Panel on Business School Director
Mr. Amit Agnihotri
Founder, MBAUniverse.com. Convener, Indian Management Conclave.
Deeply passionate about media and education sectors, Mr. Agnihotri is a serial
entrepreneur with a passion for creating ‘platforms’ that first create a vibrant
community and then serve their interest. His professional journey began at MDI
Gurgaon, in one India’s leading B-school, where he chose a career in media – a
fledgling sector in mid 1990s. Chucking a plush corporate job, he worked at RK
Swamy BBDO and HTA/JWT. In 2000, he co-founded Exchange4media. In the
next five years, he engaged with top global ad and media industry mavens like
Martin Sorrel and Rupert Murdoch at Cannes and other ad industry platforms in
US & Asia.
In 2009, Mr. Agnihotri founded MBAUniverse.com. This was the merging of two
of his life’s passions – media and education. Today, MBAUniverse.com is India’s
No 1 MBA Portal. 95 out of Top 100 B-schools utilize the platform to reach out
to the students’ community. In 2010, he also set up the Indian Management
Conclave (IMC), which has grown to become India’s biggest MBA Education
Conference and Awards platform. Along the way, he has co-authored many
books on management education including ‘Envisioning Future of Indian MBA
Education’ (McGraw-Hill, 2015) and ‘Enhancing B-school Competitiveness’
(Pearson, 2016). He serves on the Advisory Committees of AICTE and AIMA.