Admissions Open for Cohort 3: Round 1 Deadline - 16th February 2025

India’s first PGP in startup leadership

Admissions for Cohort of
2026 are open!

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Duration
12 months
Work Ex
0-6 years
Starting Date
August, 2025
Admissions: Round 1 Deadline
16th February 2025
Location
WeWork Campus, Bengaluru
Format
Full Time, Residential

An overview


7 Terms

7 weeks each

2000+

Contact Hours

200+

CXOs and Startups Leaders

25+

Workshops/ Bootcamps

4

Real Businesses Built

12

Months

250+

Hours of career prep

150+

Case Studies

6

Immersive Hackathons

4

Distinct Specializations

Here is what your year will look like -
inside the classroom & outside!

In Class

  • Crafting Marketing Strategies
  • Financial Statement Analysis and Benchmarking
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Business Storytelling
  • Market Mastery: Economics in Action
  • Launching & Leading Startups: Ideation

Out Class

  • Build Your Own Business (BYOB)
  • Sales Challenge

Professional Foundations

  • LinkedIn & Personal Branding
  • Elevator Pitch
  • Guesstimates
  • Technology for Management: Excel

In Class

  • Decoding Consumer Behaviour
  • The Science of Modern Selling
  • Venture Capital 101
  • Strategic Frameworks
  • Financial Management in Startups
  • Launching & Leading Startups: From MVP to Launch
  • Power of Brands

Out Class

  • Mesa Startup Lab: Ideation
  • Business Strategy Lab (BSL): New Product Development

Professional Foundations

  • Data Analytics in Startups
  • First-Principles Thinking
  • Technology for Management: Power BI
  • Toastmasters

In Class

  • Entrepreneurial Strategy
  • Operations Management 101
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Macroeconomics
  • Market Research
  • Negotiation
  • Organizational Behaviour

Out Class

  • Mesa Startup Lab: Minimum Viable Product
  • Business Strategy Lab (BSL): Market Entry

Professional Foundations

  • Resume 101
  • Sector Deep Dives
  • Shortlisting
  • Technology for Management: SQL

In Class

  • Growth Hacking: Product Led Growth
  • Gamification & Behavioural Design
  • Technology Building Blocks 101
  • Pricing Strategies
  • Agile Product Development
  • Customer Retention

Out Class

  • Mesa Startup Lab: Early Adopters (First 100 Users)
  • Creator Challenge

Professional Foundations

  • Mock Interviews
  • Function-Specific Workshops (What if Session)
  • Building Growth Mindset
  • Technology for Management: Python

In Class

  • Two-Sided Marketplaces (Meesho, Ola, UC)
  • Economics of D2C Brands
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Ethics and Public policy
  • Applications of Generative AI in Business
  • Economics of B2B SaaS

Out Class

  • Mesa Startup Lab: Go-To-Market
  • Quick-Commerce Datathon

Professional Foundations

  • Last Mile Prep
  • Networking
  • Technology for Management: Machine Learning

In Class

  • Behavioural Economics
  • Managing Customer Experience
  • Strategic Brand Management
  • Breaking into Product Management
  • Business Analytics
  • Peak Performance and How to Build Teams

Out Class

  • Mesa Startup Lab: Investor Outreach
  • Sustainability Innovation Challenge

Professional Foundations

  • Building Growth Mindset
  • Resilience and Stress Management

In Class

  • Business of Electric Vehicles
  • Global Climate Tech Opportunities
  • Manufacturing in India: Possible Business Models
  • FinTech in India: Introduction
  • Web 3.0 and Digital Assets
  • The Creator Economy: Opportunities

Out Class

  • Mesa Startup Lab: Seed-Stage Fundraise
  • Gen AI Hackathon

Professional Foundations

  • Job Success: Advanced
  • Navigating Your First 90 Days

The Mesa Program, summed up in a week

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Reach campus, grab a coffee!
Economics of B2B SaaS
Strategic Brand Management
Business Storytelling
1:1 with industry mentor
Group work on BYOB
Selling yourself and your ideas
Generative AI in Business
Pricing Strategies
Start-up PM meet up
Hands-on Bootcamp on Tableau and PowerBI
1:1 with Ankit Agarwal
Fireside Chat with Unicorn Founder
MasterClass on Decoding Business of Electric Vehicles
Career-Prep Session on Elevator Pitch
Group work on BYOB
Help a leading D2C brand enter a new market
Self Prep
Help a leading D2C brand enter a new market
Networking Dinner with a leading D2C brand’s leadership team
Football Match and recreational activities
8:00
9:00
10:00
11:00
12:00
13:00
14:00
15:00
16:00
17:00
18:00
19:00
20:00
21:00
Key:
Leisure
Networking
Class
Bootcamp
Workshop
Hackathon
Mentorship
CXO connect
Prep
Career Prep

Faculty at Mesa

Abhiraj Bhal
Co-founder
Urban Company
Vedang Patel
Co-Founder
Souled Store
Armaan Sood
Founder
Sleepy Owl
Anand Sinha
Co-founder
leap.club
Dhairya Gangwani
Founder and Career Coach
Dhairya Decodes
Nikhil Sikri
Co-founder & CEO
Zolo
Gurudev Prasad
Partner and Co-Founder
BusyBee Brands
Faye D'souza
Founder
Beatroot News
Major Deepak
Founder and CEO
Mastery Inside
Salil Aggarwal
VP
Urban Company
Utkarsh Gupta
Founder
Comet
Anshul Gupta
Co-founder & Ex-CEO
Bharat Founder School
Namita Dalmia
Co-founder & Partner
Enzia
Prashant Sachan
Founder
Apps for Bharat
Megha Sharma
Founder
ATOG
Rajesh Yabaji
Co-founder and CEO
Blackbuck
Himesh Joshi
Co-Founder
AyuHealth
Revant Bhate
CEO
Mosaic Wellness
Ragini Das
Co-founder
Leap Club
Dinesh Goel
Co-Founder
Aasaan Jobs
Bipin Shah
Partner
Titan Capital
Pratik Poddar
Partner
exus Venture Partners
Vartika Bansal
Founder and CEO
Floik
Sagar Modi
Founder and CEO
Supershare
Sandeep Kapoor
Founder
Legalverse.ai
Nishank Jain
Founder
Anar Business App
Jivraj Singh Sachar
Founder
Indian Silicon Valley
Krishna
Founder
Greenpepper
Geet Rathi
Vice President
Marketing
Mosaic Wellness
Vinay Dubey
Co-Founder
Wint Wealth
Alok Saraogi
SVP & Head of Marketing
TVS Automobile Solutions
Rahul Deorah
Senior Vice President
Marketing
TSquare Surge
Savitri Bobde
Co-founder & COO
belong
Shamika Haldipurkar
Founder
D'You
Pranjal Kalra
Country Head
Agoda
Joseph Sebastian
VP
Blume Ventures
Subhashish Bhadra
Director
Klub
Mayank Jain
Head of Product
Swiggy
Monappa N
CMO
Tata Digital
Nitisha Agrawal
Ex-Senior Product Manager
Amazon
Krishanth Thangarajah
Co-founder
Partner Champion
Kushal Lodha
Founder
KAGR
Varun Khitan
Co-founder
Urban Company
Ashish Sadekar
Founder
ProThoughts Solutions
Mohit Gulati
Partner
IITI Growth Opportunities Fund
Satvik Paramkusham
Founder
Build Fast with AI
Achal Bassamboo
Professor of Operations
Kellogg
Akash Krishnan
Director
D & A Research
Gartner
Akilan AP
Ex Senior Manager Revenue Operations
inFeedo
Akshaykumar Sirsalewala
Senior Consultant
EY-Parthenon
Atharva Deshpande
Associate Director
DViO Digital
Chinmay Joshi
Foudner
Money Mindset
Chirag Dodiya
Senior Bubble Developer
ReturnX
Chirag Parmar
AVP
WebEngage
Divij bajaj
Data Scientist
Microsoft
Dr. Deepa Nagarajan
Professor
XLRI
Dr. Subhasis Mishra
CSO
Hybrique
Hitesh Rajeshkumar
Corporate Trainer
PowerBI
Jamshed K Daboo
Strategic Advisor
MergerDomo
Manoj Goel
Founder
The Wallstreet school
Mudita Malik
Corporate Trainer
Narahari Hansoge
Adj Faculty
IIMB & IIMC
Pavan Lalwani
Founder & MD
TechnoEdge Learning Services India Pvt Ltd
Prakash Dadlani
Sr. Vice President
Aditya Birla Group
Pritam Banerjee
Head
AI Solutions Chubb
Rakesh Godhwani
Chairman
School of Meaningful Experiences
Ramya Ranganathan
Adjunct Faculty
IIM Bangalore
Ray Titus
Pro Vice Chancellor
Alliance University
Shashi Bhushan
Consulting & Finance Mentor
InsideIIM
Sri Priya
GN Head of product
Ather Energy
Sundar Venkatesh
Dean
School of Management & Entrepreneurship Bangkok
Sunmeet Sethi
Lead PM
AngelOne
Vaishnavi Tunuguntla
Deputy Vice President
HDFC Bank
Visakh RJ
PMP Trainer

An Overview of
Admissions @ Mesa

Watch this video to get a 360 degree understanding of the admissions process and what it takes to get into Mesa!

Admissions for our Cohort of 2026 are now open!

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Key dates and deadlines


Rounds
Deadline
Interviews
Application Fee
Course Fee
Apply Now
Early Bird
29th December
January
Rs 3,500/-
Rs 20,35,000/-
Round 1
16th February
Feb - March
Rs 3,500/-
Rs 21,35,000/-
Round 2
6th April
April
Rs 4,000/-
Rs 21,35,000/-
Round 3
11th May
May
Rs 4,000/-
Rs 21,35,000/-

** Fee amounts mentioned above are exclusive of applicable 18% GST
*** Residential facilities will be made available to students starting at INR 3.5-4.5 lac per year depending on preferences chosen"

Aagya Jain
Ex Oswal Woollen Sales, Deloitte
Bsc Mathematics - Fergusson College
Aastha Gupta
Ex MavenArk
BMS - NM College
Abhay Maiya
Ex Northern Trust Corporation
BBA - Manipal Academy
Adarsh Iyer
Ex Thrive Now
BTech - VIT
Aditya Sharma
Ex ExxonMobil
Btech - Punjab Engineering College
Adwait Powale
Ex Founder
BE - A.P. Shah Institute
Akshat Pareek
Ex Oracle
BTech - Manipal University
Akshay Joshi
Ex Mid Earth Wildlife & Adventure Holidays, Amazon
BTech - VIIT Pune
Amisha Arora
Ex Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Bsc -Indraprastha University
Amit Agrawal
Ex Deloitte
BE - Ramdeobaba University
Anamika M P
Ex Credo Health Services Pvt. Ltd
Btech - Periyar Maniammai Institute
Apoorva Gupta
Ex KPMG
BCom (Hons) - Delhi University
Aradhya Jain
Ex Magma Consultancy
BA Economics & Entrepreneurship, Ashoka University
Arnav Gupta
Ex Expand My Business
BCom (Hons) - Delhi University
Arvind Girish
Ex Signeasy
BE - NIT Trichy
Ashwini Naryani
Ex Founder
BCom (Hons) - NMIMS
Atishay Nijhawan
Ex Zomato Hyperpure, Swiggy Dineout
BBA - Amity University
Ayushi Sanwaria
Ex JCSS
BCom - Mount Carmel College
Basangouda Patil
Ex HRBOTICS
BE - VIT
Bhavya Dhamecha
Ex Bobble AI
BCom - Delhi University
Chaitanya Sawhney
Ex Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Orenda
BCom - SCMS
Dhairya Dedhia
Ex SMB Catalyst, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF
Chartered Accountant
Dhruv Bhalla
Ex Founder
BBA - SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Dhruv Kumar
Ex EY
BS Mathematics - Delhi University
Divyam Kalra
Ex ZS
BTech - Punjab Engineering College
⁠Geetansh Popli
Ex Favcy Venture Builders, EXL
BA Economics - Delhi University
Harsh Bijarnia
Ex Codingal
BE - Savitribai Phule Pune University
⁠Harsh Vaidya
Ex Zomato
BBA - ITM Group of Institutions
Karuna Aggarwal
Ex The Oberoi Group
BCom - SGGSCC, Delhi University
Khalid Matto
Ex Openreach
BTech - Jamia Hamdard
Khushi Bhayani
Fresher
BA Economics - Mithibai College
Kirti Kalra
Ex Scrut Automation
BA English - Hansraj College
Krisha Shah
Ex Centrum Broking Limited
Chartered Accountant
Kritika Choudhury
Ex Clubside Tours and Travels
BCom (Hons) - KMC, Delhi University
Lucky Soni
Ex Decimal.health, Deloitte
BTech - VIT
Mitali Gupta
Ex Praan
BE - Ramaiah Institute Of Technology
Mohit Chhabra
Ex PharmEasy
BTech - VIT
Naval Bansal
Ex Outgrow.co
BCom (Hons), Hansraj College
Nevin Philip Koshy
Ex Harrisons Malayalam Limited
BS Mathematics - Madras Christian College
Nihit Jain
Ex Founder
BCom (Hons) - Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra
Nikhil Nambiar
Ex Restaverse
BCom - Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Nikunj Yadav
Ex Zomato Hyperpure, Indian Naval Officer
BTech - NIFTEM
Nikunj Agarwal
Ex Founder, EY
BCom - Gargi College, Delhi University
⁠Nishka Grover
Ex Grover Holdings
BBA - NMIMS
Noor Dhawan
Ex Pieworks
BTech - PEC University of Technology,
Parul Sharma
Ex Founder
BArch - M.B.M. Engineering College
Payal Surana
Ex Tell A Story
BCom (Hons) - Jadavpur University
Poojitha Rachuri
Ex Oracle
BTech - SASTRA University
Prajwal S
Ex Motiwal oswal
BBA - St Joshep's university
Prakhar Patel
Ex Tilesphere
BTech - NMIMS
Pratishtha Budhiraja
Ex Founder, Artysan
Bsc CS - Delhi University
Priyal Jain
Ex McKinsey & Company ·
BCom - Dr.G.R.Damodaran College of Science
Priyanka Agrawal
Ex PwC
Chartered Accountant
Priyanka Somani
Ex Artha Venture Fund, Marquee Equity
BCom - KC college
Priyanshi Agarwal
Ex Hyperpure
BA Eco, HR - DCAC, Delhi University
Purva Gandhi
Ex Hightech Marketing
BE - SVNIT
Vishnu R
Ex GlobalVox
BE - KPR Institute of Technology
Raakesh R R
Ex BMW group
BE - PSG College
Richa Pherwani
Ex Founder
BA Communication and Media - Symbiosis
Rishabh Bansal
Ex Urban company
BE - Bennett University
Rishabh Agarwal
Ex CiTi Bank
BTech - COEP Technological University
Roshni Tiwari
Ex Interface.ai
BE - A.P shah Institute of technology
Sagar Mohanty
Ex Avanti Fellow
BBA - KIIT School of managment
Saket Garg
Ex Deloitte
BTech - NIT Raipur
Samyak Jain
Ex Founder
BA (Hons) Economics - SGGSCC Delhi University
Sanchit Madhura
Ex QCI
BCom - DCAC, Delhi University
Santosh Arava
Ex Bajaj Auto
BTech - SRM Chennai
Saawal Gupta
Ex Kaizen
BCom - PGDAV College
Shanmuga Durai
Ex Founder
BTech - SRM Chennai
Shivam Goenka
Ex Founder, Futures First
BCom (Hons) - Hansraj college
Shlok Khare
Ex Aditya Grain Industries
BBA - Jain university
Shlok Sanwaria
Ex Amaha
BBA - NMIMS
Shraddha sadugol
Ex IISC, SquadStack
BTech - Reva University
Shristi Nawlakha
Ex Wells Fargo
BBA - Christ University
Shubham Kumar
Ex Reforge
BTech - IIT Kanpur
Shubham Mittal
Ex Rockwell Automation, Bain & Co
BA Eco - SBSC, Delhi University
Sidharth Sekhar
Ex Carbon Impact Capital
BTech - Anna university
Simran Kukreja
Ex Visa2fly
BBA - GGSIPU
Srikanth Attal
Ex Founder
BBA - IBS Hyderabad
Srinithya S
Ex AZB & Partners
BA (LLB Hons) - Christ University
Srivatsan Vetrivelan
Fresher
BTech - VIT
Tanya Singh
Ex Redseer Strategy, Invest India
BCom (Hons) - Indraprastha College for Women
Trisha Sidhwani
Ex Volt Money
BBA - Christ University
Tushar Nain
Ex Wadhwani AI
BS - Ashoka University
Uday Bajaj
Ex The Good Glamm Group
BBA - Symbiosis University for Managment Studies
Ujwal Khaitan
Ex Business Owner, ZS
BTech - VIT
Utkarsh Chandel
Ex HDFC ERGO
BE - Vidhyalankar institute of technology
Vaibhav Soni
Ex EOXS
BTech - UPES
Viral Mevada
Ex Founder, Merkle
BTech - NIT Surat
Yash Peswani
Ex G Realty
BMS - Mithibai College
Yashovardhan Pareek
Ex Ishwar Srishti
BMS - S. K. Somaiya College
Anuranjita Pathak
Ex Founder
BCom (Hons) - Delhi University
Aveek Pal
Ex NewSpace R&T
BE - Aeronautical Society of India
Harsh Agarwal
Fresher
BBA - Indian School of Hospitality
Harsh Choudhary
Ex ZS
BTech - Indraprastha University
Hridya George
Ex Kristal.AI
BA Economics, Psychology, Sociology - Christ University
Krishna Punjabi
Ex Zomato hyperpure, Zomato
BBA - Amity University
Navya Regode
Ex Annalect India
BTech - NIT Nagpur
Prithvi Patil
Ex Asian paints
BArch - Baroda University
Purnima Chowdary
Ex Vasan And Sampath Chartered Accountants
Chartered Accountant
Rakshita Vishakh
Ex Triumphant Institute of Management Education
BA - St. Francis College
Sidak Singh
Ex Founder
BCom (Hons) - NMIMS
⁠Sudarshan Modi
Fresher
BBA - CMS
Tejaswi Bajaj
Ex Tredence Inc.
BTech - Thapar University
Vedansh Chopra
Ex Tilak
BBA - NMIMS