Mr. Anil Manibhai Naik (1942- ) is one of India's best known professional managers who helped build Larsen & Toubro.

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla (1967-) is one of India's leading industrialists and is credited with expanding the worldwide footprint of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates of India.

Prior to being appointed as Chairperson, Mr. Pankaj R. Patel has been a member of the IIMA Board of Governors for eight years. Mr. Patel is the Chairman of Zydus Lifesciences Ltd., a discovery-driven, global Lifesciences company with operations in 55 countries worldwide. Mr. Pankaj Patel combines both research and techno-commercial expertise and has published over 100 research papers in peer reviewed journals and is a co-inventor in more than 64 patents.