Prabhu Guptara

Prabhu Guptara

Guptara speaking at stars2010
Born 1949 (age 66–67)
Delhi, India
Occupation Public intellectual
Children Four

Professor Prabhu Guptara (born 1949 in Delhi, India) is an authority on the impact of technology[1] on globalisation,[2] on strategy, on knowledge management,[3] on corporate social responsibility,[4] on comparative and cross-cultural ethics, and on management[5] and leadership issues.[6] Widely known as a speaker and broadcaster, he is or has been chairman, Director or board member of various companies and organisations.[7] As Executive Director, Organisation Development, at Wolfsberg – The Platform for Business and Executive Development[8] (a subsidiary of UBS, one of the largest banks in the world), he was responsible for the Wolfsberg Think Tanks on a wide variety of market and global issues. A Freeman of the City of London, and of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, and Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; he is or has been Fellow: of the Institute of Directors, of the Royal Commonwealth Society, of The Trinity Forum, and of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts Commerce and Manufactures;[9] and Member: Executive Board, Institute of Management, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland;[10] International Advisory Council, Development Alternatives, India; Member of the International Advisory Panel for the Tomorrow's Global Company Report by Tomorrow's Company, UK

He continues to be visiting professor at various universities and business schools around the world.

His earlier roles include a Governor of the Polytechnic of Central London (now the University of Westminster), Member of the Council of the British Institute of Management, of the International Federation of Training & Development Organisations (IFTDO), of the Association for Management Education and Development (UK), of the South East Regional Council of the Confederation of British Industry.

He has also been a member of the Jury of numerous literary, business and management competitions in the UK and the Commonwealth, and a guest contributor to major newspapers and radio channels in the UK as well as numerous such media in other parts of the world. He was a founding member of the World Future Council and, in 2013, was asked to be Chairman of the Academic Council of GOPIO (Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin)[11] and of the Relational Thinking Network.[12]

Prabhu Guptara is the eldest son of Murli Manohar Guptara and Chinamma Ninan. He is married, has four children, and is included in Debrett's People of Today.[13]

Works

Business related works:

Philosophy and spirituality related works:

Literary, artistic and cultural works:

Edited works:

Introductions, Prefaces and Afterwords, e.g. the Introduction to Malsawmi Jacob's volume of short stories, Fresh Lease, published by GLS, Bombay, 2005 (the first literary work in English to emerge from Mizoram, India).

Bibliographical work: Black British Literature from the Eighteenth Century to the Present: The First Bibliography, Dangaroo Press, UK/Australia/Denmark, 1986

Critical work: Articles in The Oxford Companion to English Literature, Contemporary Dramatists, Contemporary Novelists, The Guardian, The London Standard, New Society, Spectator, The Sunday Times, Time Out, The Times, The Times Educational Supplement, The Times Higher Education Supplement, The Times Literary Supplement, and in various journals in Australia, Canada, India, Japan and the USA. Wrote the annual entry on India in the Danish/Australian journal Kunapipi for several years.

Important articles

Speeches and broadcasts

In 2005 Guptara made an appearance on the National Public Radio's Speaking of Faith entitled "The Gods of Business".[16] The speech was re-aired three more times in 2005 and 2006.[17]

Citations

Citations include:

Bibliography

References

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  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20070308045451/http://hbswk.hbs.edu:80/archive/3250.html. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20060427053327/http://growth-strategies.com:80/subpages/businesswritings/015.html. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "One CSR World", in Corporate Responsibility: A View from India, The EU-India CSR Network, Brussels, 2002
  5. ↑ Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ "Leadership and Management in the 21st Century: Hardback: Cary L. Co - Oxford University Press". Oup.com. 2004-11-11. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20050215050111/http://www.prabhu.guptara.net:80/about_prabhu.htm. Archived from the original on 15 February 2005. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ "The Platform for Executive & Business Development" (in German). Wolfsberg. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  9. ↑ "Home". RSA. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  10. ↑ "University of St.Gallen | University of St.Gallen". Unisg.ch. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  11. ↑ "GOPIO News, June 10, 2013". Gopio.net. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  12. ↑ "Relational Research is a not-for-profit think tank based in Cambridge, UK. Our work stems from a firmly-held belief that good relationships have the power to change families, organisations and whole communities.". Relationalresearch.org. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  13. ↑ "Prof Prabhu S Guptara Authorised Biography | Debrett's People of Today". Debretts.com. 1949-02-05. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  14. ↑ "Technophobic CEOs". Globalchange.com. 1998-06-24. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20070928150743/http://www.ethix.org/article.php3?id=346. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ "Episodes Archive | On Being". Speakingoffaith.org. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
  17. ↑ https://web.archive.org/20060909013606/http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org:80/programs/godsofbusiness/transcript.shtml. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ "Contemporary Authors: Biography - Guptara, Prabhu S(iddhartha) (1949-): Amazon.com: Books". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-03-06.

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