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The CAT 2023 exam is a few days away, and while candidates are in the last phase of their preparation, the indianexpress.com looked back at the profile of previous decade’s toppers and finds out where are they working. While tracking 46 candidates between 2011 and 2021, one common finding is that engineers have been dominating the top positions and there are fewer women toppers.
A few of these aspirants were tutors who appear for CAT every year to check the difficulty level, other candidates have picked either IIM-Ahmedabad, Bangalore, or Calcutta to complete their management studies. Most of these achievers are either working abroad or running their own startups. Take a look:
Maruti Konduri
Year of passing CAT: 2021, 2019 (100 percentile), 2020 (99.99 percentile), 2008 (99.97 percentile)
Graduation: IIT-Bombay
Post Graduation: IIM-Ahmedabad
Current work place : Co-founder at Cracku (Teaching Institute for CAT aspirants)
Chirag Gupta
Year of Passing CAT: 2021
Graduation: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune
Currently Pursuing Post Graduation: IIM Bangalore
Soham Katkar
Year of Passing CAT: 2021
Graduation: K J Somaiya College of Engineering Mumbai
Currently Pursuing Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Jitesh Mittal
Year of Passing CAT: 2020
Graduation: IIT Gandhinagar
Currently Pursuing Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Name : Somansh Chordia
Year of Passing CAT: 2019
Graduation: IIT Bombay
Post Graduation: Did not join any IIM
Current workplace: Working in Sony as a mechanical design engineer, in Japan
Rishi Mittal
Year of Passing CAT: 2019
Graduation: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Surat
Post Graduation: IIM Bangalore
Current workplace: Working in Accenture IMU (Strategy and Consulting)
Ashwin H.
Year of Passing CAT: 2019
Graduation: IIM-Ahmedabad
Currently Pursuing Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Debarshi Chanda
Year of Passing CAT: 2019
Graduation: Jadavpur University
Currently Pursuing Post Graduation: Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Patrick D’Souza
Year of Passing CAT: 2019, 2017
Graduation: Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)
Post Graduation: Did not join any IIM
Current workplace: Quoin Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Teaching Faculty)
Amit Bikram
Year of Passing CAT: 2018
Dual Degree: IIT Kharagpur (2013-2018)
Currently Pursuing MBA: IIM Ahmedabad
Niranjan Prasad Moleyar
Year of Passing CAT: 2018
Graduation: IIT Madras
Post Graduation: Did not join any IIM
Current workplace: Walmart Global Tech (Data Scientist)
Rickshesh Manchanda
Year of Passing CAT: 2018
Graduation: IIT Delhi
Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Current workplace: Founder (Startup for Product Development – Stealth Mode)
Rounak Majumdar
Year of Passing CAT: 2018
Graduation: IIT Kanpur
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Analyst)
Swapnil Suman
Year of Passing CAT: 2018
Graduation: Manipal Institute of Technology (2014- 2018)
Currently Pursuing Post Graduation: Studying (IIM Kozhikode) (2021-2023)
Chhavi Gupta
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: IIT Delhi
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Personal Counselling (AskChhavi)
Sai Praneeth Reddy
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: IIT Madras
Post Graduation: Ross School of Business, Michigan (MBA)
Current workplace: Cisco, Bangalore
Pramod Beri
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College (GGDSD) College
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: GOAT Brand Labs (Strategic Analyst)
Arvind Menon
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: IIT Bombay
Post Graduation: Did not join any IIM
Current workplace: Xion Multiventures (Algorithmic Trader)
Meet Aggarwal
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: SDJ International College
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: The Bridgespan Group (Consultant)
Mayank Raj
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: IIT Bombay
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Persistence (Project Manager)
Madhur Gupta
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: Delhi Technical University (DTU)
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: WestBridge Capital (Associate)
Chinmay Nerkar
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Goldman Sachs (Analyst)
Rajesh Balasubramanian
Year of Passing CAT: 2017, 2014
Graduation: IIT Madras
Post Graduation: IIM Bangalore
Current workplace: Founder-Director at (PiVerb)
Vishal Bohra
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: Jadavpur University, West Bengal
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Infra.Market (Senior Manager)
Avidipto Chakraborty
Year of Passing CAT: 2019,2017
Graduation: BITS Pilani, Goa campus
Currently Pursuing Post Graduation: The Wharton School
Shivam Gupta
Year of Passing CAT: 2017
Graduation: IIT Kanpur
Post Graduation: IIM Bangalore
Current workplace: Cars24 (Senior General Manager)
Mukesh Goyal
Year of Passing CAT: 2016
Graduation: PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh
Post Graduation: University of Delhi
Current workplace: CarDekho (Manager at strategy and Business Planning)
Renjith Thomas Joshua
Year of Passing CAT: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
Graduation: College of Engineering Trivandrum.
Post Graduation: Did not join any IIM
Current workplace: CAT Tutor
Pranit Arora
Year of Passing CAT: 2015
Graduation: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Post Graduation: Did not join any IIM
Current workplace: Uber (Senior Software Engineer)
Nishchay Budhiraja
Year of Passing CAT: 2015
Graduation: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Current workplace: Zomato (Strategy Analyst)
Sabyasachi Mishra
Year of Passing CAT: 2015
Graduation: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Intuit (BizOps Manager)
Sanuj Mittal
Year of Passing CAT: 2015
Graduation: Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi
Post Graduation: IIM Lucknow
Current workplace: TransUnion CIBIL Limited (Senior Product Manager)
Chirag Jha
Year of Passing CAT: 2015
Graduation: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Unilever (Marketing Manager)
Neha Manglik
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: BITS Pilani
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Cello Writing
Aditya Vikram Singh
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Guwahati
Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Current workplace: Rukam Capital (Vice President – Investments)
Pranjul Gupta
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Kanpur
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Millennium (Quantitative Researcher)
Harshveer Jain
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Bombay
Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Current workplace: Co-founder at Socializing Site – Mingout
Vishesh Patni
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Kanpur
Post Graduation: Did not join any IIM
Current workplace: OkCredit (Engineer)
Soumyadeep Chakraborti
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: Jadavpur University Kolkata
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Zalando (Product Lead)
Anurag Redd
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Bombay
Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Current workplace: Enphase Energy (Associate Product Manager)
Aashish Chiller
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Delhi
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: McKinsey & Company (Junior Associate)
Vibhu Gupta
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Bombay
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: McKinsey & Company (Engagement Manager)
M. Maheedhar
Year of Passing CAT: 2014
Graduation: IIT Delhi
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: MPL (Senior Manager)
Siva Surya Teja
Year of Passing CAT: 2013
Graduation: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Anantapur
Post Graduation: IIM Calcutta
Current workplace: Startup – Multiplier at Singapore HQ (Lead Strategist)
Abhiram Iyer
Year of Passing CAT: 2013
Graduation: IIT-Madras
Post Graduation: IIM Bangalore
Currently workplace: Ashok Leyland (Deputy Manager)
Anirudh Batra
Year of Passing CAT: 2013
Graduation: BITS Pilani
Post Graduation: IIM Ahmedabad
Current workplace: Kearney (Manager)
Siddharth Sharma
Year of Passing CAT: 2012
Graduation: IIT, Kanpur
Post Graduation: IIM, Bangalore
Current workplace: Airwallex (Senior Manager)
Ajinkya Deshmukh
Year of Passing CAT: 2011
Graduation: IIT Madras
Post Graduation: IIM Bangalore
Current workplace: Freshworks (Product Manager)
(This is not the complete list of IIM CAT toppers, as IIMs do not share toppers name)
