Dr. Shashank Shah is a stakeholder management strategist, researcher and published business author. He has been a thought leader in the areas of Stakeholder Management Strategy, Private Sector Development, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability and has developed strategic perspectives and operational frameworks on leading multinational and Indian public and private sector firms, including Fortune 500 companies. His research focuses on the pivotal role of corporations in economic and social value creation through visionary leadership, stakeholder-centric decision making and inclusive business strategies.

Dr. Shah has been Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School, USA where he worked in collaboration with Professor Kasturi Rangan, Professor of Marketing and Co-Chairman of the Social Enterprise Initiative. He held joint appointment as Project Director and Fellow at Harvard University South Asia Institute (SAI), USA where he worked with the Faculty Director Professor Tarun Khanna and led the project on ‘Livelihood Creation in India Through Social Entrepreneurship and Skill Development’. For a brief period, he was Visiting Scholar at the Center for CSR, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He also served as Editor-in-Chief, Postdoctoral Editors Association at Harvard University.

Dr. Shah completed his post-graduation and doctoral studies in Business Management from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning where he received the President of India and Governor’s Gold Medals for standing first at the University in the MBA and M.Phil programmes. He was awarded the AIMS International Outstanding Doctoral Management Students Award 2010 at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He completed his graduation in Commerce from University of Mumbai, where he received the ‘Mr. Mumbai University’ Award from the Vice Chancellor at the 33rd Annual Youth Festival of the University in 2001. He was also conferred the Saraswati Award and Gold Medal by the Bruhad Mumbai Gujarati Samaj for top honours in Class XII examinations in 1999.

Dr. Shah has published over 100 research-based papers, articles, case studies and technical notes in peer-reviewed national and international journals in the areas of Stakeholder Management, Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Integral Education, Humanized Healthcare and Social Entrepreneurship. These have been published by eminent publishers including Harvard Business School, Springer, Sage, Emerald, and Macmillan Publications. Based on extensive research across three continents, Dr. Shah has authored three books, co-edited five books and four monographs and several mimeos and technical reports in these areas. Significant among them are ‘Soulful Corporations’, ‘Win-Win Corporations’ and ‘The Tata Group’ published by Springer and Penguin Radom House in 2014, 2016 and 2018.

Dr. Shah has been invited as knowledge partner to EY for a thought leadership study on CSR in India. He is a Fellow, European SPES Institute Belgium; International Advisory and Editorial Board Member, Journal of Values-Based Leadership, Valparaiso University, USA; and Reviewer, Journal of Human Values (Sage Publications), Harvard Business History Review (Cambridge University Press), Emerging Market Case Study Series (Emerald Publications) Journal of Management, Religion and Spirituality (Taylor and Francis Publications), International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management (Inderscience Publications); Book Reviewer for Palgrave Macmillan and Cambridge University Press; and Consulting Editor, The Business India Group. He is a nominated member at the International Project Management Advisory Board, IIB Council, USA and Malaysia. Dr. Shah has been an invited Research Faculty at Executive Development Programs in CSR organized by the Harvard University South Asia Institute, World Bank and the Govt. of India; School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Harvard Business School Executive Education.

A TEDx speaker, Dr. Shah has given invited lectures at several professional fora including the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, BITS Pilani, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI), Tata Sons, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Industries, Delhi Management Association, Madras Management Association, Rajasthan IAS Association, Kolkata Literature Festival, Tata Literature Festival, Traditional Art Entrepreneurship Summit, NASSCOM Foundation, Tata Trusts, Reliance Foundation, and many others. He was also interviewed for the prestigious programme ‘State of the Economy’ on the theme of ‘Corporate Social Responsibility and Livelihood Creation in India’ on the Rajya Sabha TV channel of the Indian Parliament. He has taught graduate courses in Marketing, Total Quality Management, and Indian Ethos and Values; and graduate and doctoral courses on Research Methods in Social Sciences.

Through his research, he has interviewed over 200 senior executives, heads of companies, industry captains and subject experts across reputed national and multinational corporations and industries in India and top academics from USA and Europe including the Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Sloan Business School, Boston University, New York University’s Stern School of Business, University of Virginia's Darden School of Business, INSEAD, Copenhagen Business School, and experts from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the United Nations. Through his decade-long research, he has curated insights on best-in-class practices in Corporate Strategy and Responsibility, and a knowledge base of multi-sectoral, multi-industry and multi-stakeholder leadership insights of a collective experience of 5,000 years, which he presents at diverse platforms.

Dr. Shah can be described as a Jignasu, someone on a quest for knowledge about the worlds – within and without. Living up to this inner inspiration, and as Editor-in-Chief of the Sathya Sai University’s Publications Division, he compiled and edited over two dozen books on Indian Ethos and Values based on the Message of the Revered Founder Chancellor. On over 100 occasions in India and USA, he has addressed large gatherings of nearly 5,000 people on themes relating to Values-Based Education and Management, Leadership, Social Responsibility and Service, Youth Empowerment, Indian Culture and Spirituality, Vedanta and Unity of Religions.