List of IIM Calcutta alumni explained

This list of IIM Calcutta alumni includes notable people who are alumni of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

Business

• Sunil Alagh, former MD and CEO of Britannia Industries
• Ajit Balakrishnan, founder and chief executive officer of Rediff.com;^[1] chairman of the board of governors of IIM Calcutta^[2]
• Vikrant Bhargava, co-founder and group marketing director, PartyGaming^[3]
• Rohit Chadda, CEO for the digital business at Zee group (Zee Entertainment, Zee Media and DNA);^[4] co-founder of foodpanda.com; Fortune 40 under 40^[5]
• Ashish Chauhan, managing director and CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange^[6]
• Pranay Chulet, co-founder and CEO of Quikr
• Sunil Duggal, chief executive officer of Dabur^[7]
• Sanjay Gupta, country manager of Google
• Sabyasachi Hajara, chairman and managing director, Shipping Corporation of India^[8]
• Patu Keswani, chairman and managing director of Lemon Tree Hotels^[9]
• Shantanu Khosla, MD of Procter & Gamble India
• M. R. Madhavan, president and co-founder of PRS Legislative Research
• P M Murty, former MD and CEO of Asian Paints^[10]
• Srinath Narasimhan, managing director and chief executive officer of Tata Teleservices
• T. V. Narendran, MD of Tata Steel
• Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive officer, PepsiCo^{[11] [12]}
• Jessie Paul, author and marketer^{[13] [14]}
• Sudhakar Ram, founder and CEO of Mastek
• Sumant Sinha, founder, chairman and CEO, ReNew Power
• Shyam Srinivasan, MD and CEO of Federal Bank
• Nishi Vasudeva, chairperson and managing director at Hindustan Petroleum; first woman to head a Navratna PSU
• Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel (India)

Academics

• Prakash Apte, academician; professor and former director of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore^[15]
• B. B. Chakrabarti, former finance professor at IIM Calcutta; current Director of Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM Ranchi)
• Dipesh Chakrabarty, historian^[16]
• Ravi Dhar, George Rogers Clark Professor of Management and Marketing and Director of the Center for Customer Insights at the Yale School of Management^[17]
• Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Chair professor and Director of the Masters in Business Analytics degree program at Stern School of Business at New York University
• Dan Gode, professor at New York University
• Ramachandra Guha, historian and author
• Gita Johar, vice dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion and Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business, Columbia Business School, Columbia University^[18]
• Krishna Palepu, professor at Harvard Business School, senior adviser to the president for Global Strategy, Harvard University^[19]
• Vallabh Sambamurthy, Dean of the Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Chetan Sankar, Emeritus Professor of Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, Auburn University
• Mohanbir Sawhney, McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology, Kellogg School of Management^[20]
• Venkatesh Shankar, Coleman Chair Professor of Marketing and director of research at the Center for Retailing Studies at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University
• Paul Shrivastava, David O'Brien Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, Concordia University
• M. J. Xavier, founding director of Indian Institute of Management Ranchi^[21]

Literature

• Swati Kaushal, novelist^[22]
• Manreet Sodhi Someshwar, novelist^[23]
• Amish Tripathi, novelist, author of the Shiva Trilogy^[24]

Government, politics, and social work

• Ajay Bisaria, Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, former Ambassador to Poland and Lithuania^[25]
• Amolak Rattan Kohli, former Governor of Mizoram^[26]
• Vinayak Lohani, social entrepreneur, founder of Parivaar^[27]
• Dinesh K. Patnaik, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra, former Ambassador to Kingdom of Morocco and to the Kingdom of Cambodia; Deputy High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
• Krishnamurthy Subramanian, 17th Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India

Spirituality

• Swami Mukundananda, spiritual leader; bestselling author; founder of JKYog and Radha Krishna Temple, Dallas

Other

• Malli Mastan Babu, mountaineer; known for his Guinness World Record for scaling the seven summits in 172 days in 2006^[28]

Notes and References

1. http://ajitb.rediffiland.com//scripts/xanadu_diary_view.php?postId=1175607380 Rediffiland.com
2. http://www.iimcal.ac.in/campus/bog/bog.doc Iimcal.ac.in
3. http://www.iimcal.ac.in/newsandevents/fullarticle.asp?id=269 IIMCal.ac.in
4. Web site: ZEE Group appoints Rohit Chadda to the role of CEO - Digital Publishing. Bureau. Adgully. www.adgully.com. en-US. 2019-07-20.
5. Web site: Rohit Chadda IIM Calcutta. www.iimcal.ac.in. en. 2018-09-04.
6. Web site: Management Team (As of July 2011) . 5 September 2011 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920063842/http://www.bseindia.com/about/mgmteam.asp . 20 September 2011.
7. News: IIM-C alumni to meet on December 22 . 2 September 2012 . . 18 December 2006 . Kolkata.
8. Web site: Mr. Sabyasachi Hajara, CMD, The Shipping Corporation of India . Anil Mascarenhas & Hemant P. Maradia . 4 October 2011 . www.indiainfoline.com . 25 November 2009.
9. News: Patu Keswani, entrepreneur by chance. Nair. Radhika P.. 2011-06-03. The Economic Times. 2017-09-28.
10. News: Retail demand is likely to be more or less normal: Asian Paints . 20 June 2012 . . 27 July 2011.
11. http://mba.yale.edu/leaders_forum/profiles/nooyi_indra_bio.shtml Leaders Forum
12. https://money.cnn.com/2006/08/14/news/companies/pepsico_ceo/index.htm CNN.com
13. Web site: 10 Reasons to Read Jessie Paul's No Money Marketing. https://web.archive.org/web/20091031084536/http://business.in.com/article/appraisals/10-reasons-to-read-jessie-pauls-no-money-marketing/6072/1 . dead . 31 October 2009 . . 20 June 2012 . Vivek Kamath . 29 October 2009.
14. News: Wipro's CMO Jessie Paul quits to start own venture. . The Times Group. 20 June 2012. Shelley Singh. 10 November 2009.
15. News: Prakash Apte is new IIM director . https://archive.today/20130103182221/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-10-08/bangalore/27290927_1_prakash-g-apte-iimb-indian-institute . dead . 3 January 2013 . 20 June 2012 . . 8 October 2002.
16. Web site: Dipesh Chakrabarty Appointed to Faculty at Institute for Advanced Study . 20 June 2012 . Institute for Advanced Study.
17. Web site: Distinguished Alumnus Award IIM Calcutta. www.iimcal.ac.in. 2019-01-02.
18. http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/whoswho/bio.cfm?ID=47 Gita Johar, Columbia Business School Faculty Staff Directory
19. Web site: Biography - Krishna G. Palepu . 13 January 2012 . .
20. http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/bio/sawhney.htm Mohanbir S. Sawhney
21. Web site: IIM Ranchi gets new director from IIM Kolkata as Dr MJ Xavier steps down. www.mbauniverse.com. en. 2017-11-08.
22. News: The Chick-Lit Pandemic . Rachel Donadio . 17 January 2012 . . 19 March 2006.
23. News: Weaving tales around the Taj . Sana Amirjanu Narayan . 2 September 2012 . . 15 June 2012.
24. Web site: The Author . 12 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111206173849/http://shivatrilogy.com/the-secret-of-the-nagas/about-author.html . 6 December 2011.
25. Web site: IIMC alumnus, Ajay Bisaria (PGDM 20th Batch), the new high commissioner to Pakistan hopes for better relations IIM Calcutta. www.iimcal.ac.in. en. 2018-02-21.
26. Web site: AMOLAK RATTAN KOHLI . 20 June 2012 .
27. Web site: The Founder Parivaar. parivaar.org. en-US. 2017-11-08.
28. News: Malli Mastan Babu: India's mountain man. Bag. Shamik. 2015-09-20. livemint.com/. 2017-11-08.