Amitabh Bachchan's granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda recently announced that she is all set to pursue a special MBA course at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad and soon after, netizens trolled her and claimed that she Got a place in the institute due to quota. However, an IIMA professor has now come to Navya's defence and said that the starkid has got admission on her own merit.

Promila Aggarwal, Associate Professor at IIMA, wrote on her X handle that Navya was fully eligible to get admission. The professor wrote, "They have solid CVs. You don't need a CAT. Hats off to everyone for having the courage to sign up for this program despite this."

She also revealed that the program for which Navya had enrolled herself had a very low acceptance rate. "Even though people may want to underestimate his interview and CV, she passed the cut-off," the professor said.

 

 

 

 

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She said, "There has been a debate in India for a long time on why children from large families go out of India for higher education. Why don't they study in Indian colleges? A woman takes admission in IIMA for an online MBA And everyone wakes up."

Soon after sharing the news of her admission in IIMA, Navya shared another picture with her coach who helped her crack the entrance exam. she wrote, "Thank you @mba_ims for coaching me for the entrance exam. It is Prasad sir who played the biggest role in coaching and preparing me to crack the CAT/IAT entrance exam. she is one of the best teachers." From whom I had the honour to learn. The day I got admission, we were celebrating in @mba_ims office."

The granddaughter of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, and daughter of Shweta Bachchan and Nikhil Nanda, Navya has been an entrepreneur since the age of 21. Unlike her brother Agastya Nanda, she chose a different path from films. When asked about becoming an actor, Navya had once said, "I come from a business family. So I was very clear that I did not want to go into acting. At the end of college I realized this is what I wanted to do."