Vijay Govindarajan, often referred to as VG, is a distinguished professor, management thinker, and bestselling author specializing in strategy and innovation. He holds the Coxe Distinguished Professorship at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business and serves as the Marvin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School. Govindarajan is the co-author of the "New York Times" and "Wall Street Journal" bestseller "Reverse Innovation," which introduced a groundbreaking concept in global business strategy. His influential Harvard Business Review article "How GE is Disrupting Itself" pioneered the idea of reverse innovation, later recognized as one of the Great Moments in Management in the Last Century by HBR.
Renowned for bridging academic research and practical business applications, Govindarajan has published extensively in top-tier journals, including the "Academy of Management Journal" and "Strategic Management Journal", while also contributing to prestigious practitioner outlets like "Harvard Business Review" and "Bloomberg BusinessWeek". His work has earned numerous accolades, including induction into the Academy of Management Journals’ Hall of Fame and recognition as a Top 5 management thinker by leading publications. Before joining Dartmouth, he held faculty positions at Harvard Business School, INSEAD, and the Indian Institute of Management. Govindarajan has advised Fortune 500 companies, including GE, Coca-Cola, and Walmart, and has delivered keynote addresses at global forums such as TED and the World Economic Forum at Davos.