Innovation & Technology at SBAC 2020

Dr.Srikant M. Datar is the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration, Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab, HBS One Harvard Faculty Fellow, and Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs at Harvard Business School.

A graduate with distinction from the University of Mumbai, he is also a gold medallist from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. A Chartered Accountant, he holds two masters degrees and a Ph.D. from Stanford University.

A dedicated and innovative teacher, Dr. Datar received the George Leland Bach Award for Excellence in the Classroom at Carnegie Mellon University and the Distinguished Teaching Award at Stanford University. He teaches MBA and Executive Education classes in design thinking, innovation, big data, and strategy implementation. He has co-authored a leading cost accounting textbook, ‘Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis’ and ‘Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads ‘.

Dr. Datar has several course development and research interests including management education, design thinking and innovation, problem-solving, machine learning and artificial intelligence. His research work has been published in several prestigious journals.

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