Research Areas:
Organization Design; Internationalization Strategy; Knowledge Management; Organizational Learning

Recent Consulting:
Product market strategy and organization restructuring of a large regional newspaper group in India
Review and analysis of organizational structure, design and processes of a large oil drilling company in India with an objective of making it globally competitive
Current Projects:
Research on new product development capability for one of India's largest software service organization
Research and analysis of growth opportunities for a large Non Profit Religious Organization
Research on Cultural industries: Evolution of the Indian Film industry

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 2003-present

Other Assignments:
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) - Strategy Consultant
Oracle India - Pre Sales Consultant
IBM India - Product Management

Awards:
Infosys Scholarship for Research on IT Industry (2000)
Case competition winner , 17th Annual Management Convention (August, 2005) of Association of Indian Management Schools for the case "Bharat Forge Limited : Forging Success" , coauthored with J Ramachandran (first author) 
"Collaborative Learning in Teams: Antecedents and Consequences", co-authored with A.K.Ojha , finalists' certificate of honor, Mercer Asia Award 2004 Mercer Award Asia for Innovative HR Research , as finalist in 2004

Significant Publications:
1. "Outsourcing: Practice in Search of a Theory", IIMB Management Review, 19(2), June, 2007 co-authored with J Ramachandran (second author)
2. "Offshoring: Transition from Economic Drivers towards Strategic Global Partnership", Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations, April, 2007, 5(2), pp: 1 - 23, coauthored with A Gupta (first author), S Seshasai (second author) & A Ganguly
3. "Strategic Entrepreneurship in a Globalizing Economy: Evidence from Emerging Economies", IIMB Management Review, 18(3), September, 2006, pp: 291-302, co-authored with J Ramachandran (first author) & M Sud
4. "Knowledge Management Strategy in Software Services Organization: Straddling Codification and Personalization", IIMB Management Review, 17(3), September 2005, pp: 33-39.
5. "Complimentary and Continuation Innovation: Case of the Indian Software Industry", Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, Vol 4, No. 1, pp: 211 - 215, 2004, co-authored with J. Ramachandran
6. "Learning from Linux: A Paradox in Knowledge Management?" IIMB Management Review,13(4), Dec2001
7. "Offshoring: Transition from Economic Drivers towards Strategic Global Partnership & 24 Hour Knowledge Factory", in Outsourcing and Offshoring of Professional Services: Business Optimization in a Global Economy, A Gupta (eds.) , pp 1-23, IGI Global, New York (2008), coauthored with A Gupta (first author), S Seshasai (second author) & A Ganguly
8. "Networks of Relationship in the Indian Software Industry: A Novel Business Ecosystem?" in The Digital Business Ecosystem, A Corallo, G Passiante, A Prencipe (eds.), pp 103-116, Cheltenham, U. Edward Elgar (2007) coauthored with J Ramachandran (first author)
9. "Collaborative Learning Behaviour in Software Development Teams", in People, Knowledge and Technology: What We Have Learnt So Far , B. Trezzini, P.Lambe, S. Hawamdeh (eds.) , pp: 87-96, World Scientific (2004), coauthored with A.K Ojha (second author)