Bharat N. Anand

Bharat N. Anand is the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University and the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is an expert in digital strategy, digital marketing, and corporate strategy. He has written over fifty articles and case studies, his scholarly work has received various awards, and his work on digital transformation has influenced startups and established companies worldwide. His book The Content Trap: A Strategist's Guide to Digital Change was one of Fast Company’s top ten business books of 2016, and Bloomberg’s “Best Books of 2017.” Professor Anand created Harvard Business School’s first executive program on digital strategies for media companies. In 2014, he helped create and launch the digital learning platforms for Harvard Business School Online (formerly, HBX), whose virtual classroom has been described by Fortune as the “Classroom of the Future”. In his current role as Vice Provost, he leads Harvard University’s strategic efforts around online learning, and around leveraging technology to create more effective teaching tools, strategies, and resources for residential teaching. He is a two‐time winner of the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence at Harvard Business School. He received his B.A. in economics from Harvard College magna cum laude, and his PhD in economics from Princeton University.