Anand Nandkumar is a Professor of Strategy, Executive Director of SRITNE at the Indian School of Business (ISB), and Associate Dean of the Centre for Learning and Teaching Excellence. He explores industry and firm-level phenomena that influence innovation - the generation of new ideas, and entrepreneurship - distribution and commercialisation of new ideas. His research focuses on high-technology industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and software, and it falls in between industrial organisation (IO), economics of technological change, and strategy.
Professor Nandkumar’s current work in the innovation stream examines the effect of stronger intellectual property rights (IPR) on different aspects of innovation, such as the influence of stronger patents on long run incentives for innovation or the influence of stronger patents on the functioning of Markets for Technology (MFT). In the entrepreneurship stream, his current work examines the influence of venture capitalists on entrepreneurial performance.
Professor Nandkumar graduated with a PhD in Public Policy and Management, with a focus in strategy and entrepreneurship from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. Prior to his PhD, he worked for 3 years with a startup in Silicon Valley, and prior to that, in New York City with one of the world’s largest financial services firms.
True to his expertise, at ISB, Professor Nandkumar teaches Strategic Innovation Management and Strategic Challenges for Innovation-based startups.
Madhu Viswanathan is Associate Professor of Marketing at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and Executive Director of the Srini Raju Centre for IT and the Networked Economy (SRITNE). His research examines how emerging technologies reshape markets and how firms, platforms, and policymakers can design institutions that foster innovation, trust, and sustainable economic growth.
Working at the intersection of marketing, economics, strategy, and information systems, his research seeks to understand how technological change transforms consumer behaviour, organizational incentives, market design, and public policy. He studies how technologies such as artificial intelligence, digital platforms, creator ecosystems, and data-driven decision systems influence the way markets function and evolve. Across these diverse settings, his work aims to develop insights that help organizations respond to technological change with strategies that are both economically effective and socially meaningful.
His research has been published in leading journals including the Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, and the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. He serves on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Marketing Research and Production and Operations Management and has been recognized with the Outstanding Reviewer Award from the Journal of Marketing Research.
As Executive Director of SRITNE, Madhu leads the Centre’s research and engagement on artificial intelligence, digital markets, and technology-enabled growth. Under his leadership, SRITNE is building a multidisciplinary research agenda around AI, digital platforms, creator economies, and emerging technologies while strengthening collaborations across academia, industry, startups, and government. His vision is to position the Centre as a leading hub for research that bridges technological innovation with business strategy and public policy.
Alongside his research, he teaches MBA, doctoral, and executive education programmes on growth strategy, digital marketing, artificial intelligence, and technology-enabled business. His teaching combines rigorous research with practical decision frameworks that help managers navigate growth, digital transformation, and strategic decision-making in rapidly evolving markets.
Beyond academia, Madhu serves as an independent director and advisor to technology ventures, working with organizations on growth strategy, platform businesses, AI adoption, digital transformation, and technology-enabled market design. His advisory work reflects his broader commitment to translating rigorous academic research into practical solutions for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.
Prior to joining ISB, he was on the faculty at the University of Arizona. He received his PhD in Marketing from the University of Minnesota and his undergraduate degree from BITS Pilani. His work seeks to bridge rigorous academic research with business practice and public policy, helping organizations harness emerging technologies to build more innovative, efficient, and inclusive markets.
