V Raghunathan

Raghu is an academic, author, corporate citizen, columnist and a hobbyist.

He was a Professor of Finance, IIM Ahmedabad for nearly two decades before moving to the corporate sector in senior roles. His corporate role as the CEO of a large Foundation included providing leadership to several educational institutions including schools as well higher education and professional institutions. In this role, he also brought Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto to India and remained their director for seven years.

He has authored over 15 books and written over 600 papers and articles. His books include Games Indians Play – a national bestseller, Irrationally Rational, Return to Jammu, The Good Indian’s Guide to Queue Jumping, Beyond the Call of Duty, Duryodhana, Locks, Mahabharata and Mathematics, Ganesha on the Dashboard, The Corruption Conundrum, and Don’t Sprint the Marathon.

Raghu has probably the country’s most varied collection of old and ancient Indian locks.