Ankur Gattani (127/43)

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Year Degree/Certificate Institute/ School City CGPA/Percentage
2006 Bachelor of Technology – Engineering Physics IIT Bombay 6.53
2002 Class XII - CBSE St. John’s School, Kota 83.40 %
2000 Class X - CBSE St. Paul’s School, Udaipur 81.60%
ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS
ƒ All India Rank 815 in IIT JEE among over 1,50,000 candidates, 2002
ƒ Awarded Certificate of Merit by Delhi Association of Mathematics Teachers, through the National Mathematics Olympiad Contest, 1999
ƒ Awarded AA (10/10) Grade in both stages of the final year B.Tech Project, 2006
ƒ First Runner up in the District level science quiz organized by Department of Science and Technology, 1998
ƒ Awarded the Pre-Junior Personality Development Programme Certificate by Genius Students Society, Rajasthan, 1997
CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
ƒ Won the first prize at B-Samadhan, the National Level Business Strategy Competition organized by SJM School of Management, IIT Bombay to
devise a growth strategy for Educomp Solutions Ltd, judged by the CEO, Mr. Shantanu Prakash, 2006
ƒ Among top 2 percent of the High IQ people in the world - Certified member of Mensa International, 2006
ƒ Finalist in Vishleshan, the case analysis competition at The Annual Business Seminar’ 06 at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2006
ƒ Appointed as faculty of Computer Science for NSS Vidya, a social organization on IIT Bombay Campus, 2003
ƒ State and District winner in a science project competition conducted by Childrens’ Science Congress, 1997
SELECT PROJECTS AND PAPERS
ƒ B.Tech Project : An economics project on ‘Investment Climate, Foreign Direct Investment and Development’ , 2006
Brief : An extensive study of the literature on the role and importance of international trade and FDI, the factors affecting the choice of FDI
destinations and its relation to development. The relative importance of the factors was studied using statistical analysis on World Bank data
Achievement : Commended for impressive motivation, hard work and thorough empirical analysis and literature review
ƒ Presented a paper in the State Seminar on ‘Science and Technology in the New Millenium’ , awarded a certificate of merit, 1999
ƒ Presented a report on ‘Hospital Waste Management’ at the National level of Children’s Science Congress, 1997
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
IIM Calcutta
ƒ Initiated a relationship with The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) towards increasing industry interaction and
Member, Consulting Club facilitating SME consulting by students
ƒ Developing in-house projects on the systems at IIMC - library, mess etc.
Member, Center for ƒ Revived the relationship between IIMC and National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN)
Entrepreneurship and Innovation ƒ Working on a seed capital fund for student entrepreneurs via Alumni Support
Member, Entrepreneurship Cell ƒ Co ordinating with The IndUS Entrepreneurs for arranging judges and guest speakers
IIT Bombay
ƒ Solely responsible for assembling the jury for Eureka! 2005 Finals comprising international faculty, venture
capitalists and technocrats including Prof. Patrick Turner (INSEAD), Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala (Tenet)
ƒ Initiated the collaboration with FICCI, forged active relationships with AIESEC and INSEAD Singapore
Core Group Member ƒ Co- founded an Entrepreneurs’ Club towards inculcating a spirit of entrepreneurship in young people
The Entrepreneurship Cell ƒ Invited Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Mr. Ajay Piramal, Mr. Dilip Chhabria, Prof. Ashish Nanda (HBS),
Mr. Sushil Jiwarajka (Salora, FICCI) and other business luminaries for interaction with students
ƒ Attended TieCon 2004 and AIESEC National Congress 2004
ƒ Headed a team of 40 junior students to plan and execute workshops, competitions, guest talks and interviews
Manager, Events ƒ Arranged India’s first Business Simulation designed for entrepreneurial learning
Avenues’ 04, ƒ Obtained the rights to documentary films featuring Indian corporate stalwarts, from BBC Worldwide,
The Annual Business Meet London, for display during the meet
ƒ Worked with SJM School of Management students on event plans and marketing proposals
Co-ordinator, Assistance ƒ Initiated a feedback process for Mood Indigo participants leading to enhanced responsiveness
Mood Indigo’ 03, Cultural Festival ƒ Led a team of several students to ensure efficient functioning of the assistance window
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
ƒ Awarded the Institute Color 2004 for excellence in the field of organization at IIT Bombay (given only to 0.02% of students)
ƒ Second Runners Up in the paper modeling competition in Techfest 2003, IIT Bombay
ƒ In-charge of Hospitality for SPIC MACAY National Convention 2004, hosting over a thousand delegates and forty senior artists
ƒ Member, winning teams in Basket Ball, Table Tennis and Kho-kho at school level competitions
OTHER INFORMATION/INTERESTS
ƒ Study of Geeta : Interested in the relevance of the ancient text for contemporary youth
ƒ Street Photography: Like to focus on the subject and emotions to be captured
ƒ Social Activism : Part of social groups on and off campus at IIT Bombay and several online groups

ankur.gattani@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta