INDRA NOOYI

Indra Nooyi was born into a Tamil family. She completed her schooling from Holy Angels AIHSS, Chennai. She received a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Madras Christian College in 1974, and earned an MBA at the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta. Beginning her career in India, Nooyi held product manager positions at Johnson & Johnson and textile firm Mettur Beardsell. She was admitted to Yale School of Management in 1978 and earned a master's degree in Public and Private Management. Graduating in 1980, Nooyi started at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and then held strategy positions at Motorola and Asea Brown Boveri.
In addition to being a member of the PepsiCo board of directors, Nooyi serves as a member of the boards of the International Rescue Committee, Catalyst[12] and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. She is a Successor Fellow of the Yale Corporation and member of the Board of Trustees of Eisenhower Fellowships, and currently serves as Chairman of the U.S.-India Business Council.
In 2007, she was chosen as a recipient of the Padma Bhushan award by the Government of India. In 2008, she was elected to the Fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Gaurav Jain
PRDM I sem
(batch 2009-11)