Global Business & Entrepreneurship Scholar; Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School; Author of "Billions of Entrepreneurs"

Newton, MA, USA
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Tarun Khanna Biography

Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School, where he has studied entrepreneurship as a means to social and economic development in emerging markets for more than two decades. After earning degrees from Princeton and Harvard, Khanna joined Harvard Business School, teaching courses on strategy, corporate governance, and international business to MBA and doctoral students as well as senior executives. His research and teaching focus on diasporas, economic development, globalization, international business, and strategy in emerging markets.

Khanna is the author of several books that address global business and economic development, including "Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind" (with Geoffrey Jones), "Trust: Creating the Foundation for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries," "Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution" (with Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock), and "Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India Are Reshaping Their Futures and Yours." "Winning in Emerging Markets" and "Billions of Entrepreneurs" were published by Harvard Business Press and have been translated into multiple languages. His article "Contextual Intelligence" was recognized as a runner-up for the McKinsey Prize for best article in Harvard Business Review.

Khanna served as the first director of Harvard's Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, which engages faculty across disciplines in projects spanning the region from Afghanistan to Myanmar. He teaches in Harvard College's General Education core curriculum, offering a university-wide elective course on entrepreneurship in South Asia. Khanna has been appointed to several national commissions by the Government of India, including chairing policy efforts for entrepreneurship in India.

Khanna has received recognition from several organizations, including being named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, elected as a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, and honored by the Academy of Management as Eminent Scholar for Lifetime Achievement in International Management. He co-founded Aspire Institute, a Cambridge-based nonprofit that provides higher-education support and peer networks to first-generation college learners worldwide. The Rockefeller Foundation recognized his work at Aspire Institute with a Bellagio Fellowship for breakthrough ideas for humanity.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/13/2026.

Tarun Khanna Videos

'Meritocracy: What Lessons Can India Learn From China?' by Prof ...

'Meritocracy: What Lessons Can India Learn From China?' by Prof ...

Prof. Tarun Khanna Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School addressed the Ashoka community at the Centre for ...

Lessons from Kumbh Mela | Tarun Khanna | TEDxGateway

Lessons from Kumbh Mela | Tarun Khanna | TEDxGateway

Tarun Khanna is an author and an economic strategist. He is currently the Jorge Paulo Lemann professor at Harvard Business School;where he ...

Why do Indians shun science? - Dr Tarun Khanna - YouTube

Why do Indians shun science? - Dr Tarun Khanna - YouTube

ManthanHas India parted company with scientific reasoning? If so, why? What could be the possible costs of this deprioritisation? Dr Tarun ...

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