Savita Mahajan

Savita Mahajan

Mentor and Advisor

Savita Mahajan is the former Deputy Dean at the Indian School of Business, India. She was associated with the ISB for 14 years, since its inception in 2001, and was responsible for building its second campus at Mohali, Punjab, as its CEO, from 2009-2013.

After obtaining an undergraduate degree in Economics from Lady Shriram College, Delhi University, Savita did her MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in 1981. Since then, she has worked in several Indian organisations, including Maruti Udyog Limited, Bharat Technologies, Karvy Consultants, and Intergraph India, in diverse industry sectors, including automobiles, engineering, financial services and software. At Karvy and Intergraph, she was Head of Strategy and Organisation Development.

Savita has carried out consulting and training assignments for corporations and development organisations, including GE Capital, the Planning Commission, the World Bank, and the Tibetan Government in exile of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.

She is widely travelled, and spent a year (1988-89), at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs, at Princeton University, USA, as part of a mid-career fellowship programme. Her professional interests include Strategic Management, Institutional Values, Leadership, and Organisational Change.

Savita featured in Business Today’s 2013 list of “30 Most Powerful Women in Indian Business.”

She is an independent Director on the Boards of:

1. Aurobindo Pharma Limited, Hyderabad
2. Orient Green Power Limited, Chennai
3. Institute for Leadership Development, a Jaipur based not-for-profit institution, focused on skill development
4. Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, an NGO based in Hyderabad

She is also a member of the Governing Council of the ‘Vedica Scholars Program’, a unique higher education initiative for grooming women managers.