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Alumni Achievements

Maanvi Ahuja

Class of 2012 alumna Maanvi Ahuja, Principal at CPP Investments | Investissements RPC, has been recognized among India's Top Women in Finance by Equalifi (formerly AIWMI)

Abhishek Agarwal

Abhishek Agarwal alumnus of the class of 2008 batch joined Swiggy as Head of Investor Relations. He was previously Head of Investor Relations at Embassy REIT and has had a stellar 15-year career in finance.

Harmanpreet Singh

Harmanpreet Singh, alumnus of the class of 2005, Founder & Managing Partner at Prath Ventures, has successfully led the pre-Series A funding round for Radiohead Brands.

Sundeep Singh

Sundeep Singh, an alumnus from the PGP09 batch currently the Managing Director, Accenture Consulting, released his debut book (CHASING THE HORIZON).

Ayush Goel

Ayush Goel, alumnus of the Class of 2021secured All India Rank 171 in the UPSC Civil Services Examination, 2022, in his very first shot at one of the most prestigious and rigorous examinations in the world.

Avijeet Alagathi

Class of 2011 alumnus Avijeet Alagathi, Managing Partner of Veda VC, has successfully announced the first close of a $30 million fund.

Sameer Seth

Class of 2005 alumnus Sameer Seth, Founder & CEO at Hunger Inc. had three of their restaurants in the Top 10 of the Condé Nast Traveller India Top Restaurant Awards ranking.

Harish Krishnan

Class of 2005 alumnus Harish Krishnan, CFA has joined Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund (ABSLMF) as Co-CIO and Head - Equity.

Anand Iyer

Class of 2010 alumnus Anand Iyer, Vice President at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing is in the news for a partnership with Indian industrial builder Prakhhyat Group to develop a logistics project in Bhiwandi, near Mumbai

Jaskaran Singh

Class of 2008 alumnus Jaskaran Singh, VP of Food at Careem, is the news for announcing a strategic partnership with the UAE Restaurants Group (UAERG), a federal entity acting on a national level as a voice for the restaurant industry.

Tathagat Tripathi

Class of 2013 alumnus Tathagat Tripathi has been elevated to Country Manager, Amazon Marketplace - Saudi Arabia at Amazon.

Mohammed Anzy S

EPGP Class of 2012 alumnus Mohammed Anzy S, has joined NYSE-listed software company Guidewire Software as VP of engineering and managing director of its India operations effective January.

Rajat Khandelwal

Class of 2005 alumnus Rajat Khandelwal, Group CEO, Tribeca Developers, has shared his perspective recently on how talent and innovation plays a very important role in India’s real estate transformation in Construction Week India. He also has moved to a new role as Group CEO of Tribeca Developers, which has projects in multiple cities across India.

Kunal Bhardwaj

Class of 2006 alumnus Kunal Bhardwaj has completed marathons on 7 continents (an exclusive club with less than 450 members!

Mayank Gupta

Class of 2008 alumnus Mayank Gupta, Co-Founder at Zopper has been recognized by BW Business world as part of their Disrupt 40 under 40 list.

Khushboo Aggarwal

Congratulations to Class of 2013 alumna Khushboo Aggarwal, Founder at Zyla Health, which has raised $4 Mn to boost personalised offerings for chronic patients.

Revant Bhate

The start-up of Revant Bhate (Class of 2009, Co-founder and CEO, Mosaic Wellness) has been featured in Outlook Business's Healthtech Top 5 start-up outperformers list for 2023

Yash Sehgal

The start-up of Yash Sehgal (Class of 2006, Co-founder and COO, BeatO) has been featured in Outlook Business's Healthtech Top 5 start-up outperformers list for 2023

Jaspreet Singh Arora

Congratulations to Class of 2008 alumnus Jaspreet Singh Arora, CFO at Cogent E Services for receiving the BW CFO 40 under 40 award in an award ceremony organized by BW Businessworld.

Sunando Chaudhurih

Congratulations to Class of 2004 alumnus Sunando Chaudhuri, Director of IT at ADNEC Group for receiving the Top Executive Award at the BTX Road Show and Awards 2022.

Simon Jacob

Kartik Talwar

Congratulations to our Class of 2007 & 2008 alumni Simon Jacob and Kartik Talwar, Co-Founders at xQ, an edtech startup that teaches young people how to make videos, which has raised $1.4 million (Rs 11.18 crore) from a small group of high-net-worth individuals (HNIs), including senior executives from Google, Deloitte, Tata 1mg, Axis Capital.

Swaroop Vijayakumar

Congratulations to Class of 2013 alumnus Swaroop Vijayakumar, CEO and Co-Founder of Fieldproxy (YC W22) for raising a INR 6 crore pre series A round from several investors including the legendary Y Combinator.

Vijoy Basu

Congratulations to Class of EMEP 02 alumnus Vijoy Basu who is currently working as a Sr. Director for AI & Analytics at Cognizant and has been recognized for his innovation with a CIO100 award.

Sandeep Chatterjee

Congratulations to Class of 2003 alumnus Sandeep Chatterjee for winning the 'The Economic Times Inspiring Leaders Award'.

Sneha Choudhry

Congratulations to Class of 2012 alumna Sneha Choudhry, Co-Founder of Zolo for being recognized as one of the women entrepreneurs building and shaping India, along with a stellar list of women entrepreneurs in a list curated by Invest India, The Good Glamm Group, Ladies who Lead, and Mint.

Debanjan Bhadury

Congratulations to Class of 2007 alumnus Debanjan Bhadury for winning the "Best Singer" award at the Europe Music Awards for “What Have We Done” (“Kya Kar Diya”).

Ashlyn Sajeev

Congratulations to our Class of 2019 alumna Ms.Ashlyn Sajeev, Senior Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble for recently winning the Global CEO Award, which is awarded to only 5% of top employees globally each year.

Aparna Venugopal

Congratulations to class of 2016 alumna Ms.Aparna Venugopal for receiving the excellence award in teaching from the University of Liverpool Management School.

Dheeraj Tiwari

Congratulations to Class of 2011 alumnus Mr. Dheeraj Tiwari, Co-Founder & CEO of CapGrid a B2B cloud manufacturing startup, which has raised $7 million in fresh funding.

Harmanpreet Singh

Congratulations to our Class of 2005 alumnus Mr.Harmanpreet Singh whose firm - Prath Ventures, a Mumbai-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on businesses catering to the digital consumer segment in India, has raised Rs 50 crore as the first close of its maiden fund.

Sanket Sinha

Congratulations to our Singapore-based Class of 2011 alumnus Mr.Sanket Sinha, CFA and Ankit Agrawal, who have led Lighthouse Canton first close of its INR 550 Cr Venture Debt Fund.

Sukhdeep Singh Aasht

Congratulations to EPGP Class of 2012 alumnus Mr.Sukhdeep Singh Aasht for receiving an Atal Achievement Award from the government.

Yash Sehgal

Congratulations to Class of 2006 alumnus Mr. Yash Sehgal, Co-Founder and COO of BeatO, an application that provides personalised healthcare advice, which has been recognized as the winner in the National Startup Awards 2021 in the Health Category for bringing access to healthcare to India.

Rahul Gandhi

Congratulations to class of 2005 alumnus Mr. Rahul Gandhi, Chief Marketing Officer at iD Fresh Food (India) Pvt. Ltd. was featured on Young Turks talking about the company's growth plans, including new products and new markets

Sandeep Reddy

Congratulations to class of 2006 alumnus Mr. Sandeep Reddy, co-founder at Propstack and Zapkey was featured in a YourStory Media feature along with his co-founders chronicling their journey.

Dr. Krishnadas Nanath

Congratulations to class of 2013 alumnus Dr. Krishnadas Nanath, Associate Professor & CPC at Middlesex University Dubai was featured by CDO Magazine as one of its 2022 Leading Academic Data Leaders.

Surya Saurabh

Class of 2007 alumnus Surya Saurabh has been elevated to Managing Director at Deloitte Digital in the US.

Sanket Sinha

Congratulations to our Singapore-based Class of 2011 alumnus Mr. Sanket Sinha, CFA and Ankit Agrawal, who have led Lighthouse Canton first close of its INR 550 Cr Venture Debt Fund.

Sukhdeep Singh Aasht

Congratulations to EPGP Class of 2012 alumnus Mr. Sukhdeep Singh Aasht for receiving an Atal Achievement Award from the government.

Yash Sehgal

Congratulations to Class of 2006 alumnus Mr. Yash Sehgal, Co-Founder and COO of BeatO, which was recognized as the winner in the National Startup Awards 2021 in the Health Category.

Rahul Gandhi

Class of 2005 alumnus Rahul Gandhi, Chief Marketing Officer at iD Fresh Food, was featured on Young Turks talking about the company’s growth plans.

Sandeep Reddy

Class of 2006 alumnus Sandeep Reddy, co-founder at Propstack and Zapkey, was featured in a YourStory Media feature.

Dr. Krishnadas Nanath

Class of 2013 alumnus Dr. Krishnadas Nanath, Associate Professor at Middlesex University Dubai, was featured as a Leading Academic Data Leader.

Global Winners – Ideas 4 Action

Akshay Sharma

Arijit Goswami

Nikunj Manpuria

Ritika Gupta

These alumni were recognized as Global Winners in the Ideas 4 Action competition for their innovative policy and development solutions presented at the global forum.

Saumya Rathor

Congratulations to class of 2012 alumnus Ms. Saumya Rathor, Category Lead at Pepsico has been recognized as award winner for the title of "Digital Marketer of the Year" at the #etdigiplus awards 2022!

Anurag Pandey

Congratulations to class of 2006 alumnus Mr. Anurag Pandey, Head of Platform and Partnerships at APAC has been recognized as a leading Wealth-as-a-Service (WaaS) provider to the wealth management industry.

Vijoy Basu

Congratulations to class of 2003 alumnus Mr. Vijoy Basu has been recognized twice in a row as a Top 50 Global Qlik Luminary.

Srinivas Seshadri

Congratulations to class of 2003 alumnus Mr. Srinivas Seshadri has been recognized as a winner in "Best family office - Fixed income investing".

Nitin Gupta

Congratulations to class of 1999 alumnus Mr. Nitin Gupta has been recognized as winner at the Mercedes Golf Trophy regional rounds.

Sneha Choudhry

Class of 2012 alumna Sneha Choudhry, Co-Founder of Zolo, featured in YourStory Media TechSparks round table.

Hanish Yadav

Congratulations to Class of 2010 Alumnus Hanish Yadav for being elected Partner at McKinsey & Company.

Uma Kasoji

Congratulations to Class of 2001 Alumna Uma Kasoji whose startup The Star in Me received awards at HYSEA Innovation Summit.

Surbhi Bhatia

Founder and CEO of The Mom Store recognized as Leading Holistic Mother and Baby Brand.

Vikash Bakrewala

Named to Forbes India 30 under 30 list.

Kaveesh Thakker

Joined Multiples Alternative Asset Management as Vice President.

Swarup Mavanoor

SenseHawk raised $5.1 million funding from Alpha Wave Incubation.

Arpan Biswas

#dearmanholdthepan campaign recognized with Bronze at Economic Times Shark Awards.

Yash Sehgal

BeatO featured among Top 100 Digital Health Companies globally.

Dr. Krishnadas Nanath

Selected for Amazon Educate Cloud Ambassador programme.

Sharath Nair

Recognized in 30 under 40 list of Loyalty Royalty.

Nikhil Sachan

Released his fourth book "PapaMan".

Harish Krishnan

Recognized as one of the top 5 fund managers in India by ET-Morningstar.

Vijoy Basu

Winner of the Next100 India's Future CIOs Award by CIOandLeader.

Neetu Kurian

Congratulations to our EPGP Class of 2017 Alumna Neetu Kurian for being featured in YourStory for her digital marketing startup onpageone!

Thirukumaran Nagarajan

Congratulations to Class of 2010 alumnus Thirukumaran Nagarajan, CEO and co-founder of Ninjacart for raising a fresh round of funding from Walmart and Flipkart.

Vishwas Anand

Class of 2014 alumnus Vishwas Anand has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Innovators across the Asia Pacific in the field of marketing and communications, by "The Holmes Report".

Sreedevi Devireddy

Class of 2014 alumnus Ms. Sreedevi Devireddy had won award for National Entrepreneurship Award 2019 under Ecosystem Builder - Mentor (Private Sector).

Sameer Seth

Class of 2005 alumnus Sameer Seth's restaurant, The Bombay Canteen has been nominated in The World Restaurant Awards.

Reena Yadav

Class of 2016 alumna Reena Yadav won the Chairman's Individual Award at Vodafone Idea Limited.

Dola Halder

Class of 2012 alumna Dola Halder won the Corporate Diva award at the Health of Women Forum.

Ashutosh Vikram

Class of 2013 alumnus Ashutosh Vikram had been selected for the Forbes India 30.

The Economic Times Young Leaders Class of 2018

Naveen Murali, Shelly Mehan and Tarun Chadha were selected for the prestigious Economic Times Young Leaders Class of 2018.

Naveen Murali

Shelly Mehan

Tarun Chadha

Anchit Gupta

Class of 2007 alumnus Anchit Gupta had been recognised as one of the 51 most influential solar leaders.

Abhishek Kumar

Class of 2011 alumnus Abhishek Kumar authored the book "Master Your Money - Master Your Life".

CCI National Essay Competition

IIM Kozhikode alums secured third position in Competition Commission of India National Essay Competition.

Ankur Nanda

Rajat Shrivastava

Economic Times Young Leaders 2017 Award

Saumya Babbar

Sr. Manager-HR, Reliance Industries Ltd.

Hersh Kenkare

Manager-Purchase at Asian Paints

Deepak Meena

Class of 2005 alumnus Deepak Meena has taken on a new role as Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer at SHIFT inc. in the Middle East.

Ankur Saxena

Class of 2007 alumnus Ankur Saxena has taken on a new role as Chief Process Transformation Officer at Persistent Systems

Puneet Bhaskar

Class of 2008 alumnus Puneet Bhaskar, Founder & CEO of TyrePlex.com, a B2B tyre marketplace, has raised Rs 20 crore in funding (~USD 2.4 million) round led by PeerCapital, with participation from Titan Capital Winners Fund, Sattva Family Office, and existing investors, including 100 Unicorns

Amudhan M

PGP alumnus, Mr. Amudhan M (PGP 26), has successfully joined as an Assistant Commandant in the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) after completing a year of rigorous training

Ankur Mittal

Class of 2004 alumnus Ankur Mittal has been elevated to Chief Technology Officer and Managing Director - India at Lowe's Companies, Inc

Suraj Prasad

Class of 2003 alumnus Suraj Prasad, has raised INR 1 crore pre-seed to build India's leading childhood wellness platform

Emy Ottaplackal

Class of 2023 alumna Emy Ottaplackal, was in the news for her free app MyLQ, which is a programme designed to improve arithmetic skills of economically disadvantaged children. Link: https://lnkd.in/gXE6XDFt

Tanya Singh

Class of 2013 alumna Tanya Singh has joined Diageo India as Senior General Manager – Brand Marketing for Johnnie Walker.

Apekshit Khare

Class of 2010 alumnus Apekshit Khare has released his book "The time energy toolkit: Design your life, one day at a time

Sandeep Gopal

Class of 2006 alumnus Sandeep Gopal has taken on a new role as Chief Risk Officer - Asia Pacific for AIG, based out of Kuala Lumpur.

Harish Krishnan

Class of 2005 alumnus Harish Krishnan, CFA has been elevated to the role of Chief Investment Officer - Equity of Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund (ABSLMF). He has also shared his expert perspectives with ET Wealth Link: https://lnkd.in/gjCwdb9C

Reuben Philip Abraham

PGP Class of 2012 alumnus Reuben Philip Abraham has moved to a new role as Director - Partner Success - Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa at Ocado Solutions, from McKinsey & Company

Devroop Dhar

Class of 2006 alumnus Devroop Dhar, Co-Founder & CEO at Primus Partners Pvt Ltd recently provided his expert input in a Fortune India article on the semiconductor industry in India. He also wrote a thought leadership piece in The Economic Times on “India’s data goldmine: The key to solving AI’s peak data crisis and global LLM future” Link: https://lnkd.in/gQXJgJHa Link: https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-india/unlocking-indias-data-potential-the-future-of-ai-and-global-language-models/125617950

Prateek Didwania

Class of 2014 alumnus Prateek Didwania, Founder at “Snacking Cafe and PICO “in Kolkata was featured recently in The Telegraph:Link: https://lnkd.in/gAAFVyiQ

Viral Malvania

Class of 2015 alumnus Viral Malvania, Co-Founder at” Sportomic”, has been recognized as the Best Startup in Sports & Gaming at Startup Mahakumbh - a prestigious platform that saw participation from over 3,000+ startups across India. The recognition was covered by multiple press outlets including The Indian Express - https://lnkd.in/gbXWUiPp

Nitai Utkarsh

Class of 2006 alumnus Nitai Utkarsh has moved to a new role as the Head of Family Office for the Lal Family, promoters of Eicher Motors and the Good Earth group. He was previously Head of Family Office for the Chairman of Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

Kaveesh Thakker

Class of 2010 alumnus Kaveesh Thakker has been elevated to Managing Director at Multiples Alternate Asset Management, a leading Indian private equity firm.

Abhishek Raj

Class of 2011 alumnus Abhishek Raj has been elevated to Head of Marketing, India and South Asia at Udemy.

Revant Bhate

Class of 2009 alumnus Revant Bhate, Founder & CEO at Mosaic Wellness has raised $20Mn from Think Investment.

Kashyap Chanchani

Bloomberg News interviewed class of 2006 alumnus Kashyap Chanchani, Cofounder and Managing Partner of “The Rainmaker Group (TRMG)” Link: https://lnkd.in/e73uyDVq.

Sameer Seth

Class of 2005 alumnus Sameer Seth’s new restaurant Papa’s has made it to TIME’s list of “The World’s Greatest Places of 2025. He also has 2 restaurants in the Top 10 and 4 restaurants in the Top 50 restaurants annual ranking by Condé Nast Traveller India. Full list at https://lnkd.in/gpPJ6ABp

Amit Chopra

Class of 2004 alumnus Amit Chopra has taken on a new role as Chief Operating Officer at Ecotech IT Solutions Pvt Ltd (a Weiss GmbH company).

Jasleen Kaur

Class of 2005 alumna Jasleen Kaur has taken on a new role as Partner, India Desk at Grant Thornton - UAE, based in Dubai.

Aditya Gahlaut

Class of 2000 alumnus Aditya Gahlaut, Managing Director and Co-Head Asia Pacific, Global Trade Solutions at HSBC has recently been in the news twice. HSBC was recognized as the best trade finance provider in Asia byb Euromoney - https://lnkd.in/gWHT7UpG Aditya was also in the news in Reuters coverage of "HSBC, World Bank's IFC launch $1 bln trade finance programme for emerging markets" https://lnkd.in/grNiPumM

Suvish CK

EPGCITMA Class of 2021 alumnus Suvish CK has taken on a new role as Vice President & Head - Tech Infra Project Implementation and Audit Compliance at NSE India.

Uma Kasoji

Class of 2001 alumna Uma Kasoji, Co-founder of “The star in me” has won "Startup of the Year - Gold” award for The star in me at The Economic Times Human Capital Awards 2025.

Nitin Menon

PGP Class of 2006 alumnus Nitin Menon has taken a new role as Head of M&A Execution at SATS Ltd., one of the world's largest providers of air cargo handling services and Asia's leading airline caterer.

Mr.Sreevas Sahasranamam

Mr.Sreevas Sahasranamam, alumnus from FPM-06 batch ,has won the prestigious 40 under 40 UK awards for 2025, in the education category and the overall People’s Choice Award across all categories. The award was presented at the Institute of Directors, Pall Mall building in London.

Mr. Vishwas Anand AVP,

Mr. Vishwas Anand AVP, Accenture, an alumnus from PGP-16, is a recipient of the 4 Under 40 Emerging Leaders Award by the American Marketing Association. This award recognizes individuals who have made meaningful contributions to marketing and its sub-fields, while demonstrating leadership, collaboration, and continued service.

Abhilash Nair

Class of 2006 alumnus Abhilash Nair has been recognized as one of the Top 30 Talent Leaders of 2025 by Forbes India and Indeed.

Payal Mehta

Class of 2016 alumna Payal Mehta has been elevated to Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Japneet Kaur Sachdeva

Class of 2008 alumna Japneet Kaur Sachdeva has moved to a new role as Executive Vice President and Group Head – Talent Management, Learning & Development, Employee Engagement and Values & Beliefs at GMR Group.

Gautam Basak

Class of 2005 alumnus Gautam Basak has moved to a new role as Chief Data and AI Officer, Global Digital Consumer Bank (DCB) and Santander US.

Smrithi Ravichandran

Class of 2010 alumna Smrithi Ravichandran has moved to Multiples Alternate Asset Management as Principal after 17 years at Flipkart, where she was most recently Vice President - Head of Mobiles & Travel.

Jaskaran Singh

Class of 2008 alumnus Jaskaran Singh , VP of Food at Careem was on Dubai Eye 103.8 to talk about Careem's expansion. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dubai-eye-103-8_careem-is-bringing-its-food-delivery-and-activity-7381303302216577024-f8y1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAEOws0EBsdZ2dGnjvDYyjqgSjLuWjb7_i1U

Arpan Biswas

Class of 2010 alumnus Arpan Biswas, Chief Marketing Officer at AJIO.com was in the news recently for the launch of Ajio and Wondrlab's multi-starrer festive film ‘This Is How We Festival’ featuring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor alongside Zeenat Aman, Uorfi Javed, Abir Chatterjee, and Malavika Mohanan. Link: https://lnkd.in/gWVMyGpr

Sanket Sinha

Class of 2011 alumnus Sanket Sinha, CFA, Managing Director & CEO, Global Asset Management at Lighthouse Canton, joined CNBC's Dan Murphy to share insights from the Super Return Asia event in Singapore and the outlook for private markets. Link: https://lnkd.in/gVGfMxV8

Rahul Krishnan K

PGP- BL class of 2021 alumnus, Rahul Krishnan K, has taken new role as Chief Financial Officer at Daya Group of Hospitals

Hiren Dasani

Class of 2001 alumnus Hiren Dasani, CFA has joined White Oak Capital in Singapore as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) - Emerging Markets.

Abhinav Ravikumar

PGP Class of 2012 alumnus Abhinav Ravikumar has been elevated to the role of Chief Marketing Officer, Personal Care India at Unilever.

Hitesh Bhagia

Class of 2009 alumnus Hitesh Bhagia has recently secured ₹1 crore investment from Anupam Mittal on Shark Tank India Season 5 for KILRR Spices, his ready-to-use, meat masala brand.

Siddhartha Roy

Class of 2013 alumnus Siddhartha Roy has taken on a new role as Chief Business Officer at Beardo, a fully owned subsidiary of Marico Limited, where he was previously Business Head, International Business Group.

Paras Prakash

Class of 2021 alumnus Paras Prakash’s business Adarth has been acquired by Singapore’s Moving Walls.

Jerin Raj

Class of 2007 alumnus Jerin Raj has been elevated to Managing Director and Head of APAC & India for Black & Veatch.

Vishwas Jain

Class of 2002 alumnus Vishwas Jain has joined Zepto as CXO for Pharma, Cafe & Private Labels verticals

Manoj Agarwal

Class of 2009 alumnus Manoj Agarwal, Co-Founder at Xoxoday, has raised a Series C round backed by its existing investors - Apis Partners & 57 Stars, marking a key milestone as the company accelerates its next phase of global growth.

Navneet Jhamb

Class of 2001 Gold Medalist Navneet Jhamb has moved to a new role as Managing Partner at Privé by Property Station, where he is shaping a new benchmark in trusted, end‑to‑end real estate services for global client.


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  • Last Updated on :04-05-2026