Krishna Palepu
Prof. Palepu joined the Harvard Business School faculty in 1983 after receiving a master's degree in Physics from Andhra Pradesh University. An MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he is recipient of an honorary MA from Harvard and a honorary Doctorate from the Helsinki School of Economics

Prof. Palepu teaches Finance Control and Strategy in Harvard's MBA and Executive programs. He is co-author of the book. "Business Analysis and Valuation: Text and Cases" which won the American Association Wildman award for its impact on management practice. Prof. Palepu is also an Associate Editor of several leading research journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Corporate Finance and the Journal of Accounting and Economics.

Nitin Nohria
Prof. Nohria chairs the Organizational Behaviour Unit at the Harvard Business School. His research interest centers on leadership, human performance, and corporate renewal. He has co-authored six books. He also serves on the advisory boards of several firms including Cinergy Corporation and McKinsey & Co and lectures to corporate audiences around the globe.

In addition, Prof. Nohria is an advisor to doctoral students in the Organization Behaviour program and also served on the faculty of the London Business School. A Ph.D. in Management from the Sloan School of Management Prof. Nohria is a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the IIT, Mumbai.

Das Narayandas
An associate professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, Prof. Das' research interest focuses on business-to-business marketing and management of customer relationships. Prof. Das teaches Business Marketing. He brings to his academic pursuits six years of sales and marketing management experience with various multi-national

firms that involved field sales and sales force communication.

He works on consultancy assignments with organizations like Compaq, Adecco, Arthur Anderson Nortel, Allied Signal, 3M, Microsoft in the areas of strategic marketing; customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and sales force management.