Dr Raghuram Rajan, Ajay Banga, Avani Davda, Chetan Bhagat, Deep Kalra, Indra Nooyi, Chanda Kocchar, Prasoon Joshi are only a few of the many MBA alumni who have reached the height of success with their hard work and dedication without compromising the values and principles in life. These top national and international icons have excelled in different fields after getting their MBA graduation from one of the Indian Business schools and are the living inspiration of planning and hard work for MBA aspirants.
Lakhs of aspirants prepare every year to tame the CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT, NMAT by GMAC among other exams to get admission in highly ranked MBA institutes. With Indian economy picking up and Modi government launching many schemes like Make in India and Start Up India, there was never a better time to opt for MBA.
There is a long list of many super successful CEO’s and MD’s. A few of them are listed below which prove the reason for MBA being termed as the prized degree. If you wish to join this elite club, MBA is your way out.
| B-school | Alumni | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| IIM Ahmedabad | Dr Raghuram Rajan | RBI Governor & Global Authority on Financial Markets |
| IIM Ahmedabad | Ajay Banga | President & CEO Master Card worldwide |
| IIM Ahmedabad | Deep Kalra | CEO MakeMyTrip.com |
| IIM Ahmedabad | Chetan Bhagat | Best selling author |
| IIM Calcutta | Indra Nooyi | Chairman & CEO of PepsiCo Worldwide |
| XLRI Jamshedpur | Rakesh Kapoor | CEO Reckitt Benckiser |
| FMS Delhi | Harit Nagpal | MD & CEO Tata Sky |
| MDI Gurgaon | Sanjay Verma | CEO Asia Pacific Cushman & Wakefield |
| IMT Ghaziabad | Prasoon Joshi | Adman & National Award Winning Lyricist & Author |
| NMIMS Mumbai | Avani Davda | Former CEO Tata Starbucks |
| JBIMS Mumbai | Chanda Kocchar | CEO ICICI Bank |
It is not only IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta or IIM Lucknow whose alumni are famous across the world. Other highly ranked university affiliated or private B-schools are also proud of their alumni. The following past and present alumni from few of the top B-schools reveal the carrier opportunity their MBA programme offered to them. The designations of the famous alumni shared below might have changed in a few cases.
When we aspire to make India usher in the era of double digit growth, move on the path of Make in India, it may not come from a few developed urban pockets. It is the task of the MBAs to develop the less developed areas and bring uniformity in the development, as MBAs have the right skills.
IIM Ahmedabad alumnus Santosh Desai, CEO, Future Brands, says, “The wonderful thing about the MBA is that one will not just be the manager, but also a creator. I think the most important future challenge would be how you are going to transcend the act of managers. In management institute, you are given the freedom to think and to face the challenges. It will be new because all the things are in you but nothing compels you to think independently as does the good MBA course.”
