Dr. Shah is a stakeholder management strategist, international researcher, and national bestselling author. 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. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Business School and Copenhagen Business School; Fellow and Project Director at Harvard University South Asia Institute; Postdoctoral Fellow at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning; and Consulting Editor with the Business India Group. He sits on the advisory board of academic institutions and tech companies in India and USA.
Dr. Shah has authored 250+ research papers, articles, case studies, and technical notes in diverse topics connected with business management, strategy and leadership and published by leading publishers including Harvard, Sage, Emerald and Macmillan. Between 2013 and 2018, he authored three highly-acclaimed books 'Soulful Corporations', 'Win-Win Corporations' and 'The Tata Group', published by Springer and Penguin Random House. He has been Research/Teaching Faculty for Management Development Programmes by Harvard University, World Bank and Govt. of India; and has been invited to present research insights by institutions in USA, France, Italy, Brazil, Turkey, Malaysia, Japan, Nepal and Mauritius.
A TEDx and Talks at Google Speaker, Dr. Shah has delivered keynote addresses at 250+ platforms including leading academic institutions like IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Bombay, ISB Hyderabad, MDI Gurgaon, BITS Pilani, SPJain Mumbai; industry bodies like CII, Delhi and Madras Management Associations, National HRD Network, NASSCOM Foundation, and Young Presidents' Organization; and corporations like the Tata Group, L&T and others. In 2021, Dr. Shah has been ranked among ‘The Top 200 Most Influential Global Thought Leaders’ by peopleHum.