Shark Tank India 5: From Aman Gupta to Namita Thapar, Anupam Mittal- Education qualification of the judges

Shark Tank India is winning hearts with its fifth season. The sharks are entertaining the audience with its informative episodes. While the sharks have been making headlines since the start of the show, fans are wondering about their personal and professional lives. Here’s a look at their educational qualifications:-

Vineeta Singh’s educational background can be seen to have balanced technical skills with management skills. After completing her schooling in Delhi, she got admission into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, where she completed a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering. After completing that, she further advanced into business education with an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, with a specialization in marketing/branding.

Aman Gupta started his academic life in New Delhi. He did his early education in New Delhi and further pursued his business education at Delhi University. At the same time, he also appeared for the tough CA examinations conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He later did an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Indian School of Business, which is one of the most prominent business schools in India.

Anupam Mittal completed his academic pursuits with a special emphasis on management and strategy. After his undergraduate studies, he moved to the United States, attending Boston College in Massachusetts, one of the well-known institutions for business studies. He completed an MBA in Operations and Strategic Management, a postgraduate degree that gave him profound knowledge in organizational strategy, operations management, and business leadership.

Namita Thapar first pursued a commerce background at Savitribai Phule Pune University, simultaneously enrolling in the professional course of Chartered Accountancy at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Later, Namita headed to the United States for management studies, obtaining an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This gave her international exposure and a deeper understanding of leadership and finance.

Ritesh Agarwal’s formal educational background took a different path from the traditional system followed in obtaining a degree. After his primary education, he joined a college offering the University of London International Programme in an Indian institution. Later on, he chose to drop out of formal education and instead pursued a fellowship focused on experiential learning. He was later awarded the prestigious Thiel Fellowship to foster young innovators and work on projects instead of continuing traditional academic education.

Peyush Bansal’s academic foundation includes schooling in the Indian capital of New Delhi, followed by an undergraduate course in engineering studies. He pursued his studies in Canada at the prestigious McGill University, earning a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree that equipped him with the acumen pertinent to engineering design and analysis. Later, he pursued the Management Programme for Entrepreneurs and Family Businesses from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.

After finishing his schooling in New Delhi, Kunal got into the University of Pennsylvania to pursue a very prestigious dual-degree program called the Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology. This program enabled him to acquire two Bachelor’s degrees: one in Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UPenn, and another degree in Entrepreneurship, Operations & Information Management from The Wharton School of UPenn.