Vijay Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan (VG) serves as the Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business, holding a prestigious Dartmouth-wide faculty chair. His groundbreaking work on reverse innovation, introduced through his collaboration with GE's CEO Jeff Immelt in the Harvard Business Review article "How GE is Disrupting Itself," has been recognized as one of the Great Moments in Management in the Last Century. As the first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant at General Electric, he has shaped corporate innovation strategies across industries. His influence extends to over 40% of Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing, Coca-Cola, IBM, and P&G. A prolific author with more than twenty articles in top academic journals and prestigious practitioner publications, VG has earned numerous accolades including two McKinsey Awards for best HBR articles and induction into the Thinkers 50 Management Thinkers Hall of Fame. His academic journey includes a doctorate from Harvard Business School, where he received the Robert Bowne Prize for the best thesis proposal, and a Chartered Accountancy degree from India, where he earned the President's Gold Medal. His work spans from theoretical frameworks to practical applications, particularly in reverse innovation and sustainable business strategies, making him the #1 rated Indian Management Thinker in the Thinkers 50 Rankings.