ICFAI’s Indu Perepu Takes No. 1 Spot On The Case Centre’s 2026 Top Bestselling Case Authors List

For the first time in the list’s 10-year history, there’s a new name at the top of The Case Centre’s annual ranking of the world’s bestselling case authors. Indu Perepu of ICFAI Business School (IBS) takes the No. 1 position in The Case Centre’s Top 50 Bestselling Case Authors 2025/26, released today (October 5). She replaces her ICFAI colleague, the late Debapratim Purkayastha, who led the list every year since its launch in 2016. Purkayastha ranks No. 2 this year. The annual list is based on worldwide sales and distribution data for cases sold through The Case Centre during the academic year. It recognizes individual teaching faculty whose cases were most widely purchased and used by educators. “This year’s list marks an exciting new chapter for the Top 50, with Indu Perepu taking the No. 1 position for the first time,” says Vicky Lester, CEO of The Case Centre. “Indu’s achievement reflects the strong demand for her cases and the contribution she and her colleagues at ICFAI Business School are making to case-based business education.” Perepu’s rise caps a steady climb. She ranked No. 2 last year behind Purkayastha, who held the top spot for 10 consecutive years. Purkayastha died of Covid-19 in May 2021, after authoring or co-authoring more than 500 cases taught at nearly 1,600 schools in 95 countries, and his cases have continued to top the list in the years since his death. Perepu’s widely adopted cases explore sustainability, governance and ethics.......

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