IIMA felicitates 10 alumni with Young Achiever's award
Instituted in 2015, the YAAA awards are presented every year to the IIMA alumni under the age of 45 in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions in the areas of Corporate Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Academics and Research, Social and Public Service, and Arts and Entertainment and Sports.
The awardees were felicitated by IIMA Director, Prof Bharat Bhasker and Dean (Alumni and External Relations) Professor Sunil Maheshwari during an event organised on the campus. In the Corporate Leadership category, Hemant Mundra, Managing Director, Warburg Pincus (PGP 2014) along with Saurabh Chandra, Partner and Financial Services Domestic Consulting Leader, EY (ePGP 2020); Rohan Suri, Managing Director, KKR and Co. Inc. (PGP 2010); Sudipto Sannigrahi, Managing Director, Z47 (PGP 2016) and Ashish Ashok Lakhotia, CEO, Fertilizer and Agri Inputs: ETG Input Holdco Limited (EEP 2018) were awarded.
In the Social Sector and Public Service Ramyakumar Bhatt, Deputy Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (ePGP 2022) and Chhavi Moodgal, CEO, IIM Ahmedabad Endowment Fund (PGP 2004) were felicitated. Further, in the Arts, Entertainment and Sports category Aditi Krishnakumar, author (PGP 2007); Anupama Muthukrishnan Devarajan, Carnatic Musician and Bharatanatyam Artiste (PGP 2006) and Ankur Garg, producer and partner, Luv Films LLP (Bollywood Production House) (3TP 2010) were awarded.
The IIMA has a network of around 46,000 alumni spread across the country and the world.
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