Born in a family of doctors, it came as a surprise to Pranav's parents when he told them that he wanted to study management rather than pursue a prestigious engineering degree. It had not been many years since 3 Idiots had shook the nation, and a little glad that it was management and not wildlife photography, that his parents smilingly agreed. He went on to pursue management studies from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (CBS), where he got a lot of opportunities to become the kind of student and kind of person he wanted to be.
Mradul Yadav is a student of IIM Lucknow, with a strong inclination towards strategy and marketing. He is a mechanical engineering graduate from NIT Surathkal and has worked with sales and marketing consulting firm, ZS Associates for 2.5 years, and Honda Two Wheelers for 6 months before joining IIM Lucknow.
Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Sahithi has done her schooling and spent her formative years in Mumbai, Chennai and Dehradun. She graduated in 2016 from Shiv Nadar University where she pursued electronics and communication engineering with a minor in English. Her experience at IIM Shillong has been extremely enriching in that she has had good exposure to lessons from professors in classes, competitions, PR activities as a member of the Public Relations Cell, her summer internship in the Global Business Operations department at VMware and the considerable learnings from interactions with fellow students there.
Nandhini N was born and brought up in Tuticorin, a southernmost district of Tamil Nadu. During her schooling, she was the Best Outgoing student of her batch. She did her engineering in College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG), Anna University in Chennai. She has been part of the National Social Service (NSS) in both school and college and has organized camps as part of the NSS activity.
Hailing from Kolkata, West Bengal, Sumana is a computer science engineer, currently pursuing an MBA in Human Resource Management from Xavier School of Human Resource Management, Bhubaneswar. She has worked as an HR intern with Wipro Limited and a Marketing Communications intern with Color Blind Communication. Having served as a core member in various clubs and committees, organizing formal and informal events has been her forte. She has won a couple of competitions conducted by B-Schools like IIT Kanpur, and corporate houses like Careers360, Career Launcher, Dell, and The Print. She is an extremely passionate dancer and is formally trained in the Classical Dance form of Bharatnatyam. She takes a deep interest in Creative Writing and Social Work too. She has undertaken several projects as a volunteer with the United Nations India Chapter and CRY-Child Rights and You. As a young budding writer, she likes exploring a variety of genres in the form of short stories, poems, snippets, musings, and microtales. She has been working as a content creator in a couple of startups, web pages, online blogs, magazines and writing communities. She is a member of ‘The Writer’s Nest’ (North-Eastern Writing Community), administrator of a Kolkata Bloggers certified blog ‘Masqueraded Insurgence’ and author at ‘My Trending Stories’ (a USA-based online blog magazine). In her free time, she takes up the role of a freelance student counsellor at Careers 360 and TapChief Expert.
Boyina Sravana Venkata Raju was born and brought up in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh. Currently, he is pursuing his PG at NITIE, Mumbai. He did his summer internship at P&G and was awarded a pre-placement offer after the two months stint. Prior to joining NITIE, he was working in Vizag steel plant as a junior manager for 3 years and was running a startup named fatafatfix.com. Before that, he has worked in Futures first and Tata motors as a market analyst and assistant manager respectively. He also did strategic consulting for some startups. He graduated from NIT Durgapur in 2012. These experiences were intended to accustom him with the ability to learn and adapt quickly and successfully.
