V. G. Narayanan is an Indian-born

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. He is the Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration Chair at

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. He is the author of one self-published book and many research articles.

Early life

Narayanan was born to a

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family in

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. Narayanan attended PSBB Senior Secondary School,

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, and subsequently graduated from the

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in 1988. Post that he completed his PGDM from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1990 and subsequently earned a PhD in business from the

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in 1995.

Career

Narayanan joined the Harvard Business School as a faculty member in 1994. He is now the Thomas D. Casserly Jr. Professor of Business Administration Chair. In 2023 he became the Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education and HBS Online. Narayanan is the author of two self-published books, and the author of many research articles.

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