Research Areas:
Strategy & Innovation; Strategy Implementation; National Innovation Systems & Competitiveness

Recent Consulting:
Review of the Plan Schemes of the Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India
Study of the Small Business Innovation Research Initiative for Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
Business Leadership Programme (for the Murugappa Group)

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 1996-present
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2008)

Other Assignments:
General Manager & Partner, Helios Antennas & Electronics (1987-1991)
Co-founder, Helios Systems & Software
Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge Enabled Networks Private Ltd. (2001)

Awards:
Dewang Mehta Award for Best Teacher in Strategic Management (2010)

Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship (2007-10)

IFCI Award for Best Thesis Proposal, IIM Ahmedabad, 1994

Professional Leadership:
Board Member, Strategic Management Forum of India
Conference Co-chair, Globelics conference (2006); Asialics International conference (2008); Strategic Management Society India Conference (2008)
Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR); Asian Journal of Technological Innovation (STEPI, Korea); ManagementNext

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership:
Corporate Boards: Smartlink Network Systems Ltd., Sundaram Asset Management Company Ltd., Halbit Avionics Pvt. Ltd., Milestone Religare Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
Trustee, Foundation for Excellence India Trust
Member, Strategy sub-group of the High Powered Committee set up by the Government of India for the National Civil Aircraft Development Programme
Member, Advisory Council, CII National Innovation Mission (2007)
Member, Jury, NASSCOM Innovation Awards (2007)
Member, Task Force on the Future of Aeronautics in India, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (2007)
Member, Review Committee, National Innovation Forum, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (2006)

Significant Publications:

From Jugaad to Systematic Innovation: The Challenge for India. Bangalore: The Utpreraka Foundation, February 2010.

"The Indian Innovation System" in V.K. Narayanan & Gina O'Connor (eds.)  Encyclopedia of Technology and Innovation, Wiley, UK, 2010.

"Catch-up in Technology-driven Services: The Case of the Indian Software Services Industry" Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 23, No. 2,  2010, pp. 263-281. (With Swarna Kumar Vallabhaneni).

"Indian Innovation System: At the Crossroads" The Journal of Science Policy & Research Management (Japan), Vol. 22, No. 2, 2007, pp. 94-102.