Hitendra Wadhwa
Indian-American entrepreneur, educator and speaker
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Hitendra Wadhwa (born January 25, 1967) is an Indian-American businessman and educator. Wadhwa is currently a professor at Columbia Business School.[1] He is the founder of the Mentora Institute.[2]
January 25, 1967
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| Born | Hitendra Kumar Wadhwa January 25, 1967 |
| Occupations | Businessman, educator |
| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Alma mater | St. Stephen's College Delhi University (B.A.) MIT (MBA), (PhD) |
| Website | www www |
Early life and education
Wadhwa was born in Chandigarh, India, to Puran Chand Wadhwa and Nirmal (née Sarup).
Wadhwa received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi in 1988. He then received an M.B.A. and a Ph.D. in management science from Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by 1996. Wadhwa’s doctoral research focused on optimizing price decisions for retail products with seasonal demand patterns.[3]
Career
Wadhwa became a consultant at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, in 1996.[4] In 1999, after raising $10 million in venture capital, he founded Paramark,[5] a marketing optimization technology startup in Silicon Valley. The company was acquired by NewWorldIQ in 2002.[6] Wadhwa also founded a consulting firm, Delphinity, in 2002, which through a series of mergers became Mentora Institute.[7]
Wadhwa first began teaching as a PhD. student at MIT in the 1990s. From 2004-2006, he served as an adjunct professor in Marketing at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Wadhwa became a professor at Columbia Business School in 2006.[8][9][10] In 2007, Wadhwa oversaw Columbia Business School’s alliance with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
Mentora Institute
In 2011, Wadhwa launched the Mentora Institute to provide in-person and online leadership training and coaching for corporate executives.[11] Teachings at the Mentora Institute are largely based on Wadhwa’s “Inner Mastery, Outer Impact” model originally developed at Columbia Business School.[12][13] Wadhwa and the Mentora Institute launched the Mentora Foundation in 2021.
Publications
Wadhwa's book, Inner Mastery, Outer Impact was released on June 7, 2022.[14][15][16]