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How does a .003% chance of success sound to you? That's the acceptance rate of the master's program at the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, one of the best business schools in Asia. Out of 250,000 annual applicants, only 800 are accepted. (Compare those odds to the acceptance rates at Stanford, Harvard and The University of Chicago B schools, which hover at a generous 10-15%.) And at IIM Calcutta, the admissions test is a grueling eight-month process unlike anything we see in the States. Rajan isn't daunted by towering odds. He's drawn to them. Throughout his life and career, he's demonstrated a penchant for tackling seemingly insurmountable challenges. It was just like Rajan to apply to the master's program, knowing full well his chances for success were close to zero. He persevered and was accepted. After completing his MBA, Rajan launched himself into a series of challenging projects for highly respected companies such as Cambridge Technology Partners, Wipro and Infosys, showing a particular agility when addressing intricate technological quagmires. For Hughes Software Systems, he successfully led the first Siebel Systems software implementation in India, and for Macerich, the first real estate vertical Siebel implementation in the United States. Rajan is also credited with transforming the customer care budgeting process of a well-known Internet giant from a jumble of Excel spreadsheets into a highly effective and efficient state with well-defined processes, systems and responsibilities. Rajan continues to pursue new challenges both professionally and personally. Last year, he decided to start running competitively. Within weeks, he nailed a six-minute mile. Now he's training for his first marathon. On race day, his wife and two boys expect to see him at the head of the pack. |
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