Meghana Narayan

Meghana Narayan (born 11 May 1984, Karnataka, India) was an international swimming champion. She was also one of India's Rhodes Scholars in 2000, and currently works as a management consultant in London.

Early years

Meghana Narayan was born 11 May 1984 in Karnataka, India. Her native language is English.^[1]

Swimming career

• Asiad swimmer and former national champion.^[2]
• Women's swimming relay team, 2x400m freestyle, 13th Asian Games, Bangkok, 1998^[3]
• ... Meghana Narayan ... [etc.] have all done us proud by winning medals in the international level.^[4]
• Member of KCR Women's Relay Team, National Champions, 1998.^[5]
• In 1998, was National 100, 200 Mtr Fly Record Holder.^[5]

Records

• 1995 - 400m butterfly, 4:39.00^[6]
• 1997 - 200m butterfly, 2:24.24, 11 November 1997^[7][8]
• 1998 - 50m butterfly^[9][10]

Education

• Computer Science and Engineering at UVCE, Bangalore University, 1999.^[2][11]
• Masters in computer science as a Rhodes scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, 2002.^[11][12]
• MBA, Harvard Business School, 2007.^{[citation needed][11]}

Whilst at Oxford, she earnt a "blue" in swimming.^[12]

Post Oxford

After a spell as a Business Analyst in Delhi with McKinsey & Co,^[2][13] she went on to get an MBA from the Harvard Business School (2005–2007),^{[citation needed][11][14]} and since August 2007 has worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in London.^{[citation needed][11][14]}

Personal

Meghana met her fiance, Arunabha Ghosh, in Oxford; they married in Bangalore.^[2]

Arunabha studied^[2]

• Economics at St. Stephen's College, Delhi (University of Delhi)
• Masters in politics and philosophy at Oxford on an S Radhakrishnan scholarship
• M Phil in international relations as a Marvin Bower scholar

References

1. ^ Meghana Narayan profile, en.netlog.com
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Rao 2004
3. ^ Indians have a miserable day at Bangkok, 7 December 1998, Rediff on the net
4. ^ Swimming - Mysore Scene, mysoresports.com
5. ^ ^{a b} K. C Reddy Swim Center, www.swimgala.com
6. ^ Roopa Rao (1998) Tandon, Millet better marks; Zeba zooms to gold, 6 September 1998, The Indian Express.
7. ^ Shikha, Akbar best swimmers, 22 September 2002, rediff.com
8. ^ M R Praveen Chandran (1997) Pedder pockets gold, 11 November 1997, The Indian Express.
9. ^ Three records in national aquatics, 17 September 2003, The Tribune, India.
10. ^ Rajeev sinks National mark in 50m butterfly, 18 September 2003, The Hindu.
11. ^ ^{a b c d e} Meghana Narayan's facebook profile
12. ^ ^{a b} Rao 2002
13. ^ Meghana Narayan, Business Analyst at McKinsey & Co, India. www.linkedin.com
14. ^ ^{a b} Meghana Narayan, 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.

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