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My interview with the Harvard Magazine on the newly launched Harvard Global Institute and how it fits into  Harvard’s global strategy.

http://harvardmagazine.com/2015/11/harvard-global-institute

Labor productivity in India should be driving the reforms being made in India, from infrastructure to education, health and access to technology.  http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-10-25/news/67970353_1_labour-productivity-krishna-palepu-satyam-case

As the Senior Advisor to the President on Harvard’s Global Strategy, I have been working with my colleagues on a new initiative to enhance the University’s global engagement.   I am happy to report that these efforts led to the recent announcement on the creation of the Harvard Global Institute: http://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2015/statement-on-harvard-global-institute .  The new Institute will allow Harvard to mobilize its faculty and students to address pressing global challenges of our times.   In this spirit, the Institute will support an ambitious cross-disciplinary initiative to address climate change and air pollution in China.

I found this article to be very interesting.  I’m glad researchers are extending the work that Tarun Khanna and I did on institutional voids in new ways

http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00331

I’m honored to be named a Fellow of the International Academy of Management and to be named to the Thinkers50 list.

As an HBS faculty member, and as an Indian-American, I am proud of the Tata Hall which was formally inaugurated last week.  Here is a video tribute to Mr. Ratan Tata, a remarkable business leader who made the Tata Hall possible.

http://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/tribute-to-ratan-tata.aspx

Here are excellent remarks by Ratan Tata from the Tata Hall inauguration:

http://www.hbs.edu/about/video.aspx?v=1_nzwcy25hhttp://www.hbs.edu/about/video.aspx?v=1_nzwcy25h

I’d like to thank all the people who made my sabbatical year a rewarding experience including my colleagues at IESE and and CEIBS.