NMIMS Mumbai Alumni | Celebrity Alumni

NMIMS Mumbai Notable Alumni association acts as a bridge between the business school and the corporate world. NMIMS is one of the most popular universities in Maharashtra. The list of notable alumni includes many popular faces like John Abraham, Paresh Rawal, Vikas Bahl from Bollywoord, apart from this names like Avani Davda, Denna Mehta from buisness sector are a few names.

It is well known for its MBA/PGDM programs, but it also offers other undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD level courses in 16 different streams. 

NMIMS Mumbai Notable Alumni

NMIMS Mumbai's alumni are very important stakeholders of the School. A few of the most well known notable alumni of NMIMS are as follows:

• John Abraham
• Aruna Jayanthi
• Vikas Bahl
• Avani Davda
• Nitin Rakesh 
• Shreya Shanker
• Paritosh Painter
• Denna Mehta
• Sundar Raman
• Paresh Rawal

John Abraham

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John Abraham is one of the best Indian actors, Model and Film Producer. John was born on 17 December 1972. He made his debut in Bollywood with Jism (2003), but the first commercial success that made him the star he is today was Dhoom 2004. He has a list of commercial and critical Successes under his name Garam Masala, Taxi No 9211, Dostana, New York, Housefull 2, Race 2, Shootout at Wadala, Madras Café, Welcome Back, Batla House and Pramanu are only a few of them.

Profession: Actor

Aruna Jayanthi

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Aruna Jayanthi is one of the most well-known businesswomen in India and is managing director of Capgemini's Asia Pacific and Latin America right now. Jayanthi received the India Today Woman Award in 2013. She was also listed in Fortune India's Most Powerful Woman in 2011 and 2012. Jayanthi also works as an executive council member of NASSCOM. She was also on the Business Today "The Most Powerful Women in Business" in 2011-15 and 2017-18. In addition, Aruna has been holding the position of chairperson, board of governors of the National Institute of Technology Calicut.

Profession: Businesswoman

Vikas Bahl

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Vikas Bahl is known for his predominant work in Hindi cinema. He is an Indian Film Producer, Director and Screenwriter. He has received various awards such as National Film Awards and Filmfare Award for his work. He had produced several films under the name of Phantom Films. In his earlier days, he used to work as the head of UTV Spot Boy. His most famous work is critical and commercial success "Queen" (2014), for which he was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Director. Bahl was born and brought up in Delhi. 

Profession: Film Producer

Avani Davda

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Avani Davda was the youngest CEO of Tata Group; she was not only the CEO at Tata Starbucks. Avani grew up in Mumbai. She completed her bachelor's degree from HR College of Commerce and Economics, and then she completed her MBA from NMIMS Mumbai. She has working experience working in different Tata Group companies, such as Tata Administrative, The Indian Hotels Company and Infiniti Retail Ltd. She was ranked 13 on Fortune and food & wine in "The Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink". Currently, she is working as Managing Director of Godrej Nature's Basket. 

Profession: CEO, Tata Starbucks

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Nitin Rakesh

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Nitin Rakesh is an Indian-American Businessman. He has a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, and later on, he completed his Master's in Management Studies from NMIMS Mumbai. He has holded many top positions in various companies throughout his career, such as he had worked as Chief Executive of State Street Syntel Services, a joint venture between Syntel and State Street Bank. He also worked as CEO and Managing Director of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. He is currently working as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Mphasis. He was also appointed as CEO and President of Syntel. He has won the Gold Stevie Award in the Innovator of the year category. He also won the 2018 outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award.

Profession: Businessman

Shreya Shanker

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Shreya Shanker is an Indian Model and Beauty Pageant holder. Shreya was born on 25 March 1997 in Bihar, India. Shanker has been crowned Femina Miss India Bihar in 2019, Femina Miss India United Continent 2019. She also represented India at Miss United Continent 2019 in Ecuador. Shreya's father is a serving Brigadier of the Indian Army, while her mother is a freelancing Counsellor in Bihar. Her grandfather was Dr R. S. P. Verma, who is a well known eminent Psychologist of Bihar. 

Profession: Model

Paritosh Painter

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Paritosh Painter is an Indian Director, Theatre actor, Film and TV writer. Paritosh was born on 8 January 1972. He is known for writing many famous films, namely Dhamaal, Paying Guests and All The Best: Fun Begins. He also has his own theatre production company, Ideas The Entertainment Company, which has produced laughing riots like Whose wife is it Anyway, Liar Liar, I Do, Mad House, See no Evil, and many more. Painter has worked at Reliance Broadcast Network as the Network's Creative Director. He is the Creative mastermind behind "Har Mushkil ka Hal", India's First Historical Comedy on Big Magic. He was the one who launched shows like Big Googly with Javed Jaffrey on 92.7 Big FM. In addition, he has worked on a TV Drama series named Honey Juda Na Hum.

Profession: Director, Actor

Denna Mehta

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Deena Mehta is an Indian Businesswoman, Financial Adviser, CA, Social activist and Broker. Deena was born on 18 February 1961 in Gujarat, India. She was the first female member of the Bombay Stock Exchange and then became its first woman President. She is currently The Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of Asit C. Mehta Investment. Mehta is also known for being on the Board of Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, Gandhar Oil Refinery Limited, Magma Housing Finance Limited and Fino Payment Bank Limited. She was awarded for her outstanding contribution in the field of finance and Honoured by Cosmos bank. 

Profession: Businesswoman

Sundar Raman

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Sundar Raman is an Indian Sports Business Professional. He was born in 1971 in Madurai, India. Sundar is currently CEO –Sports at Reliance Industries Limited. He had also worked for the Board of Control for Cricket in India and was Chief operating officer for the Indian Premier League from 2008 to 2015. Raman graduated from PSG College of Technology and then did his post-grad from NMIMS Mumbai.

Profession: Businessman

Paresh Rawal

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Paresh Rawal is an Indian Comedian, Film Producer, Politician and Actor. Paresh was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. He debuted with the film Arjun in 1985. He has appeared in over 100 films. His most famous of the bunch are Hera Pheri, Andaz Apna Apna, Aankhen, Golmaal: Fun unlimited, Chup Chup Ke, Awara Paagal Deewana, Hulchul, Deewane Huye Paagal, Bhagam Bhag and many more. He has also produced Hindi Soaps like Teen Bahuraniyaan, Main Aisi Kyun Hoon, Laagi Tujhse Lagan. The Government of India awarded Paresh Rawal Padma Shri for his contribution to the Entertainment Industry. He has won various awards throughout his career, such as National Film Award for the best-supporting actor, Filmfare Award for Best Performance in Negative role, Filmfare Award for best performance in Comic Role, and the list keeps ongoing.

Profession: Actor, Producer, Politician

NMIMS Alumni Association

The alumni association proudly publish about the achievement of their alumni on their website. The alumni portal is a social media platform which is alumni exclusive. Given below are few of the important Links:

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Alumni Association	Click Here
Alumni Portal	Click Here

Other Prominent NMIMS Mumbai Alumni

Other than the above mentioned prominent NMIMS Mumbai alumni, other few prominent Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies alumni with various professions are listed below.

Name	Profession
Harish Iyer	Indian Equal Rights Activist
Dhvani Desai	Indian Animated Filmmaker
Kiran Janjani	Indian Actor
Payal Shah Karwa	Indian author
Rajeev Siddhartha	Indian actor
Priya Kumar	Indian writer and motivational speaker
Deven Bhojani	Indian actor and director
Upendra Rai	Indian journalist and writer
Gautam Shiknis	Founder and MD of Palador Pictures
Mangesh Ghogre	international crossword constructor with puzzles
Hemal Trivedi	Indian documentary film director, editor and producer