Global Conference on Innovations in Management London, UK, 2011 The Center for Innovations in Business and Management Practice 191 CO- RELATIONAL REVIEW INTERFACE BETWEEN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS Abhishek Singh Chauhan 1 ; Tweena Pandey 2 ; Vibhuti Dabral 3 ; Shivani Sharma 4 ; Vijaya Singha 5 and Sukriti Kukreti 6 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Uttaranchal Institute of Management, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA. Contact: +91-9335204593, email: abhishek.singhchauhan@hotmail.com 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Uttaranchal Institute of Management, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA. Contact: +91-9335730966, email: tweena.pandey@hotmail.com 3. Student, MBA 3rd Sem. (Session: 2009- 11), Department of Management, Uttaranchal Institute of Management, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA. Contact: + 91-9897328661, email: vib_dab@yahoo.co.in 4. Student, MBA 3rd Sem. (Session: 2009- 11), Department of Management, Uttaranchal Institute of Management, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA. Contact: + 91-9359190772, email: shivani.121@hotmail.com 5. Student, MBA 3rd Sem. (Session: 2009- 11), Department of Management, Uttaranchal Institute of Management, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA. Contact: + 91-9719167109, email: vijayasingha7388@gmail.com 6. Student, BBA 4th Sem. (Session: 2009- 12), Department of Management, Uttaranchal Institute of Management, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, INDIA. Contact: + 91-8899636305, email: sukritikukreti@gmail.com Abstract The performance of real life achievers vis-à-vis academic achievers has long been a subject of debate and discussion. It has often been witnessed that real life achievers often do not