Alumni News

IIMB CONGRATULATES ITS DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS RAJAMANNAR

M V Rajamannar, Distinguished Alumnus of IIMB (PGP 1983-85) and Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and President, Healthcare Business, Mastercard, is among the first to be inducted in the #ForbesCMO Hall of Fame. 

Rajamannar has been globally recognized for his innovative thinking and leadership in business transformation. He has been a featured speaker several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He also holds a patent in the consumer packaged goods space.

Rajamannar’s advice for young managers: “In my experience when you find something you love to do, it won’t feel like work. Be curious and stay agile. Network with purposeDQ over IQ. When you surround yourself with smart, dependable and driven people, you can do well. But the real differentiation comes when you place value on decency above all else. Build a talented, diverse team with a high decency quotient and positive energy, and you have a winning formula.”


PGP ALUM P. UDAYAKUMAR TAKES OVER AS CHAIRMAN & MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION AND AS CHAIRMAN OF NSIC VENTURE CAPITAL FUND LIMITED

Alum of the 1988 batch Udayakumar, who was Director (Planning & Marketing), was given the additional charge of CMD by NSIC with effect from June 2022

IIM Bangalore alumni continue to make the institute proud of their accomplishments. Alumnus P. Udayakumar from the 1988 batch of the two-year full-time MBA: Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), has taken over as Chairman and Managing Director of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), Delhi and as Chairman of NSIC Venture Capital Fund Limited (NVCFL).

P. Udayakumar, who was Director (Planning & Marketing), was given the additional charge of CMD by NSIC with effect from June 2022.

An expert in the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) domain, Udayakumar has been a part of many initiatives of the Ministry of MSME as well as NSIC’s growth story over a period of 12 years. He is also a member at the Investment Committee of the PE growth fund, namely SRI Fund, under the Ministry of MSME.

Udayakumar is a Mechanical Engineer from the College of Engineering, Guindy with post-graduation from IIM Bangalore. Moreover, he has around 12 years of Board experience.

Spectacular achievements of the alumni like these enable the institute to extend the reach of the IIM Bangalore community across continents.