Placement Committee - Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

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SHANMUGAM MANJUNATH (1978-2005) 

Class of 2003 

Manjunath, or Machaan as he was popularly known among his friends in IIM Lucknow, has 

immortalized the core values that are ingrained in every student of IIM Lucknow – integrity, sincerity 

and determination. 

He was a terrific singer, full of verve and heart and performed as part of the campus band Three.Four. 

Manjunath's courageous act of taking on fuel adulterators may have cost him his life, but also ensured 

that the whole country woke up to the plight of those who fight corruption. His unfortunate death 

caused an uproar amongst students across IIMs and IITs and in no time garnered unprecedented 

unanimous nation-wide support. 

The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust (MST) was formed soon after by members of the international IIM 

alumni network, which fought to ensure justice prevailed with the trial being completed in a record nine 

months. The efforts of several RTI activist working with the MST has resulted in the cabinet passing the 

Public Interest Disclosures Bill, 2010 in Aug 2010, which will become a shield for whistle-blowers and 

people who expose corruption and scams.

DIRECTOR'S 

MESSAGE 

From a modest beginning in 1984-85, 

operating out of a make shift 

arrangement in the heart of Lucknow city, 

IIM Lucknow has now transformed into a 

world-class institute with multiple 

campuses and numerous international 

linkages. 

Lord Chesterfield once famously said: 

“The knowledge of the world is only to be 

acquired in the world and not in a closet”. 

With this philosophy, IIM Lucknow has 

encouraged holistic learning among its 

students. Beyond the walls of the 

classrooms; over and above the 

functional domains of b-school subjects; 

IIM Lucknow has embraced diversity now 

well reflected in its students and 

illustrious alumni. 

For 26 years, the flame of ambition, 

determination and leadership, ignited at 

IIM Lucknow, has been the candle in the 

wind for our torchbearers. Many of them 

have achieved unparalleled success in 

t h e w o r l d ' s m o s t r e c o g n i z e d 

organisations displaying enthusiasm, 

level-headedness, commitment and 

ethos. Others have built on the training 

imparted at IIM-L, to initiate their own 

ventures in fields as varied as education, 

market research, music & film. 

In the pages that follow, we showcase 

these individuals who have left their 

imprints on the world. This is by no means 

an exhaustive list, rather a sampling of 

the many achievers who have graduated 

from this fine institution. For batches both 

present and future, these stellar 

examples will serve as a source of 

inspiration, propelling them to the great 

heights that the world has come to expect 

of IIM Lucknow and its alumni. 

Dr. Devi Singh

MANMOHAN BHUTANI 


ANITA GARG 


Vice President – People & Operations, Fiserv Global Services 

The approach we adopted for analyzing and discussing different cases 

in IIML was really handy in corporate life when faced with real life 

problems. I could apply these learnings to analyze problems strategically 

and in totality while appreciating different perspectives/ views. The lessons 

in team work/ collaboration along with communication/ presentation skills 

that I learnt in IIML were extremely useful in the daily corporate life 

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Director and Co-founder, Jade Group, Hong Kong 

Jade Group conducts classical shows, Bollywood concerts, 

corporate events, product launches, movie premieres, 

press conferences and exhibitions in APAC. 

ASHISH JAIN 


Principal, Booz & Company, New York 

My education at IIM Lucknow was a turning point in 

my life. My experience and learning from the two years I 

spent at IIM-Lucknow have been a significant contributor 

to my growth, both personally and professionally 

DATTATRAY PANDIT 


Associate Director-Investment Banking, 

Motilal Oswal 

ANINDO SENGUPTA 


Head-Project Management Group, Microland 

We all slogged hard to keep pace with the rapid and 

rigorous MBA program but what I truly cherish from my IIML 

days is my time spent in Placecom, where the whole team 

had an almost fanatical goal to get the best of the recruiters 

in the world to IIML. I also had a great time as a part of our 

rock band 3.4 Km along with a bunch of talented musicians 

and it was an all time high to open for Parikrama at Manfest 

2000! 

ANUJ PANDEY 


Senior VP, Religare Insurance Broking 

Career Path 

Regional Head, Barclays Bank 

Direct Sales Head, Credit Cards, ABN AMRO Bank 

I remember how Prof Chakraborty used to lock the door sharp 

at his designated time before start of each class and how we had 

to sprint to avoid standing outside his class 

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ARUP MUKHOPADHYAY 


Head-Consumer Banking, Executive VP & 

Group Head - Retail Banking, 

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi 

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ANJALI MULLATTI 


CEO & M.D, Finitiatives Learning India 

Owner, Catalyst Consulting 

Founding and Managing Trustee at The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust 

BHAVESH SOMAYA 


Head - Consumer Planning & Strategy, 

Diageo India 

Career Path 

AVP, Corporate Brand Management and 

Marketing, Fullerton India 

Brand Manager - Snacking, Cadbury 

BHARAT RAO 


Vice President, Barclays Capital, New York 

Frequent mentions in the media of batchmates who 

are star fund managers or successful entrepreneurs 

etc., testify the steadily growing brand equity of IIML 

and it continues to propel us forward 

DEEPAK MISHRA 


Principal, McKinsey & Co., London 

Career Path 

Senior Consultant, Accenture 

AJAY SIKKA 


Sr. Director, Microsoft, Seattle 

Career Path 

CEO at IndiaHQ Solutions, Inc. 

Group Manager, Microsoft, Vermeer 

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DEEPAK MAJEETHIA 


Senior Vice President, Genpact 

AMIT BANATI 


President-North Asia & Asia Pacific, 

Kraft Foods, Singapore 

Career Path 

President – Pacific, Cadbury 

Regional Finance Director - Asia Pacific, Cadbury 

CFO, Procter & Gamble, India 

The exposure, training and stimulation that we received at 

IIM Lucknow was the defining experience that enabled us to 

contribute and succeed in the corporate world. I know the vast 

community of the alumni will forever be grateful to IIM 

Lucknow and to the professors who have shaped us. 

DEEPAM SANGHI 


Director, Rothschild 

Career Path 

Manager, Rothschild, London 

Consultant, AF Fergusson 

AJAY KAUSHAL 


Co-founder & Director, BillDesk 

BillDesk is one of India’s largest electronic payment systems. 

Spanning across 80 locations in India with over 400 employees, 

BillDesk powers electronic payments across all large 

organizations in India 

AMITABH VERMA 


Head – Cash Management, DBS Bank India 

Career Path 

Sr. Vice President, HSBC 

DEVRAJ DOSS 


Director (Head)-Corporate Finance Audit, 

Middle East, Siemens AG, Dubai 

Career Path 

CFO, P&G, India 

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AMITABH CHAKRABORTY 


Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Kitara Capital 

Career Path 

President (Equity), Religare Securities 

Business Head - Private Client Group, Brics Securties 

Head of Research - Private Client Group, Kotak Securities 

MANAVV MIANWAL 


Strategist, Wolff Olins, Dubai 

Wolff Olins is a brand consultancy based out of 

London, New York City and Dubai. It advises 

corporations on brand-led strategy, innovation, 

transformation and communication. 

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ANAND LUNIA 


Partner, Seed Fund 

Seedfund is a unique type of venture capital fund, which believes 

in smaller investments but closer relationship with its companies. 

The sectors they mostly invest in are internet, media, mobile, 

telecom, retail, consumer-facing plays and also things that 

aren’t yet “sectors”. 

DHIMANT SHAH 


Head-Proprietary Trading, JP Morgan, Singapore 

IIML played an extremely important role in the development of 

my personality as it was the first time I had stayed away from 

home. Our batch was extremely friendly hence even an introvert 

like me made friends easily. However, the most important lesson 

for me was the realization that money is not the barometer for 

determining brilliance, success, relationship and above all 

happiness. Having come from Mumbai, this was a big eye-opener 

and confidence booster for me in those days. The stint at IIML was 

one of the most pleasant experiences for me in this lifetime 

ANAND SHAH 


Head-Equities, Canara Robeco Mutual Fund 

Career Path 

Associate Vice President, Kotak Asset Management Co. 

Fund Manager, ICICI Prudential AMC 

RAJIV SABHARWAL 


Executive Director & Head-Retail Banking, ICICI Bank 

Career Path 

Executive Director at Sequoia Capital 

Senior General Manager at ICICI Bank 

Regional Credit Oficer at GE Capital 

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ANANTH NARAYAN 


MD & Regional Head-Fixed Income, Currencies and 

Commodities, South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank 

Career Path 

MD, Head of Global Rates South Asia, Deutsche Bank 

The infrastructure and academic ambience at IIM-L even then 

was excellent - very conducive to a well rounded management 

education. I think those who pass out of IIM-L are stable and 

grounded, well read and sensible, and at the same time nurture this 

burning desire to succeed. You won't find them asking for a pay hike 

or a bigger role the moment they walk into your organization - they 

know they have to earn their stripes - and they will 

ASEEM BHATNAGAR 


Vice President, Citigroup, Canada 

In terms of memories , it is more like a movie rewind 

where I remember the beautiful campus, the tough but fair 

professors, the badminton court parties, the H-6 Tops get- 

togethers, the stress of exams and then the euphoria of 

final placements and finally a sense of loss as I had to 

finally leave the campus after graduation ceremony 

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RAMESH GANESHAN 


CEO, HDB Financial Services Limited 

Career Path 

Chief Operating Officer, Intelenet Global Services 

Vice President, HDFC Bank Limited 

Risk Manager, GE Countrywide 

GAYATRI GANJAWALLA 


Bollywood Actress/Singer 

My advice to future leaders would be to believe in 

the saying that instinct is honest, reason often isn't 

ATUL KUMAR GUPTA 


Senior Vice President, Oracle 

RAJARAM R 


Director, Staffing, Dell International 

I am from the last batch which graduated from 

the Aliganj Campus in Sector I. I think it was one of 

the most rewarding experiences for me personally. 

Looking back, I feel it gave me a great opportunity to 

do more with less. Space was less but the learning 

opportunity was immense which overshadowed 

everything else. I think the institute had a lot to 

contribute to what I am today 

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NEERAJ GAMBHIR 


MD & Co-Head, FID, Nomura Capital India 

Career Path 

MD-Head of Credit Business, Lehman Brothers 

Global Head-Structured Finance, Advisory and Asset 

Liability Management, ICICI Bank 

DIVYA GURURAJ 


Managing Director, Mediacom 

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PANKAJ SALUJA 


Partner, Bain & Company 

Career Path 

Manager, Accenture 

Area Sales Manager, Coca-Cola 

While engineering provided an analytical grounding, IIM-L honed 

business instincts and providing an excellent launch pad to think big, think 

different 

RAJIV MISHRA 


MD, CLP Power India 

PUNEET SATYAWADI 


Director, Jardine Lloyd Thompson 

The two years at IIML were like a slow release 

drug. Taken once, the benefits last a lifetime - in 

the way of thinking it promotes, the tools it 

provides, the friends you meet and in creating a 

network that is bond by the brand 

PRABAL CHAKRABORTY 


Group Vice President, Johnson & Johnson 

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PRABHAT AWASTHI 


MD-Head of Equities Research India, Nomura Securities 

Career Path 

Manging Director at Lehman Brothers Securities 

Vice President at Morgan Stanley 

PARAG TIKEKAR 


VISHAL CHADHA 


Head, Business Intelligence, Emirates Bank, Dubai 

I remember my good days with IIML with nostalgia: the initial 

excitement of joining a premier B-school during my final year of 

graduation; the guidance from my IIML seniors for getting through 

the grueling 2-year power-packed PG program; the nervousness 

during the 1st year’s Summer placements; the enjoyable days of 

Manfest and finally the final-year placement sessions! 

Head – Retail & Customer Marketing, Nokia 

IIM-L is where I first learnt how to manage work & life. The 

multiple priorities and high pressure, typical of today’s corporate 

life, was in some measure experienced at IIM-L. The learning 

journey was tough but a lot of fun also. I also found love at IIM-L 

and Shobha and I are happily married batchmates! 

Venkatadri Ranganathan 


VP, Domestic Business at Rallis India Limited 

NITHYA EASWARAN 


Principal, Multiples Alternate Asset Management 

Career Path 

Director, Fixed Income Capital Markets, Citibank 

PANKAJ MAHESHWARI 


SVP & Head - North India, Crédit Agricole-CIB 

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RATISH TREHAN 


Vice President, Lupin Ltd. 

Career Path 

Vice President – International Business – Asia Pacific, 

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals 

PRASHANT MULEKAR 


GIRISH DESHPANDE 


Co-founder & Executive Director, Geodesic Ltd. 

Managing Partner – Special Opportunity Fund, Milestone Capital 

We were a lucky batch, the last batch to operate out of the old aliganj campus 

and the first batch to graduate from the new campus. It was the best of both 

worlds. I also remember our hostel winning the inter-hostel sports competition, 

sikandar trophy as it was called in the first year of such an event and contributing 

significantly in the basketball victory 

MAHADEVAN NARAYANAMONI 


Partner, Grant Thornton 

NITHIN CHANDRA 


Engagement Manager, A.T. Kearney 

RISHABH SAKSENA 


MD, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Singapore 

I have fond memories of our hostel (H3) winning the inaugural 

Sikandar trophy ! 

My advice to future leaders from L, Don't compromise on your 

choice of career; pursue the path that best suits your aspirations 

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VINIT S CHAUHAN 


Head, Planning & Analysis, J P Morgan Chase, Singapore 

IIM Lucknow has been the keystone of my career; the dual emphasis 

which the Institute works with concentrates not only on providing 

management related skills and knowledge, but also helps develop better 

learning, analytical, and adaptive skills. IIML calls this "learning to learn" 

and with the extensive demands on managers in the current 

scenario, this skillset is very much required 

SAMEER BHARGAVA 


Chief Technology Officer, Pure Safety, Nashville 

Beyond all the decision making frameworks and functional 

expertise, IIM Lucknow, by way of surrounding me with brilliant 

teachers and students, imparted me with a certain humility which has 

allowed me to introspect, find chinks in my armor, mend them and 

grow and learn every day 

ABHISHEK GANGULY 


Director - Sales & Marketing at Puma 

Career Path 

Regional Manager, Reebok India 

The variety of opportunity that IIML brought with it meant that 

diverse people created their own ways to experience the 2 years. With 

every passing batch, the family of IIML is growing. We are no longer a 

new kid on the block. Alumni strength can be felt across industries, 

corporates and entrepreneurial ventures. I am confident that as an 

institute we will create further milestones which all of us will be proud 

about 

AMIT GUPTA 


Chief Operating Officer, Planet M 

Career Path 

CEO, Viswas Business Synergies 

Head Operations, The MobileStore Ltd 

Strategic Business Head, Chellarams Plc 

ANUP MAHESHWARI 


EVP & Head-Equities & Corporate Strategy, DSP BlackRock 

MRIDULA TANGIRALA 


Director - Operations, Taj Safaris 

Memories of IIML are synonymous with memories of 

wonderful people that I met there. The rush to grab the books 

before the library closed, or the various techniques for securing a 

seat in the computer center and of course, not to forget the hot 

Maggie in a cold night 

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AMRESH ACHARYA 


Senior VP, RBS Coutts Bank, Singapore 

Career Path 

Director, Deutsche Bank 

SANDEEP DHINGRA 


Director, Kelusa Capital Asia, Singapore 

SHAILESH G. JEJURIKAR 


I learnt a lot in the classroom and outside it, the key to it 

was the sheer intensity with which we approached everything 

on the campus, whether it was academics, cultural activities 

or my time at the placement committee. We set high targets 

and worked towards them with terrific intensity. I think that 

has really been my motto in life ever since 

Vice President – North America Homecare, P&G, 

Cincinnati Member of the Business Advisory Board of 

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 

At IIML we learnt very early the importance of being a part of 

the solution.. Advice to students- “Always seek out a purpose 

bigger than your personal success. It is a defining feature of 

inspiring leaders because it drives very high levels of passion 

which is contagious 

PRANAY NARVEKAR 


Vice President, Rosy Blue 

NOOPUR CHATURVEDI 


Founded in 1960, Rosy Blue is one of the most renowned diamond 

and jewelry companies in the world. It is currently a network of 

specialist businesses including Mining, Manufacturing, and Retailing 

of diamonds. It's present in 14 countries including its corporate 

holding in Luxembourg. 

VP, Product Head – Business Banking & 

Consumer Assets at ING Vysya Bank 

TARUN KHANNA 


Head-Marketing, Fiat India 

Career Path 

GM – Marketing & Product Planning, Ford India 

Brand Manager, Arvind Brands 

The time spent at IIM- L was two of the most enriching and rewarding 

years of my life. It wasn’t just the curriculum and learning that prepared 

us for the Corporate World, but also the fact that we were in an 

environment where we not just studied but also lived together, with a 

diverse set of people who possessed intelligence and skills in different 

areas, and each one a winner in his or her own context. The interactions 

with the faculty and fellow students stirred our minds and made us 

strive for excellence in our future endeavours in the outside world 

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RAHUL MATHUR 


Head, Channel Management, 

Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore 

The knowledge that I gained at the institute and 

the rigor has helped me in every aspect of my 

professional life 

KANDARP SINGH 


MD, Tetra Pak 

Career Path 

MIHIR VOHRA 


Managing Director, Tetra Recart, Sweden 

Vice President, Product Strategy and Planning, Tetra Pak 

Fund Manager, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi 

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is the largest sovereign 

fund in the world 

Be open to change and be open to take on challenges. I feel lucky that I enjoy 

my job and look forward to meet Mr. Market every day. It would not have been 

possible without the IIML route - I entered the asset management industry via 

my first campus job at SBI Mutual Fund. I had a tough schedule at IIML - the fact 

that attendance was really necessary (what with surprise quizzes etc. and a 

small class size) and that I was also in the Placement Committee 

NAREN CHANDRA 


Head – Marketing, Noor Islamic Bank, Dubai 

Career Path 

Head – Marketing, Emerging Markets, Barclays Bank 

DGM & Head – Marketing, ICICI Bank 

SANJAY SHIVNANI 


President & CEO, Career Launcher India Ltd 

Being an IIML alumni is always a great door opener & for 

me personally a great achievement. Even today, I wear this 

on my sleeve. It enables some extra non business 

conversation at most meetings & I use it to my advantage 

because it gets attention. An IIML tag is hugely aspirational 

& draws respect 

RAJENDRA JAIN 


MD- Global Head, 

ITG Smart Router and POSIT®, ITG, New York 

Investment Technology Group, Inc. is an independent 

agency broker and financial technology firm that is a 

worldwide leader in electronic trading since launching the 

POSIT® crossing network in 1987. 

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MANOJ TANDON 


Director, CSC 

Whenever I think of Lucknow and my stay at IIM, I am 

reminded of great fellow students and very 

approachable faculty, who never behaved like people 

sitting on a pedestal distributing knowledge but more 

like people who despite having more knowledge were 

ready to be challenged and debated with on all topics 

under the sun. I personally believe IIM had a tremendous 

influence on my career. Other than the knowledge of 

how businesses function I think the biggest benefit I got 

during my stay at IIM was that it fine tuned and prepared 

me for the business world 

RAHUL JAIN 


Principal, The Boston Consulting Group 

IIM Lucknow has played a critical role in my 

success. The curriculum laid a solid conceptual 

foundation, the rigour got me ready for the 

corporate life ahead, and the wide & capable peer 

g r o u p h e l p e d m e t o d e v e l o p a 

balanced perspective. The birthday bumps, the 

mid-night maggis, the dot.com craze are memories 

forever. Given my wife and brother are both from 

IIML as well, they say, it runs in my family 

VENUGOPAL GARRE 


VP, Credit Suisse 

Venugopal is a Lead coverage analyst for industrials, 

infrastructure and media sector in India 

KAVITHA RAO 


GM, Merchandising – Target Retail 

One cannot forget the numerous baddy court parties, the 

night outs, the trips to Ganj, the thick fog and the numerous 

other things that make it the quintessential L experience. 

The place has improved tremendously. The infrastructure is so 

much better and there are more courses offered as well. We 

did not have computers in all rooms, email was still relatively 

new. No Cafe Coffee Days or mobile phones/laptops. As I 

write this, I get the feeling I am ancient. 

Dream big. And never lose sight of that goal 

RAJESH PANCHANATHAN 


Senior Executive, Accenture 

RAJESH SINGHAL 


Managing Partner, Milestone Religare Investment Advisors 

Career Path 

Associate Director, Intel Capital 

Associate Vice President, ICICI Bank Ltd. 

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SHRIMATI DAMAL 


Vice President, Treasury, 

Majid Al Futtaim, Dubai 

Majid Al-Futtaim is one of the largest 

conglomerates in the middle east. It has 

interest in automotives, electronics, 

insurance, real-estate, retail etc. 

RITESH SHARMA 


AVP, Kotak Investment Banking 

Co-author of the best-selling book titled 'Joker In The Pack' 

KAUSHIK SENGUPTA 


Associate Professor, Frank G. Zarb School of Business, 

Hofstra University, New York. 

IIML was the institution where I first got introduced to the 

field of Operations Management. Without the education at 

IIML, I don’t think I would have pursued a doctoral program 

in Operations and become a business school faculty in the 

U.S. The courses I ended up taking at IIML and the 

professors who taught these courses had an enormous 

influence on me 

K. R. LAKSHMINARAYANA 


Chief Strategy Officer, Wipro Technologies 

KAMESWARA RAO 


Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers 

His specialities include Corporate Restructuring, Economic 

Regulation, Financial Reviews, JVs and Acquisitions, 

Corporate and Process Improvement, Renewable Energy 

solutions and Commercial Agreements. 

RAJAT DHAWAN 


Partner, McKinsey & Co. 

The institute infrastructure is at par with the best in the 

world. The sprawling campus is tastefully done, and is 

functionally up there with the best. Also, the quality of 

colleagues one spends two years with is terrific and proves 

to be the shaping factor - the friendships and networks go a 

long way! 

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VIKRAM MEHRA 


Chief Marketing Officer, Tata Sky 

Coping with a pressure cooker 

environment while managing multiple 

balls in the air was my biggest learning 

from IIML 

MANINDER SINGH JUNEJA 


Head-Liabilities, ICICI Bank 

NINAD PHADKE 


Senior Project Manager, Apple, SanFrancisco 

Career Path 

Consultant at Yahoo! 

RAJNISH KUMAR 


Head - Product and Marketing, 

Fullerton Securities & Wealth Advisors Ltd. 

NITIN DAS 


Director, Filmkaar 

The United Nations environment programme has 

recently selected one of his films on Global 

Warming. The film was made entirely with the 

people of a small village in the Himalayas. Nitin 

has won a special award from the British Council 

for creative entrepreneurship in the social sector. 

SHASHANK SINHA 


Portfolio Director, Navis Capital 

Career Path 

President, Sara Lee 

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VINAY SEWAL 


PRAVEEN GUPTA 


VP Operations and Marketing, GlobeCast Asia, Singapore 

It’s been years since I passed out, but it still seems so fresh. Of 

all the years spent in classes, it is those in Lucknow that I remember 

the most. Our old campus, apartments that served as hostels, a 

library situated elsewhere, and so on. Back then calling back home 

was a walk to a PCO, long waits, and speed talk to save money. 

Satellite TV hadn’t arrived, and PC had to be booted up from a disk 

which kept getting corrupted. Our new campus was still a place 

under construction and enroute were egg paranthas on the 

highway dhaba. We’d roam the new campus to see the progress of 

construction. Happily ours was the first batch whose convocation 

took place from this new campus! 

Founder & Director, Cross-Tab Marketing Services 

Cross-Tab, a market research outsourcing leader, provides a full 

range of market research and data analytics solutions to global 

clients. 

Being a founder-coordinator of INDEX, the Market Research 

fair at IIM-L, contributed to the decision as well as helped me in 

both the ops and functional aspects of a start-up 

RAVI LUTHRIA 


Founder, Blibula Marketing 

RAMAKRISHNA MAGANTI 


Regional VP, Marketing & Advertising, 

Lafarge, India 

I reminisce fondly about my time in IIM 

Lucknow as a student- Considerable amount of 

which was spent in the excellent library 

MALAY DIXIT 


Marketing Manager, Diageo 

Career Path 

Brand Manager, Reckitt Benckiser 

VISHAL NARAYAN 


Assistant Professor of Marketing, The Johnson School, 

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

Vishal Narayan's teaching interests are in marketing management. He 

received the Stern Award for PhD Teaching Excellence at New York 

University in 2006. 

Career Path 

AVP Marketing, Star India Pvt Ltd 

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JATIN SURYAWANSHI 


Head - Global Quantitative Strategies, 

Jefferies & Co., New York 

Career Path 

Head of US Algorithmic Trading, UBS AG 

Vice President, Goldman Sachs 

KRISHNAKUMAR P 


Director Marketing, Dell Computers 

Career Path 

Country Manager, Hewlett Packard 

PUNEET KALRA 


Executive Director, Russell Reynolds 

Career Path 

Group Leader, Monitor Group 

Senior Manager, Accenture 

Vice President, APAC, Polaris Software 

SUBODH GUPTA 


Director, Motilal Oswal 

SANJAY THAPAR 


President, Ogilvy & Mather 

Once you get into an institute like IIM 

Lucknow. You get the confidence to 

succeed. Hence you tend to take more 

bold steps, not risky but bold. .. 

SURAMYA GUPTA 


Co-Head, South Asia M&A, ANZ, Singapore 

Career Path 

Chief Financial Officer at MediaRing Ltd 

Vice President at Merrill Lynch 

Consultant at Stern Stewart & Co 

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PRABHJIT DIDYALA 


GM-Strategy & Org Development, Fortis Healthcare 

Apart from giving me excellent faculty (each of whom I 

have learnt from) and a structured program for learning 

business management, IIML gave me excellent access to 

resources and a great set of batch-mates from whom I 

Iearnt much much more. Grueling and rigorous schedule 

along with an outcome driven approach; always adopting 

an innovative approach to problem solving and learning 

that there is no substitute for hard and smart work - Things 

that I picked up from IIML 

RAKESH JHA 


Deputy CFO, ICICI Bank 

Many of the courses I studied then have indeed 

been instrumental in building my career. Many of 

the learnings have stuck with permanent glue -- the 

one which I still treasure the most was from my 

Operations Professor "Quick and dirty answer is almost 

always better than a time consuming precise answer". 

Along with the then seemingly endless work and study, 

the two years were equally full of the joys of 

friendships, movies, parties, festivals and so on .... 

VIVEK GOKARN 


MD, Barclays Technology Centre India 

GURURAJ KARUR 


Country Manager Flavors, Givaudan India 

MAYUR DANAIT 


Chief Information Officer, Lupin Ltd. 

I have wonderful memories around my time at IIML. 

Not only was it fun, but intensity of the curriculum and the 

skills picked up on campus, left us well-equipped to deal 

with corporate life 

SRIRAM C 


Group CEO, Broadvision Group 

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SIVA SHANKAR 


Director, Citi Venture Capital International 

The ability to work hard and prioritise are critical factors at 

work – and the demanding timelines at IIML prepared me well 

for the same. I also made a number of friends with whom I 

continue to be in touch even today. I have a feeling of pride 

when I come to the Campus periodically 

SHISHIR MANUJ 


Senior Research Analyst, Mangal Keshav 

We loved the highly-charged discussions on academic and 

other issues of the day in small and not-so-small groups. I think the 

key was the kind of stimulating environment it provided in shaping 

our behavior and actions, which we still find relevant in our 

professional lives. Despite the size of the batches even then, the 

faculty-student relationship had a surprisingly personal touch 

SILVAN VARGHESE 


COO & DGM, Khaleeji Commercial Bank BSC, Bahrain 

Being from an early batch at IIML, the batch size was small and the class 

room and hostel experience were great. Still recall those excited case study 

discussions which proved to be of great use in later professional life. For me IIM, 

L provided the foundation for a career in finance and general management. I 

am proud to be an alumni and with all the developments since we left the 

campus, I am sure the institute will reach greater heights as it completes quarter 

century of its founding 

NISHANT SAXENA 


CEO – Elements Akademia 

Career Path 

Deputy CFO, P&G 

80% of my angel investors - who loaned 

me half a million dollars to start Elements 

Akademia are either colleagues or seniors 

from IIML. My advisory board - that gave us 

the much needed initial credibility - is largely 

professors from IIML 

SATWICK TANDON 


Director, DSP Merrill Lynch Wealth Management 

ANJAN SEN 


Director Marketing, Pfizer 

Career Path 

Regional Marketing Team Leader Pfizer Africa, 

Middle East, India, Pakistan, Israel and Turkey 

Region 

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SARTHAK PATTANAIK 


Executive Director - Risk Analytics, 

Nomura Securities, New York 

SANJEEV GUPTA 


Vice President, Razer 

Career Path 

Director Channels & Alliances, APAC - Consumer Business 

Group, Cisco Systems 

FAKHRI SARJAN 


Director & Head - Portfolio Management - 

Global Credit Products, Deutsche Bank 

IIML was fabulous and laid the foundation to build a holistic 

understanding of business and its place in society. I benefited from an 

institution with its tremendous commitment and passion to enable 

learning with excellent faculty and fellow participants. Those were two 

intense years with lots of fun, work, growing up, lasting friendships 

and memories 

SUMEET NARANG 


Founder & MD, Samara Capital 

Career Path 

Chairman, Asian Oilfeild Services 

Proprietary Investments, Goldman Sachs NY 

Baker Scholar, John Loeb Fellow – Harvard Business School 

PAURUSH ROY 


Director, Samara Capital 

Career Path 

Vice President, Deutsche Bank 

Vice President, Citibank Corporate & Investment Bank 

VINEET SACHDEVA 


Partner, DE Shaw India Advisory Services 

Career Path 

Principal, IDFC Private Equity 

Vice President, JumpStartUp Fund Advisors 

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RAJARAM PAI 


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ASHISH RAI 


Regional Manager - Business Development, 

Asia Pacific & Japan, Misys 

Senior General Manager (International Sales & Marketing), 

Moser Baer Photovoltaic Ltd 

Career Path 

Global Competency Manager, IBM Global Services 

GM, Delphi Automotive Systems 

The experience of working on organizing the various events that 

institute regularly holds gives a priceless experience of managing a 

complex program, complete with running to a budget and tight 

timeline while balancing a complex set of stakeholders. The 

discipline, the confidence and partner-facing skill sets developed 

through involvement in so many different areas both within and 

outside the curriculum were equally big takeaways if not bigger 

PIJUSH SINHA 


Executive Director, Avendus Capital 

Volunteer, Akansha, an NGO working with 

underprivileged children 

The biggest learning from my IIML days has been the lack of 

fear of failure.. L taught me its alright to fail, but unacceptable to 

give up. This came about given the gruelling curriculum, the 

smart people I studied with and the unstructured environment L 

provides, especially when you try to juggle academics and being 

a placecom member 

SUNDAR RAMASWAMI 


DEVEN SHAH 


General Manager - Corporate Strategy & Planning, 

GMR Infrastructure Limited 

IIML provided a structural shift to my thinking and actions.I came 

into contact with the kind of “real” business experiences we became 

familiar with as part of our learning process. Today, my mobile phone 

book contains numbers of numerous IIM L colleagues whose counsel 

and guidance I readily seek. I have consulted them on at least half a 

dozen times in the past 10 years, on crucial strategic “Go” / “No-Go” 

decisions concerning my professional and personal life. This has made 

a huge difference to where I stand today and where I can potentially be 

in the future.. 

SVP – Debt Capital Markets, Kotak Mahindra Bank 

AJIT THAKUR 


Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television 

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DEEPAK KUMAR 


DEEPAK VERMA 


Chief Investment Officer, Azure Capital Advisors 

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Dy. Chief Manager, Times Private Treaties 

My memories at IIM Lucknow cover the outstanding calm 

atmosphere, competitive young students, wonderful library, 

computer centre, classrooms, lush green campus and of 

course the highly caring teachers. IIM Lucknow has been my 

best educational experience and I will always cherish those 2 

years 

KRISHNAN RAMDAS 


Advisor, MasterCard, Singapore 

Career Path 

Management Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group 

RAJAN GAJARIA 


Marketing Director - US, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis 

AJAY RAMACHANDRAN 


Brand Director - Van Heusen, Aditya Birla Nuvo 

ARINDAM BOSE 


Senior Director - Default Strategy, 

Capital One Mortgage, Dallas 

The things I remember most about my time at IIML 

include the amazing talent all around me, professors 

who took such personal interest in me, as a student and 

individual and the great campus. In hindsight, I learned 

as much, if not more, from interacting with my 

classmates in projects, Index, Manfest etc., as from the 

classroom 

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SHWETA RAMANATHAN 


Manager - Financial Markets, ING 

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SABALEEL NANDY 


Career Path 

Principal Consultant, CSC 

Client Relationship Manager - Van Gogh Preferred Banking, 

ABN AMRO Bank 

Overall, IIM Lucknow a truly enriching experience which 

provided a rock solid foundation to transition effectively and 

successfully to the corporate world 

Head - Water Purifier Business, Tata Chemicals 

IIML was the period that helped most of us mature as 

professionals. If undergraduate days were the period of youthful 

enthusiasm, management studies helped make this 

enthusiasm more result oriented and clinical. 

ABHAY KUMAR 


Director - Marketing (India, Japan, Korea), 

American Express Global Prepaid 

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Placement Committee 

Chairman Placement 

Prof. R.L. Raina 

Administrative Officer 

Rajeev Pandey 

Office In-charge 

Ram Baran +91-9935966010 

years of Alumni Excellence 

– a tribute 

This alumni profile has been put together by the placement committee to 

showcase individuals who exemplify what IIM Lucknow stands for and what it 

is capable of creating. This is the first of several impending initiatives to 

highlight the achievements of our outstanding alumni. 

In the last 25 years, our alumni have spread out all over the world, earning 

recognition for themselves with their work, and in doing so, for their alma 

matter as well. They have been lauded for their analytical ability, creative 

outlook, social sensitivity and above all for possessing the moral fibre to be a 

leader. 

They are our �� - our inspiration, our pride, our alumni. 

Campus Coordinators 

Abhilash Pillai +91-9198221435 

Karthik Rajeshwaran +91-9695899833 

Karthik Regunathan +91-9198619921 

Kaushik Vats +91-9670137687 

Maanas Agarwal +91-9719792500 

Mahesh Ramasubramanian +91-9198220221 

Rahul Joseph +91-9559284436 

Shreyas Dhamdhere +91-9559284413

"The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, 

by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity." 

- Mahatma Gandhi 

Recruitment Cell 

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, LUCKNOW, 

Prabandh Nagar, Off Sitapur Road, Lucknow - 226013. Uttar Pradesh, INDIA. 

Phones :- Direct: +91-522-2734013, +91-522-2736764/65/66 

Board : +91-522-2734101 to 20 

Fax: +91-522-2734033, +91-522-2734025, 91-522-2734005 

Email: placecom@iiml.ac.in 

Url: http://www.iiml.ac.in/placements 

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