Ravi V. Bellamkonda
Ravi V. Bellamkonda is a biomedical engineer and academic leader. In 2026, he became president of Ohio State University, having previously served as dean of engineering at Duke University and as Ohio State’s provost. His research on neural engineering and regenerative medicine, combined with his leadership of major research universities, has strengthened American higher education […]
Beheruz Sethna
Beheruz Sethna is a trailblazing educator who made history as the first person of Indian origin to serve as president of a U.S. university. Serving as the sixth president of the University of West Georgia from 1994 to 2013, he transformed the institution from a liberal arts college into a comprehensive, doctoral-granting university. During his […]
Raj Chetty
Raj Chetty is an economist whose research transformed the study of economic opportunity and social mobility in the United States. A pioneer in using large-scale data to study mobility, his research identifies systemic barriers to the American Dream and develops policy solutions to help children rise out of poverty. At Harvard University, he developed the […]
Raghuram Rajan
Raghuram Rajan is an economist whose research has shaped modern thinking on finance, banking, and economic policy. In 2003, he received the inaugural Fischer Black Prize from the American Finance Association, honoring path-breaking contributions by finance researchers under 40. As a University of Chicago professor, he warned that systemic risks in global financial markets could […]
Dipak Jain
Dipak Jain is a marketing scholar and academic leader. He served as dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management from 2001 to 2009, strengthening its reputation as one of the world’s leading business schools. His research on marketing and consumer behavior, combined with his leadership in higher education, has influenced business scholarship and management […]
Nitin Nohria
Nitin Nohria is a management scholar and academic leader. From 2010 to 2020, he served as the first Indian-born dean of Harvard Business School, overseeing one of the world’s most influential business institutions. His scholarship on leadership, organizational behavior, and management has shaped business education while expanding the global reach of American management scholarship.
Aswath Damodaran
Aswath Damodaran is a finance professor whose valuation frameworks have become foundational to modern business education. A longtime faculty member at New York University’s Stern School of Business, he has trained generations of investors, executives, and students through influential books, research, and teaching. His work has made valuation analysis a cornerstone of MBA, CFA, and […]
C.K. Prahalad
C.K. Prahalad was a management scholar whose ideas reshaped business strategy around the world. As a professor at the University of Michigan, he co-authored The Core Competence of the Corporation, one of the most influential articles in the history of Harvard Business Review. His research on innovation, competitive strategy, and emerging markets transformed management education […]
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Dipesh Chakrabarty is a historian whose scholarship transformed the study of colonialism, modernity, and global history. As a professor at the University of Chicago, he pioneered postcolonial approaches to historical writing through works including Provincializing Europe. More recently, his research has connected climate change with historical inquiry, expanding how scholars understand the relationship between human […]
Arjun Appadurai
Arjun Appadurai is an anthropologist whose work transformed the study of globalization, culture, and migration. Through influential books including Modernity at Large, he introduced concepts that reshaped how scholars understand global cultural flows and transnational identities. His research has had a lasting impact across anthropology, sociology, media studies, and international relations, making him one of […]