Between 1992 and 2015, Madhu Sudan worked at IBM Research (Research Staff Member 1992-1997), at MIT (Associate Professor 1997-2000, Professor 2000-2011, Fujitsu Chair Professor 2003-2011, CSAIL Associate Director 2007-2009, Adjunct Professor 2011-2015), and at Microsoft Research (Principal Researcher, 2009-2015).

Madhu Sudan is a recipient of the Nevanlinna Prize awarded by the International Mathematical Union for outstanding contributions to mathematics of computer and information science, and the Infosys Foundation Prize in Mathematical Sciences. Madhu Sudan is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Mathematical Society. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3856516&forum_id=2#35134727)

This is the cambridge dictionary of prestige:

respect and admiration given to someone or something, usually because of a reputation for high quality, success, or social influence

Even a layperson who is not very well educated will respect a chaired professor at Harvard than a KKR MD

A well educated person would obviously go for the chaired harvard stem prof who is also a fellow of IEEE/ACM and is a member of the top national academies and won a prestigious math prize

why would anybody respect a KKR MD more?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3856516&forum_id=2#35135105)