Vijay GovindarajanSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

On his blog and in his quarterly newsletter, VG talks about the effects of innovation on the corporate world with a focus on execution.

Influential publications have recognized Govindarajan as a top management thinker, among them: Outstanding Faculty, listed by Business Week in its Guide to Best B-Schools; Business Week ranked him among the top ten business school professors in corporate executive education. Forbes placed him among the top five most reputable executive coaches on strategy.

The London Times ranked him among the top 50 management thinkers. VG was a professor at Harvard Business School, INSEAD (Fontainebleau), and the Indian Institute of Management before joining the Tuck faculty (Ahmedabad, India).

Govindarajan, who has won multiple accolades for his outstanding research, was named one of the Top 20 North American Superstars for research in strategy and organization by Management International Review and inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Academy of Management Journals.

One of his publications was named one of the 10 most-cited pieces in the Academy of Management Journal's 40-year history.

VG is a unique professor who has published more than ten articles in prestigious practitioner journals, including several bestselling Harvard Business Review articles, as well as more than ten articles in prestigious academic journals (Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal).

The international blockbusters Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators and The Other Side of Innovation are among his nine books, which he has also written. In order to discuss, question, and advance their thinking about strategy, VG works with CEOs and senior management teams in international Fortune 500 companies. Boeing, Coca-Cola, Colgate, Deere, FedEx, GE, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, J.P.

Morgan Chase, Johnson & Johnson, New York Times, Procter & Gamble, Sony, and Wal-Mart are just a few of the Fortune 500 companies he has worked with. In addition to the World Innovation Forum, BusinessWeek CEO Forum, World Business Forum, and World Economic Forum in Davos, he frequently serves as the keynote speaker at CEO Forums and important conferences.

The Robert Bowne Prize for the finest thesis proposal was given to VG, who earned his degree at Harvard Business School. A member of the Dean's Honor List, he also earned his MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School.

Prior to this, VG graduated from the Chartered Accountancy program in India, where he won the President's Gold Medal for finishing in the top three of the country.