Editorial Team

Dr Pratap Reddy born 1944, rose from a humble, rural middle-class farming community of Telangana to become a respectable teacher in management at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad. Starting his career there as a lecturer, he progressed on his career as a professor eventually adorning "Board of Management Studies of the University" as its chairman​​

Born in a rural village of about 1000 population with just one middle school to boast of, studying in Telugu medium and coming from an agriculture background, Pratap faced many challenges as a school going boy both in the village school and high school at Hanumkonda and then coming to Hyderabad with the help of his teacher from the village, he made his mark in a very competitive environment.

Throughout his school education as a meritorious student and as a top ranker he enjoyed fee-waiver. He was eligible for scholarship too, but his father - a socially conscious person did not seek the same saying a poorer students should be helped, though he himself being a man of average means. Pratap imbibed good values shaped by his parents and many of his primary school teachers. Discipline, hard work, honesty and being frank and truthful were the qualities that stood by him throughout his life.

He was brought to Hyderabad by his revered teacher Mr.Sattar for anti-rabies treatment in 1957 and enjoyed the bathing facilities at a mosque, and this was a turning point in life to a Hindu boy feeling quite safe in a Muslim locality in the old city of Hyderabad. He not only did his engineering from Osmania University but was very agitated in the discrimination Telangana was suffering which propelled him into the famous agitations - such as Mulki agitation of 1968 and Separate Telangana agitation of 1969 followed by his incarceration. However, he never promoted hate or discrimination.

After joining the NS Engineering College as a faculty he totally focused on teaching and won many appreciations and proved his leadership qualities too, winning hearts and positions as Secretary of NSEC Teachers' Association, President of JNTU Teachers' Association, and VP of A.P University Teachers' Federation. while at the same time winning hearts of his students for guiding them.

After teaching for 25 years at JNTU, he took voluntary retirement and established in 1995 Dhruva College of Management-"India's first not-for-profit Business School" single handedly, by selling his assets with total faith that a sincere and honest purpose backed by dedication and hard work can never fail. Over the last 23 years, Dhruva has made a formidable presence in the comity of management academia across the country. Acclaimed as the best emerging B-school in Asia by CMO ASIA with Wall Street Journal as media partner, it co-produces management graduates grounded in intellectual humility & ethical profundity.This institution has many awards and recognitions to its credit and housed many leading lights for conferences and lectures. Thus he chose to become 'edupreneur' . There are many management schools but few that match the risk taken and dedication shown by a teacher such as Pratap.

Dhruva has built an invaluable base of intellectual capital in the form of faculty, research, publications and consulting. Its refereed journal- ‘Vidwat-Indian Journal of Management’, now into its 16th edition made a mark among management academia and industry. Dhruva has established "AHIMSA-Axis Hyderabad Indian Management Systems Academy”, a forum to proactively pursue leadership development anchored to ethics and ancient Indian ethos. Realising that today’s MBAs need to develop people skills apart from technical and functional skills to make them "industry ready", Dr. Reddy spearheaded massive effort at Dhruva to sensitise the students' "right hemisphere of the brain” thru "life skills" training. This is showing a ray of hope swaying Dhruvans away from materialistic pursuits-like corruption, high handedness, unethicality, flamboyant and snobbish behaviour. On the contrary, they’re getting imbibed with Indian ethos, culture & wisdom.

Dr. Reddy's avowed philosophy and life goal is to offer quality business education gratis to all the deserving aspirants.

Awards/Recognition

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STATE:

• Best Teacher of the Year Award- by Lions Club of Hyderabad
• Teacher of Teachers Award- by a leading B-School of Hyderabad

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Sailesh has been a part of industry and academia for the last twenty seven years. As an Industry practioner, he has been a corporate director for more than a decade. Also he has been country head of Visionet Systems, Head of Commercial Mortgage group Wells Fargo India Solutions, and also was instrumental in setting up Default Management Solutions for Ocwen ( Later Altisource), in what was a pioneering effort. Sailesh is an Alumnus of the Accelerated Development Program of the Wharton school of Business, University of Pennsylvania and of the International Business Program of the Indian Institute of Management at Calcutta. Sailesh also has certification in Operations Management from the Indian Institute of Technology and in Environment Management from the Indian Institute of Science. In other certificates, he has a Certificate in Business Analytics from the Indian Statistical Institute and a Certificate in Customer-focused product and service design from Cornell University College of Engineering. Sailesh has been a visiting Faculty at Christ (Deemed to be) University, which is ranked # 1 nationally for its BBA programme, and is a Doctoral Scholar there.

Sailesh has been an applied researcher for a decade with multiple publications, along with 6 patents published and one granted. Sailesh also was the lead of the Benchmark Assesment team when Project Management Institute came out with OPM3 (Organizational Project Management Maturity model) 2nd edition. Sailesh also was one of the co-authors of the book, CRM Handbook.

Prof. K Prathap Reddy is presently associated as Adjunct Professor with IFHE University, Hyderabad, and as Visiting Professor with National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), Hyderabad. Prof. Reddy is a doctorate (Fellow) from Indian institute of Management, Ahmadabad with specialization in Organizational Behaviour & MSc (Ag) Agronomy & BSc (Ag) from AP Agricultural University, Hyderabad. He has over 39 years of experience in teaching, training, research & consultancy. Before joining IFHE University, he was a Senior Professor at Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA), Gujarat, India where he subsequently became its Director in 2002.After leaving IRMA; he worked as Lead Partner at Byrraju Foundation, Hyderabad, and as Director of Food and Agribusiness School (FABS), Hyderabad. Dr. Reddy has published two books and over 60 papers. He was on Boards and Academic Committees of several institutions like CAPART, KVIC, NCCT, NIRDPR, MANAGE, VaikunthMehtha Institute of Cooperative Management (VAMNICOM), Pune and Tribhuvan Das Foundation, Anand. He has served as a consultant to both national and international agencies such as FAO, UNICEF, Netherlands Embassy in India, NDDB, many NGOs and Cooperatives, and Governments of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Government of Nepal. He had designed and conducted over 50 different types of training programmes in the areas of General Management, HRD, change management, community leadership, and rural enterprises. He had published three books and over 60 papers.

Has 10 + years of experience working in the corporate and academic industry. She has trained corporate executives, engineering and management students in the areas of Soft Skills and Human Resources. Ms. Naidu comes with her diverse experience gathered over years after extensive travelling with India and shares her experience with the students. In her association with Dhruva college of management, she has been actively involved : as the editor of the Management Journal VIDWAT, for students engagement activities, conducting webinars/ management development programs and in organizing the annual inter collegiate fest. She has been a keen researcher and has published 3 papers and a case study in journals of national repute. She completed her engineering from Allahabad Agricultural University Deemed University and post graduate diploma in business management from Institute of Management Studies. Ms. Naidu is currently pursuing her PhD in Management.

Baseema Banoo Krkoska is the Business Librarian at Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University. She has a Masters in Business Administration from Osmania University, Hyderabad India and an M.S. in Communication from Cornell University. She is the primary liaison to the Applied Economics & Management (AEM) and Policy Analysis & Management (PAM) departments. In her role as liaison, she is collaborating with several AEM faculty members to incorporate information competency into the applied economics and business curriculum. In addition, she offers library workshops on new investment technologies (Bloomberg) and better preparation for interviews. Baseema shares some tips on how to use the library as a career resource. She provides examples of what the library has to offer to people looking for career information. Baseema first dispels the myth that using library has to be a physical activity, but the library actually opens up a world of electronic resources. In this tough economy, students have to look beyond Google. Students should contact a librarian to use Career Search, a website that can generate a list of contact names and number in a certain business for a specific geographic region in under 5 minutes. Also, the Vault Career Guide, a subscription resource offered by career offices, is available through the Cornell Library. The two resources offer unbiased resources in a fraction of the time one might spend searching Google. Finally, Baseema informs us that the librarians can also help students develop the skills that are needed in business, such as creating a business plan. Students can even get this help directly through the Cornell website by clicking on the “Ask a Librarian” link. In general, the Cornell Libraries can help career search and help develop skills that students need when they start working. Baseema encourages all students to get online and Google their school library for help. Baseema obtained her MBA from O.U and was the Gold Medallist. Before relocating to USA, she worked as a faculty at DHRUVA. She also contributed a column "Bibliography" to Vidwat.

Dr Vipin Gupta is a Principal Co-investigator of the GLOBE program (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness), involving collaboration of 170 investigators in 62 nations for the study of culture, leadership styles, and organizational performance. As a Principal of the GLOBE project, he is a winner of the coveted 2005 Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace from Society for Industrial Organization Psychologists,

USA. Professor Gupta has a Ph.D. in management (1998) from the Wharton School, followed by a Post-doc position (1999-2003). As part of his Ph.D. dissertation at the Wharton School, he researched Japanese techniques, technology, and FDI management, and developed a dynamic mathematical model for measuring a unit of technological growth. He has been a Government of India National Talent Search Scholar (1984- 90), , a gold medalist rank holder at Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (1990). Professor Gupta has taught Strategy and international businesses at undergraduate and graduate levels at Fordham University (1997-2003) and Grand Valley State University (2003-2004), and at several business schools in India (1999-2003). He has also offered research methods and case writing programs at the doctorate and faculty level in several business schools in India. He has offered several training programs and workshops on strategic planning and cross-cultural management to senior executives and administrators in the US and India. His research has been in three major areas: (1) strategic management, entrepreneurship, and leadership; (2) cross-cultural research, and (3) technology, techniques, and FDI. He has published two Sage books on the theme of strategic management, performance, and leadership in the emerging markets. These are: Creating Performing Organizations (Sage India, 2003) and Transformative Organizations (Sage India, 2004). He has also authored the seminal internationally acclaimed GLOBE book on cross-cultural research: Cultures, Leadership and Organizations – The GLOBE study of 62 societies (Sage USA, 2004). Dr. Gupta has published a number of refereed articles in leading international journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Research in Organizational Behavior, Asia-Pacific Journal of Management, Multinational Business Review and many other international journals. He had also presented papers in several conferences around the world, including Academy of Management, IFSAM, EGOS, SIOP, Global Entrepreneurship Conference, and Hawaii International Conference. Dr. Gupta has received several research grants, including from the National Science Foundation ($18,000 through GLOBE Research and Educational Foundation) and Japan Foundation ($50,000 for Ph.D. research in Japan). He received a $30,000 grant from Marsh and Mclennan Companies for Business Opportunities in India & a program at The Fordham University. Professor Gupta is the Director of the Globe India Development Center, a network of business schools all over India who are studying values, effectiveness, and change management styles of the CEOs in different states of India. He has offered courses and workshops at more than 20 b- schools and universities in India. He has been the founding editor of IBAT Journal of Management and a reviewer for many international journals and international conferences. He also worked with the Michigan Small Business Technology Development Center (SBTDC) in outreach activities involving student team-led consulting to the small business clients.

Dr Vipin was instrumental in making DHRUVA a proud co-investigator of GLOBE (Global Leadership & Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness)-an epoch making global research conducted by Wharton. Prof Vipin visits teaches @DHRUVA every year.

Dr MMP Akhouri, is currently Amway chair professor of management-Delhi University Dr Akhouri is a veteran academician and researcher who worked with ILO, NIESbUD, NISIET before joining DU. His research encompasses 'Labour Relations', HRM,' Entrepreneurship'. Dr Akhouri consulted globally with many MNCs and taught at JNTU, Singapore University. He guided PhDs and published papers in journals of international repute. He did collaborate with Dr Uday Pareek and Dr TV Rao in their research pursuits. His notable books and articles are AKHOURI M.M.P, VINOD GUPTA (Editors) "Sustaining Entrepreneurship" - Seminar proceeding. NIESBUD - NSIC - PDTC Campus, New Delhi, 1990. 2) AKHOURI M.MP, "Entrepreneurship concept, nature and need - paper presented at National Meet for sustaining Model Syllabi for entrepreneurship NIESBURD, New Delhi. (1985)

Dr N.V. Raghuram completed Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Regional Engineering College-Bhopal (now Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology) in 1970. He worked as engineer in various departments until 1998 when he resigned his job to devote more time in the service of yoga and Indian philosophy. In 1978 he took training in Kanyakumari and started his association with Vivekananda Kendra and since 1980 he is associated with Vivekananda Kendra Yoga Anusandhana Samsthan, (Yoga Research Foundation VKYOGAS). Mr. Raghuram is the International coordinator and senior yoga teacher of (VKYOGAS) presently known as sVYASA (Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana University). He is the Chairman of Yoga Bharati Movement since 2003.Mr. NV Raghuram conducted research projects in MiddlesbroughGeneral Hospital, UK and Northern Colorado Allergy and Asthma Center, Fort Collins. He published many research papers in international medical journals. He was a member of the Indian delegation to the Third International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials responsible for Physical Education and Sport organized by UNESCO in 1999.

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Dr Asefa Abahumna Woldetsadik Professor, School of Social Science and Liberal Arts, Adama Science & Technology University & Member of Parliament, Ethiopia

Dr Artur Tamazian is an Associate Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Having pursued his PhD from USC in Quantitative Finance he completed his studies at Harvard University. Artur acted as a consultant to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. He has published in internationally recognized journal such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, Economic Modeling or Applied Economics, among others. Artur is a board member of editorial committee of The Indian Journal of Management, a peer reviewed journal. Apart from his academic career, Dr. Tamazian has more than 12 years of financial management and corporate finance experience and has led a variety of companies at different stages, mainly holding the position of CFO in global corporations. He also acted as external consultant for several international corporations.

Prof Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati is an Assistant Professor of International Political Economy at the Institute for Sociology of Statsvitenskap (ISS), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany, 2012. His research interests include: International Political Economy and Development Politics. He is a visiting fellow at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and a board member of the editorial committee of Journal of Peace Research.

email: krishna.vadlamannati@ucd.ie, kcv_dcm@yahoo.co.in

Dr. David J. Sumanth is Professor and Founding Director of the Productivity Research Group at the University of Miami. In 1979, he introduced "Productivity Engineering" as a Master's concentration in Industrial Engineering at the University of Miami, making it the first US University to offer such a program. He founded the International Conference series on Productivity & Quality Research, and chaired the first five conferences from 1987 to 1995 and is now chairing the one in 2004. He also founded the International Society for Productivity and Quality Research in 1993, and serves as Chairman of its board. Dr. Sumanth's book, Productivity Engineering and Management, published by McGraw-Hill has become a "classic", having influenced "productivity engineering" thinking in 25 countries. He is the author/co-author/editor of 20 books, monographs, and video courses, and more than 100 publications. His research is focused on his "Total Productivity Management", Engineering Management, Quality, Competitiveness, Reengineering, Measurement and Improvement of Excellence, and Continuous Improvement approaches, including TQM, Benchmarking, Quality Deployment, and Problem-Solving Tools. For 34 years he has advised many prestigious organizations around the world, where his concepts are implemented. He is a Senior Member of the (American) Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Past President, mid Past Director (Miami Chapter). He is also a Charter Member of the American Society for Engineering Management. A member of The Institute of Management Sciences and a past member of the Operations Research Society of America. Dr. Sumanth has B.E. (Mech. Engineering) and M.E. Production Engineering) degrees from Osmania University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago. He is a frequent national and international speaker in the U.S.A., Europe, the Far East, and Latin America, and is the recipient of more than 60 honors, recognitions, and awards including the YMCA Educational Achievement Gold Medal (1969), Outstanding Industrial Engineer of the Year Award (1983,1984), George Washington Honor Medal for Excellence in Economic Education (1987), and Fellow of the World Academy of Productivity Science (1989). His most recent honor is the Alexander Orr Award for Excellence in Teaching from University of Miami, U.S.A.

Dr H Rao Unnava is the dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and a co-founder of Angie’s List .He has a research expertise in areas like advertising, brand management, promotions, international marketing and consumer behavior Dean and Professor H. Rao Unnava’s research focuses on issues related to brand loyalty, consumer response to advertising and sales promotions and consumer memory. His work has appeared in the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Marketing Letters, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Journal of International Consumer Marketing and Advances in Consumer Research. He is on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Research and Journal of Consumer Psychology. His teaching experience includes courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including marketing management and strategy, marketing research, consumer behavior, promotional strategy, human memory processes and international marketing. He was named Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher by the student chapter of American Marketing Association seven times, won the Westerbeck Undergraduate teaching award twice, and was awarded the Bostic-Georges service award in 2014. He joined the Graduate School of Management in June 2016 following 32 years at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, where he earned his Ph.D. and most recently served as the W. Arthur Cullman professor of marketing. At the Fisher College of Business, Unnava also served as the associate dean of undergraduate programs, associate dean of executive education, and director of doctoral programs in business. Dr Unnava is also one of the founders of Angie’s List. He is on the board of directors of the American Marketing Association, and serves on the board of the Bay Area Council, the largest business-centric public policy organization in the San Francisco region. Dr Unnava earned his Ph.D. in business administration from The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, his Post Graduate Diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, and his B.Tech in electronics engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

Dr Lynda L Moore is a Professor and Faculty Affiliate, Center for Gender in Organizations Simmons School of Management. She has more than 35 years of experience, Professor Moore has focused her research, consulting, and teaching on the leadership and advancement of women, diversity and inclusion management, as well as developing culturally competent leaders. Professor Moore has been an active participant and national leader in academic and professional organizations committed to the understanding and advancement of women leaders. Moore was the founding consultant and acting director of the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute at Harvard University, Co-Director of the Institute for Women and Organizations, and Chair of the Women in Management Division of the Academy of Management. Her contributions to the field have been more recently honored through appointment as a fellow of the Leadership Trust Foundation, UK. Moore has published numerous international and national conference proceedings, papers, and book chapters and is the author of "Not as Far as You Think", an early influential text that examines the evolution of theory and practice of women in management. Her most recent project studied the impact of women’s leadership programs while she was a Visiting Fellow at the Cranfield University International Center for Women Leaders, UK. Moore was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, where she conducted the first published study of Emerati women business leaders. She has also taught Gender, Diversity and Leadership and Executive Education at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and consults with companies in the design and implementation of women's leadership programs. She currently teaches graduate and executive courses focusing on diversity, gender, and leadership and has led travel courses that provide cross-cultural comparative analysis of women leaders.

Dr Mathew J Manimala is the Director of XIME Bangalore. Prior to joining XIME in July 2015, he has served as Professor of Organization Behaviour (2001-2015) and Chairperson-OBHRM Area at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), and as Senior Member of Faculty and Chairman-HR Area at the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad (1988-2001). At IIMB he has worked closely with the N S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) primarily to build the research competencies of the Centre during its early years, when he served as the Jamuna Raghavan Chair Professor of Entrepreneurship for two terms and as the Chairperson of NSRCEL for one term. He is a Senior Enterprise Fellow of the School of Entrepreneurship and Business (SEB), University of Essex, UK, and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute of Management Innovation at Kinki University, Osaka, Japan. Currently he is involved in setting up the International Consortium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research (ICIER) in collaboration with European and BRIC countries institutions. Professor Manimala obtained MBA degree from the University of Cochin, MBSc degree from the University of Manchester and the Fellow in Management (doctoral) degree from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). He has received several academic honors including a Certificate of Distinction for Outstanding Research in the Field of New Enterprise Development (Heizer Award) from the Academy of Management. He has been awarded research fellowships by prestigious international agencies such as the European Foundation for Management Development (for a research fellowship at Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK: 1990-91) and the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (for a research fellowship at the University of Calgary, Canada: 1998-99). In July 2011 he was honored by CMO-Asia with the “Best Professor of Human Resource Management” Award at the 2nd Asia’s Best B-School Award function held at Singapore, and in February 2013 a similar award was conferred on him by ET NOW in association with B-School Affaire and the Word Education Congress. He is also a recipient of the ‘Life-time Achievement Award’ of the National Federation for Entrepreneurship Development (NFED). The teaching, training and consultancy interests of Professor Manimala cover a wide range of topics in Organization Behaviour and Entrepreneurship. Professor Manimala has done extensive research in the area of Entrepreneurship. His work on Entrepreneurial Heuristics is acclaimed by the community of researchers (including the Academy of Management) as a pioneering work in the field, wherein he has also perfected and used a novel methodology called the „Case-survey method‟. He has published more than 50 research papers and articles in refereed international journals and presented papers mostly in international conferences. Among the research projects initiated/carried out by him is the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project, a multi-country research project involving more than 30 countries, of which he was the leader of the India team for two years.

Dr. Ravi Kumar Jain, a start-up evangelist, is a Doctorate in Business Management and holds Masters in Business Administration (Finance) and PGD in ICT management. Dr.Jain brings in over 20 years of rich experience in family business management, teaching and training, research, business consulting and academic administration. Institution building and championing new initiatives has been his forte. He is an avid researcher with more than100 international and national publications to his credit; authored and edited several books in the area of business management, banking & finance and ICT management. He serves on the editorial boards of reputed international refereed journals. He brings in a strong business and academic network, has conducted several successful international events and conferences and has been actively engaged in business coaching, faculty training and executive training programs at various organizations including L&T Metro, Indian railways, several banks and IT services companies, Indian armed forces to name a few. He is an expert trainer in case method teaching. He has held various academic and administrative positions at ICFAI Research Center, Hyderabad; Symbiosis International University, Pune; and in the faculty of Finance at IBS and Dhruva College of Management- Hyderabad. He was the founding director of Symbiosis institute of Research and innovation at Pune; and currently he is the Founding Director of Symbiosis Institute of Business management (SIBM) Hyderabad Campus. He is serving on the Board of Directors of a very prestigious global consortium The Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Houston USA in the capacity of VP for Asia Pacific Region (APDSI). He is the immediate past president of Indian Subcontinent DSI (ISDSI) and has been on its board for the last 6 years holding various positions. His areas of research interest are corporate finance, valuations, market microstructure, Business Economics and outsourcing.

Dr Prasad Balkundi is currently the Chair and Associate Professor Organization and Human Resources Department. He pursued his PhD, Pennsylvania State University Post Graduate Diploma (MBA), Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, India B.Tech, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India. His teaching areas are mainly d in Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory Human Resource Management and Social Networks for Managers. He is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Management, Texas Tech University (2004-2005). His research interests are in social networks and team processes. He has published in the Academy of Management Journal and Leadership Quarterly. He is active in the Academy of Management National Conference and has presented several papers over the years. His selected publications to name a few, are Balkundi, P., Kilduff, M., Michael, J., Barsness, Z., Lawson, L. Too much of a good thing? Antecedents and consequences of structural holes in work teams. In press at Journal of Organizational Behavior. Balkundi, P., Harrison, D. 2006. Ties, leaders, and time in teams: Strong inference about network structure's effects on team viability and performance. Academy of Management Journal. Balkundi, P., and Kilduff. M., (2005). The ties that lead: A social network approach to leadership. Leadership Quarterly. A recipient of many awards like Small Research Grant, Texas Tech University Smeal Dissertation Research Award, 2003 Penn State Graduate Student Outstanding Teaching Award, 2001-2002 Organizational Behavior/Organizational Theory Doctoral Consortium, invited participant, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Seattle, August 2003. He has Industry Experience 1995-1997: Human Resource Executive, Larsen and Toubro, India

Dr S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Chengwei Ventures Chair in Entrepreneurship at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He previously taught for four years at the IESE Business School. He has carried out assignments in the area of entrepreneurship faculty development for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the National Entrepreneurship Network India. He received his BCom degree from the University of Madras, MBA from IESE Business School and PhD from the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia. Rama has two main areas of research focus on firstly, the relationship between the ethical behaviors of entrepreneurs and their ability to mobilize stakeholder support; and secondly, the relationship between business model innovations and firm growth. His research has been published in academic and practitioner journals. Rama has six years’ experience as a manager in a large European manufacturing company, and eight years’ experience as a consultant to US, Indian and Spanish clients. He has experience as an investor, board member and advisor to entrepreneurial companies.

Sri Srikanth S is Regional HR Head TATA Consultancy Services, Hyderabad. His career expertise consists of Career Skills in HR, Interviewing, Employee Relations, Generalist, Recruitment, Compensation and Benefits, Performance Management, Labour Relations, Compliance, Strategy, Vendor Management, Industrial Relations – IR. Expertise by Industry IT - ITES - Internet, Education, Pharmaceutical Expertise in Hiring for Departments Recruiting, HR, Technology, Senior Managers, Business Development, Sales, Operations, C Level - CEO, COO, CTO, etc. He comes with 13 years of work experience as Present Regional HR Head TATA Consultancy Services, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mr Srikanth S has pursued his MBA from DAV College, Shivaji University, Sholapur, Maharashtra, India

Dr. Srinivas K. Reddy is Professor of Marketing and Director, Center for Marketing Excellence, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. He served as the Associate Dean of General Management overseeing the MBA and the Executive MBA programs. Previously, he was the Robert O. Arnold Professor of Business and the Director of the Coca-Cola Center for Marketing Studies, Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. He holds M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees in Business Administration from Columbia University. Dr. Reddy was on the faculties of New York University’s Stern School of Business, Columbia University, University of California, Los Angeles and the Stanford Business School. Dr. Reddy’s research was published in Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Management Science, Statistical Science, Social Networks, Marketing Letters, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science and many other international journals of reputable standing. He was awarded the IBM’s prestigious SUR grant to study corporate innovativeness and innovation conversion.

Dr U B Raju graduated in Electrical Engineering. He did his post-graduation in Industrial Engineering and doctorate in Management Science. After working in Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for eight years, he pursued his academic career and superannuated as Director of the School of Enterprise Management, National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme), an autonomous institute of Government of India. He travelled to USA, UK, Japan, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, and Srilanka on academic pursuits. He has 42 publications to his credit, 14 international and 28 national.