Rajesh K PIllania

Dr. Rajesh K. Pillania is a prolific researcher and writer on strategy with many papers in international/national peer reviewed journals and conferences; two books on strategy in India and guest edited special issues of international journals of repute. He combines academic insights with real world practice. In a recent study he is ranked jointly number one in average research productivity among management faculty in India for research output from 1968 to 2014. He is on the advisory board of many international research journals¸ professional bodies and conferences consisting of leading international academicians¸ industry leaders and policy makers.

He has worked in the North America, South America, Europe and Asia and his academic and research experience includes Management Development Institute (Gurgaon, India); University Business School, Panjab University (Chandigarh¸ India); R. H. Smith School of Business¸ University of Maryland (Maryland¸ USA); Harvard University (Boston¸ USA); and MCI Management Centre (Innsbruck, Austria) among others. He holds a PhD (Corporate Strategy) and MBA.

He has offered consultancy and conducted training for various corporations (SPMCIL, CSIR etc) and government departments (Department of Science & Technology, Tourism Ministry etc). He has acted as a mentor/supervisor for doctoral students in many universities. His areas of interest and expertise besides strategic humor are practice of strategy, global strategy, emerging markets strategy, strategy in India, innovations and business models. For workshops / training / consulting for your organization kindly visit: www.pillania.org or contact www.strategichumour.com