Meghana Narayan Explained

Meghana Narayan (born 11 May 1984 in Pune, Maharashtra, India) is an international swimming champion. She was also one of India's Rhodes Scholars in 2000, and currently works as a management consultant in London.

Swimming career

• Asiad swimmer and former national champion.^[1]
• Women's swimming relay team, 2x400m freestyle, 13th Asian Games, Bangkok, 1998^[2]
• ... Meghana Narayan ... [etc.] have all done us proud by winning medals in the international level.^[3]
• Member of KCR Women's Relay Team, National Champions, 1998.^[4]
• In 1998, was National 100m, 200m Fly Record Holder.^[4]

Records

• 1995 - 400m butterfly, 4:39.00^[5]
• 1997 - 200m butterfly, 2:24.24, 11 November 1997^{[6] [7]}
• 1998 - 50m butterfly^{[8] [9]}

Education

• Computer Science and Engineering at UVCE, Bangalore University, 1999.^[1]
• Masters in computer science as a Rhodes scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, 2002.^[10]
• MBA, Harvard Business School, 2007.

Whilst at Oxford, she earned a "blue" in swimming.^[10]

Post Oxford

After a spell as a Business Analyst in Delhi with McKinsey & Co,^{[1] [11]} she went on to get an MBA from the Harvard Business School (2005–2007),^{[12] [13]} and from 2007 through 2015 worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in London and Delhi.^{[12] [13]} In 2015–2016, she co-founded Slurrp Farm, an organic food company for children based in Delhi.

Personal

Meghana met her fiancé, Arunabha Ghosh, in Oxford; they married in Bangalore.^[1]

References

• Geetha Rao (2002) Back from the dreaming spires, 17 July 2002, Bangalore Times.
• Geetha Rao (2004) Cheesecake and love for India brought them together, 24 August 2004, Bangalore Times.

Notes and References

1. Rao 2004
2. http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/dec/07h.htm Indians hugujkhiuhnujhnok
3. http://www.mysoresports.com/pages/swimming/Html/Swimming.htm Swimming - Mysore Scene
4. http://www.swimgala.com/profiles/clubs/kcreddy.asp K. C Reddy Swim Center
5. Roopa Rao (1998) Tandon, Millet better marks; Zeba zooms to gold, 6 September 1998, The Indian Express.
6. http://www.rediff.com/sports/2003/sep/22swim.htm Shikha, Akbar best swimmers
7. M R Praveen Chandran (1997) Pedder pockets gold, 11 November 1997, The Indian Express.
8. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030918/sports.htm Three records in national aquatics
9. , 18 September 2003, The Hindu.
10. Rao 2002
11. http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?vmi=&id=929506&pvs=pp&authToken=a19u&authType=name&locale=en_US&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile Meghana Narayan
12. http://www.facebook.com/meghanan Meghana Narayan's facebook profile
13. http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/meghana-narayan/5/48b/845 Meghana Narayan