Meghana Narayan
Meghana Narayan (born 11 May 1984 in Pune, Maharashtra, India) is an international swimming champion. She was also one of India's Rhodes Scholars in 2000, and currently works as a management consultant in London.
Swimming career
[edit]- Asiad swimmer and former national champion.[1]
- Women's swimming relay team, 2x400m freestyle, 13th Asian Games, Bangkok, 1998[2]
- ... Meghana Narayan ... [etc.] have all done us proud by winning medals in the international level.[3]
- Member of KCR Women's Relay Team, National Champions, 1998.[4]
- In 1998, was National 100m, 200m Fly Record Holder.[4]
Records
[edit]- 1995 - 400m butterfly, 4:39.00[5]
- 1997 - 200m butterfly, 2:24.24, 11 November 1997[6][7]
- 1998 - 50m butterfly[8][9]
Education
[edit]- Computer Science and Engineering at UVCE, Bangalore University, 1999.[1][10]
- Masters in computer science as a Rhodes scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, 2002.[10][11]
- MBA, Harvard Business School, 2007.[citation needed][10]
Whilst at Oxford, she earned a "blue" in swimming.[11]
Post Oxford
[edit]After a spell as a Business Analyst in Delhi with McKinsey & Co,[1][12] she went on to get an MBA from the Harvard Business School (2005–2007),[citation needed][10][13] and from 2007 through 2015 worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in London and Delhi.[citation needed][10][13] In 2015–2016, she co-founded Slurrp Farm, an organic food company for children based in Delhi.
Personal
[edit]Meghana met her fiancé, Arunabha Ghosh, in Oxford; they married in Bangalore.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Rao 2004
- ^ Indians hugujkhiuhnujhnok, 7 December 1998, Rediff on the net
- ^ Swimming - Mysore Scene, mysoresports.com
- ^ a b K. C Reddy Swim Center, www.swimgala.com
- ^ Roopa Rao (1998) Tandon, Millet better marks; Zeba zooms to gold[permanent dead link], 6 September 1998, The Indian Express.
- ^ Shikha, Akbar best swimmers, 22 September 2002, rediff.com
- ^ M R Praveen Chandran (1997) Pedder pockets gold[permanent dead link], 11 November 1997, The Indian Express.
- ^ Three records in national aquatics, 17 September 2003, The Tribune, India.
- ^ Rajeev sinks National mark in 50m butterfly[usurped], 18 September 2003, The Hindu.
- ^ a b c d e Meghana Narayan's facebook profile
- ^ a b Rao 2002
- ^ Meghana Narayan, Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co, India. www.linkedin.com
- ^ a b Meghana Narayan Archived 2 December 2012 at archive.today, Associate at McKinsey & Co, London, United Kingdom. uk.linkedin.com
- Geetha Rao (2002) Back from the dreaming spires, 17 July 2002, Bangalore Times.
- Geetha Rao (2004) Cheesecake and love for India brought them together, 24 August 2004, Bangalore Times.