Jan
20
2010
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Expert on Employment and Workforce Diversity
Amin Rajan is Chief Executive of the Centre for Research in Employment and Technology in Europe (CREATE) – a pan-European network of prominent researchers undertaking high level advisory assignments for the UK government, City institutions, multinational companies and international bodies such as the EU, OECD and ILO. He is also a visiting professor at the Cass Business School, London Guildhall University and at the Centre for Leadership Studies at Exeter University, and also President of the Scientific Committee at Audencia-Nantes, Ecole de Management.
“ Amin’s work has proved so influential that he now provides leadership coaching to top executives and investment specialists”
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Jan
18
2010
Futurist & Business Consultant
Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, strategist and business consultant. In 2006, the Independent newspaper profiled Rohit as one of the top 10 global trendwatchers. In 2005 he was presented with the award of ‘stickiest guru’ after being voted as best speaker for his presentation on future travel at Asia’s largest travel conference.
“A leading futurist with exceptional foresight”
In detail
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Jan
11
2010
One of the World’s Leading Experts on Strategy & Globalization
Prof. Anil K. Gupta is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy and globalisation. He is currently the Professor of Strategy and Organization as well as Research Director at the Center for International Business Education & Research at The University of Maryland. He also serves as chief advisor to The China India Institute, a Washington DC-based research and consulting organization.
“One of the Top 20 North American Superstars for research in strategy and organization” Management International Review
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Dec
25
2009
Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Harvard Business School
Rakesh Khurana teaches a doctoral seminar on Management and Markets as well as The Board of Directors and Corporate Governance in the Harvard MBA program. Rakesh’s current research grows out of the same interests in the social context of business leadership and the allocation of leadership positions that motivated his research on the CEO labor market.
“Expert in Leadership Development”
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Dec
11
2009
Author and Expert on Leadership and Change Management
Robin Sharma is the author of eight number one international bestsellers including ‘The Greatness Guide’ and one of the world’s top experts on leadership, change management and personal mastery. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Sharma Leadership International Inc., a widely respected leadership development firm that has helped over 4 million people in 50 countries.
“All people have greatness within them – they only need to remember and reclaim it.”
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Sep
21
2009
World Renowned Mind & Body Expert and Author
Deepak Chopra is a world renowned mind and body expert and author. He is a founding director of the Alliance for the New Humanity and joined the Gallup Organization as a senior scientist in 2005. His Wellness Radio debuted in summer 2006 exclusively on SIRIUS where each week he discusses the areas of health, spirituality, relationships and success.
“Deepak is leading the field of mind and body medicine and is changing the way we look at our health”
Sirius
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Sep
11
2009
Professor of Marketing and Best-Selling Author
Jagdish Sheth is a renowned scholar and world authority in the field of marketing. His insights on global competition, strategic thinking and customer relationship management are considered revolutionary. He is currently the Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing in the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and is one of only four Americans ever honoured with the Viktor Mataja Medal from the Austrian Research Society in Vienna for his contributions to advertising and consumer research.
“Rated as one of the ten top marketing professors in the US”
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Aug
24
2009
Professor of Global Strategy & Bestselling Author
Pankaj Ghemawat is one of the new generation management gurus who throws new light on corporate behaviour and particularly its global aspect. He is currently Professor of Global Strategy at the IESE Business School which is ranked as one of the top 3 business schools in Europe and also writes a blog on global strategy, ‘What in the World’ for Harvard Business Online. He has written several award winning publications on Business Strategy including the bestseller ‘Redefining Global Strategy’.
“An impeccably researched reassessment of the global business world – not as an ideal but as it really is.”
- Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Group
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Aug
21
2009
Nobel Prize Winner in Economic Sciences (1998)
Professor Amartya Sen is an economist and a Nobel Prize Winner in Economic Sciences (1998) for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, and political liberalism. He is currently the Lamont University Professor at Harvard University and has also shown his commitment to reform from below by becoming honorary president of Oxfam.
“To fight against nuclear threats, we have to invoke rationality as well as ethics.”
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Aug
17
2009
Leader of India’s National Congress Party
Born into a family of modest means Sonia Gandhi has weaved a dramatic way to a place in history by becoming the President of India’s century-old Congress Party. Being the third woman of foreign origin to hold the prestigious post after Annie Beasant and Nelli Sengupta,. She also became the fifth from the Nehru family to take over the Congress reins.
Sonia Gandhi is the type of figurehead Indians want Newsweek
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