Dr. Anil K. Gupta is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on strategy, globalisation, and emerging markets. He holds the Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business, The University of Maryland, and serves as Chief Advisor to the China India Institute, a Washington DC-based research and consulting organization.
In recognition of his multi-decade contributions to international business strategy and global trade dynamics, Dr. Gupta was inducted into the Thinkers50 Hall of Fame. He is also one of only a select few scholars elected as a Lifetime Fellow across all three major global management bodies: the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, and the Academy of International Business.
Dr. Gupta is the author, co-author, or co-editor of numerous influential books, including The Silk Road Rediscovered (Wiley), Global Strategies for Emerging Asia (Wiley), Getting China and India Right (Wiley, Silver Prize winner at the Axiom Book Awards), The Quest for Global Dominance (Wiley), Smart Globalization (Wiley), and Global Strategy and Organization (Wiley), alongside over 70 research papers.
A prominent voice in global economic media, Dr. Gupta is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and has written columns for Bloomberg Businessweek and Chief Executive Magazine. His commentary is frequently featured in The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, The Washington Post, USA Today, Forbes, BBC, CNBC, and major publications across Asia and Europe. The Economist famously named him one of the world's "rising superstars" in international business strategy.
Dr. Gupta is a highly sought-after keynote speaker for global C-suite forums and international summits including the World Economic Forum, the Yale CEO Summit, the BusinessWeek CEO Forum, and the Global Leadership Conference in Shanghai. He has served as a strategic adviser, executive instructor, and consultant to many of the Fortune 500 companies.
He earned his doctorate from Harvard Business School, an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, and a B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.
