The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) announced the winners of the 9th edition of its Young Alumni Achiever’s Awards 2024 (YAAA 2024) on November 4, 2024. Initiated in 2015, these awards are given to its alumni under the age of 45 in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions in the areas of Corporate Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Academics, Social/Public Service and Arts/Entertainment/Sports.
The awards were given away by Professor Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIMA and Professor Sunil Maheshwari, Dean (Alumni and External Relations) at an event organised in the campus, which was attended by members of the larger IIMA community. This year’s winners are as follows:
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP
- Aarti Nihalani: PGP 2009 (Partner & Co-Head of India, Oliver Wyman)
- Devarajan Nambakam: PGP 2006 (Senior Managing Director & Co-COO, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs, India)
- Geetika Mehta: PGP 2003 (Managing Director, Nivea India Pvt Ltd)
- Kapil Modi: PGP 2008 (Managing Director & Partner, Carlyle India Private Equity)
- Madhurima Agarwal: PGP 2003 (Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups)
- Vivek Vikram Singh: PGP 2005 (Managing Director & Group CEO, Sona Comstar)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- Abhinav Jain: PGP 2011 (Co-Founder & CEO, Shop101, now part of Glance InMobi)
- Amit Kumar Agarwal: PGP 2004 (Co-Founder & CEO, NoBroker.com)
- Rahul Dash: PGP-2009 (Co-founder & COO, Purplle)
- Rashmi Daga : PGP 2003 (CEO & Founder, Fresh Menu)
SOCIAL SECTOR / PUBLIC SERVICE
- Kamanasish Sen: PGP 2011 (Superintendent of Police, Indian Police Service, West Bengal)
- Utsav Kheria: PGP 2011 (Co-Founder, Rocket Learning)
ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT / SPORTS
- Siddharth Surana: PGP-ABM 2005 (Sports, Archery- Gold: Men’s Recurve, Veteran National Championship Mar 2022)
