Utsav Thapliyal is from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and his father is a government employee while his mother is a teacher. He joined IIMI in the IPM program, and he loved the undergraduate curriculum where he studied economics, statistics, and humanities and built a passion for subjects like political science, psychology, and geopolitics.
Siddharth Srivastava is a final year Human Resource Management student at the prestigious XLRI, Jamshedpur. He did his graduation with honours in Mathematics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi and completed his schooling from St. Columba’s School, New Delhi. A strong academic performer throughout, some of his accolades include XLRI Dean’s Certificate of Merit, INSPIRE Scholarship given by the Government of India and Dr. Ram Behari Mathematics Prize in his under- graduation.
Gautam Jayasurya is currently pursuing Human Resource Management and Labour Relations at TISS, Mumbai. Ever since his graduation from National Law University, Gautam Jayasurya has made meaningful contributions in the diverse fields of Law, Public Policy and Rural Development. An aspiring HR professional and marketing enthusiast with a penchant for creative writing and entrepreneurship, he dons the role of a martial arts practitioner and plays right back on a football field when he’s not engaged professionally.
Sabyasachi Dasgupta is presently a Student Council member in the 2nd Year of IIM Shillong. Having worked multiple years in the IT industry, he decided to pursue an MBA to get a much more specialized knowledge on the various nooks and corners of business that he felt were missing from his experience at his job. Having almost finished the 2 years of his MBA journey, he is quite confident to be able to apply the knowledge he gained there and tackle the problem in a much more holistic manner. In his free time, he loves to read books on mythology specifically Greek and Hindu and plans to someday write a detailed volume on the various knowledge and ideas that mythology gives which can even be applied to modern business situations.
Abhishek Soni has lived across numerous locations throughout the country and thus, he brings a rich and diverse set of experience to the table. Born in Maharashtra, he completed his initial education in Hyderabad, B.Tech from Manipal, and he is currently pursuing his MBA at IIM Shillong. He got the opportunity to intern at Mercedes-Benz, Pune during engineering and at BPCL, Mumbai during MBA.
Pragnesh Pahuja is an MBA candidate at IIM Bangalore. He is an ardent aspiring strategist. He interned with Bain & Company and will be joining them full time after graduating from IIM Bangalore in 2019. Prior to this, he worked with Axtria Pvt Ltd for 2 years and did his under graduation from BITS PILANI. Bitten by the travel bug and seized by the impulse to read and explore, he believes in the power of achieving the endless possibilities with hard work and determination. Pragnesh is an avid reader and enjoys fictional novels. He also enjoys running, badminton and is a huge fan of Coke Studio.
Amit Kumar Das is currently a 2nd year student pursuing the PGDM Course in IIM Shillong. Having completed an enriching 2-year work stint at Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Amit has had a recent stint in the marketing department at Tata Steel as a summer intern. In the professional front Amit Kumar Das is known to be a prolific team-player having been awarded with the “Employee Achievement Award” in his short stay by India’s largest automobile manufacturer for his dedicated customer-centric initiatives and suggestions. Amit Kumar Das hails from the town of Howrah and has been particularly interested in competitive quizzing which stemmed out the interest of exploratory travel.
This one is a story of from one of the topmost b-schools based in Mumbai, and while such stories may be true on any campus, but I want to share this story because I know people can relate to it.
