Distinguished Alumnus Awards 2019

This year IIM Calcutta honoured 7 of its esteemed alumni with its annual flagship alumni award, Distinguished Alumnus Awards.

The recipients were Gita V. Johar, Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Dean’s Office and the Meyer Feldberg Professor of Business Marketing, Columbia Business School (CBS) for her notable contribution in academia. Vini Mahajan, Additional Chief Secretary, Investment Promotion and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Industries & Commerce and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Information Technology and in addition Additional Chief Secretary, Governance Reforms & Public Grievances, Government of Punjab received the award for her otable contribution in government sector. Sunil Duggal and Srikar Reddy received the award for their notable contribution in corporate. Sunil Duggal is the Former Chief Executive Officer of Dabur India Limited, while Srikar Reddy is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Member of the Board of Directors of Sonata Software Limited. In the category of notable contribution in business entrepreneurship, K Ganesh and Sumant Sinha received this award. K Ganesh currently runs GrowthStory.in, a leading venture builder platform that promotes and incubates 10 new ventures along with great entrepreneurs, while Sumant Sinha is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of ReNew Power – India’s largest clean energy company. Sanjiv Aiyar, Founder & CEO of ApKar Consulting – a Strategy Consulting Company that advises clients on growth, restructuring, operational transformation, capital raise, and mergers and acquisition (M&A) received the award for his notable contribution in social entrepreneurship.