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Param Pujya Dr Mohan Bhagwat jiis an Indian Hindu activist currently serving as the 6th and current Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in India. He was chosen as the successor to K. S. Sudarshan in March 2009.He is one of the youngest leaders to head the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He has been to to shape the Parivar into his own flexible and accommodative nature.He attracted the masses towards a cadre-based Sangh Parivar and opened its doors to grassroots leaders, including those from the opposition.
The RSS’s khaki shorts were replaced with trousers. Shakha timings became flexible, making it easier for office-goers and students to enrol. The Parivar learned how to use the Internet and social media.
Hod Lipson is a professor of Engineering and Data Science at Columbia University in New York, and a co-author of the award winning book “Fabricated: The New World of 3D printing” and “Driverless: Intelligent cars and the road ahead”. His work on self-aware and self-replicating robots challenges conventional views of robotics, and has enjoyed widespread media coverage. Lipson has co-authored over 350 publications that received over 40,000 citations to date. He has co-founded four companies, and is frequent keynoter both in industry and academic events. Hod directs the Creative Machines Lab, which pioneers new ways to make machines that create, and machines that are creative.
Mr. Rajat Sharma is the Chairman and Editor-in Chief of India TV -India’s most watched news channel. Mr Rajat Sharma who has been bestowed with one of India’s highest civilian honours, “The Padma Bhushan Award” is best known for his popular show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’.
Aap Ki Adalat is the longest running television show in India’s television history. The show has continued to captivate viewers for a record 29 years.
Mr Rajat Sharma holds Master's degree (M Com) from the prestigious Shriram College of Commerce Delhi. Back then Mr Sharma was actively involved in student politics in University of Delhi.
Mr Rajat Sharma is the President of The News Broadcasters Association of India (NBA) and Vice President, Strategic Affairs of The Indian Broadcasting Foundation.
Mr. Sharma has led the way with the motto, “credibility first.” It is the result of the efforts of a self-made man who kept both his feet firmly to the ground, a journalist for whom the viewer’s interest has been paramount. His shows have many times forced Governments to change their ways in dealing with social reforms, environmental issues, and public welfare.
Co-Founder & Chief Innovations Officer Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd. (Mamaearth, The Derma Co. &Ayuga)
A corporate trainer turned artist-cum-entrepreneur Ghazal Alagh co-founded Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd. with Mamaearth as the first brand which was driven by a passion for making early parenting stress-free. At Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd., Ghazal spearheads innovation, community, and new brand & product initiatives. Being a millennial, she understands the psychology and personal care requirements of fellow millennials and works closely with a large number of consumers during the product development process to create products that address millennial problems.
Ghazal’s overarching vision is to make this world a better, and safer place filled with goodness of toxin- free, MadeSafe-certified products along with purpose-fueled initiatives. With the objective of solving millennial skin concerns, Ghazal launched The Derma Co. in 2020 to help consumers achieve #FilterFree skin and Aqualogica in 2021, a hydration-based skin care brand uniquely crafted for Indian skin and tropical weather. With a bachelor’s in information technology and Intensive Courses in Modern Art, Design and Applied Arts from New York Academy of Arts, she started her career with NIIT as a Corporate Trainer. As a part of this role, she trained managers and engineers from various IT companies in SQL, J2ME, and Oracle. Ghazal has been recognized as Business World 40 under 40 and Women Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 by Entrepreneur India. Owing to her talent, she is amongst the top 10 women artists in India, and appeared as a Shark on Shark Tank India has put her at the entrepreneurial forefront. Having straddled three different roles, Ghazal has a diverse skillset that helps her build Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd. and attain a Unicorn status in just 5 years.
Driven by purpose and passion, Varun Alagh Co-Founded Honasa Consumer Pvt. Ltd. in 2016. With over 10+ years of leadership experience in sales and marketing roles with world- renowned FMCG brands, Varun has mastered the art of building a brand and making it profitable. Varun started his career with Hindustan Unilever and has, twice been listed amongst the top managers in HUL. He then went on to become the Senior Brand Manager at Diageo followed by a 4 years stint at Coca Cola wherein he managed the ATL, BTL, Digital & Trade activations for Smirnoff and has been instrumental in launching Coke Zero in India. During his corporate stint, he has won multiple recognitions including Business Unit Presidents Award, Above and Beyond Award and I am Diageo Award. Varun leverages his understanding of the FMCG market to build MamaEarth's and its 100% toxin-free products portfolio.
He holds a Masters in Finance and Marketing from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and Bachelors in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE)
Ashutosh Garg,has worked in the corporate sector for 25 years. He worked for ITC Limited for 17 years, leaving in 1995 as Managing Director of one of the ITC group companies, based in Singapore. Thereafter he spent 8 years in the aerospace industryas head of Asian operations.
He founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 andgrew it to the second largest pharmacy chain in Indiawith over 200 stores. He also brought in GNC as a nutraceutical partner to India. Ashutoshexited from the company he founded,in August 2016.
He is a certified Business and Executive Coach and coaches / mentorsseveral CEO’s around the Worldon business matters, governance, strategic planning, succession planning, personal accountability, people and culture issues(www.equationcoaching.com).
Ashutoshhas served as a director of GAVI, TheVaccine Alliance(www.gavi.org),headquartered in Geneva,for 8 years. He has also served as the Chairman of “Bizdome”, a Startup Incubator of the Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak, and as a Member of the Advisory Council of the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
In January 1995, he was recognized as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum, Switzerland. He is an active member of YPOand has servedas the Chairman for YPO Gold, South Asia. He is also a Charter Member of TiE.
He has written 8highly acclaimed best sellers titled “The Buck Stops Here –my journey from Manager to Entrepreneur”; “The Corner Office"; "Reinvent Reboot Rewire. Managing Retirement in the 21st Century"; "The Buck Stops Here -Learnings of a Startup Entrepreneur" and "An Eye for an Eye"and “TheBrand called You.” His latest book is “How to Survive Failureand come out Stronger”.
He writes regularly for various online publications like Times of India, Business Insider, Inc.,Business World, andEntrepreneurand has a very significant presenceon social media.He can be seen frequently on CNN News18 as a panelist commenting on vaccination, political andcurrent affairs.
Ashutosh in his new roleas a Storyteller,hosts a very successful video and podcast titled “The Brand Called You”(www.tbcy.in), bringing stories of successful entrepreneurs, professionals and senior corporate leaders to millionsof listeners. He has interviewed over 1500people from over 32 countries around the World.The podcast is viewed and heard by over 125,000 people every dayor over 4 million every year.
His wife Vera is a Historian and teaches at the American Embassy School, New Delhi. His older son, Varun works for Visain Singaporeas their Senior Director andhis younger son Ashwin works for Procter and Gamble in Fayetteville, Arkansasas their SeniorDirector.
A keengolfer, he plays the Indian flute and enjoys reading and listening to Indian classical and vocal music.
Ruchir Sharma is Chairman of Rockefeller International and Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Breakout Capital, an investment firm focused on emerging markets.
He moved to Rockefeller in 2022 after a 25 year career at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, where he was Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist.
Sharma has been a writer for longer than he has been an investor. At age 17 he started writing for India’s largest economic daily, The Economic Times. His commentary has since appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg and The Guardian, among others. He was a contributing opinion writer at the New York Times from 2016 to 2021 and is currently a contributing editor and columnist at the Financial Times.
Based in New York and Miami, he typically spends one week every month traveling the world, visiting different countries, meeting with leading politicians, CEOs, and other local characters, who populate his writing.
Sharma is the author of four books. His most recent, The 10 Rules of Successful Nations, was published by Norton in 2020. It is an updated and abridged adaptation of The Rise and Fall of Nations: Forces of Change in the Post-Crisis World, which was released in 2016 and became a New York Times best seller. In 2012, his first book, Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles, debuted as the number one bestseller in India, and earned Sharma the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award for 2012. Breakout Nations also made the Wall Street Journal hardcover business bestseller list, and was chosen by Foreign Policy as one of its “21 Books to Read in 2012”.
The World Economic Forum cited Sharma as one of its “Top Young Leaders” in 2007. In 2012, Foreign Policy magazine cited Sharma as one of its top global thinkers and the following year, India’s premier weekly magazine Outlook named him as one of The World’s 25 Smartest Indians. Bloomberg ranked Ruchir among the world’s 50 Most Influential people in 2015. The following year, GQ India named Sharma the Global Indian of the Year and Barron’s put him on its cover as “Wall Street’s New Global Thinker.”
Sharma is passionate about politics and has covered every national election in India, and many major state contests, going back to 1998. He led the first trip with three journalist friends, and the pack has since grown to 20 regulars and a few guest travelers. They typically travel a 1,000 miles over a week, and have interviewed everyone from local voters to national leaders, including Narendra Modi and the Gandhis. These travels are captured in his 2019 book, Democracy on the Road: a 25-year Journey Through India.
Sharma’s other interests include athletics and he continues to train for the 100 and 200 meters sprints. No matter where he is in the world, or how hectic his schedule, he tries not to miss a single day of training. In 2011, he represented India in the World Masters Athletic championship in Sacramento. Sharma also has a keen interest in wildlife and cinema and attends international film festivals when he can find a moment away from investing, writing and running.
Shereen Bhan is the Managing Editor of CNBC-TV18 with over two decades of experience in the field of Television Broadcast, tracking corporate, policy news and events that defined the business landscape in India. For more than a decade now, Shereen has been not only producing and anchoring flagship, award winning shows like 'India Business Hour' and ‘Young Turks', she has also been hands-on in guiding and molding young business journalists.
She has been responsible for breaking a range of news stories that have redefined the Indian economic landscape in recent times and has also interviewed some of the biggest names in business and politics, both domestic and global. Shereen is also the Anchor & Editor of theaward winning show 'Young Turks', one of India's longest running shows on entrepreneurship –a section that over the last 20years has successfully built a niche category in business news programming.
Shereen is also the Author of Young Turks, a book published by Random House India. Shereen has interviewed some of the biggest names in Business from legendary investor Warren Buffet to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Indra Nooyi to name just a few. She has also spent several years tracking the political-economy and has interviewed several Finance Ministers and other Cabinet Ministers over the years.
Over the course of her 22-year tryst with business journalism, Shereen has been the recipient of the 'Best Business Talk Show' award at the News Television awards for two years consecutively. She also won the 'FICCI Woman of the Year' award for her contribution to the Media in 2005, and was named a 'Young Global Leader' by the World Economic Forum. She also won the ‘Best Business Anchor Award’ at the ‘News Television Awards’ in 2013 and the ‘Best English News Anchor Award’ in 2018.
More notably, Shereen has been ranked no. 1 in IMPACT's '50 Most Influential Women In Indian Media, Marketing & Advertising Listfor 2022,and has been consistently featured on the list from 2018, 2019 and 2020.
At the prestigious ENBA 2019 Awards, she won the News Television Editor-in-Chief of the year in the English category and the Best Anchor, Englishand continued her winning streak at the 2020 edition of ENBA Awards as wellby baggingthe Managing Editor of the Year –English and Best Anchor –English awards.
Her other notable awards include the prestigious Bharat Asmita National Award 2022 for excellence in Business journalism; India's Most Trusted Business News Anchorawardby IDEASFEST2022, as well as the Outstanding Contribution to Mediaawardby the esteemed AIMA’s 12th Managing India Awards 2022.
Ms. Ameera Shah is the Promoter & Managing Director of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, a reputed chain of pathology labs with a loyal customer base across India, South Asia, and Africa. A global thought leader in the healthcare industry, she has played an instrumental role in changing the pathology industry landscape in the country; from being a doctor led practice to a professional corporate group in an extremely unregulated, competitive, and fragmented market.
Over the two decades, Ms. Shah has built the organization across the board, and has been a dynamic driving force behind the entire corporate transformation and the sustained growth of Metropolis. Due to its unique growth model and competitive advantage, Metropolis has attracted three rounds of investment by reputed private equity investors. Under the leadership of Ms. Shah, Metropolis listed successfully at the stock exchanges in 2019 and within three years of its listing, the company cemented a position of trust with international and domestic investors by posting industry leading performance every quarter and delivering good returns on their investments. Upholding the highest standards of corporate governance and business ethics, Metropolis has built exceptional value for all its stakeholders.
Ms. Ameera Shah is the recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in healthcare category for the year 2021 from Ernst&Young. Ms. Shah is one of the three women to ever receive this award in the past 20 years and the youngest woman ever to receive this award.She has been named amongst ‘Asia’s Power Businesswoman’ (2020) by Forbes Asia, ‘Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business’ by Fortune India (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) and Business Today (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022). She has been bestowed with multiple awards for her outstanding performance& excellence in diagnostics business and entrepreneurship from various reputed organizations.
Ms. Shah received a degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School (OPM Program).
Ms. Ameera Shah is an eminent industry spokesperson and has been a speaker invarious National and International forums, industry events and conclaves. She has been an active member & has served senior level positions in key industry bodies that drives policy decisions at the Center. She is currently serving asthe Vice-President of NATHealth (Healthcare Federation of India).
Ms. Shah was an independent director for Marico, Kaya in the past and is currently on the board for reputed Indian companies such as Torrent Pharma, Shoppers Stop. She is also an advisor to Baylor College of Medicine, Texas. She is also on the global advisory board of AXA, a Paris headquartered company with 700 billion $ under asset management.
Papa CJ is a world-renowned stand-up comedian, executive coach, motivational speaker and published author. As an Executive Coach he has worked with 50+ blue-chip companies across the globe and is a personal coach to the C-suite. He has been invited to speak at Harvard Business School and written for Harvard Business Review. He holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Oxford. He has worked across cultures in over 25 countries. His experience and expertise exist at the intersection of creativity, communication, humour, business, leadership development and human interaction. His life’s mission is to uplift others and help them be the best version of themselves.
Kunal Bahl is a technology entrepreneur and investor.
He is the co-founder of the Ace Vector Group, which is the holding company for Snapdeal, Unicommerce and Stellaro Brands.
Kunal is an active participant in India's start-up ecosystem and a prolific technology investor. He has invested in more than 250 start-ups across various sectors through Titan Capital in consumer tech, health tech, fin-tech, SaaS, consumer brands, and B2B services in companies like Ola Cabs, Urban Company, Razorpay, Shadowfax, Bira, Beardo, Khatabook, Mamaearth, among others.
Kunal is an influential voice on issues pertaining to Indian start-ups and entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Executive Council at NASSCOM, a member of the National Startup Advisory Council and an elected member of the Board of Governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Kunal is also the ex-chair of the CII E-Commerce Committee. He is also an independent director on the board of Piramal Enterprises Limited.
He graduated under the Jerome Fisher programme in Management and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania and holds degrees in engineering and business from the Wharton School.
Abhiraj Singh Bhal is the Cofounder and CEO of Urban Company (Formerly UrbanClap). Urban
Company was launched in Nov 2014, is the largest home services platform in Asia, with a presence in
India, UAE, Singapore, Australia, and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The platform helps customers
book reliable home services – haircuts, beauty treatments, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, painting
etc. Since its inception in November 2014, Urban Company has served tens of millions of customers
across 35+ cities through a fleet of nearly 30,000+ trained service professionals.
Prior to Urban Company, Abhiraj was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. He holds a
B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.
Abhiraj has won numerous awards, including both IIT Kanpur’s and IIM Ahmedabad’s Young Alumni
Achievers’ Award, Entrepreneur of the Year award by NASSCOM, Fortune 40 under 40 (3 years in a
row), Entrepreneur Magazine 35 under 35 for India in 2017 and GQ 50 most influential young
Indians in 2017. He is the co-chair of the CII E-commerce Council, on the investment committee of
ACT Grants (www.actgrants.in), and part of the National Startup Advisory Council of India.
Company was launched in Nov 2014, is the largest home services platform in Asia, with a presence in
India, UAE, Singapore, Australia, and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The platform helps customers
book reliable home services – haircuts, beauty treatments, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, painting
etc. Since its inception in November 2014, Urban Company has served tens of millions of customers
across 35+ cities through a fleet of nearly 30,000+ trained service professionals.
Prior to Urban Company, Abhiraj was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group. He holds a
B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.
Abhiraj has won numerous awards, including both IIT Kanpur’s and IIM Ahmedabad’s Young Alumni
Achievers’ Award, Entrepreneur of the Year award by NASSCOM, Fortune 40 under 40 (3 years in a
row), Entrepreneur Magazine 35 under 35 for India in 2017 and GQ 50 most influential young
Indians in 2017. He is the co-chair of the CII E-commerce Council, on the investment committee of
ACT Grants (www.actgrants.in), and part of the National Startup Advisory Council of India.
Ashish Dhawan is the Founder-CEO of The Convergence Foundation (TCF) which is focused on accelerating India’s economic growth and development. TCF incubates non-profits focused on creating system-wide impact in the areas of economic growth, equality of opportunity and sustainability. Its current portfolio includes organizations working on jobs and investment, rule of law, governance and state capacity, economic empowerment of women, science and technology, air pollution, unlocking philanthropic capital, and improving the effectiveness of non-profits.
Ashish is also the Founding Chairperson of Ashoka University and Central Square Foundation. Ashoka University was established as a university in 2014 and is already recognized as a leading teaching and research institute across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and data & computer science. Central Square Foundation has been a leading voice for foundational literacy and numeracy in India and currently supports several state governments in improving learning outcomes in the early grades.
Ashish also serves on the governing board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
Before his second career as a philanthropist, Ashish was among India’s most successful private equity investors. He founded and ran ChrysCapital, the country’s leading private equity firm. Ashish graduated from Yale University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ashish is also the Founding Chairperson of Ashoka University and Central Square Foundation. Ashoka University was established as a university in 2014 and is already recognized as a leading teaching and research institute across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and data & computer science. Central Square Foundation has been a leading voice for foundational literacy and numeracy in India and currently supports several state governments in improving learning outcomes in the early grades.
Ashish also serves on the governing board of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).
Before his second career as a philanthropist, Ashish was among India’s most successful private equity investors. He founded and ran ChrysCapital, the country’s leading private equity firm. Ashish graduated from Yale University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Asish Mohapatra is the co-founder and CEO of OFB Tech, a first-of-its-kind B2B product fulfilment (“OfBusiness”) and financing platform (“Oxyzo”). He spearheads overall operations with a keen interest across sales, risk and collections.
Asish started his professional career at ITC as an Operations Manager in 2002. There, he turned around a sick ITC subsidiary SME into a fully functional production unit with more than INR 1,000 crore annual turnover within two years. In 2006, he went on to become an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company with manufacturing and pharmaceuticals as his key domains. He then moved to Matrix Partners as a venture capitalist from 2010 to 2015, leading 7 investments in healthcare and consumer.
Post that, Asish co-founded (with 4 other colleagues) OfBusiness in 2016 and Oxyzo in 2018. OfBusiness, in a span of less than 6 years, has built amongst the most scaled, profitable, leveraged and engaged B2B enterprises (valued at US$5B+ institutionally and $9B in secondary exits) in India. It provides raw material fulfilment across supply chains ranging from metals to plastics, food grains, garments, petrochemicals and industrial chemicals. Oxyzo (also a unicorn, valued at $1B+ independently) is a financial services company, which largely has been built to support the commerce industry with its innovative product called “purchasing financing”. Today, Oxyzo has built its product suite across many other financial services.
An avid family man, Asish is a published poet, a sketch artist, a sports enthusiast and a trivia lover. He counts IIT Kharagpur (B. Tech, Mechanical Engg, 2002) and ISB Hyderabad (MBA, 2006) as his Alma matters.
As Chief Executive Officer of Grant Thornton Bharat,
Vishesh leads the execution of the Firm’s strategy and vision
and is responsible for its operations and growth.
Vishesh drives the Firm’s relationship with some of the most
dynamic private, public, and multinational clients and assists
them in unlocking their growth potential. He has been
involved with UK and US IPOs of several Indian businesses
and cross-border acquisitions by Indian companies and has
helped global multinationals succeed in India.
For over 20 years, Vishesh has been one of the most vocal
promoters of the need for Indian family businesses to adopt
formal governance structures and succession planning
frameworks, thereby preserving business legacy.
Vishesh has been the primary advisor to the World Bank’s
report, Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC), on
accounting and auditing. In collaboration with large
corporates, the audit profession and regulators, the report set
out the action plan on accounting and auditing for India.
Vishesh works closely with the global Grant Thornton
network and its member firms. He has been associated with
several global committees, including the Senior Leadership
Program at SAID Business School, the University of Oxford,
and in incubating Global Research and Global Delivery from
India for benefit of the network. On 1 January 2016, Vishesh
became the youngest member to be elected to the Global
Board of Governors of Grant Thornton International Limited,
the ultimate decision-making authority within the Firm.
Vishesh is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, UK, and holds
a Master of Science in Business and Management from the
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. He has been working
with Grant Thornton in the UK and India for over 20 years.
Vishesh leads the execution of the Firm’s strategy and vision
and is responsible for its operations and growth.
Vishesh drives the Firm’s relationship with some of the most
dynamic private, public, and multinational clients and assists
them in unlocking their growth potential. He has been
involved with UK and US IPOs of several Indian businesses
and cross-border acquisitions by Indian companies and has
helped global multinationals succeed in India.
For over 20 years, Vishesh has been one of the most vocal
promoters of the need for Indian family businesses to adopt
formal governance structures and succession planning
frameworks, thereby preserving business legacy.
Vishesh has been the primary advisor to the World Bank’s
report, Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC), on
accounting and auditing. In collaboration with large
corporates, the audit profession and regulators, the report set
out the action plan on accounting and auditing for India.
Vishesh works closely with the global Grant Thornton
network and its member firms. He has been associated with
several global committees, including the Senior Leadership
Program at SAID Business School, the University of Oxford,
and in incubating Global Research and Global Delivery from
India for benefit of the network. On 1 January 2016, Vishesh
became the youngest member to be elected to the Global
Board of Governors of Grant Thornton International Limited,
the ultimate decision-making authority within the Firm.
Vishesh is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, UK, and holds
a Master of Science in Business and Management from the
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. He has been working
with Grant Thornton in the UK and India for over 20 years.
Gurcharan Das is an author and public intellectual, best known for a much-acclaimed trilogy on the classical Indian goals of life. India Unbound was the first, on artha or ‘material well-being’, which offered a personal account of India’s recent social and economic rise; the second, The Difficulty of Being Good, on dharma, ‘moral well-being’, illuminates our day to day moral dilemmas through a meditation on the epic, Mahabharata; Kama: The Riddle of Desire, on the third goal, teaches how to cherish desire in order to live a rich, flourishing life.
Gurcharan Das graduated in philosophy with honours (phi beta kappa) from Harvard University and later attended Harvard Business School (AMP) where he is featured in three case studies. He was CEO of Procter & Gamble India and Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide (Strategic Planning) before he became a full-time writer. He writes a regular column for the Times of India and five Indian language papers, and contributes to Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs.
His other books include India Grows at Night: A liberal case for a strong state, which was on the FT’s best books for 2013; a novel, A Fine Family; a book of essays, The Elephant Paradigm, and an anthology, Three Plays. He is editing for Penguin a 15 volume history series, The Story of Indian Business.
Gurcharan Das graduated in philosophy with honours (phi beta kappa) from Harvard University and later attended Harvard Business School (AMP) where he is featured in three case studies. He was CEO of Procter & Gamble India and Managing Director, Procter & Gamble Worldwide (Strategic Planning) before he became a full-time writer. He writes a regular column for the Times of India and five Indian language papers, and contributes to Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs.
His other books include India Grows at Night: A liberal case for a strong state, which was on the FT’s best books for 2013; a novel, A Fine Family; a book of essays, The Elephant Paradigm, and an anthology, Three Plays. He is editing for Penguin a 15 volume history series, The Story of Indian Business.
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