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Meet Shubham Goyal: IIM Gold Medalist Who Left BCG for Microsoft and Leads Teams in Canada
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Moneycontrol•13-10-2026, 09:59
Meet Shubham Goyal: IIM Gold Medalist Who Left BCG for Microsoft and Leads Teams in Canada
- •Shubham Goyal graduated as the overall first ranker among 393 students at IIM Ahmedabad in 2019, earning the prestigious Gold Medal for scholastic performance.
- •Despite starting his career at Boston Consulting Group with a high-paying package of Rs 27 to 30 lakh, he transitioned to product management at Microsoft in January 2021.
- •At Microsoft, he has worked on software products, artificial intelligence initiatives like Microsoft 365 Copilot, and won the Global Hackathon Executive Challenge in 2022 and 2023.
- •Based in Calgary, Canada, he currently leads a 13-member team focused on the enterprise deployment of Microsoft Security solutions.
- •Goyal advises young professionals to value continuous learning, personal relationships, and thoughtful use of technology over conventional measures of success.
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Shubham Goyal completed his BTech in Computer Engineering at Delhi Technological University (DTU), graduating with a GPA of 9.564 out of 10 and ranking second in his class before joining IIM Ahmedabad in 2017.
After graduating from IIM Ahmedabad in 2019, Goyal joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as a Senior Associate with an annual package of Rs 27 lakh to Rs 30 lakh, focusing on management consulting and business strategy.
Goyal is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he works as a Principal Product Manager leading a 13-member team focused on the enterprise deployment of Microsoft Security solutions.
