Ms. Swati Munjal has vast professional experience in fields ranging from financial restructuring consultancy to the high-technology products’ business. However, it’s the challenges of instating quality higher education in India that Ms. Munjal finds most fulfilling. As President, BML Munjal University, she enjoys interacting with young minds, learning more about their hopes and ambitions, and identifying deserving talent for opportunities beyond their financial grasp.
She has a B.Com degree from Lady Shri Ram College, where she had been active culturally too. She got her MBA in ‘Strategic Brand Management’ from Cornell University, USA. In business-school, she was the President of Cornell’s ‘South Asia’s Business Club’. Ms. Munjal has worked with a prestigious consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which took her travelling all over India, specifically Kerala and the South.
She moved back to Delhi to work for her family’s business, Samtel. She was instrumental in turning around a KPO within the 30-year-old business and was involved in its profitable sell-out. Having observed her parental family’s philanthropic involvement in K-12 education, in Bhiwadi and Greater Noida, she realized she had the inclination and experience to be involved in the Munjal-family led higher-education initiative. She began by overseeing admission-related activity at BMU, in its nascent stages.
Her interest in Indian classical music and dance prompted her to learn Kathak at an early age. In fact, she refined this talent to the level of a professional performer. Though she is not actively involved in performing anymore, Ms. Munjal is an advocate of students pursuing extra-curricular interests for all-round development. She is also a member of the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO).