Varun Nagaraj is the Dean of S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai, India. His research, teaching, and practice interests include responsible innovation, product management, and entrepreneurship. During a 30-year career in product innovation in Boston and Silicon Valley prior to assuming his role at SPJIMR, he held various product leadership roles, including that of CEO at venture-funded start-ups and public companies. He was also a partner at PRTM Management Consulting. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, an MS in computer engineering from North Carolina State University, an MBA from Boston University, and a PhD from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. He has published articles on design thinking and product management in top journals such the Journal of Product Innovation Management, California Management Review and Research-Technology Management, and has contributed to Edward Elgar's 2022 Handbook of Digital Entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, SPJIMR has solidified its reputation as on of India’s leading management school and has become one of a small number of Indian business schools that hold the prestigious triple crown of EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB accreditation. Dr. Nagaraj is also a member of the AACSB Board of Directors.