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India’s intellectual potential just got a branding shot in the arm when eight Indians made it to Thinkers 50 — a bi-annual global ranking of 50 most influential thinkers.
At number three is Vijay Govindarajan, professor of international business at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in the US, while Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School came in at number 13 on the list, compiled by consultancy Crainer Dearlove promoted by Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove.
Govindarajan, author of The Other Side of Innovation that focusses on how to turn an innovative idea into a successful commercial business, moved up from 24th position in the 2009 list and 23rd position in the 2007 list.
In 2008, on a sabbatical from his university, he joined General Electric (GE) for 24 months as its first Professor in Residence and Chief Innovation Consultant. Govindarajan also created ripples in the world of innovation when he posed a global challenge of how to build a $300 house.
“The Thinkers 50 ranking has kept pace with ideas that are shaping the daily agenda of global businesses and managers, and the ranking is a guide to which thinkers are in, and who have been consigned to business history,” According to the Thinkers 50 website, to arrive at the list of the final 50, panelists rely on criteria such as “originality of ideas, practicality of ideas, presentation style, written communication, loyalty of followers, business sense, international outlook, rigour of research, impact of ideas and the elusive guru factor.”
