India, Aug. 12 -- For Gaurang Agarwal, the decision to pursue the Post Graduate Programme (PGP) at the Indian School of Business (ISB) was not about walking away from investment banking, but about preparing for a broader leadership role within it.

An IIT Kharagpur graduate with a dual degree in Financial Engineering, Agarwal ranked third in his department and among the top 30 students in a batch of nearly 1,500. He went on to build a career in investment banking, working at Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse before joining JPMorgan, where his experience has spanned derivatives and structured products.

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