Ayush Dubey

Yale School of Management

“Eclectic Aerospace engineer driving digital transformation in CPG, passionate about MSME growth and women empowerment.”

Hometown: Mumbai, India

Fun Fact About Yourself:

1. I was forced to emcee at an annual offsite event being a new hire at P&G – ended up loving it and discovering an entirely new facet of my personality. Emceed 10s of events for P&G and for friends over the past 3 years, which also came up during my B-School interviews.

2. I had enrolled in Aerospace Engineering at IIT Bombay for my undergraduate studies with the aspiration of getting a PhD and working at NASA someday. However, I pivoted to the finance and strategy side of things after attending a series of summer bootcamp sessions in my first year at IIT Bombay which brought me here to SOM

Undergraduate School and Major: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India – BTech in Aerospace Engineering

Most Recent Employer and Job Title: Procter & Gamble, Senior Manager – Digital Transformation

The Yale School of Management is regarded as a purpose-driven program. What is your mission? How will your MBA at Yale SOM help you fulfill that mission? My long-term mission is to empower millions of small businesses that struggle to scale and fail every year. Witnessing my father’s entrepreneurial challenges ignited my passion to create scalable, affordable solutions for MSMEs (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) struggling with leveraging technology and digital adoption. Yale SOM’s interdisciplinary ecosystem and focus on societal impact and social entrepreneurship will equip me to achieve this by combining strategic thinking with technological innovation.

Aside from your classmates, what was the key part of Yale SOM’s MBA curriculum or programming that led you to choose this business school and why was it so important to you? The focus of Yale SOM on Social Entrepreneurship is very important to me. I have worked at manufacturing plants for the past three years. In that time, I’ve realized that innovations are most meaningful and impactful when they help us build a more equitable and inclusive environment by simplifying the lives of those working at the lowest, grassroots levels. Societal growth and business growth are inseparable. This also aligns with my long-term goal of empowering the MSME segment. So, SOM’s focus on purpose-driven leadership and its commitment to addressing global challenges made it the ideal place for me to achieve my mission.

What course, club, or activity excites you the most at Yale SOM? I’m very excited to engage with my classmates on ‘The Raw Case’ methodology at Yale, which replicates the way information is given to us in the real world rather than in the structured formats commonly used. This real-life inspired problem-solving approach would inform my ability to navigate complex situations and prioritize relevant data and information to take quick, actionable decisions in my professional journey.

What is your unique quality that will enable you to make a big contribution to the Class of 2026? Through internships and full-time stints, I have been exposed to finance, pharma, MSMEs, banking, healthcare and CPG. Moreover, I have worked at P&G across two very different business units. They include healthcare, which was very nascent to P&G and built through acquisitions of other businesses, and feminine care, where P&G has been a seasoned player globally. Together, they made me appreciate the impact of work culture and leadership’s mission on the direct success and overall mindset of entire organizations in different stages of development. I believe that this diverse exposure would allow me to offer unique and fresh perspectives on the interplay of industry, culture, and organizational stage during our class discussions and problem-solving at Yale SOM.

Describe your biggest accomplishment in your career so far: In my first year at P&G, I got to ideate and execute the first-ever digital supply chain symposium for all P&G India manufacturing sites, helping us unlock millions in new value through scaled solutions. The symposium then became an annually recurring part of a central pillar. So, I like to view this as a glimpse of getting through the lifecycle of a startup – ideation, execution and successful exit – all within a corporate environment!

What do you hope to do after graduation? Having had grassroots level exposure to digital transformation at P&G plants, I hope to pivot to the strategy side of things across new sectors – finance, healthcare, CPG, technology, etc – and work on addressing large scale challenges these areas.

What advice would you give to help potential applicants gain admission into Yale SOM’s MBA program?

 1. While brainstorming on the main essay questions, I found it useful to first list down a few pivotal, impactful experiences from my life. I thought comprehensively on the nuances, motivations, and learnings from those, and then picking one of the three essay prompts which best encompasses the most impactful experience I wished to highlight (than the other way around of picking a prompt first and answering it directly).

2. The pre-recorded video section might seem intimidating given the specific time-limit to complete your answers. I found it useful to practice answering some common behavioral questions against a timer to get a sense of how much and at what pace to speak. Remember that the emphasis is to gauge your communication skills, so don’t worry too much about covering all the nuances or perspectives in the short answer. Practice more on being structured and clear in your answers.

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