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Rajiv Narang is the founder and managing director of Erehwon, a twenty-year-old pioneering innovation firm, where he has helmed the redefining and recasting of innovation. Recognized as India’s Innovation Thought Leader, Narang was part of the National Planning Commission panel to recommend ‘India’s Innovation Strategy’, and the lead architect of the ‘Innovation for India’ Foundation. With his unparalleled insight into business, social and public service innovation, Narang has inspired leaders to adopt innovation and led a rich portfolio of strategic initiatives with organizations such as Unilever, Novartis, Bank of America and the Government of Karnataka and Azim Premji Foundation.

Morgen Witzel is an internationally known writer, lecturer and consultant. He is honorary senior fellow at the University of Exeter Business School, senior consultant with the Winthrop Group of business historians, and editor-in-chief of Corporate Finance Review. His fourteen previous books include Management: The Basics, Fifty Key Figures in Management, Builders and Dreamers: The Making and Meaning of Management, Doing Business in China, Managing in Virtual Organisations and Management History: Text and Cases. He has written more than 2000 articles, essays and reviews spanning many different aspects of management, from strategic thinking and organisation to business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Nikhil Prasad Ojha is a partner in Bain & Company’s Mumbai office. He leads Bain’s strategy practice in India and is also a member of Bain’s Consumer Products practice. Nikhil has more than 20 years of consulting and industry experience in India and abroad.
Sundeep Khanna has, in a career spanning three decades, donned multiple hats across corporate and editorial roles, and is one of the foremost chroniclers of business in India. In his last assignment, he was executive editor of the financial daily Mint.

Aravinda has always loved books and stories and it seemed only natural that when she grew up, she too would write. She has had several jobs in dotcoms (in the 90s) and other places. Her longest and most enjoyable stint has however been with a children s library called Hippocampus. Aravinda is part of a small group called Think Tibet that organizes events to introduce people to the Tibetan community. For Think Tibet, Aravinda set up Lama Mani Books to publish Tibetan stories for children. She has authored two books, Dorje s Holiday at the Gyenso Khang and Dolma Visits the City (2009). Aravinda lives in Bangalore with her husband, dog and a visiting menagerie of dogs, squirrels, crows and snails.

Author, poet and translator, Deepa Agarwal writes for both children and adults and has about fifty published books to her credit.