Research Areas:
Strategy Formulation and implementation; Crisis Management; Organisational Renewal; Competitive implications of environmental regulations; Business and society linkages

Recent Consulting:
Mentoring for Managers, HP India
Study of Innovation, National Petroleum Management Programme
Study of Corporate Environmental Management in India, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI.)
Functional Review of Commerce and Industries Department, Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Administrative Reforms Commission
Resource Base of Teaching Materials, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI.)
Globalisation and Sustainable Development: Starting Points for integration of Environmental Requirements into Foreign Direct Investment. Institute for Environmental Management & Business Administration at the European Business School e.V
Environmental Issues in the Power Sector: Case Study of Andhra Pradesh State. The World Bank, Washington, D.C
Global Overlays for Andhra Pradesh. The World Bank, Washington, D.C
Karnataka Power Sector Reform Study, State Government of Karnataka

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 2000-till date
Faculty, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India, 1996-2000
Guest Faculty, IIM Ahmedabad, India, 1996-2000
Guest Faculty, IIM Kozhikode, India, 1996-2000

Other Assignments:
Deputy Manager (Forestry), Wimco Limited (subsidiary of Swedish Match), New Delhi, India

Other Professional Appointments:
Visiting Researcher at the Kennedy School, Harvard University, Oct-Dec 2004
ESRC Visiting Scholar at The Centre for Business Responsibility, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, December 2005, May 2006

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership:
Member, International Planning Group, Greening of Industries Network
Member, Sub-committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India on Environmental Education, March 2001 onwards
Advisor, Network of Indian Environmental Professionals, Oct 2000 onwards

Awards:
Fulbright Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kenan Flagler Business School. Research on ‘Role of Environmental Regulations in National Competitive Advantage", 1999-2000

Significant Publications:
1. Self interest, Self restraint and Corporate Responsibility for Nano-technologies: Emerging Dilemmas for Modern Managers. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management (Forthcoming: With Bob Lee)
2. Organizational Constraints on Innovation and Intrapreneurship: Insights from Public Sector. Vikalpa, Volume 31, No.1, January-March 2006. (With Mathew J Manimala & Raju Thomas)
3. Organizational Design for Enhancing the Impact of Incremental Innovation: A Qualitative Analysis of Innovative Cases in the Context of a Developing Economy. Journal of Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 14, issue 4, December 2005. (With Mathew J Manimala & Raju Thomas)
4. Roundtable on CSR Issues in the Indian IT Sector. Management Review, Vol. 15, No 4, December, 2003 (With Raj Bandi & Malini Mehra)
5. Trade and Environment: Competing in a Global World, Management Review, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2003. (With Aparna Sawhney)
6. The Greening of Business Strategy: From Compliance to Competitive Advantage, Management Review Management Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2003. (With Aparna Sawhney)