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A Diverse Dozen 12 profiles from the PGP & PGP-FABM 2017-19 batch of IIMA
July 19, 2017 | Ahmedabad
For the academic year 2017-2018, the incoming batch invited by IIM Ahmedabad is the most
diverse batch in recent years, both in terms of gender diversity, work experience and educational
background. Besides that, the batch includes students who have achieved significant accolades in
areas as uncommon as movie making, sports and fashion world.
Commenting on the diversity of the Batch of 2017-19, Mohammed Raafi, General Secretary,
Students’ Affairs Council of IIMA, said “These are interesting times. The increasing diversity
is a testament to the increasing relevance and acceptability of Management education and to
the vision of the Director and Leadership of the Institute. It is extraordinary and enriching to
witness a Rocket Scientist and a Miss India Elite engage in an argument in the same class.”
Here is a short introduction to some of the students of the 2017-2019 Batch.
AKANKSHA CHOUDHARY - Miss India Elite
A Bachelor of Arts (Economic Honors) degree graduate from Shri Ram
College Of Commerce, her most significant achievement has been to have a
well-balanced three years of my under graduation filled with achievements,
fun, and renewal. She has been able to win a national pageant (Miss India
Elite), a recognition to represent the country in International Pageant (Miss
Face of Beauty International) to be held in September, a platform like SAESM to participate as a
delegate from India. She previously worked with celebrities like Kanika Kapoor, Randeep
Hooda, Gauhar Khan, Zareen Khan, etc. during eminent fashion shows. Meanwhile, she ranked
5th in SRCC and got a recommendation from my mentor teacher, Mr. Rajiv Jha (Head Of
Department Economics, SRCC) and also had a chance to exhibit one of my paintings at Jawahar
Kala Kendra, Jaipur. In the next 2-3 years, she wants to try out different things across different
industries and functional areas. She wants to improve her skills and become an expert in all the
relevant skills necessary to be a consultant who would just not survive but thrive.
ANCHAL TAATYA – Serial Entrepreneur & Founder,
UrbanThela
An Entrepreneur & a CEO to have successfully set up and exited
FMCG business (Flour Mill, 250 Tonnes per day) with 4X returns
to promoters, Anchal’s current start-up, Urban Thela - Superfood
Company, won 1st Prize in BYST (Tata Trust and IFCI
organisation) B-plan Competition and he was also awarded Best
All-Round student award at NITK Surathkal. A fitness freak, he
plans to summit Mt. Everest. In his own words, “I am doing MBA, because till now, I was
running business intuitively, but I realized this is what I want to do for the rest of my life and it
makes sense to have a strong technical foundation in business management.”
APEKSHA SANGANERIA – Founder, MediDrive (Medicines
for marginalized)
Having graduated from BITS Pilani Hyderabad as a Bachelor of
Pharmacy and Masters in Science, Chemistry, Apeksha worked in a
healthcare startup called IndiaHealthLink. As Head of Business
Development at IndiaHealthLink, she contributed to the company from its inception to seed
funding stage. Having experienced the startup world, an MBA from IIM-A became the next step
to get the managerial knowledge & prowess to become an influential force in the health care
industry. A belief in giving back to the society led her to start a social initiative called MediDrive
to supply people in need with free medicines by collecting unused medicine from households. A
certified rescue scuba diver with a specialty in wreck, night and deep diving, she is also an
enthusiastic horse rider and an Emergency First Responder.
APRAJITA SHARMA – Public Policy & Ex-LAMP fellow
A graduate with a Masters in Public Policy from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai,
she has assisted a reputed Parliamentarian as a LAMP fellow. In her words, “An
MBA at IIMA allows me to draw industry-government linkages to realize
interventions nestled in a larger perspective of issues. My endeavor has been to
combine my academic rigor with functional experiences by undertaking internships with UNDP,
TMFL, NDTV, ITC SRA, Miditech and VIKSAT.” She has represented university in Inter-
Varsity Swimming and Basketball, and takes a keen interest public speaking, surfing, making
short-films, and photography.
ADITI AGARWAL – Fashion Designer, worked with Chikankari artisans
A fashion design graduate from NIFT, Raebareli, Aditi has worked in the
online retail of Chikankari (native hand-embroidery of Lucknow) garments
under the brand ‘Go Lucknow’. She is passionate about handicrafts and
painting. “To pursue my passion, I decided to go for design, but I soon
realized that formal management training was the needed for me to take my family business
forward which is my ambition in future,” she comments talking about her motivation to join
IIMA. She hopes to give the brand ‘Go Lucknow’ a national and hopefully, global recognition,
one day.
C.S.PRAKHYAT – Award winning Cinematographer & Moviemaker
C.S.Prakhyat is a self-taught Internationally acclaimed filmmaker with a
very diverse portfolio consisting of documentaries, short films, music
videos, advertisements and promo videos, all of which can be found on his
Vimeo channel: The C.S.Prakhyat Experience. He has made 9 award-
winning short films which have fetched him 17 International Film Festival selections, spanning
the USA, UK, Canada, Slovenia and India. For this feat, he has been accredited with an IMDB
page. His decision behind joining MBA was to learn how to manage a film crew better and to
develop a marketing acumen to increase the outreach of his films. When he isn’t shooting his
next piece de resistance, he actively participates in quizzes and occasionally hosts them as well.
GIRISH BAJ – Member, Satellite Launch Team of ‘Swayam’
An engineer from College of Engineering, Pune, Girish was a part of
the college team that developed a student satellite ‘Swayam’ which
was launched in space in coordination with ISRO. They also
developed an earth station for communicating with satellites in space.
He believes the projects to be a result of sustained team effort and
commitment and should motivate more innovations and wonders from
the youth. He chose to do study management as a blend of technology with management would
make a perfect combination for future leaders and innovators.
KANISHKA KHAIRE - Innovator
The critical issue of public hygiene and sanitation & the ‘Swatchh
Bharat Mission’ inspired Kanishka to think about these problems and
build a practical solution. During his under-graduation, he designed an
Automatic watering system for Urinals in collaboration with his
professor. It has since been patented and published in the Indian Patent
Journal. A civil services aspirant, he sees himself contributing towards
public policy in the long run. He decided to pursue management as he
believes that managerial expertise is essential for effective implementation of government's
policy.
OZAIR HAMDANI – National-level Chess player & Educated in
Africa (Botswana & South Africa)
Pursuing MBA to help convert his ideas into actions, Ozair has
previously interned with a start-up on a project funded by the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has spent the majority of his life
on the African continent, twelve years in Botswana, and four years
pursuing his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Cape
Town, South Africa. He is also an avid reader, writer, and a national level chess player.
RASHMI TELTUMBDE – International Tennis Player (ITF Pro-
circuit rank 958) & Ex-Captain – India Junior Fed Cup
Rashmi Teltumbde is from Mumbai. She finished her undergraduate
degree from Texas Tech University in the US as BBA in Economics
and Management in 2014 and has 14 academic awards there. She has
a work experience of 28 months in Nettech Pvt Ltd as a Business
Development Executive. Being a professional tennis player, she has
represented the country in 3 junior Grand Slams (two Australian Open and US Open) and also
captained the junior Indian Fed Cup team. In her free time, she likes to coach tennis to kids, cook
and travel. She believes a degree from IIMA would equip and ensure her goals would be
reached quickly.
REEMA BHAGIA – PR & Communications professional
After completing graduation, Reema joined Rediffusion Wunderman,
an advertising company, where she worked on their largest client -
Audi India for 16 months; the first ten months as a Project Executive,
the next six as a Senior Account Executive, after being awarded a
double promotion. Besides being an avid reader, she is also an
adventure sports enthusiast, having jumped off the world’s highest commercial bungee - Macau
Tower at 233 meters. Dancing since she was a child, she is trained in contemporary, jazz, and
improvisational dance at Dance Inc India. She aspires to use the knowledge gleaned at IIMA to
start a holistic health & wellness company.
UMANG AGARWAL – Ph.D in Animal Sciences
A Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from University of Maryland, Umang has
six years of experience in animal and human nutrition research in the US.
He worked with multiple animal species and humans to understand the
partitioning of nutrients for increased production efficiency (in animals),
and to understand the mechanisms of disease (in humans). He believes
that practical scientific interventions, coupled with the best management practices, are required
to bring about a successful large-scale impact in the agribusiness sector. Towards this end, a
PGP-FABM degree would make him a technical generalist who understands the scientific
nuisances of the business along with the big picture of the food and agri-business sector.
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