The latest to join the list of Indian origin persons holding top posts at global corporations Satya Nadella's credentials resonate with this trend.
Nadella holds a Bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from Manipal University, a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Others in this league include, PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi, Reckitt Benckiser Chief Executive Rakesh Kapoor, Ajay Banga President and Chief Executive of MasterCard, Anshu Jain of Deutsche Bank.
Jain studied economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi and holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Reckitt Benckiser's Kapoor has a Chemical Engineering degree from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and an MBA from XLRI- Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, India.
While, Ajay Banga of MasterCard has a degree in Economics from St Stephen's College in Delhi and MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
The technical skills and the behavioural patterns of Indians executives make them very much adaptable to any kind of situation they come across.
According to experts this trend in higher education in Asia's third largest economy is wide spread.
As the first choice of any youth in India has always been engineering and preferably from one of the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology and a few years down the line they go for an MBA degree either from one of the premier Indian Institute of Management or from the US, they said.
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