High-profile alumni of Indian institutions - Brief Article

Black Issues in Higher Education, March 27, 2003 by Shilpa Banerji

GURURAJ "DESH" DESHPANDE: President and CEO, Sycamore Networks

Education: Bachelor's, IIT-Madras, master's, electrical engineering from the University of New Brunswick, Canada, Ph.D., Data Communications, Queens University, Canada

VlNOD DHAM: Former senior vice-president, Intel; also known as the "Father of the Pentium" chip microprocessor

Education: Bachelor's, Delhi College of Engineering, University of Delhi, master's in electrical engineering, University of Cincinnati

RAKESH GANGWAL: Former President and CEO, US Airways

Education: Bachelor's, IIT-Kanpur, MBA, Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania

RAJAT GUPTA: Managing Director-Worldwide, McKinsey & Co.; Chairman of the Board of Associates, Harvard Business School and Dean's Advisory Council, M.I.T. Sloan School of Management

Education: Bachelor's, IIT-Delhi, MBA, Harvard Business School

UMANG GUPTA: President and CEO, Keynote Systems

Education: Bachelor's, IIT-Kanpur, MBA, Kent State University, Ohio

VINOD KHOSLA: Co-founder, Sun Microsystems; Vice-Chairman, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers

Education: Bachelor's, IIT-Delhi; master's in biomedical engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; MBA, Stanford University School of Business

VICTOR MENEZES: Senior Vice-Chairman, Citigroup

Education: Bachelor's, IIT-Bombay, MBA, Sloan School of Management, M.I.T.

INDRA K. NOOYI: President and Chief Financial Officer, PepsiCo Holdings; Ranked 4th in Fortune's List of Most Powerful Women in Business

Education: Bachelor's, Madras Christian College; MBA, IIM-Calcutta; MBA, Yale School of Management

DR. BEHRUZ SETHNA: President, State University of West Georgia

Education: Bachelor's, IIT-Bombay; MBA, IIM-Ahmedabad; Ph.D. in Business, Columbia University