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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 as well as offline shadowing. 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 


Note:  In a worst case scenario wherein Coronavirus is still active next year and, hence offline shadowing doesn’t take place as planned between Jan'21 and Aug'21, 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 November 26-29,2020.

CXOs on Board 2020

Sr.no.

Names

Designation

Organisation

Shadowing mode

Shadowing City

1

A Balasubramanian

MD & CEO

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC

Hybrid

Mumbai

2

Abhishek Humbad

Founder and CEO

Goodera

Hybrid

Bengaluru (Tentative)

3

Abhishek Singh

CEO

MyGov

Hybrid

New Delhi

4

Amar Babu

Vice President

Lenovo IDG

Online

Not applicable

5

Amit Chandra

Managing Director

Bain Capital

Hybrid

Mumbai

6

Anand Kripalu

CEO

Diageo

Hybrid

Bangalore/Mumbai

7

Anant Maheshwari

President

Microsoft

Hybrid

Gurgaon (Tentative)

8

Anil Sardana

CEO

Adani Transmission Ltd.

Hybrid

Ahmedabad

9

Anirudh Pandita

Founder

Pocket Aces (Filter copy)

Hybrid

Mumbai (Tentative)

10

Anshu Gupta

Founder and Director

Goonj

Hybrid

Delhi

11

Anurag Behar

CEO

Azim Premji Foundation

Hybrid

Bengaluru

12

Ashishkumar Chauhan

CEO

Bombay Stock Exchange

Hybrid

Mumbai

13

Ayushi Gudwani

Founder and CEO

Fable Street

Hybrid

New Delhi

14

Balaji Viswanathan

Founder and CEO

Invento Robotics

Hybrid

Bangalore

15

C.P. Gurnani

CEO

Tech Mahindra

Hybrid

New Delhi

16

Dharamveer Chouhan

Founder

Zostel

Hybrid

Gurgaon (Tentative)

17

Dhruv Agarwala

Founder and CEO

Elara Technologies

Hybrid

Gurgaon

18

Dinesh Thapar

CFO

Reliance Retail

Hybrid

Mumbai (Tentative)

19

Dr. G.N.Rao

Founder

LV Prasad Eye Institute

Hybrid

Hyderabad

20

Dr Indu Bhushan

CEO

Ayushman Bharat

Hybrid

New Delhi

21

Gaurav Gupta

Partner & Asia Director

Dalberg Advisers

Hybrid

Bangalore

22

Gautam Raj Anand

Founder

Hubhopper

Hybrid

New Delhi

23

Hari Menon

Director

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Hybrid

Bangalore

24

Harish Kohli

President & MD

Acer India

Hybrid

Bangalore

25

Heidi Roizen

Venture Capitalist, Entrepreneur

Softbank, T/Maker

Online

Not applicable

26

Hemant Kanoria

Chairman

SREI

Hybrid

Calcutta

27

Himanshu Jain

President

Diversey

Hybrid

Mumbai

28

Jeffrey Goh

CEO

Star Alliance Airlines

Online

Not applicable

29

Kailash Nadh

CTO

Zerodha

Hybrid

Bangalore

30

Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Chief Economic Advisor

Govt. of India

Hybrid

Delhi

31

Malika Sadani

Co-Founder

The Moms Co.

Hybrid

Gurgaon

32

Meher Pudumjee

Chairperson

Thermax

Hybrid

Pune

33

Monisha Advani

Founder

Emmay

Hybrid

TBD

34

PC Mustafa

Co-Founder & CEO

ID Fresh

Hybrid

Bangalore (Tentative)

35

Pravin Rao

Chief Operating Officer

Infosys Limited

Hybrid

Bangalore

36

Puja Marwaha

CEO

CRY

Hybrid

Bangalore

37

Radhika Gupta

MD & CEO

Edelweiss AML

Hybrid

Mumbai

38

Rajat Kakar

Managing Director

Sony Music India

Hybrid

Mumbai

39

Ram Rangarajan

Vice President

Stryker Global Technology Center, India

Hybrid

Gurgaon

40

Ronnie Screwala  

Founder

Unilazer Ventures, UpGrad

Hybrid

Mumbai

41

Sairee Chahal

CEO, Board Member

Sheroes, PayTM

Hybrid

New Delhi

42

Sanjeev Krishan

Chairman

PWC

Hybrid

New Delhi

43

Sanjiv Mehta

CEO

HUL

Hybrid

Mumbai (Tentative)

44

Saurabh Mukherjea

Founder

Marcellus Investment Managers

Hybrid

Mumbai

45

Shailender Kumar

Managing Director

Oracle

Hybrid

New Delhi/Gurgaon

46

Shekhar Gupta

Founder

The Print

Hybrid

Delhi

47

Sivakumar S  

CEO

ITC's Agri and IT Businesses

Hybrid

Hyderabad

48

Smarinita Shetty

Co-Founder & CEO

India Development Review

Hybrid

Mumbai

49

Srikrishna Sridhar Murthy

CEO

Sattva Consulting

Hybrid

Bangalore

50

Sumer Juneja

Head of India

SoftBank Investment Advisers, India

Hybrid

Mumbai/Delhi

51

Sundeep Sikka

CEO

Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited

Hybrid

Mumbai

52

Sunil D'Souza

CEO

Tata Consumer

Hybrid

Mumbai

53

Sunil Lulla

CEO

Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India

Hybrid

Mumbai

54

Tapan Singhel

CEO

Bajaj Allianz

Hybrid

Pune

55

Thulsiraj Ravilla

Executive Director

Aravind Eye Care System

Hybrid

Madurai

56

Vani Kola

Managing Director

Kalaari Capital

Hybrid

Bangalore

57

Victor Cheng

Founder

Caseinterview.com

Online

Not applicable

58

Vikram Utamsingh

Managing Director

Alvarez and Marshal

Hybrid

Mumbai (Tentative)

59

Vivek B. Singh

Managing Director

Procam International

Hybrid

Mumbai

60

Vivek Gupta

Founder

Licious - A great meal begins here

Hybrid

Bengaluru (Tentative)

61

Yasho Saboo

Managing Director

KDDL Limited

Hybrid

Chandigarh
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Tomohiro Koba, ISB & Mr. Shivansh Tyagi, CEO, Navigus

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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.

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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.

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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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