Top Qualified Indians

Top Qualified Indians

Srikant Jichkar

Many of the people wouldn't know about Shrikant Jichkar. He was the man who was officially known as India's most qualified person; because during his lifetime, the man had amassed 20 degrees from writing 42 University examinations!

With his name immortalized in the Limca Book of Records, Jichkar already had 14 portfolios to his credit by the time he turned 25. As per the Limca Book of Records, Jichkar's status as the country's most qualified person remains uncontested.

During his lifetime, Jichkar earned the following degrees:

1. Medical Doctor, MBBS and MD
2. Law, LL.B.
3. International Law, LL.M.
4. Masters in Business Administration, DBM and MBA
5. Bachelors in Journalism
6. M.A. Public Administration
7. M.A. Sociology
8. M.A. Economics
9. M.A. Sanskrit
10. M.A. History
11. M.A. English Literature
12. M.A. Philosophy
13.M.A. Political Science
14. M.A. Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
15. M.A Psychology
16. D. Litt. Sanskrit – the highest of degrees in a University
17. IPS 
18. IAS

Jichkar passed most of his exams with first division and won several gold medals as well.

The man appeared for 42 University examinations during the period of 1973 and 1990. After clearing his IPS exam, he soon resigned only to write his IAS exam which he cleared as well. After four months, he resigned from his post to contest the first general elections. 

He got elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1980, becoming India's youngest politician. He also served as the member of Maharashtra Legislative Council, as a Minister of State, and as a parliamentarian of Rajya Sabha.

Jichkar's love for academics is proven further by his large collection of 52,000 books that he maintained in his personal library. The genius passed away at the age of 49 in a car accident.

Dr. Hardial Singh Sainbhy

With a total of 35 degrees to his credit, Dr. Sainbhy is one of the most degreed people in the world. This Indian super student has degrees in a wide array of subjects, holding 15 masters degrees, five post-graduate diplomas, a bachelor of law, AMIE and AMSIE certification, and numerous bachelor’s degrees.

Sainbhy has spent most of his life in a college classroom and plans to keep earning degrees for as long as he’s able to attend classes.

Amitabh Bachchan

Let us know about the qualification of Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. He loved studies and didn’t stop after completing his graduation from Sherwood College in Nainital.

He went to Delhi and did a double major in Science and Arts from Kirori Mal College and also an honorary Doctorate degree from Queensland University in Australia to his credit. Guess all that education did help him in turning out to be not just a great actor but a wonderful human being with a statesman like personality.

R.K. Rai

Some people just can’t get enough of being a student, and R.K. Rai is one of those people. Over his lifetime this 65-year-old has earned more than 30 degrees, including a mind-boggling 22 MAs, 5 PhDs, and three D. Litts – all in widely divergent fields. Now retired from his work as a professor, Rai believes that lifelong learning is essential to a happy life, which may be why he plans to keep earning degrees even though he’s retired from academics. He’s currently working on a MA in astrology from Magadh University and plans to return to college as an administrator in the coming months.

Over his lifetime he has earned more than 30 degrees, including a mind-boggling 22 MAs, 5 PhDs, and three D. Litts – all in widely divergent fields

Ashoka J. Prasad Jr.

Indian professor Ashoka Prasad is a leader in the medical field in his country, helping advance pediatrics and neonatal care for Indian citizens and has taught at schools like Columbia, U Penn, Harvard, Yale, and Cambridge.

While he may teach health-related topics to his students, he has degrees in a much wider range of studies, totaling 19 degrees in all. These degrees include an MA in anthropology from Cambridge as well as MRC in psychiatry from the University of Edinburgh though he holds others in geography, history, mathematics, and aviation medicine. 56-year-old Prasad has since retired to his home in India, but he still writes and speaks on many psychiatry topics.

Dr. Manmohan Singh

India’s 13th Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh,  was selected as the Finance Minister of India in 1991. Thereafter, he was selected as the Prime Minister of our Great Nation.  During his tenure of PM of India, people talked about how he was running the government, and lots of time we heard that he was not a strong leader, he was a puppet of Sonia etc. However, please have a look at his academic achievements:

Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh

1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University, Chandigarh
1954; Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge
1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge,
1957; DPhil (Oxford), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India's export competitiveness

Dr. Manmohan Singh, has one of the strongest of CVs of a politician in India. Inspite of being highly qualified, Dr. Manmohan Singh couldn’t help dirtying his hands in the Rs 1.86 lakh crore Coal Scam. Leave aside the scam, the economic state of affairs in the past decades have been shambolic.

Cyrus P. Mistry

Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, took over the reins of Tata Sons on December 28, 2012.  He was the younger son of construction tycoon Pallonji Mistry and MD of Shapoorji Pallonji.  He helmed Tata Sons for nearly four years and was today replaced as the Chairman of the company by former chief Ratan Tata.

Mistry is a graduate of Civil Engineering from Imperial College, UK (1990) and has a Page on M.Sc. in Management from London Business School (1997). He was also recently bestowed with the Alumni Achievement Award by the London Business School.

Rajiv Bajaj

Mr. Rajiv Bajaj, the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Bajaj Capital Ltd,  is also the Founding Chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board, India. He has been one of the key people involved in bringing the globally recognized Certified Financial PlannerTM professional designation to India.

Mr. Rajiv Bajaj graduated first in class, with distinction, in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune in 1988, and then completed his masters in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, with distinction, from the University of Warwick in 1990. He pursued his MBA (International Wealth Management) from University of Geneva, Switzerland and an Executive MBA (International Wealth Management) from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He held an 'International Certificate for Financial Advisors' from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), London, UK. He was also amongst the first batch of 25 Certified Financial Planner (CFPTM) designation holders in India.

Chanda Kochar

She is currently the Managing Director (MD) of ICICI Bank and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

After graduating, she pursued Cost Accountancy ICWAI and also acquired the Masters Degree in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Raghuram Rajan

Last but not the least, Raghuram Govind Rajan, is the son of former intelligence officer R. Govindarajan. The third child in the family, he was born on February 3, 1963 in the Bhopal city of Madhya Pradesh, India.

 

He completed his schooling from ‘Delhi Public School R. K. Puram’ and then went on to ‘Indian Institute of Technology’, Delhi. He was presented with the ‘Director’s Gold Medal’ upon completion of his graduation in electrical engineering from the Ivy League institution, in 1985.

Raghuram then went on to study at the coveted ‘Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad’. In 1987, he completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the celebrated management school with flying colours and earned the distinction of winning the Gold Medal.  Pursuing his Ph.D. overseas, at the ‘MIT Sloan School of Management’, he successfully defended his thesis ‘Essays on Banking’ to receive a doctoral degree in Management in 1991.