NEW DELHI | MUMBAI: Business education — much like business itself — appears to have become a family pursuit for an increasing number of young Indian couples.
A private equity professional became an eleventh-hour MBA applicant last year, desperately reaching out to Mumbai-based consultant Vibha Kagzi, when the Round 2 (R2, in MBA parlance) application season had begun in the US. Her fiancé was trying his luck at Ivy League B-schools for an MBA and she faced a tough choice — spend two years in a long-distance relationship, or sacrifice the swish job in Mumbai and head to the States for her own MBA.
The consultant put her through a gruelling training schedule ahead of the R2 deadlines. Although both schools are located on the eastern…