List of IIM Ahmedabad alumni

This list of IIM Ahmedabad alumni includes notable individuals who are alumni of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Note that this is not an exhaustive list.

Academics

• C. K. Prahalad '66, Padma Shri awardee, former Distinguished University Professor at University of Michigan Ross School of Business; author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid[1]
• Labdhi Bhandari '67 – State Trading Corporation Professor of Marketing, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad[2]
• Marti G. Subrahmanyam '69 – Charles E. Merrill Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business, New York University[3]
• Ravi Jagannathan '72 – Chicago Mercantile Exchange/John F. Sandner Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management[4]
• A. Parasuraman '72, Emeritus Professor of Marketing and James W. McLamore Chair Emeritus, University of Miami[5]
• Beheruz Sethna '73 – 1st President of University of West Georgia[6][7]
• Sushil Vachani '76, Former Director, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore[8]
• Srikant Datar '78 – Dean at Harvard Business School, formerly Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School[9]
• Shekhar Chaudhuri FPM'79 – former Director, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta[10]
• Amitava Chattopadhyay '81, Professor of Marketing and the GlaxoSmithKline Chaired Professor of Corporate Innovation at INSEAD[11]
• S. P. Kothari '82, Padma Shri awardee, Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance and former Head of the Department of Economics, Finance, and Accounting at MIT Sloan School of Management[12]
• Ashish Nanda '83 – former Director, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, former Robert Braucher Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School, and Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School[13][14]
• Raghu Sundaram '84, Dean, New York University Stern School of Business[15]
• Baba Shiv '88, The Sanwa Bank, Limited, Professor of Marketing at Stanford University Graduate School of Business[16]
• V. G. Narayanan '90 – Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School [17]
• V. Kasturi Rangan – Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School[18]
• Jagmohan Raju – Joseph J. Aresty Professor at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania[19]
• Harbir Singh – Mack Professor of Management at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania[20]
• Ajit Rangnekar – Dean, Indian School of Business[21][22]
• Atul Tandon – academic and director of Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad from 2001–2009.[23]
• Anand Teltumbde – Senior Professor and Big Data Analytics Head in Goa Institute of Management [24][25]
• Samir Barua FPM, Former Director, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad[26]

Arts and social work

• Mallika Sarabhai '74, Padma Bhushan awardee, classical dancer; activist; director of Darpana Academy, Ahmedabad[3][27]
• Vijay Mahajan '80 – founder and CEO of the BASIX initiative[3][28]
• Salil Shetty '83 – Secretary-General of Amnesty International[29]
• Gaurav Dagaonkar '06 – music director, vocalist and songwriter[30][31]
• Shakti Maira – Artist, sculptor and writer[32]
• Nachiket Mor, National Director for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – India

Business

• Kiran Karnik '68 – Padma Shri awardee, former President of NASSCOM[3][33][34]
• Vikram Talwar '70, co-founder and former CEO, EXL Service Holdings Inc.[35]
• Sarthak Behuria '73 – former Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation; former Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum[36][37]
• Jerry Rao '73, founder and former CEO, Mphasis Ltd.
• Chandrika Tandon '75, first Indian-American woman to be elected partner at McKinsey and Company, Grammy Award nominated artist[38]
• M. S. Banga '77, Padma Bhushan awardee, former Chairman, Hindustan Unilever,[39] currently senior partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice[3][40]
• K Raghavendra Rao '79, Padma Shri awardee, founder of Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Limited[41]
• Shikha Sharma '80 – former MD and CEO, Axis Bank[3][42]
• Ajay Singh Banga '81 – President and chief executive officer, MasterCard[3][43]
• Ivan Menezes '81, CEO, Diageo[44]
• Piyush Gupta '83 – Chief Executive Officer, DBS Bank[45]
• Shrikant Joshi '83 - Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of L&T Realty[46][47]
• Suresh Vaswani '85 – President, Dell Services[48][49]
• Amitabh Chaudhry '87, MD and CEO, Axis Bank[50][51]
• Sanjeev Bikhchandani '89 – Padma Shri awardee,[52] founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Infoedge and Naukri.com[53]
• Rashesh Shah '89, co-founder and CEO of Edelweiss Group [54]
• Deep Kalra '92, Founder, Chairman and Group CEO, MakeMyTrip[55]
• Sanjeev Aggarwal '95, founder and CEO, Amplus Energy Solutions[56]
• Rajesh Gopinathan '96 – CEO and MD, Tata Consultancy Services[57]
• Ashok Vemuri – CEO of Conduent[58]
• Sarathbabu Elumalai – Founder and CEO of FoodKing[59]
• Nirmal Jain, founder and chairman of India Infoline (IIFL)[60]
• K. V. Kamath, Padma Bhushan awardee, former MD & CEO, ICICI Bank,[61] former Chairman, Infosys,[62] and 1st President of New Development Bank (BRICS)[63][64]
• Phaneesh Murthy – Former CEO of iGATE Corporation[65]
• Gurdeep Singh – Chairman and managing director of NTPC Limited[66]
• Mahendra Mehta, CEO, Reliance Infrastructure and former group CEO, Vedanta Resources[67][68]
• Ajit Ranade, President and chief economist, Aditya Birla Group[69]
• R. Srinivasan, founder and former MD, Redington India[70]

Government and politics

• Kirit Raval '73 – former Solicitor General of India[3][71]
• Prem Das Rai '78 – Member of Parliament, Sikkim constituency, 15th Lok Sabha[3][72]
• Arvind Subramanian '81 – 16th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India [73]
• Raghuram Rajan '87 – former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India;[74] former chief economic advisor of the Government of India and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. Currently Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at University of Chicago Booth School of Business[75]
• Ramachandran Govindarasu '15, Tamil Nadu politician affiliated with AIADMK[76]
• Amit Khare – Additional Chief Secretary of Jharkhand.[77][78]
• Srijan Pal Singh, Former Adviser to Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
• Alok Ranjan, Former Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh.
• Jawed Usmani – Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh.[79]
• Syed Zafar Islam, Investment Banker and Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, former Director at Deutsche Bank and Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party

Sports

• Harsha Bhogle '85 – cricket commentator and journalist[3][80]

Science

• Suchitra Sebastian '97, condensed matter physicist at Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge[81]

Literature and journalism

• Rohini Chowdhury '86, children's writer and literary translator[82]
• Rashmi Bansal '93, author and entrepreneur[83][84]
• Chetan Bhagat '97, author, columnist and speaker[85][86]
• Sidin Vadukut '05, author and former Managing Editor, Mint[87]
• Rahul Roushan '07, founder of Faking News and Chief Strategy Officer of Swarajya magazine
• Srijan Pal Singh, Former Adviser to Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Founder of Dr. Kalam Centre[88]
• Samit Basu, a novelist, graphic novelist and screenwriter.[89]

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External links

• Official website