Top Targets for India

Mukesh Ambani completed his graduation with a bachelor`s degree in
chemical engineering from the UDCT, now Institute of Chemical
Technology, Mumbai. He later enrolled for an MBA from Stanford
University but completed only one year of the two year programme, to
help out his legendary father in business.

Anil Dhirubani Ambani group head Anil Ambani completed his Bachelors
degree from University of Bombay (as it was known then), followed by
Master of Business Administration degree from University of Pennsylvania
Wharton School.

Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group. A
chartered accountant by qualification, he also has an MBA from the
London Business School.

Deepak Parekh is the Chairman of Housing Development Finance
Corporation. A Chartered Accountant, Parekh began his career with Ernst
& Young Management Consultancy Services in New York. After returning
to India, he worked with Grindlays Bank and also Chase Manhattan Bank as
its assistant representative for South Asia. Parekh joined HDFC in
1978.

Cyrus P Mistry is the Chairman of Tata Sons. He has been a Director
since the year 2006. Mistry is a graduate of Civil Engineering from
Imperial College, UK (1990) and has a M.Sc. in Management from London
Business School (1997). He was also recently bestowed with the Alumni
Achievement Award by the London Business School.

Ratan Tata completed his B.S. in architecture with structural
engineering from Cornell University in 1962, and the Advanced Management
Program from Harvard Business School in 1975.

Anand Mahindra is the Chairman and Managing Director of one of
India’s largest enterprise, Mahindra & Mahindra. He graduated magna
cum laude from Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1977 (he
studied filmmaking at Harvard), and completed his MBA from Harvard
Business School, Boston, Massachusetts in 1981.

Telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal is the founder, chairman and Group
CEO of Bharti Enterprises. He started his career at 18 after graduating
from Panjab University in 1976 and founded Bharti. He is also an alumnus
of Harvard Business School, USA.

N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys earned a
bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of
Mysore in 1967 and a master’s degree in technology from the Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1969.

Azim H Premji, Chairman, Wipro holds an electrical engineering degree
from Stanford University, USA.

Venu Srinivasan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Sundaram
Clayton Ltd and TVS Motor Company. After graduating as an engineer from
the University of Madras, he completed a Master’s Degree in Management
from Purdue University in the USA.

Shiv Nadar is the founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar
Foundation. He received a pre-University degree in The American College,
Madurai and degree in Electrical And Electronics Engineering from PSG
College of Technology, Coimbatore.

Bajaj Auto MD Rajiv Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction,
in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then
completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, with
distinction, from the University of Warwick in 1990.

Manoj Gaur, CEO & MD of Jaiprakash Associates Limited holds a
Civil Engineering degree. Sameer Gaur, MD and CEO at Jaypee Sports
International Limited completed his Masters in Business Management from
the UK.

Media Baron Kaladnidhi Maran has an MBA from the University of
Scranton, US.

Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, Managing Director of JSW Steel, holds B.E in
Mechanical Engineering from M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology which
was then under Bangalore University.

Raghav Bahl is the Controlling Shareholder and Managing Director of
Network 18. An Economics graduate from St. Stephens College, he has done
his MBA from the University of Delhi.

UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya studied at St. Xavier’s College,
Kolkata, and graduated with a Bachelors of Commerce degree. While in
college, he was interning in his family businesses. After he graduated,
he also interned at the American part of Hoechst in the United
States.

Kushal Pal Singh Teotia is the chairman and CEO of DLF Limited. After
graduating in science from Meerut College, Uttar Pradesh, he pursued
Aeronautical Engineering in UK.

Narayanaswami Srinivasan is the Managing-Director of the India
Cements Limited. He holds a B.Sc. (Tech) from Madras University, a M.Sc.
from the University of Chicago and completed his post-graduation in
Chemical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Malvinder Mohan Singh is the former Chairman and CEO of Ranbaxy
Laboratories. He received his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of
Business.Brother Shivinder Mohan Singh holds an Honours Graduate in
Mathematics. He also received his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua
School of Business.

Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director and Director, InterGlobe
Enterprises Limited (IndiGo airlines) holds a degree in electrical
engineering from University of Waterloo, Canada.

Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao is the Founder Chairman of GMR Group, a
global infrastructure developer and operator based in India. He is a
mechanical engineer by qualification.

Uday Kotak, is the Executive Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of
Kotak Mahindra Group. He is an alumnus of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of
Management Studies.

Chanda Kochhar is currently the Managing Director (MD) of ICICI Bank
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). After graduating, she

Kiran Majumdar Shaw is the Chairman & Managing Director of Biocon
Limited a biotechnology company based in Bangalore. She completed her
BSc Zoology Honours course from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
University and later did her post-graduation in Malting and Brewing from
Ballarat College, Melbourne University.

Mallika Srinivasan, the Chairman and CEO of TAFE did her in MA
(econometrics) from Madras University. She completed her MBA from the
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Naina Lal Kidwai is the Group General Manager and Country Head of
HSBC India.She is a chartered accountant by profession, later earned a
Bachelors degree in Economics from University of Delhi and an MBA from
Harvard Business School. She was the first Indian woman to graduate from
Harvard Business School.

Neelam Dhawan is the Managing Director of Hewlett-Packard India. She
holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from St.Stephen’s College, New
Delhi, and a Masters in Business Administration from the Faculty of
Management Studies, Delhi University.

Dr. Preetha Reddy is the Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals
Enterprise Limited. Dr. Preetha Reddy holds a B.Sc from Stella Maris
College Chennai, and a Masters in Public Administration from Madras
University.

Roopa Kudva is Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of
CRISIL and she is also Region Head, South Asia, Standard & Poor’s.
She is a graduate in Statistics and a post-graduate in management from
IIM, Ahmedabad.

Sulajja Firodia Motwani, an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, USA,
Sulajja started her career at BARRA international, a leading investment
analytic firm in California. She worked there for four years before
joining Kinetic. She is now the Joint Managing Director of Kinetic
Engineering Ltd and Director, Kinetic Motors.

Swati Piramal who followed up her MBBS with a Master’s in Public
Health from Harvard University, is now Director, Strategic Alliances and
Communications, Piramal Healthcare.