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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
the world's most recognized
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

ANINDO SENGUPTA
Class of 2001

Head-Project Management Group, Microland

ANITA GARG
Class of 1991

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!

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.

MANMOHAN BHUTANI

DATTATRAY PANDIT

Class of 1987

Class of 1995

Vice President People & Operations, Fiserv Global Services

Associate Director-Investment Banking,

Motilal Oswal

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

ANUJ PANDEY
Class of 1999

ASHISH JAIN

Senior VP, Religare Insurance Broking

Class of 1998

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

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

ANJALI MULLATTI
Class of 1993

DEEPAK MISHRA

CEO & M.D, Finitiatives Learning India

Owner, Catalyst Consulting

Class of 1996

Principal, McKinsey & Co., London

Founding and Managing Trustee at The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust

Career Path
Senior Consultant, Accenture

BHARAT RAO

ARUP MUKHOPADHYAY

Class of 2000

Class of 1991

Vice President, Barclays Capital, New York

Head-Consumer Banking, Executive VP &

Group Head - Retail Banking,
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Abu Dhabi

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

BHAVESH SOMAYA

AJAY SIKKA

Class of 2001

Class of 1987

Head - Consumer Planning & Strategy,

Diageo India

Sr. Director, Microsoft, Seattle

Career Path
AVP, Corporate Brand Management and
Marketing, Fullerton India
Brand Manager - Snacking, Cadbury

Career Path
CEO at IndiaHQ Solutions, Inc.
Group Manager, Microsoft, Vermeer

AMIT BANATI
Class of 1990

President-North Asia & Asia Pacific,

Kraft Foods, Singapore
Career Path
President Pacific, Cadbury
Regional Finance Director - Asia Pacific, Cadbury
CFO, Procter & Gamble, India

AJAY KAUSHAL
Class of 1992

Co-founder & Director, BillDesk

BillDesk is one of Indias largest electronic payment systems.
Spanning across 80 locations in India with over 400 employees,
BillDesk powers electronic payments across all large
organizations in 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.

DEVRAJ DOSS

DEEPAK MAJEETHIA

Class of 1996

Class of 1991

Director (Head)-Corporate Finance Audit,

Middle East, Siemens AG, Dubai

Senior Vice President, Genpact

Career Path
CFO, P&G, India

DEEPAM SANGHI

AMITABH VERMA

Class of 1999

Class of 1998

Director, Rothschild

Head Cash Management, DBS Bank India

Career Path

Career Path

Manager, Rothschild, London

Consultant, AF Fergusson

Sr. Vice President, HSBC

AMITABH CHAKRABORTY

ANAND SHAH

Class of 1994

Class of 2000

Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Kitara Capital

Head-Equities, Canara Robeco Mutual Fund

Career Path

Career Path

President (Equity), Religare Securities

Business Head - Private Client Group, Brics Securties
Head of Research - Private Client Group, Kotak Securities

ANAND LUNIA

DHIMANT SHAH

Class of 1998

Class of 1994

Partner, Seed Fund

Head-Proprietary Trading, JP Morgan, Singapore

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
arent yet sectors.

MANAVV MIANWAL
Class of 1999

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.

Associate Vice President, Kotak Asset Management Co.

Fund Manager, ICICI Prudential AMC

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

RAJIV SABHARWAL
Class of 1990

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

ANANTH NARAYAN

ATUL KUMAR GUPTA

Class of 1993

Class of 1987

MD & Regional Head-Fixed Income, Currencies and

Commodities, South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank

Senior Vice President, Oracle

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

RAMESH GANESHAN
Class of 1992

CEO, HDB Financial Services Limited

Career Path
Chief Operating Officer, Intelenet Global Services
Vice President, HDFC Bank Limited
Risk Manager, GE Countrywide

GAYATRI GANJAWALLA
Class of 2001

Bollywood Actress/Singer
My advice to future leaders would be to believe in
the saying that instinct is honest, reason often isn't

RAJARAM R
Class of 1992

ASEEM BHATNAGAR
Class of 2000

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 gettogethers, 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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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
Class of 1995

RAJIV MISHRA

MD & Co-Head, FID, Nomura Capital India

Class of 1994

MD, CLP Power India

Career Path
MD-Head of Credit Business, Lehman Brothers
Global Head-Structured Finance, Advisory and Asset
Liability Management, ICICI Bank

PANKAJ SALUJA
Class of 1998

Partner, Bain & Company

PRABAL CHAKRABORTY

Career Path

Class of 1989

Manager, Accenture
Area Sales Manager, Coca-Cola

Group Vice President, Johnson & Johnson

While engineering provided an analytical grounding, IIM-L honed

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

DIVYA GURURAJ

PUNEET SATYAWADI

Class of 1992

Class of 2001

Managing Director, Mediacom

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

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PRABHAT AWASTHI

NITHYA EASWARAN

Class of 1994
Class of 1996

MD-Head of Equities Research India, Nomura Securities

Principal, Multiples Alternate Asset Management

Career Path

Career Path

Manging Director at Lehman Brothers Securities

Director, Fixed Income Capital Markets, Citibank

Vice President at Morgan Stanley

VISHAL CHADHA
Class of 1996

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 todays 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
Class of 1991

VP, Domestic Business at Rallis India Limited

PARAG TIKEKAR
Class of 1997

Head, Business Intelligence, Emirates Bank, Dubai

PANKAJ MAHESHWARI

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 years Summer placements; the enjoyable days of
Manfest and finally the final-year placement sessions!

Class of 1999

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SVP & Head - North India, Crdit Agricole-CIB

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RATISH TREHAN

MAHADEVAN NARAYANAMONI

Class of 1999

Class of 1998

Vice President, Lupin Ltd.

Partner, Grant Thornton

Career Path
Vice President International Business Asia Pacific,
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

RISHABH SAKSENA
Class of 1993

MD, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Singapore

GIRISH DESHPANDE

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

Sikandar trophy !

Class of 1993

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

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

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

NITHIN CHANDRA
Class of 2003

PRASHANT MULEKAR

Engagement Manager, A.T. Kearney

Class of 1991

Co-founder & Executive Director, Geodesic Ltd.

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SAMEER BHARGAVA

ANUP MAHESHWARI

Class of 1997

Class of 1993

Chief Technology Officer, Pure Safety, Nashville

EVP & Head-Equities & Corporate Strategy, DSP BlackRock

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

VINIT S CHAUHAN

AMIT GUPTA

Class of 1993

Class of 1992

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

Chief Operating Officer, Planet M

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

Career Path
CEO, Viswas Business Synergies
Head Operations, The MobileStore Ltd
Strategic Business Head, Chellarams Plc

ABHISHEK GANGULY
Class of 2002

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

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MRIDULA TANGIRALA
Class of 1997

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

NOOPUR CHATURVEDI

Class of 1992

Class of 2001

Senior VP, RBS Coutts Bank, Singapore

VP, Product Head Business Banking &

Consumer Assets at ING Vysya Bank

Career Path
Director, Deutsche Bank

PRANAY NARVEKAR
SHAILESH G. JEJURIKAR
Class of 1989

Vice President North America Homecare, P&G,

Cincinnati Member of the Business Advisory Board of
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Class of 1996

Vice President, Rosy Blue

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.

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

TARUN KHANNA
SANDEEP DHINGRA
Class of 1994

Director, Kelusa Capital Asia, Singapore

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

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Class of 1996

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 wasnt 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

SANJAY SHIVNANI

Class of 1992

Class of 1992

Head, Channel Management,

Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore

President & CEO, Career Launcher India Ltd

The knowledge that I gained at the institute and

the rigor has helped me in every aspect of my
professional life

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

MIHIR VOHRA
Class of 1994

Fund Manager, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi

NAREN CHANDRA

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is the largest sovereign

fund in the world

Class of 1994

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

Career Path

Head Marketing, Noor Islamic Bank, Dubai

Head Marketing, Emerging Markets, Barclays Bank
DGM & Head Marketing, ICICI Bank

KANDARP SINGH
Class of 1991

RAJENDRA JAIN

MD, Tetra Pak

Class of 1994

Career Path

MD- Global Head,

ITG Smart Router and POSIT, ITG, New York

Managing Director, Tetra Recart, Sweden

Vice President, Product Strategy and Planning, Tetra Pak

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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

KAVITHA RAO

Class of 1989

Class of 2000

Director, CSC

GM, Merchandising Target Retail

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

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 SINGHAL
Class of 1995

VENUGOPAL GARRE

Managing Partner, Milestone Religare Investment Advisors

Class of 2002

Career Path
Associate Director, Intel Capital
Associate Vice President, ICICI Bank Ltd.

VP, Credit Suisse

Venugopal is a Lead coverage analyst for industrials,
infrastructure and media sector in India

RAHUL JAIN
Class of 2001

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
group
helped me to
develop 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

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RAJESH PANCHANATHAN
Class of 1995

Senior Executive, Accenture

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RITESH SHARMA

KAMESWARA RAO

Class of 2005

Class of 1991

AVP, Kotak Investment Banking

Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers

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

His specialities include Corporate Restructuring, Economic

Regulation, Financial Reviews, JVs and Acquisitions,
Corporate and Process Improvement, Renewable Energy
solutions and Commercial Agreements.

SHRIMATI DAMAL
K. R. LAKSHMINARAYANA

Class of 1992

Class of 1991

Vice President, Treasury,

Majid Al Futtaim, Dubai

Chief Strategy Officer, Wipro Technologies

Majid Al-Futtaim is one of the largest

conglomerates in the middle east. It has
interest in automotives, electronics,
insurance, real-estate, retail etc.

RAJAT DHAWAN
KAUSHIK SENGUPTA

Class of 1997

Class of 1991

Partner, McKinsey & Co.

Associate Professor, Frank G. Zarb School of Business,

Hofstra University, New York.

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!

IIML was the institution where I first got introduced to the

field of Operations Management. Without the education at
IIML, I dont 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

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MANINDER SINGH JUNEJA

Class of 1991

Head-Liabilities, ICICI Bank

RAJNISH KUMAR
Class of 1994

Head - Product and Marketing,

Fullerton Securities & Wealth Advisors Ltd.

VIKRAM MEHRA
Class of 1997

SHASHANK SINHA

Chief Marketing Officer, Tata Sky

Class of 1987

Portfolio Director, Navis Capital

Coping with a pressure cooker

environment while managing multiple
balls in the air was my biggest learning
from IIML

Career Path
President, Sara Lee

NITIN DAS
NINAD PHADKE
Class of 1999

Senior Project Manager, Apple, SanFrancisco

Career Path
Consultant at Yahoo!

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Class of 2000

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.

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PRAVEEN GUPTA

RAMAKRISHNA MAGANTI

Class of 1996

Class of 1992

Founder & Director, Cross-Tab Marketing Services

Regional VP, Marketing & Advertising,

Lafarge, India

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

I reminisce fondly about my time in IIM

Lucknow as a student- Considerable amount of
which was spent in the excellent library

VINAY SEWAL
Class of 1992

VP Operations and Marketing, GlobeCast Asia, Singapore

VISHAL NARAYAN

Its 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 hadnt 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. Wed roam the new campus to see the progress of
construction. Happily ours was the first batch whose convocation
took place from this new campus!

Class of 1996

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.

MALAY DIXIT
RAVI LUTHRIA

Class of 2001

Class of 2000

Marketing Manager, Diageo

Founder, Blibula Marketing

Career Path
Brand Manager, Reckitt Benckiser

Career Path
AVP Marketing, Star India Pvt Ltd

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KRISHNAKUMAR P

SANJAY THAPAR

Class of 1994

Class of 1987

Director Marketing, Dell Computers

President, Ogilvy & Mather

Career Path

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. ..

Country Manager, Hewlett Packard

JATIN SURYAWANSHI
Class of 1994

Head - Global Quantitative Strategies,

Jefferies & Co., New York

SUBODH GUPTA
Class of 1999

Career Path

Director, Motilal Oswal

Head of US Algorithmic Trading, UBS AG

Vice President, Goldman Sachs

SURAMYA GUPTA
PUNEET KALRA

Class of 2001

Class of 1997

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

Executive Director, Russell Reynolds

Career Path

Career Path

Chief Financial Officer at MediaRing Ltd

Vice President at Merrill Lynch
Consultant at Stern Stewart & Co

Group Leader, Monitor Group

Senior Manager, Accenture
Vice President, APAC, Polaris Software

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RAKESH JHA

MAYUR DANAIT

Class of 1996

Class of 1996

Deputy CFO, ICICI Bank

Chief Information Officer, Lupin Ltd.

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 ....

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

PRABHJIT DIDYALA
Class of 1999

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

GURURAJ KARUR
Class of 1992

Country Manager Flavors, Givaudan India

SRIRAM C
VIVEK GOKARN

Class of 1996

Class of 1988

Group CEO, Broadvision Group

MD, Barclays Technology Centre India

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SHISHIR MANUJ
Class of 2000

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

NISHANT SAXENA
Class of 2000

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

SIVA SHANKAR
Class of 1991

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

SILVAN VARGHESE
Class of 1991

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

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SATWICK TANDON
Class of 2000

Director, DSP Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

ANJAN SEN
Class of 1988

Director Marketing, Pfizer

Career Path
Regional Marketing Team Leader Pfizer Africa,
Middle East, India, Pakistan, Israel and Turkey
Region

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PAURUSH ROY
SANJEEV GUPTA

Class of 2000

Class of 1987

Director, Samara Capital

Vice President, Razer

Career Path
Vice President, Deutsche Bank
Vice President, Citibank Corporate & Investment Bank

Career Path
Director Channels & Alliances, APAC - Consumer Business
Group, Cisco Systems

SUMEET NARANG
Class of 2001

Founder & MD, Samara Capital

Career Path
Chairman, Asian Oilfeild Services
Proprietary Investments, Goldman Sachs NY

SARTHAK PATTANAIK

Baker Scholar, John Loeb Fellow Harvard Business School

Class of 2000

Executive Director - Risk Analytics,

Nomura Securities, New York

VINEET SACHDEVA
FAKHRI SARJAN
Class of 1993

Director & Head - Portfolio Management Global Credit Products, Deutsche Bank

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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

Class of 1995

Partner, DE Shaw India Advisory Services

Career Path
Principal, IDFC Private Equity
Vice President, JumpStartUp Fund Advisors

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ASHISH RAI
Class of 2000

DEVEN SHAH

Regional Manager - Business Development,

Asia Pacific & Japan, Misys

Class of 2001

SVP Debt Capital Markets, Kotak Mahindra Bank

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

RAJARAM PAI

SUNDAR RAMASWAMI

Class of 1997

Senior General Manager (International Sales & Marketing),

Moser Baer Photovoltaic Ltd
Career Path

Class of 1999

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..

Global Competency Manager, IBM Global Services

GM, Delphi Automotive Systems

AJIT THAKUR
PIJUSH SINHA
Class of 2001

Class of 1997

Business Head, Sony Entertainment Television

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

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DEEPAK VERMA
Class of 2002

AJAY RAMACHANDRAN

Dy. Chief Manager, Times Private Treaties

Class of 1998

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

DEEPAK KUMAR

Brand Director - Van Heusen, Aditya Birla Nuvo

RAJAN GAJARIA

Class of 1999

Class of 1993

Chief Investment Officer, Azure Capital Advisors

Marketing Director - US, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis

ARINDAM BOSE
Class of 1997

KRISHNAN RAMDAS
Class of 1999

Advisor, MasterCard, Singapore

Career Path
Management Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group

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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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SABALEEL NANDY
Class of 2001

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.

SHWETA RAMANATHAN
Class of 2002

Manager - Financial Markets, ING

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

ABHAY KUMAR
Class of 1998

Director - Marketing (India, Japan, Korea),

American Express Global Prepaid

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25 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.

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Placement Committee
Chairman Placement
Prof. R.L. Raina
Administrative Officer
Rajeev Pandey
Office In-charge
Ram Baran +91-9935966010

Campus Coordinators
Abhilash Pillai
Karthik Rajeshwaran
Karthik Regunathan
Kaushik Vats
Maanas Agarwal
Mahesh Ramasubramanian
Rahul Joseph
Shreyas Dhamdhere

+91-9198221435
+91-9695899833
+91-9198619921
+91-9670137687
+91-9719792500
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"The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership,

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

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