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SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch dubs IIM Ahmedabad her 'maayka', reveals a college professor
Promila Agarwal, an IIM-Ahmedabad professor, shared pictures with Madhabi Puri Buch. She also added how "loving" and "chilled out" the SEBI chairperson was.
Madhabi Puri Buch, chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), recently visited her alma mater, the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), and called it her "maayka", or a married woman's parents' home. Promila Agarwal, a professor at IIM-A, took X to share about her visit and posted a few pictures with Madhabi Puri Buch. In her tweet, she also added how "loving" and "chilled out" the SEBI chairperson was when the two met.
"She turned out to be total love and chilled out (unregulated). Met everyone with so much attention & genuine warmth. Me: GM Ms Madhabi, welcome back to IIMA. She: Welcome? Ye toh mera maayka hai (This is like my parents' house)" wrote Promila Agarwal in her tweet. Alongside, she also added two pictures with Madhabi Puri Buch. (Also Read: Sebi chief's 'froth' warning: There is a risk of bubble in stock market)
Take a look at the post here:
This post was shared on April 6. Since being shared, it has gone viral with close to 60,000 views. The post also has more than 600 likes and the numbers are still increasing. Many people flocked to the comments section of the post and expressed their reactions. (Also Read: Sebi alerts investors on fraudulent stock market access claims through FPIs)
How did X users react to this post?
An individual wrote, "Great frame. She is doing a wonderful job."
A second said, "Madam likes to comment on valuations. Please ask her to declare that Indian markets are highly undervalued."
"Great pics! So nice to see both women in sarees," posted a third.
Madhabi Puri Buch, who was the chief guest at IIM-A's annual convocation recently, had said at the event in a viral clip: "I have a long list of colleagues as well as bosses who will testify to the fact that I am not only a very difficult boss to work with but an almost impossible subordinate to work with because I just won't give up. Until a problem has been dissected to the last degree, I will not give up."
Puri, who graduated from IIM-A in 1998, was the only woman student in her batch to pull out of the placement process. At that time, the college wished her luck and hoped that she would find the job she was looking for.
“This month’s #IIMAArchives spotlight celebrates Ms Madhabi Puri Buch, a 1988 IIMA alumna who rewrote the rules. Choosing her own path over placement, she made history as SEBI's first female chairperson,” wrote IIM Ahmedabad, along with a creative on X.
