Sumantra Ghoshal - A Visionary Management Guru

He was also a Board member of the Lufthansa School of Business, Swiss Re, McKinsey & Company and member of Board of Overseers at Harvard Business School. While serving at LBS, Ghoshal continued his teaching and consulting assignments in several organizations across the world. Anil Ambani, Deputy Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries Limited, said, "Sumantra Ghoshal has enriched many young minds all over the world by his books and articles, providing an insight to business, industry and management. His contribution to world institutes, including London Business School, is most noteworthy and his theories and philosophy will live forever, guiding the future generation."³

During this period, he developed a keen interest in studying various organizations. During his stint at IOC, he held key positions in various departments, including General Management (Divisional Manager), Marketing (Product Manager), Finance (Accounts Officer) and Operations (Installation Manager). Ghoshal's interest in management encouraged him to pursue management education in the US in 1981. He pursued his MS in International Business at MIT's Sloan School of Management between 1981 and 1983. He followed it up with pursuing two PhD programs simultaneously - one at MIT, in International Business, which he completed in 1985, and another at Harvard Business School in Business Policy, which he completed in 1986.