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Alumni Corner

Forbes India recognizes EDII’s alumnus Mr. Dibyajyoti Pattanaik among
‘India’s 100 Great People Managers 2021'

EDII’s alumnus Dibyajyoti Pattanaik joined ‘People’s Forum’ after learning the
dynamics of Micro-Finance and Micro-Enterprise Development as a part of Post
Graduate Programme in Management (Batch 2002-03). People's Forum, a
non-government organization catered to the credit needs of individuals at the
bottom of the economic pyramid. In 2005, Dibyajyoti along with founder of
People's Forum promoted Annapurna Finance. Mission Annapurna was a
Micro-Finance program, started with the belief of empowering women as they
are the backbone of the economy.

Promoting nancial independence, providing the right resources to people,
contributing massively in the critical areas of women empowerment, sanitation, health, child protection
etc. have become the life missions of Dibyajyoti, who has empowered millions of underprivileged. His
organization has broadened its scope by offering nancial support to the small, medium, and large
enterprises, and it rebranded itself as Annapurna Finance
Pvt. Ltd. Under the guidance and leadership of
Dibyajyoti, Annapurna Finance Pvt. Ltd. is one
of the top 10 NBFC-MFI in the industry.
Dibyajyoti, is also serving as the President of
Odisha Association of Financial Inclusion,
which is working towards nancial inclusion in
Odisha to serve the poor through responsible
nance.
EDII is proud of his achievement and wishes
him luck for even greater milestones in future...

Mr. Adarsh Kalia, FPM Scholar (2019-2023), has been selected for the prestigious
USASBE 2022 Doctoral Consortium for teaching and learning in entrepreneurship.

Mr. Krishan Mishra, PG Alumnus (2001-2002), has been appointed as the Country
Head International of Becker Professional Education. Mr. Mishra will manage India
operations for the Chicago, US based organization which provides best
Educational content for various courses globally.

Supack Industries Pvt. Ltd., a venture by Ms. Niyati Shah and Mr. Mitul Shah, PG Alumni
(1999-2001), has been awarded India CSR Leadership Award 2021 for "Project Pehal -
towards Empowerment & Sustainability” under the Education and Health category.

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