Rajesh Chandy

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Rajesh Chandy a Fellow of the British Academy is the Tony and Maureen Wheeler Chair in Entrepreneurship and Marketing at London Business School.  Rajesh Chandy is also the Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development. Rajesh’s current research lies at the intersection of business and development. His recent projects have covered the impact of business skills among micro-entrepreneurs in South Africa, novel financing approaches in Ghana, property rights in slums in Egypt, innovation among farmers in India, highways, and private education expenditures in India, and using big data for development outcomes.
Chandy’s research and publications have received several awards.  He has also received the AMA Early Career Award for contributions to marketing strategy research and has been named an MSI Young Scholar. Fortune magazine described Chandy’s findings on innovation as "an unorthodox and bracing set of management principles."
Chandy received his PhD in 1996 from the University of Southern California. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.