Top Universities Where India’s Family Business Leaders Studied

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Universities Behind India’s Family Businesses

The 2026 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India list identifies undergraduate universities linked to notable figures from leading family businesses.

5. Gujarat University

Gujarat University has 5 notable alumni listed, including Samir Uttamlal Mehta, Pankaj R. Patel, Hasmukh Chudgar and Karsanbhai Patel.

5. Savitribai Phule Pune University

Savitribai Phule Pune University has 5 notable alumni listed, including Niral Krupeshbhai Patel, Sameer Gupta, Satish Mehta and Cyrus S. Poonawalla.

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has 5 notable alumni listed, including Rajiv Singh and Vijay Chauhan.

4. University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania has 9 notable alumni listed, including Nisaba Godrej and Sudarshan Venu.

3. University of Calcutta

University of Calcutta has 17 notable alumni listed, including Sanjiv Goenka, Lalit Khaitan, Dilip Shanghvi and Vedprakash Chiripal.

2. University of Delhi

University of Delhi has 19 notable alumni listed, including Siddhartha Vikram Lal, Vivek Jain, Vivek Chaand Sehgal and Aditya Khemka.

1. University of Mumbai

University of Mumbai leads with 27 notable alumni listed, including Kumar Mangalam Birla, Niraj Bajaj, Hitesh Chimanlal Doshi and Mofatraj P. Munot.