CAT 2024 Results: IIM graduates ditched 9-5 jobs to found these top startups in India
CAT Result 2024: IIM Calcutta will tentatively declare MBA results in the second week of January 2025.
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Use NowVagisha Kaushik | December 10, 2024 | 03:03 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The top Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are home to some of the brightest minds in the country. Over the years, several IIM alumni have emerged as market leaders, serving the top positions in renowned firms or ditching the campus placements to start their own ventures. Naukri.com, MakeMyTrip, Swiggy, Bharatpe are some of the A-list companies in MBA universe founded or co-founded by IIM alumni while Deep Kalra, Indra Nooyi, Peyush Bansal are among the successful entrepreneurs who produced the million-dollar business ideas.
Notably, the IIMs behind the well-known enterprises and business tycoons are IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore , and IIM Calcutta. The IIMs admit students to their postgraduate programmes through the Common Admission Test (CAT). This year’s CAT exam was held on November 24.
CAT 2024 answer key is already out and done with. Now, MBA aspirants are awaiting CAT 2024 results , which IIM Calcutta will tentatively announce in January 2025 second week. Meanwhile, students can predict their CAT 2024 scores and get an idea on probable management admissions using the CAT 2024 percentile predictor and CAT 2024 score vs percentile.
Also read CAT 2024 Not Required; Top MBA colleges accepting XAT, GMAT, MAT, other scores
CAT 2024: Top companies started by IIM graduates in India
Here’s a list of companies started by IIM graduates in India along with the names of IIM startup founders. However, the list doesn’t end here and there are many IIM entrepreneurs out there who have left an impression on the world.
|
Name of company |
Founded in year |
IIM alumni |
Name of IIM |
|
Urban Company |
2014 |
Abhiraj Singh Bhal (Co-founder) |
IIM Ahmedabad |
|
FirstCry |
2010 |
Supam Maheshwari |
IIM Ahmedabad |
|
Nykaa |
2012 |
Falguni Nayar |
|
|
PharmEasy |
2015 |
Harsh Parikh |
IIM Bangalore |
|
Siddharth Shah |
IIM Ahmedabad |
||
|
MakeMyTrip |
2000 |
Deep Kalra |
IIM Ahmedabad |
|
BharatPe |
2018 |
Ashneer Grover (Co-founder) |
IIM Ahmedabad |
|
Treebo |
2015 |
Sidharth Gupta |
IIM Bangalore |
|
|
Rahul Chaudhary |
IIM Ahmedabad |
|
|
TaxiForSure |
2011 |
Radhakrishna
|
IIM Ahmedabad |
|
Naukri.com |
1997 |
Sanjeev Bhikchandani |
IIM Ahmedabad |
|
Rediff.com |
1996 |
Ajit Balakrishnan |
IIM Calcutta |
|
Lenskart |
2010 |
Peyush Bansal |
IIM Bangalore |
|
WhiteHat Jr |
2018 |
Karan Bajaj |
IIM Bangalore |
|
PepsiCo |
1989 |
Indra Nooyi (CEO from 2016 to 2018) |
IIM Calcutta |
|
BigBasket |
2011 |
Vipul Parekh |
IIM Bangalore |
|
Swiggy |
2014 |
Sriharsha Majety |
IIM Calcutta |
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