IndiGo's Aditya Ghosh never went to IIM, but believes hard work always pays off

As a student, aviation boss Aditya Ghosh may not have stepped inside the hallowed halls of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). But that wasn’t a limitation for being chosen to deliver the convocation address at IIM Indore last week.

The social media savvy IndiGo president shared pictures from his address on social media with a post — “While I never went to a business school and was never good enough to be at one of the IIMs, now I can sneakily boast to have been a part of an IIM convocation.” Ghosh’s apparent nonperformance on the academic front was a theme that found a mention even in the address, when he reportedly said, “I was never a bright student in my academics but I always tried putting my heart and soul into my work.”

Despite the troubles that have bogged the airline in the recent past, Ghosh’s stature as a successful airline boss continues. So when the 36-year old Ghosh said that failures are the biggest teacher and that there is no shortcuts to success, motivation was guaranteed.