Ajit Andhare of the Founding Class of the ISB's post-graduate programme has been chosen the "Young Thought Leader for the year 2001" in the CRISIL Young Thought Leader Series - 2001 for his dissertation on "Privatisation: Lessons for India from the international marketplace". Ajit gets a cash award of Rs 5000 from CRISIL for being selected among the best ten entries for the series, which received 120 dissertations from institutes of repute all over India.
The 'CRISIL Young Thought Leader' (CYTL) Series is an initiative to encourage research and debate on issues on national relevance. CYTL series invites dissertations from students from leading business and economic schools in India on topics ranging from economy, infrastructure, and corporate strategy to national policy, with particular emphasis on points of inflection in the marketplace and the emerging trends.