Cambridge and India

Business

Recently established compared to its peers, Judge Business School is on a rapid trajectory of growth. It supports and encourages leadership and entrepreneurship through a wide range of programmes - from informal networking opportunities for undergraduates to intensive courses for mid-career executives. Students undertake in-company projects in many countries with an increasing number focusing on India.

The Centre for India & Global Business acts as a platform for research and engagement with key partners in industry, academia and policy in India, the UK and across the world. Its primary focus is to understand, promote, and engage with innovators on India's leading role in the global knowledge economy.

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) aims to spread the spirit of enterprise to international audiences through the delivery of educational activities that inspire and build skills in the practice of entrepreneurship. Flagship programmes include:

Ignite - an intensive, one week programme attracting international delegates including many from Indian organisations such as Tata Ryerson Ltd, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
The Advanced Diploma in Entrepreneurship - a part-time programme, delivered mainly online, offering entrepreneurial individuals across the globe the opportunity to gain a recognised qualification at the same time as being actively supported in the pursuit of a business enterprise.

Professor Dame Sandra Dawson
Judge Business School and Master of Sidney Sussex College

Professor Dawson is the KPMG professor of Management at Judge Business School and Fellow and former Master of Sidney Sussex College. She was Director of Judge Business School from 1995 to 2006, and prior to that was Professor of Organisational Behaviour (1990-1995) and Deputy Director of the Management School (1987-1994) at Imperial College, London University.

India links: sits on the UK-India Round Table, a top-level forum to discuss issues impacting bilateral relationship between the two countries.
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[News story: Doing business in India]

Dr Helen Haugh
Judge Business School

An expert in social entrepreneurship, Dr Haugh studies the dynamics of community enterprise in rural, coastal and urban communities. She is a member of the Centre for India & Global Business, the Organisational Analysis research group and the Human Resources & Organisations teaching group and Director of the MPhil in Management Programme.

India links: responsible for the Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme, which offers final year undergraduate or postgraduate students at the University of Cambridge the opportunity to work on social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility projects within the Tata Group of Companies in India.
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[News story: Graduates off to work on community projects in India]
[News story: Social entrepreneurship in India - another student's account]
[News story: Cambridge students pursue social entrepreneurship in India]
[News story: Cambridge students start work on community projects in India]
[Visit to Gujarat, March 2008]

Dr Paul Kattuman
Judge Business School

Dr Kattuman is Director of the Doctoral Programme and a member of the Centre for India & Global Business, the Business & Management Economics research group and the Business & Management Economics teaching group. His research interests include applied econometrics and industrial organisation. He is a Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

India links: research on India relates to Indian industrial policy and performance; was previously an economist in the Indian civil service.
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Professor Jaideep Prabhu
Centre for India & Global Business (CIGB), Judge Business School

As the Nehru Professor of Indian Business at Judge Business School, Jaideep's research interests are in marketing strategy, international business and innovation. In particular, he studies various cross-national issues concerning the antecedents and consequences of radical innovation in high technology contexts.

India links: Director of the Centre for India & Global Business (CIGB).
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[News story: Cambridge launches Centre for India & Global Business]

Mr Navi Radjou
Centre for India & Global Business (CIGB), Judge Business School

Navi is the Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business. He is responsible for the Centre's strategy and operations and its engagement with key stakeholders worldwide.

India links: a former Vice President at Forrester Research, Navi authored a ten-part report series, India: The Innovation Giant (Re)Awakens. He maintains a blog titled Made in India on Harvard Business Online.
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Dr Jonathan Trevor
Centre for International Human Resource Management (CIHRM), Judge Business School

Dr Trevor's research is specifically concerned with how global organizations maximise value creation opportunities through the mobilisation of human capital - their people. He is also interested in the use of pay systems, such as incentives, for promoting performance for both executives and employees generally, and the implications for organizational performance and governance.

India links: has conducted research within India, focussing particularly on innovation and service based organizations and the effective management of human resources. Many of the models and business practices within leading Indian organizations challenge pre-existing conceptions of business/human resources best practice sourced primarily from Anglo-Saxon organizations, and understanding their potential application elsewhere is a key focus at CIHRM.
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[Visit to Mumbai]

Dr Chander Velu
Judge Business School

Dr Velu is a University Lecturer in Marketing. His research focuses on marketing strategy and innovation. In particular, he studies business model innovation and innovation in the financial services industry. He also has an interest in the impact of innovation on economic development.

India links: currently working on examining business practices in India to identify innovative business models with an emphasis on their antecedents and performance implications. Co-investigator on the project 'Innovation and the Resilience of Religion' to understand innovation in religious and non-religious services provision by religious organisations in India.
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[Visit to Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore]

Dr Shailendra Vyakarnam
Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Judge Business School

Dr Vyakarnam is Director for the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL). He started his working career in small companies, leaving to complete his MBA and PhD at Cranfield School of Management, where he stayed on the faculty for ten years, before taking up a Chair in Enterprise at Nottingham Business School. Expertise: entrepreneurship.

India links: board member of UK-India Business Council; instrumental in setting up student exchange programme between Judge Business School and Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, with input from Microsoft Research.
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Professor Geoff Walsham
Judge Business School

Professor Walsham is a professor of Management Studies (Information Systems). His research is on the development, use and management of information and communication technologies and systems; and implications for work, organisations and societies.

India links: research in India on development of geographical information systems, IT in public health systems and digital inclusion projects.
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