Research Areas:
Organisational Behaviour; Small and Medium Enterprises; Entrepreneurship; Organisational Restructuring

Recent Consulting:
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research project, a multi-country research initiative

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: May 2001- present
Senior Member of Faculty, Human Resource Area, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India, 1995-2001
Chairman Human Resource Area, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India, 1998-2001
Faculty, Human Resource Area, Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, India, 1988-1995
Lecturer, School of Management Studies, University of Cochin, Cochin, India, 1978-1988
Assistant Professor, and Acting Head of the Department of Business Administration, Bhopal School of Social Sciences, Bhopal, India, 1977 -1978
Visiting Fellow at the Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK, under the EFMD sponsored Euro-India Cooperation and Exchange Programme, October 1990- June 1991
Visiting Fellow at the University of Calgary, Canada, under the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute's Social Sciences and Humanities Fellowship, January- April 1999

Corporate / Public Sector Leadership:
Founder-President, Society of Entrepreneurship Educators (SEE)
Founder-Member, International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF)
Member, Academy of Management
Member, National HRD Network
Member, All India Association for Educational Technology
Member, Indian Society for Training and Development
Senior Enterprise Fellow, School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Essex, UK
Editor, South Asian Journal of Management (Quarterly journal published by AMDISA, the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia)
Member, International Advisory Council of Global Trust Center, Malmo, Sweden
Member, Editorial Board, Springer Book Series on Innovation, Technology and Knowledge Management
Member, Editorial Board, Creativity and Innovation Management (Quarterly journal published by Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, (International Journal published by Springer)
Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development (Published by IGI Global)

Awards:
The Academy of Management (USA) Certificate of Distinction for Outstanding Research in the Field of New Enterprise Development (1988-89)
IFCI Award for Outstanding Thesis Proposal (instituted at IIMA), for the year 1986-87

Significant Publications:

Books:
1. Entrepreneurial Policies and Strategies: The Innovator's Choice, (Sage Publications India, New Delhi, 1999: pages 346)
2. Entrepreneurship Theory at the Cross-Roads: Paradigms and Praxis, Wheeler Publishing, New Delhi, 1999; Revised and enhanced 2nd Edition (Biztantra, Wiley-dreamtech India Ltd, 2005: pages XX + 484)
3. Enterprise Support Systems: An International Perspective (Forthcoming in February, 2009), Editor with Jay Mitra and Varsha Singh. Response Books (Division of Sage Publications), New Delhi

Research Reports:
1. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): India Report 2001
2. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): India Report 2002
3. Intercorporate Study on Innovations in Indian Public Sector Oil Companies, sponsored by National Petroleum Management Programme (NPMP), New Delhi, 2003-2004
4. Training Needs of Small and Medium Enterprises, sponsored by International Finance Corporation (IFC), 2005

Research Papers:
1. "Entrepreneurship Education in India: An Assessment of SME Training Needs against Current Practices", Forthcoming in International Journal of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Management
2. "Creativity and Entrepreneurship", Chapter 11 (pp: 119-131) in Rickards, T., Runco, M. and Moger, S. (eds.) Routledge Companion to Creativity, Forthcoming from Routledge, UK
3. "Evolution of the Bangalore ICT Cluster: A Stage Theory based on the Crystal Growth Model" (full version), Chapter 5 pp: (104-128) in Carayannis, E. and Formica, P. (eds.) 4. Knowledge Matters: Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Innovation Networks and Knowledge Clusters, Basingstoke (UK)/New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
5. "Sustainability of Indian Railways Turnaround: A Stage Theory Perspective" (with Anand K Sharma), South Asian Journal of Management, 14 (4) Oct-Dec 2007: pp. 66-95

Conference Papers:
1. "Training Needs of Small and Medium Enterprises: Findings from a Sample Survey of SMEs in Bangalore" (with Sudhir Kumar). Paper presented at the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) International Conference on "New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Growth Across Borders: Integrating Diversity of Ideas, People and Institutions, Cape Town, South Africa, September 7-9, 2005
2. "Promoting Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurial Culture in Society: The Role of Educators". Keynote address on Entrepreneurship Education delivered at the 3rd World Congress of the World Federation of the Associations of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFACP) on "Riding the Waves: Educating in Turbulent Times", Dubai, March 8-9, 2005
3. "Training Needs of Small and Medium Enterprises: Findings from a Sample Survey of SMEs in Bangalore", (with Sudhir Kumar), Paper presented at the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF) Conference on New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Growth across Borders, Cape Town, South Africa, September 7-9, 2005
4. "Learning Needs of Technology Transfer: A Literature-based Analysis and Assessment" (with K. Raju Thomas), Paper presented at the International Seminar on Technology Transfer: Issues and Challenges, IIM Bangalore, March 4, 2005