He believes that IRMA was a key game changer for him as it provided me the basic grounding of looking at problems holistically as well as an appreciation of focusing on the benefit of the underserved and citizen in general as the ultimate goal for business. Read more on LinkedIn

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