Interviewed by: Indira Chowdhury
Interviewed: over the phone
Interview Date: 13th May 2011

Table of contents:
• Background; experience at MIT prior to joining IIM-C.
• Published work; research interests prior to joining IIM-C.
• Perception of Sloan School’s involvement in IIM-C at MIT; interactions with other MIT faculty involved in IIM-C.
• Management science and Marketing; context of joining IIM-C.
• First impressions of IIM-C; articles published in Management Science based out of India.
• Journey to India with entourage (including Michael Scott Morton and family); accommodation.
• Description of Ford Foundation flat; Domestic help; “hot food”; global exposure.
• IIM-C Canteen; attending an Indian wedding; Dress code for faculty and students; teaching using prior publications.
• Contextualizing for India; comparisons with Harvard and IIM Ahmedabad; career changes after returning from Calcutta.
• Shift to Stanford; running Management Plan; gaining global perspectives.
• Impact of IIM-C; impact of teaching in Kashmir; family planning; reflections on Indian business environment and business executives.
• Family planning after experiencing population in Calcutta; political environment; Maoists.
• Political instability; Naxalite bombings; enduring images of IIM-C.
• Last comments on life-changing experience at IIM-C.
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     IIM Calcutta

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