List of Governing Board Members

SN Name Brief Background Year of Joining
1 Tushaar Shah Ph.D from IIMA, Director-IRMA (1987-97), Senior Scientist-Advisor (International Water Management Institute, a UN agency), Board member, ICICI Bank, Member of various Central Govt. committees on water resources 2000
2 Arvind Sharma MBA (IIMA), Chairman (Leo Burnett Asia), acknowledged advertising industry leader, credited with UPA win in 2004 2002
3 Pulak Prasad MBA (IIMA), Sr. Consultant at McKinsey, heads an investment firm with assets under management of $4 Billion 2012
4 Abhay Mangaldas MA., Entrepreneur, heads Shreyas School, which was one of two schools set up by Maria Montessori herself 2018
5 Apoorva Oza Global Lead, Aga Khan Foundation; engineer and MBA from Institute of Rural Management, Anand; served as Chief Executive of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP-I) for more than a decade 2021
6 Sridhar Rajagopalan Engineer from IIT and MBA from IIM Ahmedabad; Founder Chief Executive of Educational Initiatives (EI), the premier educational testing organization of India 2021
7 Pankaj Suman Jain (Founder and Chairman) BE (IITR), Ph.D. (IIMA), Faculty (IRMA) 1982–94, visiting faculty in UK/USA leading universities, international development consultant 2000
8 Ashutosh Dikshit Consultant, Deloitte; formerly Indian Revenue Services 2022
9 Neharika Vohra Professor, Organization Behaviour Area, IIM Ahmedabad 2023
10 Janat Shah Founding Director and Professor, IIM Udaipur 2023

List of Trustees

SN Name Brief Background Year of Joining as Trustee
1 Neelima Khetan Visiting fellow, Brookings India; former Group CSR head, Vedanta Group; VP of CSR at Hindustan Zinc; Director, CSR and Sustainability, Coca-Cola India and SouthWest Asia; India Country Director, American India Foundation; CEO, Seva Mandir; Acting Director, Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) 2024
2 Rajesh Agarwal Professor of Practice (Chairperson of Executive MBA Programs) at IIM Udaipur; former Associate Professor at IRMA and IIM Ahmedabad; former Director of Finance at ADG (Finance) 2024
3 Ajay Pandey Professor, IIM Ahmedabad (2001 onwards); associated earlier with MDI Gurgaon, ASCI Hyderabad, and IIM Lucknow in faculty positions 2013
4 Pankaj Jain BE (IITR), Ph.D. (IIMA), Faculty (IRMA) 1982–94, visiting faculty in UK/USA leading universities, international development consultant 1996