Nitin Nohria

Advisor at Piramal Group

Nitin Nohria became the tenth dean of Harvard Business School on July 1, 2010. He has taught courses across Harvard Business School’s MBA, PhD., and Executive Education programs. He is co-author or co-editor of 16 books. The most recent, Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, is a compendium dedicated to advancing research on leadership based on a colloquium he organised during Harvard Business School’s centennial celebrations.

Mr. Nohria is also the author of over 50 journal articles, book chapters, cases, working papers, and notes. He has served as an Advisor and Consultant to several large and small companies in different parts of the world.

Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty in July 1988, Mr. Nohria received his PhD. in Management from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (which honoured him as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2007).

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