Selected as one of the Best 50 of India's Most Promising Incoming MBA Students 2024, Mridul Gupta joins XLRI Delhi-NCR from Bain Capability Network, where he was promoted to Senior Analyst. He blends client empathy with systems-level execution across energy work and mentors others while holding the line on integrity and quality. He blends client empathy with systems-level execution—leading utility benchmarking, market-entry, and TSR work across energy —and quietly carries dual workstreams when his manager is on leave, while holding the line on integrity and quality. As an entrepreneur-operator, he co-founded a book-renting venture, developed a credit-card recommendation tool using Apps Script, and scaled FareWealth to 12,000 followers with a Power BI transparency layer. He also grows communities (180DC Partnerships Director; VP, Society of Manufacturing Engineers; IEEE Delhi Section events for 4,000+) and teaches with Saajha.
Why He's Most Promising
Promising is empathy plus rigour under pressure. Mridul listens for the real problem, maps the system, visualises the work, communicates crisply, and delivers—then mentors others to do the same. With XLRI’s platform and his bias for continuous improvement, expect a consultant-operator who makes clients better and brings people along.
Congratulations, Mridul! Well deserved!
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India’s Most Employable MBA Graduate (Class of 2026)
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- This competition is for those graduating in 2026:
- Two-year MBA 2024–2026, or
- One-year MBA 2025–2026.
India’s Most Promising Incoming MBA Students (Class of 2027)
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- This competition is for those who joined B-School in 2025:
- Two-year MBA 2025–2027
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