As journalists, we’re constantly looking for smart minds in academia, who can help us—and thereby our readers—understand complex phenomena. Whether it is unravelling the pricing of telecom spectrum, or how India can play catch-up in electric vehicle technology or indeed what makes a few Korean chaebols a runaway success in India. In the three-odd years that Forbes India has been around, with just a few honourable exceptions, my colleagues and I would be hard-pressed to find a voice of authority inside the hallowed portals of India’s premier management institute, the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
(This story appears in the 14 September, 2012 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)