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Shadow a CEO
Shadow a CEO is a unique program organised by Indian School of Business (ISB) as part of Daan Utsav (earlier known as the Joy of Giving Week) to inculcate the habit of giving among the youth of India and provide them with an opportunity to interact up close with the country’s most successful managerial talent. The program has been a great success since its launch in 2009.
The objective of Shadow a CEO is two-fold:
- Engage the youth in the act of giving
- Provide them with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe and learn lessons by spending a day with some of the biggest CXOs.
The students bid for the CXO of their choice in a live auction. The CXO then contributes an equal amount, if not more and the collective corpus goes to a charity of the CXO's choice.
Keeping the current situation in mind, this year, we are proposing a hybrid model involving an online or offline shadowing experience. The details are as per below.
- Online shadowing/ virtual coffee date would involve a 60-90 minutes structured Q&A in which the student would ask questions to gauge how a day in the shoes of their idol looks like
- In an actual (offline) shadowing, the student would spend an entire day with the CXO, shadowing him/ her while the CXO performs his/ her day-to-day activities
The details of CXO's preference for online or offline shadowing is mentioned below.
Note: In a worst-case scenario wherein Coronavirus is still active next year and, hence offline shadowing doesn’t take place as planned between Feb'22 and May'22, we will charge only 40% of the bid amount (with a maximum cap of Rs. 5,000) towards the online shadowing.
Current post-graduate (PGP) students of ISB and other top business schools like IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, IIM L, and XLRI will participate in the online auction to be held between December 22-24, 2021.
CXOs on Board 2021
Sr. No |
Name |
Designation |
Company |
Industry |
City |
Shadowing Mode |
1 |
Abhishek Singh |
CEO |
MyGov |
Government, Tech |
New Delhi |
Offline |
2 |
Amit Chandra |
Managing Director |
Bain Capital |
Financial Services |
Mumbai |
Offline |
3 |
Anil Sardana |
MD & CEO |
Adani Transmission Ltd. |
Utilities |
Ahmedabad |
Offline |
4 |
Anshu Gupta |
Founder and Director |
Goonj |
Non-Profit |
Delhi |
Offline |
5 |
Balaji Viswanathan |
Founder and CEO |
Invento Robotics |
Research, Tech, Robotics |
Dallas, USA |
Offline/Online |
6 |
Dharamveer Chouhan |
Founder |
Zostel |
Travel, Start-Up |
At any Zostel property |
Offline |
7 |
Dinesh Thapar |
Group CFO |
Reliance Retail |
Retail |
Mumbai |
Offline |
8 |
Prashant Garg |
Founder |
LV Prasad Eye Institute |
Hospital and Healthcare |
Hyderabad |
Offline |
9 |
Hari Menon |
Country Director, India |
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Non-Profit |
Delhi |
Online/Offline |
10 |
Harish Kohli |
President & MD |
Acer India |
Computer Hardware |
Bangalore |
Offline |
11 |
Heidi Roizen |
Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur |
Softbank, T/Maker |
Venture Capital |
N/A |
45 minutes, Online |
12 |
Kailash Nadh |
CTO |
Zerodha |
Fin-tech |
Bangalore |
Offline |
13 |
Malika Sadani |
Co-Founder |
The Moms Co. |
E-Commerce |
Gurgaon |
Offline |
14 |
Meher Pudumjee |
Chairperson |
Thermax |
Energy |
Pune |
Offline |
15 |
Monisha Advani |
Founder |
Emmay |
Entertainment and Films |
Mumbai |
Offline |
16 |
Sanjeev Krishan |
Chairman |
PwC India |
Financial Advisory |
Mumbai |
Offline |
17 |
Shailender Kumar |
Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director |
Oracle India |
IT Services |
Delhi |
Offline/Online |
18 |
Smarinita Shetty |
Co-Founder & CEO |
India Development Review |
Civil & Social Organisation |
Mumbai |
Offline |
19 |
Tapan Singhel |
MD & CEO |
Bajaj Allianz |
Insurance |
Pune |
Offline |
20 |
Thulsiraj Ravilla |
Executive Director |
Aravind Eye Care System |
Hospital and Healthcare |
Madurai |
Offline |
21 |
Vikram Utamsingh |
Managing Director |
Alvarez and Marshal |
Managment Consulting |
Mumbai |
Offline |
22 |
Yasho Saboo |
Managing Director |
KDDL Limited |
Industrial Engineering |
Chandigarh |
Offline |
23 |
Manu Kumar Jain |
Global Vice President |
Xiaomi |
Internet |
Bangalore |
Offline |
24 |
Kumar Mangalam Birla |
Chairman |
Aditya Birla Group |
Conglomerate |
Mumbai |
Offline |
25 |
Kunal Jeswani |
CEO |
Ogilvy India |
Marketing and Advertising |
Mumbai |
Offline |
26 |
Dr. Devi Shetty |
Chairman & Founder |
Narayana Health |
Hospital and Healthcare |
Bangalore |
Offline |
27 |
Siddharth Roy Kapur |
MD |
Roy Kapur Films |
Entertainment and Films |
Mumbai |
Offline |
28 |
Atul Satija |
Founder and CEO |
The/Nudge Foundation |
Non-Profit |
Bangalore |
Offline |
29 |
Ajith Mohan Karimpana |
Founder & CEO |
Furlenco |
Consumer Services, Retail |
Bangalore |
Offline |
30 |
Sidharth Gupta |
Co-Founder |
Treebo Hotels |
Hospitality |
Bangalore |
Offline |
31 |
Sanjiv Puri |
Chairman & MD |
ITC |
Conglomerate |
Kolkata |
Offline |
32 |
Ajay Piramal |
Chairman |
Piramal Group |
Pharmaceuticals |
Mumbai |
Offline |
33 |
Anant Maheshwari |
President |
Microsoft |
Software, Internet |
Gurgaon |
Offline |
34 |
Dr. Santrupt Misra |
Director, Group H.R |
Aditya Birla Group |
Conglomerate |
Mumbai |
Offline |
35 |
Ravi Venkatesan |
Founder |
Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship |
Entrepreneurship |
Bangalore |
Offline |
36 |
Puja Marwaha |
CEO, India |
CRY |
Non-Profit |
Bangalore |
Offline |
37 |
Rohit Kapoor |
CEO, India |
Oyo |
Hospitality |
Gurgaon |
Offline |
38 |
Motilal Oswal |
CEO, India |
Motilal Oswal |
Financial Services |
Mumbai |
Offline |
39 |
Saurabh Mukherjea |
Founder and Chief Investment Officer |
Marcellus |
Investment Management |
N/A |
Online |
40 |
Suresh Narayanan |
Chairman and Managing Director |
Nestle India |
Food & Beverages |
Gurgaon |
Offline |
41 |
Vikram Kirloskar |
Vice Chairman |
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Ltd |
Automotive |
Bangalore and Toyota Plant |
Offline |
42 |
Rakesh Bharti Mittal |
Vice Chairman |
Bharti Enterprises |
Telecommunications |
Delhi |
Offline |
43 |
Mathew Job |
CEO, India |
Crompton |
Consumer Goods |
Mumbai |
Offline |
44 |
Shalini Raghavan |
CMO |
Nykaa |
Retail |
Mumbai |
Offline |
45 |
Shilpa Reddy |
MD |
Saptagir Camphor & Labs |
Chemicals |
Hyderabad |
Offline |
46 |
Vivek Singh |
MD |
Procam |
Sports |
Mumbai |
Offline |
47 |
Samyak Chakrabarty |
Founder |
xBillionlabs |
E-learning |
N/A |
Online |
48 |
Harshil Karia |
Founder |
Schbang |
Marketing and Advertising |
Mumbai |
Offline |
49 |
Yashraj Akashi |
CEO, India |
TedX India |
Non-Profit |
||
50 |
Vanshika Goenka |
Founder |
Kool Kanya |
Internet |
Mumbai |
Offline |
51 |
Kavindra Mishra |
CEO |
Anita Dongre |
Fashion and Design |
Mumbai |
Offline |
52 |
Vishal Gondal |
CEO |
GoQii |
Health, Wellness and Fitness |
Mumbai |
Offline |
53 |
Sarjan Shah |
CEO |
Satellite Group |
Real Estate |
Mumbai |
Offline |
54 |
Jeferry Goh |
CEO |
Star Alliance |
Airlines/Aviation |
Frankfurt/Singapore |
Offline |
55 |
Arvin Vohra |
CEO |
Redaptive Inc |
Renewables and Environment |
San Francisco |
Offline |
56 |
Ravi Ramachandran |
CEO |
Nua |
E-commerce |
Mumbai |
Offline |
57 |
Rajinder Gupta |
Chairman |
Trident Group |
Textiles |
Ludhiana (includes a factory visit in Bhopal |
Offline |
58 |
Venkatesh Natarajan |
Chief Digital Officer |
Ashok Leyland |
Automotive |
Chennai |
Offline |
Shadow a CEO Experiences
Pooshkar Rajiv, ISB & Mr. Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India
When I was asked to write this testimonial, I started wondering about the kind of value that can be derived from a program like “Shadow a CEO” if the entire thing happens online now.
Tomohiro Koba, ISB & Mr. Shivansh Tyagi, CEO, Navigus
It was my pleasure meeting with CEO Shivansh Tyagi, Navigus, edtech startup in Bangalore. As a foreigner in India, I’m strongly interested in the Indian startup culture and ecosystems which attract many international investors and companies.
Nihar Desai, ISB & Mr. Gaurav Gupta, COO, Zomato
I shadowed Gaurav Gupta, the COO of Zomato. I was fortunate enough to have gotten him at a reasonable bid. I've always felt that exposure to the working styles of CXOs is very valuable and I was not going to miss this opportunity.
Arpit Agrawal, ISB & Mr. U.B. Pravin Rao, COO, Infosys
As a part of Shadow a CEO, I happened to meet Mr. U.B. Pravin Rao, COO - Infosys, and spend a day with him, attending meetings, having lunch, and going through a cultural fest launch in Infosys, where he was the Chief Guest.
Maclene Katie Andrade, ISB & Mr. Harsh Mariwala, Founder & Chairman of Marico Limited
The highlight of my last term break at ISB was shadowing Mr. Harsh Mariwala, Founder & Chairman of Marico Limited. The discomfort I had on entering the cabin of the founder of an INR 40k crore company was thrown out the window looking at his warm nature and no-frills demeanor. In one word, the man in Inspiring.
Diptesh Deb, ISB & Mr Ajoy Misra, Managing Director, Tata Global Beverages Ltd.
I shadowed Mr Ajoy Misra, MD of Tata Global Beverages Ltd. The office is located very close to the iconic Bombay House(the home of Tatas). During the entire day I had several 1-1 with him. I even had the fortune of attending a meeting with Tata Trusts. It gave me a unique insight into the typical working day of a CEO. The experience was humbling and unique.
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